Audriana Mitchell crowned Miss Indian Arizona 2019-20
Published Monday, November 4, 2019MESA, Arizona — Nov. 4, 2019 — The Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program named Mesa Community College student Audriana Mitchell the 2019-20 Miss Indian Arizona. Mitchell, a Navajo member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes and current MCC student studying communications and organizational management, competed against five contestants and will represent all 22 Arizona tribal nations at events...
Students take home top awards in national literary competition
Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019MESA, Ariz. – Oct. 30, 2019 – Mesa Community College students Valerie Neal and Alex Dodt, earn two of the top four awards at a national literary competition sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College, an international nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate innovation in the community college environment. The competition included 51 literary works from students at...
Students and faculty earn ariZoni awards and honors
Published Friday, October 25, 2019MESA, Ariz. -- October 25, 2019 – Mesa Community College Theatre and Film Arts Department and Musical Theatre students and faculty earned awards and recognition for their talent at the annual ariZoni Awards of Theatre Excellence held at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts on Sept. 23. The ariZoni awards promote the visibility, cooperation and growth of theatre in the Valley and are dedicated to...
MCC Dual Enrollment class receives scholarships to continue education at MCC
Published Friday, October 25, 2019MESA, Ariz. -- Oct. 25, 2019 -- Seventeen Mesa Community College (MCC) Dual Enrollment students studying early childhood education at the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) are recipients of over $8,000 in First Things First college scholarships to help pay for their first and second year collegiate education at MCC following EVIT graduation in May 2020. “Many of my students cannot...
Alumni and Community Members Honored with MCC Hall of Fame Awards
Published Friday, October 11, 2019MESA, Arizona — Oct. 11, 2019 — Eleven outstanding alumni, employees and community members will be welcomed into Mesa Community College’s Hall of Fame during a reception and ceremony hosted by the MCC Alumni Association on October 24 in the MCC Theatre at the Southern and Dobson Campus (1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, 85202). The MCC Hall of Fame honors alumni, community members, and MCC employees...
MCC Empty Bowls events benefit Paz de Cristo Community Center
Published Thursday, October 10, 2019Fighting hunger one bowl at a time MESA, Arizona — Oct. 10, 2019 —The community is invited to participate in the Mesa Community College (MCC) Empty Bowls events at both college campuses in observance of World Food Day. For a $10 donation, patrons may select a one-of-a-kind, handcrafted ceramic bowl and receive a modest, yet delicious meal of soup and bread. Wednesday, Oct. 16 -- MCC Southern...
Art instructor receives prestigious Kenneth Wellner Memorial Award
Published Tuesday, October 8, 2019Allen Garns‘ watercolor portrait "Aware" MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 8, 2019 -- The Pastel Society of America (PSA) presented Mesa Community College art instructor Allen Garns with the prestigious Kenneth Wellner Memorial Award at the 2019 PSA exhibit at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park, New York City. Garns’ portrait, "Aware," was chosen from 176 artists'...
Earnhardt Ford Automotive Career Exploration program now at MCC
Published Monday, September 23, 2019MESA, Arizona -- September 23, 2019 -- Earnhardt Ford chose Mesa Community College to sponsor the Ford Automotive Career Exploration (ACE) program. The ACE program is a partnership program between Ford Motor Company, Ford and Lincoln dealerships and secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. The program, now available free of charge to MCC Automotive Technology students, raises...
MCC hosts a FRANK Talk on borders, walls and immigration
Published Wednesday, September 18, 2019MESA, Arizona -- Sept. 18, 2019 -- The public is invited to join the MCC college community for a free FRANK Talk at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 in the Library of the MCC Southern and Dobson Campus (1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa). Freelance geographer Scott Warren leads the talk on borders, walls and immigration. “The goal of programs like FRANK Talks is to inspire people to listen respectfully...
Faculty research on police social media use/practices published in international journal
Published Tuesday, September 17, 2019MESA, Arizona – Sept. 17, 2019 -- Mesa Community College administration of justice adjunct faculty Mark Bond, and two former adjunct faculty, Michael L. Beshears and Michelle L. Beshears, are co-authors of Improving Police Social Media Use Practices that appears in the September 2019 issue of International Journal of Social Science Studies, Volume 7, No. 5. The article examines how improved...