The East Valley Tribune features the Rose Garden at Mesa Community College, an East Valley showplace for the flowers and the largest rose garden in the Southwest.
Mesa Community College student and baseball player Alfonso Barragan is profiled in this Sporting Nation story. MCC coach Anthony Cirelli is quoted.
LearnHowToBecome.org has announced its list of the most affordable colleges and universities in the U.S. for 2017. MCC is listed among 50 Most Affordable Online Two-Year Colleges.
The Mesa Independent features Sonya Pearson, Mesa Community College vice president of student affairs, who has been elected president-elect of the National Council on Student Development. The council promotes the understanding of and respect for all community college students and professionals through advocacy and education. Ms. Pearson will begin a two-year term…
My News Mesa reports that on April 21, the Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2017 Annual Leadership Awards to honor business excellence and leadership in Mesa. Winners included Professor of the Year, Paul Harasha, Mesa Community College, and Student of the Year, Charlotte Ruth, Skyline High School. MCC VP of Academic…
KJZZ reports that the Maricopa County Community College district adopted a preliminary budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year Tuesday night. The $1.4 billion proposal is $59.4 million less than last year. District board member Jean McGrath cast one of the no votes. She said she believes Mesa Community College’s Red Mountain campus, which reportedly…
WalletHub asked experts, including John Beshk from MCC, about the role that free credit reports play in consumers' lives as well as how we can make better use of them.
Writer Jennifer Haaland reviews MCC's Of Mice & Men for PHX Stages. "The play's heartbeat relies on the characters' and audience's ability to see and believe in dreams that never materialize. Because MCC's production paints several elements of the dream so vividly, it succeeds."
Cronkite News reports that Monica Margaillan, Ezequiel Santos and Valeria Rodriguez started the first club for undocumented students in the Maricopa County Community College District. Maricopa Undocumented Students Thriving provides a hub for information on legal services, counseling, scholarships and more.
Nice feature on MCC Baseball Coach Tony Cirelli on Inside Maricopa Sports. https://youtu.be/y-z6OXA60-U?t=175
MCC Red Mountain campus is mentioned by My News Mesa as a place to see local wildlife in Mesa for Earth Day.
The Arizona Republic features MCC Political Science Professor Brian Dille's editorial about Andy Biggs, Dille says the Mesa congressman is pushing a dangerous agenda that would isolate us from the world. Dille is the director of MCC's Model United Nations Program.
AZ Jewish Post features two local Jewish artists who are among the 10 women featured in the show: Julie Szerina Stein and Anne Lowe. Stein studied art at MCC.
Arizona Business Daily reports that Mesa Community College (MCC) has been given high marks in the 2016 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange. The college came in fourth place in Arizona when it came to the number of international students attending the college.
Arizona Business Daily reports that two Mesa Community College (MCC) students have been honored as team scholars. Jessica Siegel and Zachary St. Martin were both named Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Scholars for 2017.
Sonoran News reports that Isaac Mordukhovich, a senior at BASIS Chandler, has been selected as an Arizona delegate to the 2017 National Youth Science Camp. Isaac was named Best Diplomat at the Mesa Community College Model United Nations Conference in February.
Cronkite News reports that in Arizona, a little over one in 10 community college students may be in danger of being homeless and more than 30 percent may experience extreme food insecurities. Interview with Sunny Price, director for the Arizona Students’ Association and Robert Schwing, a spokesman for Maricopa Community Colleges.East Valley Tribune
Maricopa Now's March edition features AzAMI and interviews with JD Neglia, Leah Palmer, MCC student Paxton Lesatz and Carl Whitesel. Minute 23:00. https://youtu.be/eUnbUrMJdxE?t=1378
Maricopa Now features MCC fashion student Jessica Kelley and MCC fashion design instructor & FABRIC co-owner Angela Johnson. (First story) Johnson talks about her experience with students: "To know that I was a part of them being able to learn a skill and then use that skill to have a career, is so cool." FABRIC stands for Fashion and Business Resource…
Steven P. Lurenz, a professor of history at Mesa Community College, believes that studying the humanities can help us better understand each other, reports the Arizona State University State Press.
MCC's partnership with MPS and the college's Nursing Program are featured in The Mesa Economic Reporter Newsletter.
The Mesa Independent quotes Mesa Vice Mayor David Luna about MCC's Early Childhood Education program, rated five stars by First Things First because of the quality of their program.
Pensacola State College’s Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Erin Spicer is a 2017 recipient of the Chair Academy’s International Exemplary Leadership Award, reports InWeekly.net.
The Navajo-Hopi Observer reports that Lynnae Mitchell, a four-year varsity, three-year captain and three-year starter for basketball in Winslow, recently signed with MCC.
Soccer Nation reports why Mia Martinez chose Mesa Community College.