Media Coverage

2019 Best of Valencia County: Romero Funeral Home

Published Thursday, December 19, 2019

"Best of Valencia County” special section in the Valencia County News-Bulletin features MCC alumna Rosalinda "Rosa" A. Ortiz as the funeral service practitioner for the Romero Funeral Home in New Mexico. The Best of Valencia County contest winners were selected by News-Bulletin readers. 2019 Best of Valencia County Excerpt-Romero Funeral Home.pdf Note: The MCCCD Mortuary Science program is currently overseen by Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Meteorology's Emerald Jewel: Valentia Observatory

Published Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Niccole Villa Cerveny, Ph.D., MCC Geography faculty, is co-author of the Weatherwise article Meteorology's Emerald Jewel: Valentia Observatory. Westherwise is an open access journal featuring articles on all areas of the Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine sectors. Other authors are Randy Cerveny, Robert Balling and Merlin Lawson. Meteorology's Emerald Jewel Valentia Observatory

Mesa's best-kept secret is in plain sight at a busy intersection

Published Wednesday, December 11, 2019

AZ Central reports on Mesa Community College's rose garden dubbing it, "Mesa's best-kept secret." Plenty of well shot photo's of our garden here. Web Article PDF LINK

Mesa's best-kept secret is in plain sight at a busy intersection

Published Wednesday, December 11, 2019

MCC Rose Garden Curator MaryLou Coffman tells the story of the garden in this Arizona Republic feature. The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College is Mesa's best-kept secret.pdf Note: A subscription is required to access the article accompanying video online.

Newsmakers: Appointments

Published Saturday, December 7, 2019

Community College Daily reports on Carmen Prado Newland and Nora Amavisca Reyes filling the newly created associate vice president positions. Newland has experience as both the interim senior associate vice president and dean of enrollment services at Mesa Community College. Reyes has served as vice provost of the MCC Red Mountain Campus since 2016. Newsmakers – Community College Daily.pdf

Exactly how many calories are in Thanksgiving dinner?

Published Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Michelle Jung, MCC Exercise Science faculty, is the expert consulted for the NBC 12News segment, “Exactly how many calories are in Thanksgiving dinner?” She was joined by several of her students to demonstrate the proper techniques for suggested exercises. The segment aired multiple times on 12News Phoenix beginning the evening of Nov. 27 (the day before Thanksgiving) and was picked up by several NBC affiliates and ABC and CBS stations in Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis and Spokane.

EVCT’s “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” takes Mesa Arts Center stage

Published Tuesday, December 3, 2019

RaisingArizonakids.com reports on East Valley Children’s Theatre presenting the play “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,” featuring Jere Van Patten, adjunct faculty member of Mesa Community College, as the director.

Mesa Community College recognized for excellence in student voter engagement

Published Thursday, November 21, 2019

MyLocalNews shares news of MCC recieving a 2019 ALL IN Challenge silver seal for high percentage of student voter engagement during the 2018 midterm election. Mesa Community College recognized for excellence in student voter engagement - Arizona News.pdf

MCC’s EMT expansion draws kudos

Published Thursday, November 21, 2019

Wrangler News reports on the new offering of EMT training at the MCC Red Mountain Campus. MCC student Wyatt Bell is quoted in the article. “The MCC program is great,” he said, “with its encouraging, no-nonsense instructors, who’ve worked in the field and deliver real-life scenarios that always keep students interested and involved. The program is interactive, well-led and student focused.” MCC's EMT expansion draws kudos - Wrangler News.pdf

Mesa student named Miss Indian Arizona

Published Sunday, November 10, 2019

The East Valley Tribune reports Audriana Mitchell, an MCC student, was crowned the 2019-2020 Miss Indian Arizona. Web Magazine Image of article

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