Two visiting Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows will make presentations on human trafficking Monday, March 23 at Mesa Community College and Wednesday, March 25 at Scottsdale Community College.Milos Dordevic, senior criminal police investigator with the Ministry of the Interior in Serbia, and Vanessa Fusco Nogueira Simões, a public prosecutor and creator of the first cyber-crime…
Tony Arme, 30, and an MCC grad, is a rising star in the high-dollar and highly competitive world of custom automobiles.
Mesa Independent calendar item:MARCH 12-14, “Beyond Therapy”: Mesa Community College’s Theatre and Film Arts Department is presenting Christopher Durang’s play, “Beyond Therapy,” directed by David Vining.
Barry Metals Company Supports Manufacturing Education by Helping MCC Students: Page 35 http://issuu.com/prosalez/docs/a2z_metalworker_sw_mar-apr_2015
NASA scientist Dr. Claudia Alexander recently spoke to a captivated crowd at an MCC Honors Forum Lecture. Last November, Alexander was among an elite group of scientists watching with anticipation as the Rosetta Mission team landed a probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The Maricopa County Community College District will not raise tuition and property taxes, even though a new state budget proposal eliminates all state funding for the district's 10 schools. But hiring more full-time faculty may be put on hold.
Former students of the Maricopa Community Colleges added $7.3 billion in income to the Arizona economy in 2013-2014, according to a new study released today.PR Web, original release
Mesa Community College’s Theatre and Film Arts Department and Music Department competed in Region VIII of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in St. George, Utah, on Feb. 10-14 at Dixie State University. The annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival recognizes and celebrates the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theatre…
The College of St. Scholastica (CSS) is offering scholarships to the first cohort of the school’s new bachelor-level social work program. It debuts this fall at Mesa Community College.Every student who applies by the deadline and enrolls for the fall term is eligible to receive a scholarship of up to $4,000. St. Scholastica is a 103-year-old independent private college rooted in Catholic…
Adjacent to Mesa Community College (MCC) at Red Mountain campus, a new multi-family development named Verde Dimora will add a sustainable preschool to the immediate community. Dr. Annapurna Ganesh, MCC Early Child Care and Education program director, said, “The sustainable preschool next door would allow students from the Red Mountain Campus to be able to participate at the preschool with…
After devoting most of his adult life to the Mesa Police Department, interim Police Chief John Meza finally received an opportunity to lead the agency when former Chief Frank Milstead resigned to accept a new post as director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.Meza is an MCC alum and thanks former Chief Dennis Donna for driving him to Mesa Community College to get him started.…
New at MCC helm, James Mabry's out to build partnerships
On Feb. 26, AZRE hosted the 10th annual RED Awards reception at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix to recognize the most notable commercial real estate projects of 2014 and the construction teams involved. The winner of the RED Award for Best Redevelopment Project is Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center. An unused Harkins Theater set the stage for MCC's new…
Tutors who hone their skills at Mesa Community College have received a five-year stamp approval from the College Reading and Learning Association, the international rating organization that evaluates tutor qualifications.Page 17 of Wrangler News
The Rose Garden at MCC is listed on the "Ultimate Arizona Bucket List" by AZ Central."Stop and adore the roses. In March and April, the 6-acre Mesa Community College rose garden is in bloom. About 9,000 bushes and 40 beds, tended by 400 volunteers, make it the largest rose garden in the Southwestern desert."
An art exhibit, “Peterson & Peterson,” honoring the 50th anniversary of GCC, was on display in the Palm Court Lounge (SU 104) through Feb. 25 at the college, 6000 W. Olive Ave.The show features work by Willis (“Pete”) Peterson and his daughter, Cynthia Peterson. Cynthia is an art instructor at MCC and award-winning painter.Online West Valley News.
Dr. Claudia Alexander, who worked on the U.S. team that landed a probe on the Rosetta Comet in 2014, will speak as part of the Maricopa Community Colleges Honors Forum Lecture Series at Mesa Community College. Dr. Claudia Alexander is a research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science. Dr. Alexander has worked for the United States Geological Survey and the National…
Superstition Arts and Cultural Alliance and Dreams and Legends Gallery have announced their selection of David Scott Taylor, an MCC alum, as February Superstition Artist of the Month.
Beginning this month, MCC’s dental hygiene students are rotating on the hospital floors of Dignity Health’s Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ.
Two Mesa Community College students are making a difference in the lives of patients at Boulder Mountain Therapy in Mesa. Students Mollie Heiden and Joshua Okken built a bridge that provides special needs children with a unique way to improve their balance skills.
MCC student Karina Aguilar was invited to attend the National Community College Aerospace Scholars on-site workshop in November at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
AZ Informant article on MCC advisor Louis Ellis who serves as a role model in his role as the liason for the Black Student Union and Minority Male Program.
President Barack Obama’s proposal to provide free education for some community college students has gained the support from the head of the network of colleges in Maricopa County.
Coconino Community College and the Coconino County Community Services Department are teaming up with local businesses to help students afford a college education.Regner and officials at CCC looked to Mesa Community College's individual development account program as a model for $ave2Learn. That school has seen encouraging trends in retention, graduation rates and GPAs. For…
Thousands of people in the metro Phoenix area have some college credit but no degree. But now they may be able to get an associate degree retroactively.The Maricopa County Community College District recently was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Helios Education Foundation to start a "reverse transfer" project.