MESA, Arizona – Oct. 20, 2021 – Mesa Community College invites the community to join in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of its Red Mountain Campus. A month of festivities kicks off on Nov. 2 with a community event from 4-6 p.m. at the college's environmentally-conscious Red Mountain Campus located at 7110 E. McKellips Road, Mesa. All attendees are encouraged to participate in an aerial…
MCC works with Pega to offer course preparing students for industry certificationMESA, Arizona – Oct. 8, 2021– Mesa Community College announces a new fast-track Pega certification program to help prepare information technology career seekers to compete for hundreds of high-wage Valley positions. MCC worked with Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company that crushes business…
MESA, Arizona – Sept. 13, 2021 – The Boeing Company supports Mesa College Promise students with a $10,000 gift, opening doors for high school graduates to attend Mesa Community College. “Boeing is proud to support the Mesa College Promise and the bright students this program will assist. As a recipient of a similar community college program, I can attest that this type of investment has a long…
MESA, Arizona -- Sept. 8, 2021 – Mesa Community College Senior Associate Vice President, Nora Amavisca Reyes, Ed.D. is selected as one of 25 to participate in the third cohort of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo. The program is designed to increase diverse representation in executive and senior-level positions in higher…
MESA, Ariz. -- August 19, 2021 -- Mesa Community College reopens its campus facilities for in-person services. Virtual services remain available, giving students and the community flexible options for fulfilling their enrollment needs. August 21 marks the beginning of the fall 2021 semester and the return of a more robust in person class schedule and public events. “We are thrilled to be…
MESA, Ariz. -- Aug. 18, 2021 -- Mesa Community College, in collaboration with Banner Health, establishes a Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Biomedical Equipment Technology, the only program of its kind in Arizona. The MCC Biomedical Equipment Technology program introduces students to the technical knowledge and skills needed for entry level positions such as troubleshooting, repairing and…
MESA, Ariz. -- August 10, 2021 -- Erinanne Saffell, Ph.D., director of Mesa Community College’s (MCC) Geography program and residential faculty member, is appointed Arizona’s state climatologist by Governor Doug Ducey. Saffell, born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, cites her early memories of extreme weather conditions as the source of her interest in climatology. She describes extreme flooding…
MESA, Arizona – July 27, 2021 – The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace firm, and Mesa Community College (MCC) partner to provide aerospace industry training to launch new careers in record time. “We began offering cable harness wiring boot camps in collaboration with MCC last year,” said Robert Blawat, operations manager for The Boeing Company. “We developed an eight question, pre-…
MESA, Ariz. -- July 22, 2021 -- Mesa Community College’s first feature film, Antigone, appears in the prestigious Phoenix Film Festival at 7:45 p.m., Aug. 16 and 9:05 p.m., Aug. 19 in the Harkins Theaters Scottsdale 101. The film, pronounced ann-TEE-guh-nee, features MCC students and alumni performing the play originally written by Socrates around 441 B.C. Theatre Program Director Kevin…
MESA, Arizona -- July 21, 2021 -- Mesa Community College English faculty Stacy Wilson and Alex Arreguin receive the MCC Developmental Education Endowment Award to contextualize teaching and learning in English courses (specifically ENG101 and ENG102). This is accomplished by engaging students in active learning through hands-on experiences and the use of real-world examples pertinent to each…
MESA, Ariz. — July 20, 2021 — Mesa Community College is one of five Chapter of the Year recipients selected from among more than 350 international chapters by Net Impact, a global community of emerging leaders who aspire to be effective drivers of economic, social, and environmental change. Chosen in the Undergraduate category, the MCC Center for Community & Civic Engagement’s chapter was…
MESA, Ariz., -- July 14, 2021 -- Twenty-eight Mesa Community College (MCC) student-athletes earn All-Academic honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). With only ten of the 18 MCC squads eligible to be considered under NJCAA regulations for the 2020-21 year, four complete teams earned the recognition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some MCC athletic teams did not…
MESA, Ariz. -- July 8, 2021 -- Mesa Community College’s First Year Experience program (FYE), a supportive year-long engagement with first-year college students, is recognized as a Program of Promise by the National Organization for Student Success (NOSS). The NOSS recognition is given to programs using effective and promising practices promoting student success and development. The MCC First…
