MCC communications instructor Rebecca Irvine discusses handling difficult emotions.
2014 All-USA Community College Academic Team Honors outstanding students. Students of all ages and backgrounds — who have overcome a range of challenges to pursue their dreams — are thriving in the USA's community colleges. The Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society will honor them by announcing its 2014 All-USA Community College Academic Team today, recognizing 20 two-year college…
Rio Salado College held a March 26 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new East Valley Veterans Education Center at 3320 S. Price Road, Tempe. The veterans center is hosted by Rio Salado College in partnership with the Maricopa Community Colleges District, Scottsdale Community College and Mesa Community College. Other partners include the Arizona Department of Labor, Arizona Department of…
Excerpt: Mesa Mayor Scott Smith recently participated in the second Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service. The ceremony recognized AmeriCorps and Senior Corps volunteers serving in Mesa, and Mesa United Way was awarded a five member VISTA project that focuses on serving veterans. Members worked at the Veteran Service Center at Mesa Community College to help build a web-…
Mesa East Valley Rose Society presents its annual Rose Garden Tour 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at seven gardens in Chandler and Mesa.Docents will offer guided tours of the Rose Garden at Mesa Community College, which boasts more than 9,000 rose bushes, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Mesa Community College’s Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AZAMI) is hosting a Digital Fabrication-STEM Guitar Building Workshop this week. This National Science Foundation (NSF) project trains high school and community college faculty in the development, use and integration of guitar building as an instruction tool. Participating educators spend an intense week engaged in student-…
MCC's Dr. James Mabry is part of twenty-five college administrators who will be honored with 2014 Distinguished College Administrator Awards, presented by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society during Nerd Nation, the Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, April 24-26.
Mesa will focus on the Emerson Manor neighborhood as part of its Building Strong Neighborhoods Initiative which seeks to provide education and resources to a new neighborhood each year. MCC is part of the kick off event at the Emerson Elementary School cafeteria on March 27.
The April 2014 edition of Maricopa Now contains coverage of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPrfpr1R_s&feature=youtu.be Planetarium with Kevin Healy at minute 23:35 Aerobic Dance with Sandy Deneui at minute 27:06 Informational Video about MCC, Minute 16:56 MCTV, the digital television channel, is a partnership between the Maricopa…
Mesa Community College will host the 15th annual Water Safety Day on March 25 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.The event aims to bring awareness and educate families about drowning prevention as it is the leading injury-related cause of death for Arizona children ages five and under.EV TribuneFox 10: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/clip/9984060/1st-graders-learn-skills-at-water-safety-day-event-in-…
The Maricopa County Community College District, an independently elected body, isn't kowtowing to the attorney general regarding "dreamers" tuition.
The seventh annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University will take place this weekend at Arizona State University in Tempe. Former President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton will meet with more than 1,000 student leaders from around the world. The students will work at developing solutions to human…
A question and answer session was held for ASU media by Clinton Foundation Vice Chairman Chelsea Clinton on Saturday, March 22 at the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University. ASU students and CGI U commitment makers Laura Chenier and Kathleen Stefanik (MCC alumna) joined Clinton for the session.
The attorney for the state's largest community college system says Gov. Jan Brewer has no right to tell them how much they can charge "dreamers" to attend school there.AZStarNet.com
This month's episode of MCTV's Maricopa Now features two video segments on MCC. The entire episode of the March show may be viewed here: http://www.maricopa.edu/mctv/maricopa-now.html MCC's Farmers Market is at minute 19:25 and Olympic Weight Lifting Class at MCC at minute 26:40. MCTV, the digital television channel, is a partnership between the Maricopa County Community…
MCC Fitness Center featured on the February edition of Maricopa Now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aSo6uLVNY&feature=youtu.be Jim Haggerty featured on minute 26:15.
The Mesa City Council will be asked on Monday, March 17, to approve the use of eminent domain, if necessary, to acquire land for several "micro parks" in the Fiesta District.City Engineer Beth Huning, in a report to the council, described the tiny parks as "pedestrian refuge areas" along Southern Avenue between Alma School Road and Longmore.
Marla Denham attended MCC in 1981, playing volleyball and basketball. She is now the coordinator of basketball and volleyball officials for the Big Sky Conference.
MCC receives $2.5 million manufacturing grant.
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…