Budget cuts continue to stress Arizona’s education system, leaving higher learning on a financial shelf too high for many students to reach. As the cost of college tuition continues to rise, two colleges in the East Valley are providing a stepstool to ease the burden for today’s scholars.Mesa Community College (MCC), the largest of the 10 community colleges in the nation’s largest community…
More Than Bells Without Clappers: Students Finding Voice through Civic Engagement with Big Questions
With the national conversation about college emphasizing timely degree completion and readiness for employment, how can community college educators prepare our students to tackle the big questions they currently experience and will further confront in the complex, changing environment of our interconnected global future?In a project funded by the Teagle Foundation, housed at the Community College…
The blog "Matilda & Jo" describes the positives aspects of attending a community college. "Do you have any idea how much college costs? Have you felt the soul-crushing anxiety of paying off loans already? Attending community college can lessen that anxiety quite a bit. Take a look at the numbers:Mesa Community College Tuition for 12 credits: $1008Arizona State…
Arizona SciTech today announced the appointment of Susan Farretta as their new Director of Programs and Education. Farretta is a graduate of Mesa Community College. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Management and a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix.ITBriefing.net:http://www.itbriefing.net/index.php?file=article&name=News&sid=769776
MCC graduate Andrew Sypher receives Hites Scholarship.
After having been accepted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics last spring, Benedictine University at Mesa is launching its athletic program this fall. Currently there are no athletic facilities on the campus, and student athletes use facilities owned by the city or at Mesa Community College.
As Mesa celebrates the expansion of the Light Rail, Felix Trejo, a Mesa Community College student, told New Times, “Without the light rail, I wouldn’t be able to go to college.” Trejo is studying landscape architecture and hopes to use his degree to help expand the family-owned landscaping business his father started.
Daniel Kipp, who attended Mesa Community College, and his wife, Laurie, own Continuous Rain Gutter Systems & Show Low Garage Doors in Vernon. The combination of garage doors and rain gutters, water storage tanks and rain harvesting has given them a successful business much needed on the mountain. Their business employs local people and put dollars into the White Mountain…
Rebecca Ming Hsu, MD, Forensic Pathologist and Owner of Hsu Enterprises, LLC, has been named a Worldwide Branding Top Female Executive in Forensic Pathology. A qualified professional in her field, Dr. Hsu is trained as a funeral director. She received an associate's degree in mortuary science from Mesa Community College in 2007 and an MD from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 1995.
Cesar Calderon starts classes next week at Mesa Community College. The 26-year-old graduated from Mesa High in 2012, but wasn’t able to afford higher education until a judge upheld a policy making some undocumented immigrants under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program eligible for in-state tuition at the Maricopa Community Colleges.
“Having the College of St. Scholastica on the MCC campus helps to fulfill our college goal of providing an accessible education for students and enabling them to become successful citizens in Arizona’s society and economy,” Annalisa Alvrus, chair of the MCC Cultural Science department, said in a statement.
A celebration of the light rail line to downtown Mesa on Saturday, Aug. 22 will feature informational panels on the history of Mesa, including info on what building served as the first home to Mesa Community College.
After graduating from Tempe’s McClintock High School in 2005, German Cadenas applied to ASU but was denied admission.“At that time, they were treating undocumented students like international students,” said Cadenas, who moved to the U.S. from Venezuela with his mother when he was 15. “They wanted me to go get a visa, and I couldn’t go back.”Since community colleges were more affordable,…
MCC alum Cindy Wong had a lot of obstacles to overcome as a youth – some that have taken decades to reconcile. She's now a scholarship student at ASU. Read her story:
More than 100 institutions in 36 states will benefit on the additional $23.4 million in Student Support Services grants announced by the U.S. Department of Education just recently.MCC is a recipient of an additional fund, one of the seven (7) Federal TRIO Programs that aim to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, low income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals…
Mesa named Best Big City in Southwest in 2015 by Time, Inc.'s Money Magazine. (Number 10 of 50).
The Land of Oz is returning to ASU Gammage with the beloved musical Wicked. Stepping onto the Yellow Brick Road as part of the ensemble and as the understudy for Glinda and Nessarose is East Valley native, Beka Burnham.After starring in productions at Mesa Community College and Greasepaint Youtheatre, the aspiring actress moved to Boston to study musical theater at…
"Showing up for class and taking notes is only half a loaf of [the college] experience," says Patrick Burkhart, provost of Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona.Burkhart is quoted in an article about how to make this year a successful school year."It's about that time. New college students are getting ready to pack up and head to the dorm. Or they may be returning to school after a long hiatus…
The University of Minnesota, Morris has announced the hiring of Tricia Melfy as head volleyball coach. Melfy comes to Morris with 17 years of volleyball coaching experience at the high school, community college, club and university levels, assisting at Minot State University last season. As the Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) head volleyball coach, she turned the program around from…
The first workshop of the 2015-16 college prep workshop series will be held from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Rd. The City of Tempe has partnered with Tempe Union High School District, Tempe Elementary School District, ASU, Grand Canyon University, Mesa Community College, Northern Arizona University,…
Terry R. Seamons, President of the BYU Alumni Association, spoke about Duane Oakes at his August commencement address.Partial quote: "Through an educational career he has devoted himself to keeping the legacy going of the things he learned at BYU. He stayed involved."
Stewart Adams retires from the Arizona State University Police Department after nearly 40 years of service. Adams attended Mesa Community College.
The City of Mesa -- in partnership with Mesa Public Schools and Mesa Community College — opened the Mesa Counts on College Access Center to help bridge the education chasm. The center at 635 E. Broadway Road will be a free one-stop shop for all things post-secondary education.Also, Mesa Independent
A public-private college partnership between Mesa Community College and The College of St. Scholastica is expected to strengthen the presence of the private college within the largest community college district in America.
There's push on the Mesa Community College campus to try and make the transgendered community feel more comfortable when it comes to a basic need: Using a restroom.