Nursing Escape Room helps students hone skills
Published Wednesday, April 6, 2022MCC Nursing students in a nursing escape room simulation. MESA, Arizona – April 6, 2022 – When Mesa Community College nursing students go into the simulation lab, it can be quite nerve-racking. During the past year, Interim Nursing Department Chair and Nursing Simulation Coordinator, Diana Breed, who’s been teaching for the past 20 years, noticed students’ anxiety level climbing more than...
Theatre and Film Arts students and faculty earn awards and recognition
Published Wednesday, March 30, 2022MESA, Arizona - March 30, 2022 – Mesa Community College’s Theatre and Film Arts students competed in the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), hosted virtually February 7-12. MCC's production of Antigone. The annual KCACTF recognizes and celebrates the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theatre programs. During the festivals,...
Conference helps students connect with their cultures
Published Tuesday, March 29, 2022MESA, Arizona – March 29, 2022 – Mesa Community College Cultural Science Department hosts a three-day conference to inspire students to connect with their cultures. The second annual conference, “Keeping Traditional Practices Alive: Inspiring Students to Connect to Their Culture,” is scheduled for April 5-7 and features several local, regional and national speakers each day. The event is open to...
Mesa Community College joins national group encouraging student voter registration
Published Tuesday, March 29, 2022MCC Center for Community and Civic Engagement representatives Danette Turner and Debra Ohlinger MESA, Arizona – March 29, 2022 – Mesa Community College joins the 2022 Codesigner Cohort for Ask Every Student, the national joint initiative promoting collaboration between campus leaders and nonprofit partners to help campuses ask every student to participate in the democratic process...
Mesa Community College receives Hispanic Serving Institution STEM grant
Published Friday, March 25, 2022MESA, Arizona – March 25, 2022 – Mesa Community College receives a five year, $4.3 million, federally funded Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) STEM grant to increase enrollment, retention and completion rates of Hispanic and low-income students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. As a newly designated HSI, “MCC is committed to improving success rates of marginalized students and developing an...
MCC offers Veterinary Assisting Certificate
Published Friday, March 25, 2022MCC Veterinary Technology Program Director Kimberly Focht, DVM MESA, Arizona – March 25, 2022 – Mesa Community College is offering a Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Veterinary Assisting. The Veterinary Assisting certificate program prepares students for introductory careers in veterinary medicine and animal health. “By earning this industry certificate students will be well positioned to...
MCC student honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Published Wednesday, March 9, 2022Shannon Poppell recognized for commitment to solving public problems MESA, Arizona – March 9, 2022 -- Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named 173 student civic leaders who will make up the organization’s 2022-2023 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Shannon Poppell, a student at Mesa Community College (...
Theatre and Film Arts faculty receives honor for excellence in educational theatre
Published Friday, March 4, 2022Kara Thomson MESA, Arizona – March 4, 2022 -- Kara Thomson, Mesa Community College faculty and co-director of the Theater and Film Arts department, received the most prestigious regional award given by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) – the Gold Medallion. It is considered one of the great honors in theatre education. “The Gold Medallion is the fanciest, shiny gold...
MCC students named to All-Arizona Academic Team
Published Tuesday, March 1, 2022MESA, Arizona -- March 1, 2022 -- Two academically outstanding Mesa Community College students, Landon Kea and Brooklyn Shumway, received recognition for their extraordinary accomplishments and distinguished leadership during the 2022 All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 24. Landon Kea, 2022 All-Arizona Academic Team honoree The virtual event, hosted and emceed by Ian...
Art Gallery at MCC reopens: explores new possibilities for creators
Published Friday, February 18, 2022Free workshops and exhibitions MESA, Arizona – February 18, 2022 – Redefining the Creator Economy: A Survey of the Digital Arts runs now through March 4 at the Mesa Community College Art Gallery. The exhibition explores the evolution of several different genres of contemporary art practice including internet art, digital art, augmented realities, glitch art, post-digital art and the role that...