Where can you see roses bloom in the desert? The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College proudly showcases more than 9,000 rose bushes of more than 300 varieties.To prepare for the next blooming cycle in mid-March, the Rose Garden is looking for volunteers with gardening skills to spare in the largest rose garden in the southwestern United States.
Mesa Community College choral groups, along with vocalists from Tempe’s Sun Valley Community Church, perform a variety of Christmas music highlighted by John Leavitt’s “What Child is This.”
The music program at Mesa Community College will host a holiday concert Dec. 6-7 at the Red Mountain Campus, 7110 E. McKellips Road.
Update on Fiesta District revitalization.
Human Trafficking event calendar coverage: Channel 3: http://events.azfamily.com/Human_Trafficking_Awareness_Week_at_Mesa_Community_College/289095108.html Channel5: http://events.kpho.com/Human_Trafficking_Awareness_Week_at_Mesa_Community_College/200564629.html EV Tribune: https://www.spingo.com/promote/event/1889483/ Fox 10: Channel…
Video from Maricopa Now of MCC Sustainable Foods student Melissa Webb who started her own business. Beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX--w_XTD_k AND at minute 24:56, fashion student Ashley Cooper, who is a successful fashion design alumna, is covered, along with MCC instructor Angela Johnson. The link also contains an informational profile of…
Veterans are finding the Maricopa Community Colleges to be the destination of choice when looking to fulfill their educational goals. That's because the colleges are not only committed to helping students succeed, they also provide services that are specifically designed for veterans. MCC student interviewed.
Roc Arnett, serving as the first student-body president of the newly minted Mesa Community College in 1963, recalls hearing about when JFK was assassinated.
Miranda Hays, a full-time student at Mesa Community College, hopes to attend the University of Southern California and become a full time occupational therapist after completing her associate of science degree.
The Maricopa Community Colleges saw an 8 percentage-point gain in its graduation rate, the biggest increase in several years and one that puts the district on track to fulfill its commitment to produce more graduates.
As a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, Alec Niblett’s missions took him to Iraq, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines. The 27-year-old Tempe resident hopes his current mission, begun this year at Mesa Community College, will take him beyond Earth and into space.
Gilbert Public Schools’ governing board cancelled Wednesday’s meeting during which the board was supposed to vote on joining seven other government agencies in approval of a tax break for Apple, which has planned to open a manufacturing firm in Mesa.Seven government entities — Maricopa County, Mesa Community College, Maricopa Community Colleges, Central Arizona Project, Maricopa Integrated Health…
Mesa’s Fiesta Mall, one of the Valley’s most iconic shopping centers, is now officially lender-owned.
MCC alum Brad Hull will perform at Anasazi Foundation Concert. Due West vocalist Hull, a Thatcher native, attended MCC. His group toured this past summer with Trace Adkins, Billy Currington and the Doobie Brothers.
Protesters set fire to copies of high-school diplomas on Tuesday outside the offices of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.The 50 protesters then placed ashes from the burned diplomas inside an urn and attempted to deliver them to Horne, claiming he is “burning up” the dreams of young undocumented immigrants who want to attend college.
ASU was the No. 1-ranked institution on the Colleges & Universities list published today by the Phoenix Business Journal, with its fall 2013 enrollment being more than those of the next three schools on the list combined.The list was ranked by fall 2013 enrollment. ASU reported 76,711. Second on the list was Mesa Community College with 25,024, and third was Rio Salado…
Mesa Community College recently received mention in an email blast newsletter by the Graduation Pledge Alliance. MCC encourages graduates to sign a pledge to commit to building a healthy, sustainable, and just world. MCC has had a 129% increase in signers from 2011 to 2013 because of increased promotion and awareness of the pledge.The newsletter stated: "Mesa…
Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown's affinity for defense goes back to his days as a player in high school in Germany, in junior college in Arizona (Mesa Community College), and in college at the University of San Diego.
After an extensive national search, Estrella Mountain Community College, a Maricopa Community College, is pleased to announce that Dr. Patricia Cardenas-Adame has been selected as EMCC's new vice president of Student Affairs. Cardenas-Adame will begin her new role on Dec. 2, 2013.
The Mesa Counts on College grant is expiring, but the work — and the need for it — isn’t.Amy Trethaway, a city employee who is the director of Mesa Counts on College, told the City Council this week the effort will continue with new public outreach and hoped-for new sources of money.
How dirty are Halloween masks? MCC's fearless Biotechnology Professor, Stan Kikkert, investigates the germ factor for 3 On Your Side: Also appeared in other news outlets, including:http://now.msn.com/halloween-masks-covered-in-germs-college-instructor-sayshttp://www.ibtimes.com/halloween-mask-youre-wearing-could-be-teeming-bacteria-1437036and Channel 5 did their own version:http://www.kpho.…
The Democracy Commitment newsletter contains two articles about Mesa Community College, including coverage of the Peace Pole Dedication and Sept. 11 Memorial Day.
ASU football player Damarious Randall got his start at MCC after being out of football for two years.
At Mesa Community College, in Arizona, some professors and their students take a trip to the college’s main hallway to sign the pledge. "If we don’t see the value of helping students complete, we’re missing the boat,” said Duane Oakes, faculty adviser for the PTK chapter at Mesa.
A Mesa woman wants to say thank you to the Good Samaritan who returned her wallet with something much more valuable than cash inside. Valeria Valencia lost her wallet a month ago in the parking lot at Main Street and Mesa Drive in Mesa. It had her cash, credit cards and work permit inside.As a DREAMer, that work permit is her lifeline, allowing her to go to school and work. She…