Student wins seed money for business project
Published Thursday, May 17, 2018MESA, Arizona – May 17, 2018 – Illiana Mata, a Mesa Community College business major and ASU Poder participant, won $5,000 in seed money from the 2018 Cisco Innovation Challenge to help launch her RightWay Technologies project. The Cisco challenge, is designed to empower a generation of global problem solvers to suggest new Internet of Things solutions and technologies. The goal is to connect...
MCC Graduation recognizes accomplishments of more than 2,500 graduates
Published Tuesday, May 8, 2018MESA, Arizona – May 8, 2018 – Mesa Community College (MCC) will recognize the accomplishments of 2,588 graduates, by issuing 4,616 degrees and certificates for the 2017-18 academic year, during a commencement ceremony at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, May 11, in the courtyard of the Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. The public is invited to the ceremony in which more than 600...
Dr. Carole Drachler Library of Art History grand opening
Published Tuesday, May 1, 2018Retired MCC art history professor Dr. Carole Drachler. MESA, Arizona – May 1, 2018 – Mesa Community College invites the public to join in the dedication of the Dr. Carole Drachler Library of Art History. The ceremony and ribbon cutting will be at 6 p.m. on May 3 in the Art Gallery on MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Retired MCC art history professor, Dr. Carole...
Networking instructor receives leadership award
Published Monday, April 30, 2018Bob Samson, 2017 Cisco Network Academy Above and Beyond Award recipient MESA, Ariz. – April 30, 2018 – Bob Samson, the program director and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) lead instructor at the Mesa Community College Networking Academy, was recognized with the 2017 Cisco Network Academy Above and Beyond Award. This award recognizes instructors who make a sustainable and positive...
MCC Information Systems Management Program ranked No. 4
Published Friday, April 27, 2018MESA, Arizona -- April 27, 2018 -- Mesa Community College is ranked No. 4 for best online Associate in Information Systems Management by Bestcolleges.com. Click here for additional information and the methodology BestColleges.com used to make this determination. # # # Media contact: Dawn Zimmer, dawn.zimmer@mesacc....
Professors author national article on Japanese Calculation Tablets
Published Thursday, April 19, 2018MCC mathematic professors David Schultz and Enrico Serpone. MESA, Arizona -- April 19, 2018 – An article on Japanese Calculation Tablets, Sangaku Optimization Problems: An Algebraic Approach, is featured in the March 2018 edition of Mathematics Teacher, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Authored by Mesa Community College professors David Schultz and Enrico Serpone,...
MCC hosts 13th Annual Fashion Show "Evening in Paris"
Published Monday, April 16, 2018MESA, Arizona – April 16, 2018 -- Mesa Community College’s 2018 Fashion Show, “Evening in Paris,” will take place in the Navajo Room on the Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, April 19. Ticket prices are $5, $25 for VIP seating, and may be purchased online at mesacc.edu/give-fashion or at the door the evening of the event. All proceeds go to the Maricopa Community Colleges...
Digital Arts students receive awards, recognition
Published Thursday, April 12, 2018MESA, Arizona -- April 12, 2018 – Five Mesa Community College students received awards for their photography works. Digital arts students Jessica Swofford, Sadera Nye, Mihwa Werle and James Maggio were chosen as finalists from over 12,000 entries in the 38th Annual College Photo Contest, an international competition sponsored by Photographer’s Forum magazine and Fujifilm. Anthony...
MCC is first Level I ArbNet accredited Arboretum in Arizona
Published Tuesday, April 10, 2018Commemorative event Arbor Day, April 27 MESA, Arizona -- April 10, 2018 –The public is invited to Mesa Community College’s Southern and Dobson campus to celebrate the grand opening of the state’s first accredited arboretum and participate in a ceremonial tree planting on Arbor Day 2018, April 27. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the southeast corner of the EF Building (...
MCC Students gain STEM experience via National Science Foundation Community College Innovation Challenge
Published Tuesday, April 10, 2018Megan Garvy, Larissa Pokam Epse Takou Kuitche, Gabriella Sanchez, Kaylor Davis and Madeleine Chowdhury. MESA, Arizona – April 10, 2018 – Four Mesa Community College (MCC) students learned the process of transforming ideas into reality by participating in the Community College Innovation Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Association of Community...