Posted by East Valley Tribune: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 10:00 am Shelby Slade, Special to Tribune After 17 years in the military Maj. Antoinette Grimes thought she was finally getting the opportunity to serve her country until a collapsed lung separated her from her unit leaving for Iraq. She recovered from that ailment and did serve in Afghanistan, but she was medevaced…
Do you want an out-of-this world experience on Friday? Head to Mesa Community College. The school is offering its free Astronomy Nights, which happens every first Friday of the month. Friday's show features a guided tour of the spring sky.
MCTV video interview with MCC professor Joann Cohen about "Flirting 101," for 180 View, an international, educational and entertaining student program, which is produced by Maricopa Community Colleges Television (MCTV) in Scottsdale, Arizona in cooperation with Sevastopol TV and Radio Company (STV) in Ukraine. Interview at minute 5:38 http://www.maricopa.edu/mctv/180view.html
This is an interview with Sumr Breez, who began teaching yoga in 1997 at Fitness West in Phoenix, AZ. Now she teaches all levels and all ages at DeVry University & Mesa Community College, the Phoenix Veterans Center and the Merritt Center Women's Returning Vet Program, among other places.
At its 19th Annual All-Arizona Academic Awards Luncheon, the Phi Theta Kappa organization honored 73 academic all-stars from Arizona Community Colleges including 26 from the Maricopa Community Colleges.
At its 19th Annual All-Arizona Academic Awards Luncheon, the Phi Theta Kappa organization honored 73 academic all-stars from Arizona Community Colleges including 26 from the Maricopa Community Colleges. To be eligible for the award, students must maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, be in good academic standing, be working toward an associate's degree, demonstrate leadership, and…
MCC's Act I Musical Productions' presentation of Into the Woods opens Feb. 27 at MCC's Southern and Dobson Campus.
MCC student Amanda Fahy believes there's more to college than just academics. This past semester she took time from her studies to volunteer at Care Partnership, a non-profit that helps 20,000 people every year. Now MCC students will have even more opportunities for civic engagement with a $270,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation.
Mesa Community College, Mesa Public Schools and the city have become partners in establishing a community-driven focus in college completion and career readiness with what started as a Bill & Melinda Gates funded initiative: Communities Learning In Partnership.
Back Row: Melissa Bidon and Bryce Bunker Front Row: Shannon Cochrane, Andrea Handley, and Brienna Yarger Mesa, Arizona – February 12, 2014 – SCI has announced the thirty candidates that were selected to travel to Houston, TX to compete for the 2014 SCI Scholarship; five of which attend the MCC Mortuary Science Program in Mesa, Arizona. …
They're bouncy. They're jumpy. They're fun. But it's not just kids bouncing and jumping at these popular indoor parks."Lots of interesting stuff growing at these places," says Dr. Stan Kikkert, who heads up the Bio Tech program at Mesa Community College.
Mesa Community College (MCC) is one of seven community colleges across the country awarded a service-learning grant from the Teagle Foundation.
Former state legislator and gubernatorial candidate Alfredo Gutierrez was selected Friday to serve on the Maricopa County Community College District governing board.
The Mesa-East Valley Rose Society hosts its annual auction, featuring more than 150 varieties of miniatures, minifloras, polyanthas, hybrid teas and shrub roses, along with fertilizers and other supplies. Proceeds benefit the Rose Society and The Garden at Mesa Community College.
Mesa Community College and Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in Branchburg are two of seven community colleges nationally that has been awarded a Service Learning grant from the New York-based Teagle Foundation. The three-year, $8,500 annual grant will enable seven community colleges to work together on a national project, “Student Learning for Civic Capacity: Stimulating Moral,…
MCC's Theatre and Arts Program is one of 84 nominations from 27 Arizona communities that were submitted in six categories for the 33rd annual Governor's Arts Awards for individuals and businesses who have made substantial and outstanding contributions to arts and culture statewide.Note: Among the 84 nominees, the MCC Theatre and Film Arts Department has been nominated…
A program at Mesa Community College has received a $2.5 million grant to provide advanced manufacturing training to the East Valley.The school’s Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute received the grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.
MCC alum Tony Turley started as the city’s new Administrative Services director Jan. 6. Turley attended MCC in 1984 and credits his accounting class at MCC as providing the start to his career.
Gov. Jan Brewer hinted Thursday that her breakfast appearance at the Hilton Phoenix/Mesa might not be the last of its kind. The breakfast meeting, sponsored by the East Valley Chambers of Commerce Alliance, the East Valley Partnership and Mesa Community College, is an annual tradition.
The Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AZ-AMI) of Mesa Community College received a $2.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration to provide trade-impacted workers and others with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to provide long-term support to aerospace and advanced manufacturing industries in the region.
Macy’s Inc. announced Jan. 8 that it would close its 159,000-square-foot Fiesta location as part of a nationwide cost-cutting effort, capping off at least a decade of slow decline for the mall.
Eric Boudreau, who plays Mason “Marz” Marzac in theatre production, grew up playing basketball and soccer in Port Angeles, Wash., and moved to the Valley to study musical theater at Mesa Community College, where he was mentored by music professor Sue Anne Lucius.“I am a very proud alumnus of MCC. They put me in a good position to do what I’m doing now,” Boudreau says.“I am a firm believer…
Some community colleges have acknowledged the need to address the lack of academic readiness within student ranks, says Dr. Gerardo de los Santos, president and chief executive officer of the League for Innovation in the Community College.His short list of community colleges on the cutting edge includes Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio; Miami Dade College and Valencia College in Florida…
MCC is part of this article on East Valley Partnership President Roc Arnett's game plan for the Southeast Valley for 2014. Education 2 of 4 “When you add up Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus, the community colleges, the private colleges that have come into Mesa and elsewhere, you’re looking at about 157,000 college students,” Arnett said…
Several thousand seasoned collectors, families and kids are expected to attend the 42nd annual Flagg Gem and Mineral Show set for Jan. 3-5 in the west parking lot of Mesa Community College at Dobson Road and Southern Avenue.