A partnership between the VA and MCC puts on Veteranpalooza, an event dedicated to returning veterans.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $500 million in grants to community colleges and universities around the country for the development and expansion of innovative training programs.
The MCC NAACP has developed a leadership academy designed to increase students' knowledge help them become effective leaders.
Mesa Community College offers four fee-based classroom GED courses in English and four in Spanish, and those are full in large part because of the demand created by deferred action, according to Monica Margaillan, coordinator of minority services.
BMX rider graduated from Mesa Community College last fall with an associate degree in secondary education. He wanted to continue his schooling but was unable to balance riding professionally and going to school.
Westminster College of Fulton, MO, has signed a transfer student agreement with the Maricopa Community Colleges, making it easier for students to continue their higher education at Westminster.
The Phoenix Veterans Administration and Mesa Community College plan to hold "Veteranpalooza -- Bridge to Your Future" 3-7 p.m. Thursday at MCC's main campus, Southern Avenue and Dobson Road, Mesa. The free event is geared toward easing the transition to civilian life for veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
‘The Dining Room’: Family meals no longer characterize American life. This play written by A.R. Gurney unwraps the consequences of this cultural shift. MCC production.
Students were sent an email this week alerting them about Brian Downing.Downing sexually assaulted three females in Arizona, but was eventually allowed to move to Oregon.
This segment of Maricopa Now features emerging MCC fashion designers at fashion show. Click on Maricopa Now and go to minute 10:45.
A degree from a small liberal-arts college can be pricey.Westminster College of Fulton, Mo., which is opening a branch in Mesa in the next year, can cost more than $15,000 annually. That compares with $2,280 a year for a full schedule at Mesa Community College.So, four of the liberal-arts colleges that are in the process of opening branch campuses in Mesa have announced that they will each offer…
Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo, community liaison for Mesa Public Schools and Mesa Community College, recently was recognized by Valle del Sol, a Valley non-profit, and Mesa United Way.
Last week, Upper Iowa became the fifth college this year to establish a campus in Mesa. The city is now home to five liberal-arts institutions with a combined age of 676 years.
Westminster College has signed a transfer-student agreement with the Maricopa Community Colleges making it easier for students to continue their higher education at Westminster.
Representatives from five small colleges that are opening branches in Mesa -- as well as reps from Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus, Mesa Community College, Northern Arizona University and other public universities -- will share information with prospective students at a college expo on Friday.
MCC Dental Hygiene students will conduct complimentary oral-health screenings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, 5855 E.Still Circle, Mesa. To register: 480-248-8195.
Next Friday, the community can come to learn about the five schools – Upper Iowa University became the newest on Thursday – and what they will bring to the city.
In 2004, voters in Maricopa County overwhelmingly agreed to spend nearly a billion dollars to renovate and build new facilities for their 10 community colleges.With the projects going up during one of the most volatile construction periods in history, the Maricopa County Community College District found that the $951 million didn't go as far as MCCCD hoped.Projects that started early in the bond…
Sunland CEO and former MCC student Doug DeClusin built asphalt company from the ground up.
Young undocumented immigrants who receive work permits through President Barack Obama's deferred-action program will be eligible to pay lower in-state tuition, Maricopa Community Colleges officials said Wednesday.
Free dance lessons every Thursday at MCC to participate in AZ State Fair performance.
The City of Mesa, in partnership with Mesa Counts on College, presents the first Mesa Higher Education Conference & Expo Friday, Sept. 21 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mesa Arts Center’s Piper Theater. The purpose of the event is to gather all of Mesa’s non-profit higher education partners in one location to inspire and engage businesses, academic leaders, school faculty and staff, students…
MCC's Duane Oakes talks about the Horizons project and how it encouraged educators to incorporate civic engagement in student learning.
Award-winning designer Angela Johnson teaches in MCC's Fashion Department.Scottsdale Airpark News
Fahad Ullah, an MCC student and convenience store worker, assisted police in a home invasion incident. Fahad is one of the convenience store workers interviewed near the end of this video clip: