MCC Dental Hygiene Students Make Their Rounds at Barrow Neurologic Center
Published Friday, February 13, 2015Beginning this month, MCC’s dental hygiene students are rotating on the hospital floors of Dignity Health’s Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. MCC Dental Hygiene Students Make Their Rounds at Barrow Neurologic Institute _ American Dental Education Association.pdf
MCC Students Create Unique Theraputic Bridge
Published Thursday, February 12, 2015Two Mesa Community College students are making a difference in the lives of patients at Boulder Mountain Therapy in Mesa. Students Mollie Heiden and Joshua Okken built a bridge that provides special needs children with a unique way to improve their balance skills. MesaIndep 021115 Therapeutic Bridge.pdf
Mesa Student Invited to NASA Workshop
Published Thursday, February 12, 2015MCC student Karina Aguilar was invited to attend the National Community College Aerospace Scholars on-site workshop in November at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. MesaIndep 021115 NASA.pdf
Luis Ellis Fosters MCC Student Success with Minority Male Programs and Advising
Published Wednesday, February 11, 2015AZ Informant article on MCC advisor Louis Ellis who serves as a role model in his role as the liason for the Black Student Union and Minority Male Program. AzInformant 020415 Luis Ellis.pdf
County Chancellor Favors Obama's College Proposal
Published Wednesday, February 11, 2015President Barack Obama’s proposal to provide free education for some community college students has gained the support from the head of the network of colleges in Maricopa County. County chancellor favors Obama’s college proposal - East Valley Tribune_ Chandler.pdf
CCC Students Save to Learn
Published Tuesday, February 10, 2015Coconino Community College and the Coconino County Community Services Department are teaming up with local businesses to help students afford a college education. Regner and officials at CCC looked to Mesa Community College's individual development account program as a model for $ave2Learn. That school has seen encouraging trends in retention, graduation rates and GPAs. For instance, between 10 and 20 percent of Mesa Community College’s overall student body finish a degree program. Among the...
MCCCD Colleges May Award 2-Year Degrees Retroactively
Published Tuesday, February 10, 2015Thousands of people in the metro Phoenix area have some college credit but no degree. But now they may be able to get an associate degree retroactively. The Maricopa County Community College District recently was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Helios Education Foundation to start a "reverse transfer" project. MCCCD colleges may award 2-year degrees retroactively.pdf
Attention College Students: You May Have Earned a Degree Without Knowing It
Published Tuesday, February 10, 2015If you’re cash-strapped, here’s a well-trodden path toward a bachelor’s degree: Start at community college, which is cheaper and more flexible; get a bunch of credits there; then transfer to a four-year college to finish. Arizona’s Maricopa community colleges, which enroll more than 265,000 students a year, have received a half-million-dollar grant to track students who’ve moved on, and to automatically give them an associate’s degree if they’ve completed enough coursework. Attention college...
Community College Grads Add Billions to Arizona
Published Friday, February 6, 2015Jack Lunsford, who is taking over leadership of the Arizona Community College Coordinating Council talks about the economic impact and need to rethink funding for the state's community colleges. Community-college grads add billions to Arizona.pdf
Free FAFSA Workshops This Weekend
Published Friday, February 6, 2015MCC is one of several locations offering free FAFSA workshops this weekend. Free FAFSA workshops this weekend for college aid.pdf