The 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…
This 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…
This Arizona Republic story tells how MCC student athlete Brandon Cox came to be a 36-year-old college basketball player.
"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.Note: The MCCCD Mortuary Science program is currently overseen by Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
Niccole Villa Cerveny, Ph.D., MCC Geography faculty, is co-author of the Weatherwise article Meteorology's Emerald Jewel: Valentia Observatory.Weatherwise 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.
AZ 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
MCC Rose Garden Curator MaryLou Coffman tells the story of the garden in this Arizona Republic feature.Note: A subscription is required to access the article accompanying video online.
Community 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.
Michelle 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…
RaisingArizonakids.com reports on East Valley Children’s Theatre presenting the play “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,” featuring Jere Van Patten, adjunct faculty member of Mesa Community College, as the director.
MyLocalNews shares news of MCC receiving a 2019 ALL IN Challenge silver seal for high percentage of student voter engagement during the 2018 midterm election.
Wrangler News reports on the new offering of EMT training at the MCC Red Mountain Campus. MCC student Wyatt Bell is quoted in the article.“The MCC program is great,” he said, “with its encouraging, no-nonsense instructors, who’ve worked in the field and deliver real-life scenarios that always keep students interested and involved. The program is interactive, well-led and student focused.”
The East Valley Tribune reports Audriana Mitchell, an MCC student, was crowned the 2019-2020 Miss Indian Arizona. Web Magazine Image of article
The Navajo Times reports that MCC student Audriana Mitchell was crowned Miss Indian Arizona for 2019-20.https://navajotimes.com/ae/community/mitchell-named-58th-miss-indian-arizona/
MCC's Chair of Administration of Justice Studies, Dr. Kerry Muehlenbeck, provided information to 12News about class six open-ended offenses in a segment on a Mesa bus driver accused of child abuse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOO4cpHt2sU
Wrangler News reports 17 Dual Enrollment early childhood education students are recipients of First Things First college tuition scholarships.
Havasu News reports on MCC student Audriana Mitchell being crowned Miss Indian Arizona 2019-20.Subscription required to view entire story online.
Native News Online staff reports that alum Manuel Lopez has contributed to road modification engineering for Navajo Gaming's Navajo Blue Travel Plaza.https://nativenewsonline.net/education/navajo-gaming-prepares-to-launch-navajo-blue-travel-plaza-late-fall/
Azbigmedia.com mentions MCC alumnus John J. Halk as a new hire for Arizonas top ranked real estate firm, MacQueen & Gottlieb PLC (M&G).Article here
The State Press reports that Arizona State University and Mesa Community College have been rewarded $682,313 to help launch new agricultural courses to be available in the spring of 2020. Peter Conden of MCC's Sustainable Agriculture program is quoted with regards to a new greenhouse being built on campus.
The East Valley Tribune reports that MCC is inducting 11 alumni and community members into the school's hall of fame for various work benefitting the community.
The Fountain Hills Times reports that Justine Mantor-Waldie, former professor of color and design at MCC, will be featured in the upcoming Hidden in the Hills artist tour.
Verdenews.com reports that MCC professor and composer Elizabeth Ursic is returning to Sedona to debut a new CD, Gratitude, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Friday, Oct. 25th.
ParkerPioneer.net reports the Colorado River Indian Tribe's Audriana Mitchell was named "Miss Indian Arizona 2019-20" on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Chandler Center for the Performing Arts.Mitchell is currently enrolled at MCC and serves as a the school's Intertribal Student Organization president.
The East Valley Tribune reports Allen Garns, art instructor at MCC, has just been honored by the Pastel Society.“This was a small and rather quiet piece. Each year, many of the paintings in this show are often large and much more intense color – a common quality in pastel painting. So, I was especially surprised and honored to be chosen for this award,” Garns said.Also quoted in the article is…