Former MCC football player Damarious Randall is named Sports Illustrated All-American. ---TEMPE, Ariz. -- Sports Illustrated mentioning Arizona State receiver Jaelen Strong and defensive back Damarious Randall on its All-American team simultaneously brought about two questions concerning the future of Sun Devil football. Strong, who earned a second-team nod…
Laurie Dutton, named a 2014 Outstanding Teacher Candidate in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU, found her calling during an introductory education course at MCC.
The Meet Your Neighbor column, published in the 12/10/14 edition of the Mesa Independent, features Dr. Pan and includes references to MCC's 50th anniversary.
MCC's Theatre & Film Arts Department is presenting Susan Zeder’s signature play, Mother Hicks, directed by Debra K. Stevens, this holiday season.
MCC English professor Eddie Webb discusses MCC's Native Documentary Filmmaking Program on Arizona Horizon Show on PBS. Link to PBS video.
Damarious Randall has overcome injury and successfully transitioned to become one of the nation’s top defensive football players at Arizona State, and on Monday, he accepted his selection to the 2015 Reese’s Senior Bowl to be played Jan. 24 in Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Randall left his mark while at Mesa Community College as he was named an NJCAA First Team All-American and the…
The December 2014 edition of MCTV Maricopa Now contains coverage of: Outdoor Recreation program: minute 8:51 PAC Grand Opening: minute 12 Pupfish at Red Mountain: minute 12:26 MCTV, the digital television channel, is a partnership between the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and Cox Communications. MCTV serves as the primary television media outlet for MCCCD, the…
If you've thought about learning how to grow and cook more nutritious food, the Maricopa Community Colleges have a program that may appeal to you. The colleges' Sustainable Food Systems program will teach you to complete the food cycle by learning to grow, cook food and compost food.MCC is mentioned but not featured in (Ch 15) Sonoran Living's three-part segment on…
MCC chemistry professor Asmita Kane Budruk wrote chapter 4, "Undergraduate Research at MCC" in the annual Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) publication.
Ten years ago, a retired couple, Joan and Stan Alf, started FlagFriends (Flagstaff International Friendship Program) to give international students at NAU a chance to learn more about American culture and interact with American families. Joan had been running a similar program at Arizona State University, and Stan had a lot of contacts with international students while working at Mesa…
MCC Alum William Brickhouse is mentor to students.
Article on AZ SCITECH website: "If you're interested in helping students build 21st century workforce skills, understand and analyze data, and engage in authentic projects that provide marketable job skills, then apply for the Geospatial Connections Promoting Advancement to Careers and Higher Education (GEOCACHE), Cohort 2."
Honors students at Mesa Community College gathered Oct. 26 to make sandwiches, write inspirational notes and draw on lunch bags for the homeless.
Former MCC art teacher, Susan Canasi, will have her sculptures in a studio show this month.
An outdoor-laboratory cienega for Mesa Community College at Red Mountain now has 307 endangered native desert pupfish in a refuge pond.
Through a unique and intensive summer research experience, a group of six MCC students may have discovered beneficial new uses of essential oils derived from naturally occurring Sonoran Desert plants.KEYC-TVPR WebKWQCETVFutures.com (scroll down)
While the Truman Commission stated that educating for democracy "should come first ... among the principal goals for higher education," today, society asks colleges and universities to prepare individuals for jobs in a cost-effective and accessible way. The White House Domestic Policy Council recently asked Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service…
(MCC) decided on the musical Hairspray to debut its spanking new Performing Arts Center last night. What a choice! Examiner's sneak peek tour last night of backstage dressing rooms while the cast and director got gussied up for opening night was a treat, followed by a performance that was even sweeter.
In this article about community engagement at universities, MCC is mentioned: "The nation’s two-year community colleges are also engaged in programs designed to directly address issues and problems affecting their communities. Arizona’s Mesa Community College, located in a suburb of Phoenix, is developing a program aimed at combating human trafficking."
The sister era is dawning for Arizona State women's basketball. Peace Amukamara is in this season, reuniting with her sister, Promise, a senior. Peace, coming off a national junior-college title at Mesa Community College, isn't setting any limits.
Artists at the show include Susan Canasi, a former Mesa Community College art teacher.
“Rumpelstiltskin” at Mesa Community College: 7 p.m. evening shows and 2 p.m. matinees at Mesa CommunityCollege, 1833 W. Southern Ave. in Mesa. This play based on the classic fairy tale is written by Linda Daugherty anddirected by Kevin Dressler.
All ten Maricopa Community Colleges have been designated as 2015 Military Friendly Schools® by Victory Media. Each year, more than 10,000 VA-approved schools nationwide are surveyed.Mesa Independent
In this issue of PTK's Partners in Excellence publication, MCC PTK Kemey is highlighted in "spotlight" on page 6 and MCC's PTK is pictured on the back cover.
MCC student quoted in this article: "Protesters, ostensibly angry over the same core system, are consistently at odds over brand messaging and treatment of law enforcement, said Harvey Donner, a student at Mesa Community College who marched on Wednesday."