Jeff Clark has been the fire chief for the Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department in Chandler, Arizona, for the last seven years. The Eastside Fire & Rescue board in Washington extended an offer to Clark for the open EF&R fire chief position. He has an associate of applied science and fire science from Mesa Community College, a bachelor’s degree in public safety…
Mark Brenneman, a retired MCC math instructor, has been playing Santa for 43 years. Brenneman operates Santa Claus and Company, directing a group of about 15 Santas, four Mrs. Claus' and five to nine elves.
Kelly Moeur, honorary consul general of Japan in Phoenix, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from Los Angeles-based Consul General Harry Horinouchi on Nov. 19 at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Phoenix.
A full-time student scholarship will be at stake when high school students from across Arizona test their automotive testing and diagnostic skills during the inaugural Maricopa Community Colleges' Arizona High School Auto Challenge. Note: The Challenge will take place in April 2016.
The forth and final phase of the MCC cienega was the installation of educational signage. The signs were funded through a $54,736 Heritage Grant from the Arizona Game and Fish Department to educate and let visitors of the sensitive nature of the coinage, and provide information on the importance and natural history of desert wetlands and the species living within this unique habitat.
Saint Xavier University passed a huge milestone in establishing its Catholic identity by celebrating the first Mass at its new Gilbert campus Dec. 3.Saint Xavier is among four Catholic higher-education level options now available for Valley residents. The others: Benedictine University at Mesa; the University of Mary, which collaborates with Arizona State University in Tempe; and the College of…
MCC is one of the schools standing behind the ACAC pledge.On November 19th, 2015, the White House launched American Campuses Act on Climate (ACAC) initiative to amplify the voice of the higher-ed community in support of a strong international climate agreement in the United Nations COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. The launch included a White House roundtable with campus and…
A full-time student scholarship will be at stake when high school students from across Arizona test their automotive testing and diagnostic skills during the inaugural Maricopa Community Colleges’ Arizona High School Auto Challenge.Automotive instructors from three of the Maricopa Community Colleges that offer post-secondary degree and certificate automotive programs banded together to present…
After nearly 17 years at the League, 10 years as President and CEO, Gerardo E. de los Santos, Ph.D., will be stepping down from his leadership role due to family health responsibilities. Dr. de los Santos earned an A.A. degree from Mesa Community College in Arizona.
Mesa Independent article on Professor Tim Minger and grant. In 2012, the National Science Foundation awarded Mesa Community College a grant to study the chemical compounds of native Sonoran Desert plants. “The grant was to assist with modifying the organic chemistry laboratory curriculum to incorporate more research based activities using chemicals found in…
Mark Brenneman, a retired MCC mathematics professor, has been playing Santa for 43 years. Brenneman operates Santa Claus and Company, directing a group of about 15 Santas, four Mrs. Claus' and five to nine elves.
After nearly 17 years at the League of Innovation, 10 years as President and CEO, Gerardo E. de los Santos, Ph.D., will be stepping down from his leadership role due to family health responsibilities.Gerardo is an MCC alum.
MCC is mentioned in this article about the growth of Downtown Mesa.
Upon arriving at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mesa Community College student Greg Howard was immediately assigned a mission: to form a theoretical space exploration company and build a rover out of a basic robotics kit in about a day.
A decline in enrollment at Mesa Community College’s Red Mountain location has faculty fighting to keep the 15-year old campus from closing. (See video below by Kendall Bartley/Cronkite News)Also:Community College Week
MCC faculty member Palmerino Mazzucco, student Bill Melhouse and Hunger Awareness Week are featured on the December edition of Maricopa Now, the monthly TV Magazine Show of the Maricopa Community Colleges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQsh2A2rfo Palermino is at minute 7:41 Hunger Awareness is at minute 23:25
Rufus Glasper, longtime chancellor of Maricopa Community Colleges, is retiring to become head of a non-profit education group in the Valley.Arizona Republic article mentions MCC at Red Mountain.Phoenix Business Journal
Earning a college degree or a certificate can put you on the road to a successful and rewarding career. You’ll want to choose the best education options to help prevent winding up on your life’s path burdened by heavy student debt. Juan Carlos Sanchez, financial aid outreach specialist at Mesa Community College, offers some tips on the most economical ways to get quality higher education.
Ron Striegel is the newest faculty member teaching classes in the Health Care Navigation Program at OJC (Colorado). Most of his professional life has been in the health care industry, first in nursing then spending 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry in various capacities. Most recently Ron worked as a Hospital and Patient Services manager for Fresenius Medical Care.He earned his master’s…
Steep, relentless enrollment decline at Mesa Community College could force the dramatic downsizing or even closure of its Red Mountain campus, a 100-acre architectural jewel opened less than 15 years ago.Full-time enrollment at MCC has dropped by nearly a quarter since the 2010-11 school year and by more than a third at the Red Mountain campus specifically, according…
Mesa is experiencing higher education institutions, in partnership with our city and community as a whole, making tremendous strides in the right direction and perhaps providing a model for other places to follow.
Those interested in desert preservation are encouraged to join in the celebration of the completion of the final phase of the cienega at Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, 7110 E. McKellips Road. Brief remarks will be made at 3 p.m., Nov. 18 in the Cienega Circle, followed by light refreshments and guided tours of the cienega and life science laboratories in an adjacent building.Link to…
MCC wrapped a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary with two multicultural festivals, one at MCC at Southern and Dobson and another at MCC at Red Mountain on Friday, Nov. 20.
Cara Trim was named the 2015-16 Miss Native MCC during a scholarship pageant hosted by the Mesa Community College Inter-tribal Student Organization and the American Indian Institute on Nov. 6. Quimbie Gonnie was named first attendant.
Roses are to be displayed at a Nov. 20-22 rose show and convention at Mesa Community College.People can view the roses from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 in the Navajo Room at the college, 1833 W. Southern Ave.