The Rose Garden at MCC to begin tours.
MCC Receives $110K Endowment for Students With Disabilities from Special Olympics Arizona.
New Colleges Transform Mesa
Mesa Community College's Instrumental Music Department, TAD Management, and Captain Squeegee are holding concerts at the Mesa Arts Center to support the New Performing Arts Center (PAC), currently under construction at MCC. The event will be emceed by Fox 10's Cory McCloskey.
Mesa Counts on College, a partnership involving the city, Mesa Community College and Mesa Public Schools to increase post-secondary completion for Mesa high-school grads, is launching a “Learn to Earn” summer program for current high-school juniors who are at least 17 years old.
At first glance, fashion designer and W. P. Carey alumna (and MCC alumna) Jennifer Boonlorn’s two-story modern studio off of Camelback is reminiscent of a busy New York apartment. It has a stark city vibe with bright white walls, bold furniture and vibrant handbags and accessories from her own fashion line – Soul Carrier – that hang on the walls as art work to inspire further creativity.
MCC's Peace Pole is one of four in Mesa.
MCC Alum is success at Real Estate and Technology.
Beginning this summer, Mesa Community College will begin offering degrees and certificates through fully online courses in 20 subjects. Although the college has offered online courses for several years, the Higher Learning Commission recently approved MCC’s distant-learning application to make it possible to receive some degrees and certificates of completion entirely through online courses…
MCC Fashion Show coming up:
MCC's Edward Callirgos explores culture clashes in families.
Students at Red Mountain High School in Mesa witnessed a mock crash demonstration. Kay Townsend, of the Mesa Community College Theater Department, who teaches stage makeup and other theater courses, produced the scars, bruises, scratches and cuts on the actors.
More than 20 different programs will be offered online.
Online degrees coming to MCC.
The Mesa Community College Community band will be having a free concert at 7:30PM on March 7. We will be playing at the First Baptist Church of Scottsdale (7025 E Osborne Road) and donations are accepted. The band is comprised of musicians of all ages, ranging from students in high school to retired professionals. Come support your community with some great live music!
At Mesa Community College, in Arizona, part of the focus of adjunct orientation is establishing bonds among adjuncts, says Jennifer Strickland, interim director of the college's Center for Teaching and Learning. "I see orientation as the perfect opportunity to engage your faculty," she says. "They're new, and they need to feel like a member of the community."
Higher education programs around Mesa will take part in a celebration next week to let the public know what they have available.Discover U Weekend will be held March 8-9. A.T. Still University, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Mesa Community College, Albright College, Benedictine University, Upper Iowa University, Westminster College, and Wilkes University will all participate.
Three years after the City Council first approved the idea, a major overhaul of Southern Avenue in the Fiesta District begins this spring.
MCC grad Albertina Abouchar tells her experience at MCC for a College Success textbook.
Nineteen students from the MCC theatre department traveled to Los Angeles to compete in Region VIII at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival placing in the top three in most categories.
One of the college students onstage handing out the Oscars on Sunday was AJ Young, 23, of Mesa. A graduate of Dobson High and Mesa Community College, AJ now attends Columbia College in Chicago, where he’s studying to become a cinematographer.
All AZ Gilbert student honored.
As state funding dries up, the Maricopa County Community College District is seeking the second tuition and tax-levy increase in three years.
Astronaut Cady Coleman will be at MCC on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 pm. She will talk about her experience aboard the International Space Station.