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…
MCC will honor veterans with the grand opening of its new Veteran Center for Student Success 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at its campus at Southern Avenue and Dobson Road.
Mesa Community College’s Theatre and Film Arts Department will be taking a production of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” to nine Mesa elementary schools.
Empty Bowls at MCC on two campuses in Oct.
October events listed in NearbyNews publication, including Homecoming and Empty Bowls.
Paula Waybright, a career adviser at Mesa Community College, said it’s important that whatever change someone makes is a “transition into something they’re excited about," in an article about boomers returning to college.
At minute 10:30, MCTV interviews artist Hugo Medina about the mural at MCC, followed by an interview with Azul Gomez about the Farmworkers' Exhibit in the library. http://www.maricopa.edu/mctv/enfoque.html
To say that community service is a family value for Devin Oakes and his family would be an understatement.At a family reunion recently, about 60 members of Oakes’ extended clan gathered at an elementary school in northern Arizona and built planter boxes for a community garden. As he grew up, outings with his parents often involved helping others.In that respect, it’s not surprising that Oakes…
Former MCC student president Andrew Kuhn appears in Westminster College Leadership magazine:
Mesa Community College’s Act I Musical Productions will present Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” next month at its campus at Southern Avenue and Dobson Road.Based on the hit 1968 film of the same name, the musical is built around a washed-up Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant, who scheme to get rich quick by producing the most notorious flop in the history of show business.Showtimes…
Germaine Morris graduated summa cum laude in August from Arizona State University’s College of Public Programs with a bachelor’s in social work with a minor in communication. She attended MCC.
After being addicted to drugs, losing her son and finding herself homeless, Valerie Le Grande dedicated herself to getting clean and sober and returning to college. Now she is one of two recipients of Phi Theta Kappa’s $1,000 GEICO Business Student Scholarships.A business administration major at Mesa Community College in Arizona, Le Grande earned a 4.0 grade point average, and she plans to…
At minute 5.04, Mesa Community College employees are quoted about how the Health Care Act impacts their lives.
Dr. Shouan Pan said the addition of new Mesa colleges will give local students additional options if they are looking for a smaller campus environment or a school with a religious affiliation.
Five art teachers in metro Phoenix — including two from the Southeast Valley — who excel at applying those traits in their teaching are the subject of “Inspire,” an exhibition of artwork from their classrooms, Friday, Sept. 27, through Sunday, Jan. 5, at the young@art gallery of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 E. Second St. in Scottsdale. Teachers Shelley Richardson of Mesa…
Northern Arizona University has been awarded a $448,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support career and educational pathways in geospatial technology.Through the Geospatial Connections Promoting Advancement to Careers and Higher Education, or GEOCACHE, project, NAU will partner with Mesa Community College to integrate GST and project-based learning in new…
The Maricopa County Community College District will hire about 360 new full-time faculty members over the next several years as a way to keep students from dropping out.
Mesa Community College’s dental-hygiene program is looking for patients who have not received dental-hygiene care in at least three years to help students meet a requirement for challenging cases. Specifically sought are people who have been diagnosed with periodontal disease and have never been treated as well as those with other conditions such as puffy and bleeding gums.
After the “gut-wrenching” process of whittling 17 qualified candidates down to one, the Mesa City Council has selected broadcast professional, teacher and Latino-community advocate David Luna to replace former Councilwoman Dina Higgins in northeast Mesa. Luna is adjunct faculty in MCC's communications department.
An Op-Ed submitted by Submitted by Shouan Pan, Mesa Community College president, and Patrick J. Burkhart, provost of MCC’s Red Mountain Campus and Downtown Center.As Mesa Community College prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2015 as a foundational provider of higher education for the East Valley, we are pleased to play a new role as a transformational partner in supporting…