The Maricopa Community Colleges are cutting 1,300 temporary workers back to less than 25 hours a week in an effort to avoid $13 million in additional health insurance costs.
The Maricopa County Community College District has presented a fascinating argument for allowing a handful of Dream Act kids to pay in-state tuition:It’s legal.That is the argument the district has presented to Attorney General Tom Horne, who has resisted President Obama’s executive order last August authorizing temporary work permits for certain young people illegally brought into the U.S. as…
Coverage of MCC's Festival of the Arts on Maricopa NewsLog.
Former Mesa resident and MCC graduate Tiffany England, who now lives in Los Angeles, was one of 12 illustrators honored for their work in the Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest at the 29th annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards.
More than 1,300 athletes ages 8 through adult are competing in the Special Olympics Arizona Summer Games at Mesa Community College.
MCC student Vara Ayanna Johnson has been lucky enough to find her calling in life and works everyday to make her dreams a reality and spread her life’s mantra to whoever will listen.
About 1,300 temporary workers and part-time instructors with the Maricopa County Community College District have learned their hours will be strictly limited starting in July. Officials said the cuts will help the district comply with the Obama Administration’s Health Care Reform Act.
"Students Striving for Excellent Performance," is offered by Mesa Community College.
MCC recognizes Dennis Kavanaugh for his service on Commission on Excellence in Education.
District 3 Councilmember Dennis Kavanaugh has been honored by Mesa Community College for his service on the Commission on Excellence in Education (COEIE). Kavanaugh spent the last two years as the Chair of the Commission after having previously served 11 years as a member of the COEIE.
Salute to Paul Robeson
MCC listed in "Most Affordable Large Community Colleges."
Interview with Andy Baldwin at AZ Sci Tech Fest at MCC on MCCCD Maricopa Now show.
A walk through the Rose Garden at Mesa Community College with its curator includes stops at roses named Chihuly, Julia Childs and Day Breaker. This decades-old garden continues to grow and bloom each year through the work of hundreds of volunteers – and they’re ready to share their expertise.Next month, the Mesa East Valley Rose Society’s annual rose garden tour will start at the MCC Rose Garden…
AZ Republic coverage of Water Safety Day at South Mountain Community College:
Dr. Shereen Lerner, Mesa Community College Honors co-coordinator and anthropology faculty member, chairs the college’s cultural science department.Dr. Lerner said her father Maximilian did not discuss his experiences in escaping Austria during World War II until 10 to 15 years ago.“I think that as they get older they recognize the stories need to be told, because if not, they’ll be lost…
The Mesa Arts Center is gaining more and more attention on the regional, national and international stages.But among the most important functions of the young Mesa landmark is the role it plays in engaging the community nearby and building a local interest in art-centric education.MAC offers classes through New Frontiers For Lifelong Learning, a program through Mesa Community College that…
Festival of the Arts at MCC is April 4.
Meet Desert Critters at Red Mountain Campus.
Jack Scott writes abut College Completion. (Mesa Counts on College)
MCC Arts Fest shows off talents of arts students.
Write up on MCC scholar Devin Oakes.
Coca-Cola Scholars Devin Oakes and M. Wright announced.
With drastic declines in state funding, the Maricopa County Community College District’s tuition increase seemed nearly inevitable.There was almost no opposition when the district governing board voted to raise tuition $5 per credit Tuesday night, a 6.5 percent increase. Live tweets from Republic reporter from meeting:http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/20130327live-tweet-…
With so many leafless, spiky plants growing all around us in this desert, roses seem luxuriously soft and frilly — even with their thorns — by contrast.You can enjoy the flowers up close on a rose garden tour presented by the Mesa-East Valley Rose Society 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14.