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.
A new facility at Chandler-Gilbert Community College aims to offer students an athletic facility and student services building, all under one roof.The bond sales approved by voters in 2004 totaled $951 million, and have funded projects at other campuses in the Maricopa Community Colleges. Such projects include the remodeling of the performing arts center at Mesa Community College, as stated in…
Mesa Community College will host the “Open House That Opens Doors” on Wednesday and Thursday, giving prospective students a chance to have one-on-one meetings with faculty members.
A tuition increase for students of Maricopa Community Colleges would pay for a fundamental change to the district’s security culture, from an uneven patchwork of guards and aides at the many campuses to a full staff of certified, armed officers.
A case study of why MCC chose HP for the advantages of the specific hardware solutions for the college to update computer systems. Quotes from Dr. Pan, Sasan Poureetezadi, Jeff Darbut and Janice Pierson.
Students honored for Theater Work at LA Theatre Center.
Valley colleges and universities are forging ahead with online innovations that cater to adults as the need for workers to differentiate themselves in the market becomes more important than ever.Ottawa University is teaming with Blackboard Inc. to create a hybrid online-ground curriculum, while Mesa Community College received approval to begin offering online degrees and…
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.