MESA, Ariz. -- June 30, 2021 -- Mesa Community College employee wellness efforts are again recognized with a Gold Level Healthy Arizona Worksites Award. The Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP) evaluated MCC based on how it used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Worksite Health ScoreCard as part of its evidence-based worksite wellness program. Established by the Arizona…
Endowed Teaching Chairs: Diana Breed, R.N. and Elizabeth “Bootsie” Martinez MESA, Arizona – June 23, 2021– Mesa Community College (MCC) recognizes faculty for excellence in teaching and learning with Endowed Teaching Awards. Faculty members Diana Breed, R.N. and Elizabeth “Bootsie” Martinez, receive Endowed Teaching Chair awards for excellence in instruction and…
MESA, Arizona – June 17, 2021 – Mesa Community College and Arizona theatre company Teatro Bravo partner in the Juntos Project to present the world premiere of “Three’s A Party,” written by Justin Santory and directed by Alejandra Luna. Streaming July 9 - July 17, 2021, details and a link to watch the free performance are found at mesacc.edu/arts. View the trailer here.“We at MCC are dedicated to…
MESA, Ariz. -- June 15, 2021 -- Mesa Community College bestows Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Awards on Yukari Takahashi, Malena Barnhart and Timothy Kaufman. MCC knows meaningful instruction occurs best when students feel connected and included in the classroom. These dedicated faculty were nominated by their colleagues and selected by peers for promoting inclusion and diversity; using technology…
MESA, Arizona — June 7, 2021 — Mesa Community College (MCC) students gain valuable workforce experience and practical industry skills while engaging in community impact work with local businesses, through the Technopreneur Experience program. The program enhances the experiences and employability of students pursuing careers using emerging technology. Student talent teams are assembled to help…
MESA, Arizona – June 2, 2021 – MCC Early College Academy students Olivia Bromenschenkel and Abbygale Gurr graduated from Skyline High School, as juniors, on May 20 having earned more than 30 college credits. Both students enrolled in the inaugural MCC Early College Academy in the fall of 2019 and have successfully completed the required courses ahead of schedule, earning an impressive 3.8…
MESA, Arizona - May 11, 2021 -- Eight Mesa Community College students receive honors in Artists of Promise (AOP), a competition hosted by the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) to highlight student accomplishments in dance, creative writing, visual arts, music, fashion, theatre and film. MCC honorees are listed below by category and are featured on a celebratory MCCCD website.…
MESA, Arizona – May 10, 2021 – Mesa Community College again earns the Voter Friendly Campus designation from the national nonpartisan organization Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project, NASPA and the professional organization Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. MCC is one of 231 colleges across 38 states and the District of Columbia to earn the 2021-2022 designation and was…
$150,000 grant supports college success and university transfersMESA, Arizona – May 7, 2021 – Indigenous Mesa Community College (MCC) students are beneficiaries of a generous $150,000 grant from Bank of America awarded through the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation as part of the bank’s overall efforts to advance economic opportunity and racial equality. The grant makes emergency funding…
MESA, Ariz. – May 5, 2021 – Mesa Community College (MCC) Thunderbird Tech Studio is selected as the college’s Innovation of the Year. The virtual resource provides real-time assistance for MCC students using technology for class participation and course assignments. The Studio is a model of collaboration and innovation on behalf of student success. Services are provided by individuals from…
MESA, Arizona — April 28, 2021 —Mesa Community College Dance Program hosts Estudio de Identidad No. 1, a virtual lecture and movement experience with MCC alumnus Emigdio Arredondo-Martinez, M.F.A. on April 29, 2021 from 12 to 3 p.m.Arredondo-Martinez will discuss his experience as an alumnus from MCC Dance and will share the story of his journey to earn his Bachelor’ and Masters of Fine Arts…
MESA, Arizona – April 26, 2021 — Life Science faculty members from Mesa Community College (MCC) and Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) receive a $11,000 MCLI (Maricopa Center for Learning and Innovation) Horizon Grant for spring/fall 2021. With the funding the colleges are developing a teaching model designed to improve student success and reduce withdrawal rates in Life Science courses by…