Garden insects: friends and foes
Published Monday, January 13, 2020Sonoran News reports on Carol Stuttard, adjunct faculty at Mesa Community College, and her background and experience as a Master Gardner. Garden insects_ friends and foes _ Sonoran News.pdf
Earnhardt Ford Automotive Career Exploration program now at MCC
Published Thursday, January 9, 2020The Economic Reporter, a city of Mesa Economic Development newsletter, showcases the partnership between MCC and the Earnhardt Ford Automotive Career Exploration program (pg. 5). In the article Stephen Skroch, MCC Automotive Service program director, says “The additional training enhances our current curriculum and provides our program graduates an additional competitive edge when seeking employment.” First Quarter 2020 | City of Mesa.pdf
MCC forum alerts young women to tech career futures
Published Thursday, January 2, 2020This Wrangler News article features the Girls Get IT event hosted by the Maricopa Information Technology Institute (MITI) in Dec. 2019. Nora Reyes, MCC senior associate vice president is quoted in the piece: “If we want more women in STEM fields, we can’t just start in the high school levels,” she says. “We have to go even further than that. We have to address middle schoolers, elementary schoolers, even preschoolers.”
Junior college player battles alcoholism to live out hoops dream at 36
Published Monday, December 23, 2019This Arizona Republic story tells how MCC student athlete Brandon Cox came to be a 36-year-old college basketball player. Mesa Community College's Brandon Cox lives out hoops dream at 36.pdf
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, 2019Niccole 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, 2019AZ 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, 2019MCC 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, 2019Community 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, 2019Michelle 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.