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The MCC Hall of Fame honors, alumni, community members, and MCC employees whose personal and professional accomplishments and positive contributions to the college and community set them apart.Learn more at www.mesacc.edu/alumni/hall-fame.Alumni Achievement Award – Robert Klee, Gilbert Orrantia, Michael Ropacki, Ph.D., Matt Salmon, Karl Schroeder, Joan Sullivan GarrettService Award – Robin…
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What’s it like to have one of your first college classes taught by your father? We asked Mesa Community College alumnus Gilbert M. Orrantia, (1976-78) now the Director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, about his experience taking a Spanish class taught by his father in the ‘70s.“It was actually fun to be sitting in one of my dad's classes,” said Orrantia, whose father, Gilbert,…
Geoff Coppola’s fascination with the pattern and beauty in nature is the inspiration behind an innovative piece of art recently installed near the physical science building at Mesa Community College’s Southern and Dobson campus. Coppola collaborated with MCC math and computer science professor Madeleine Chowdhury to bring his design to life, AllisOneenOsillA, a palindrome for All is One, One is…
During your next visit to MCC, check out the TV displays that honor MCC’s Hall of Fame inductees and presidents of the Associated Students of MCC (ASMCC). The digital displays replace traditional plaques. They provide a more contemporary look with richer information, while addressing space limitations that were beginning to emerge now that MCC is more than 50 years old.
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For Mesa Community College alumnus Chris DeWys, a study abroad trip to Guanajuato, Mexico in the summer of 1996 was an eye-opening experience thanks to MCC professors Jaime Herrera and Steve Bass, both of whom still teach for MCC.DeWys, who today is a lawyer in San Francisco, said the immersive experience of living with a local family and hearing Spanish 24/7 was a crash course in the language.“I…