Kristione Ouzts of Mesa Community College talks to Tech.com about launching a business and finding funding. Written by Tishin Donkersley, formerly adjunct sports psychologist at MCC.
The East Valley Tribune reports that Registerednursing.org has selected the 10 best RN programs in Arizona, and two schools in the East Valley ranked high. Mesa Community College’s program ranked No. 1 on the list. The website called MCC “both rigorous and flexible in accommodating nursing students.” Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s program…
Masonry Magazine examines the MCC Performing Arts Center from a masonry project point of view.Link to Masonry Magazine
A Washington Post article about how President Donald Trump's immigration policies threaten to crack a foundation of the American economy: the residential real estate market. MCC student Juan Rodriguez, a 24-year-old whose parents moved from Mexico when he was 7, is interviewed.
The Arizona Republic reports on aquaponic efforts in the Valley, with comments from George Brooks Jr., who teaches aquaponics at MCC.
Wrangler News reports on Oscar Ramirez, a Marcos de Niza and MCC alum, who will be part of a team that will help design a new football field at Marcos.
Wrangler News interviews Dr. Kimberly Focht, DVW, of MCC's Veterinary Technology Program, about Walk your Dog Day.
Phoenix New Times reports that Mohamed Abdulkadir, a 19-year-old who attends Mesa Community College, is one of a group of young people taking action against Trump's Muslim ban.
Last year, Kris Bryant pranked a community college team into thinking he was a new and very talented transfer. But Bryant was on the other end of the stunt recently, when Red Bull and Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux teamed up to prank the National League MVP. Coverage by CBS Sports, 12 News and other outlets.12 NewsCBS SportsvideoDenver PostBuzz-actu.comCinema Blaze.comMen's Fitness
The Arizona Republic reports that the Entertainment Software Association says average compensation for jobs in the video game industry is about $97,000 a year. More than 400 U.S. colleges and universities now offer coursework in programming, graphic design and other disciplines that students use in the video-gaming industry, including Mesa Community…
Illinois State University features Kelly Boyce in Pause for Applause. The Arizona Diamondbacks, a professional baseball franchise, named Kelly Boyce its first female head athletic trainer in the team’s history. Boyce, who completed a three-year internship with the team, is also a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Mesa Community College.
The ASU State Press reports that ASU has outlined a plan that could increase financial aid to students transferring from Arizona's community colleges. MCC transfer student Derek Fermaint is interviewed.
Broadway World reports that Steve Yockey (Very Still & Hard to See, Blackberry Winter) joins the Dramatists Guild Fund's Traveling Masters Program to work with student writers and offer feedback on their plays at Mesa Community College on February 16 & 17, during the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Cronkite News reports on the process of Aquaponics and interviews Dr. George Brooks, Jr., who teaches the subject at MCC. Video Hortidaily.com
My News Mesa reports that former Mesa Thunderbird and current San Francisco Giant minor league baseball player, Adam Sonabend, with help from about 15 other major leaguers, made that dream a reality for 50 children who live in foster care around the Valley.
My News Mesa and the Tempe Wrangler News report that Mesa Community College announced its spring 2017 arts season. Performances and exhibitions feature work by up-and-coming student artists as well as renowned master artists.
The New Times features Arizona native Frank Gonzales, a skilled artist who creates imaginative acrylic paintings that capture the essence of the Sonoran desert. He studied painting at MCC.
ASU Full Circle reports on a grant that will provide $5 million over the next five years for ASU's Fulton Schools to partner with nine Arizona community colleges with aim of putting more students into the community college-to-ASU pipeline toward careers in engineering and related science and technology fields. The partner schools are Central Arizona College, Eastern Arizona…
Mesa Independent reports that the long, excruciating wait for die-hard soccer fans in Mesa is finally over. FC Arizona is bringing the world’s most popular sport to town starting in March and maybe even a championship. FC Arizona opens its inaugural season March 4 at John D. Riggs stadium at Mesa Community College. The website is fcarizona.com.
GCC website announces MCC Creative Writing Professor Josh Rathkamp to speak at Glendale Community College on Wednesday, February 15th from 7-9 p.m.
The February edition of Maricopa Now features MCC's manufacturing and automation technology programs, with interviews from MCC instructors Harvey Johnson and Carl Whitesel and MCC student Thomas Sosa, TRW intern. Minute 3:25 https://youtu.be/XlV5xWJxy50?t=196
The Community College Journal reports: The Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AzAMI) is still a year away from the end of the U.S. Department of Labor grant that expanded the program. But already, AzAMI Executive Director Leah Palmer at Mesa Community College (MCC) in Mesa, Arizona, is fielding calls from companies that have hired her students through the…
The Arizona Republic features new state House Speaker and MCC adjunct professor of politics J.D. Mesnard, who brings his policy background to the job. He makes a nod to his music background by outfitting his office with a piano.
In Maricopa reports that the Maricopa High School troupe performed at the Central Arizona Festival of Theatre, held at MCC. Those who scored the top mark of “Superior” are invited to the International Thespian Society National Competition in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June.
AZCentral and the Mesa Chamber of Commerce report on degree programs at MCC.True Viral News