MESA, Arizona – Jan 22, 2021 -- Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene students seek individuals for complimentary oral health screenings on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, 5855 E. Still Circle in Mesa. Appointments are available at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and may be made by calling 480-248-8195. Ideal screening candidates are individuals who have not…
MESA, Arizona -- Jan. 21, 2021 -- Thirty-six Mesa Community College (MCC) veterinary technology students participate in online Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification courses through the Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation or RECOVER Initiative program. The curriculum, made available at no charge to students, offers valuable research and information…
MESA, Arizona -- Jan. 14, 2021 --- Mesa Community College, the only college in Arizona to offer the AppleCare Technician certificate program, offers two eight-week, for-credit, evening AppleCare courses this spring. The courses incorporate curriculum from Apple’s Learning Tracks for Macs and iPhones and may be completed in one semester. “Students completing the AppleCare Technician program will…
MESA, Arizona – Dec.17, 2020 – Mesa Community College hosts a drive-through graduation celebration to honor its 2,645 2019-2020 graduates. The celebration, postponed from May 2020 due to pandemic restrictions, will honor more than 100 recent alumni as they pass through a reception line at the college’s Southern and Dobson Campus (1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa).“We are saddened that we were not able…
MESA, Arizona – Dec. 16, 2020 – Empire Southwest partners with Mesa Community College and Northern Arizona University to help employees continue their education and earn college degrees. This collaboration provides a convenient path toward earning a professional certificate or an associate’s degree from MCC as well as a bachelor’s degree from NAU. “Empire Southwest is proud to have a…
MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 15, 2020 -- Mesa Community College Paramedicine Education program announces the inaugural offering of a Critical Care Paramedicine Course, preparing certified paramedicine professionals to earn Critical Care and Flight Paramedicine certifications; and a Paramedicine Refresher, providing continuing education to maintain professional competencies and certification standards.…
MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 11 , 2020 – Mesa Community College is participating in the AWS Academy, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) program that provides higher education institutions with a ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum. Beginning in January 2021, students can enroll in courses that will prepare them to pursue careers in the fast-growing cloud computing space and earn industry-recognized…
MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 9, 2020 -- Mesa Community College Life Science professor Dr. Andrew Holycross and his colleague, the late Dr. Joseph Mitchell, co-edited and recently published Snakes of Arizona (ECO Publishing). Written for naturalists and professional biologists, resource managers, teachers and students, the book examines all aspects of the biology of Arizona’s snakes, and is…
MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 4, 2020 -- The Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation (“SC Foundation”) awards a $50,000 grant to the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation to support low-income and underrepresented student entrepreneurs enrolled in the Mesa Community College Green Flag program during the 2020-2021 academic year. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. However, across the nation…
MESA, Arizona -- Nov. 17, 2020 -- TruWest Credit Union employees are feeding Mesa Community College students this holiday season by hosting a food drive. Generous TruWest employees donated enough food items to provide 50 food boxes that will give MCC students the opportunity to have a nice holiday meal. The food boxes supplied by TruWest contain Thanksgiving essentials such as stuffing mix,…
MESA, Arizona — Nov. 10, 2020 — Eleven outstanding alumni, employees and community members are inducted into Mesa Community College’s Hall of Fame in recognition of their professional and personal accomplishments, and notable contributions to the college and the community.Our 2020 Alumni Achievement honorees have each reached the pinnacle of accomplishment in their chosen…
MESA, Arizona -- October 28, 2020 - Mesa Community College receives a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program. The grant supports the college’s Students and Employees Nurtured & Developed for Academic Success (SENDAS) Project, a comprehensive plan reinforcing key MCC commitments to Diversity, Equity, and…
MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 2, 2020 -- As the November 2020 election draws near, Mesa Community College is putting forth every effort to engage with its student population and the community about the importance of voter participation. The college’s new voter engagement website, www.mesacc.edu/vote, provides access to resources encouraging voter registration, important dates in the election cycle…
MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 2, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Education awards Mesa Community College (MCC) two TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grants totaling $2,618,000 over five years. The grant serves as the sole source of funding for the college’s TRIO program, which identifies and provides services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. One of the two SSS grants continues funding for…
MESA, Arizona -- Sept. 29, 2020 -- Mesa Community College student Alex Dodt earns a national League for Innovation Student Literary Award. Each year, winners of the Maricopa County Community College District Artists of Promise Creative Writing contest are entered into the League for Innovation Student Literary Awards to compete nationally with other community college students. League award…
TruWest® Credit Union partners with Mesa Community College for a second year MESA, Arizona -- Sept. 16, 2020 – TruWest Credit Union donates $30,600 to the Mesa Community College First Year Experience program for the second year in a row, providing scholarships and support for first-generation college students and students needing support in foundational courses such as English, math or…
MESA, Arizona – Sept. 14, 2020 -- The Mesa Community College Automotive Service program maintains its Master Automobile Service Technology Accreditation, the highest level of program accreditation the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). This accreditation is valid through Feb. 1, 2025. To achieve this coveted recognition, the college’s automotive service program underwent…
MESA, Arizona -- September 15, 2020 -- Two Mesa Community College students are among the 207 Phi Theta Kappa members nationwide to be named 2020 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars. Selected from nearly 700 applicants, Michael Wilde and Courtney Curran each receive a $1,000 scholarship to help them continue their studies. The scholarship program helps new Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society members…
MESA, Arizona -- September 9, 2020 -- Mesa Community College students are receiving food boxes, personal hygiene items and bags of school supplies through a drive-thru version of the college’s food pantry, the Mesa Market. MCC students may schedule curbside pickups twice a week at both the Southern and Dobson and Red Mountain Campuses.The fall 2020 Mesa Market is possible because of the…
MESA, Arizona – Sept. 3, 2020 -- Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene students seek individuals for complimentary oral health screenings on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, 5855 E. Still Circle in Mesa. Appointments are available at 9 and 10:30 a.m. and noon and may be made by calling 480-248-8195.Ideal screening candidates are individuals who have not…
MESA, Arizona — Aug. 28, 2020 — Family Involvement Center (FIC) and the Mesa Community College Social Work Program collaborate to provide education, training and careers for parents with life experiences interacting with child-serving systems. The program places an emphasis on parents who are in recovery from opioid use or addiction. The Parent Peer Support Social Work Scholarship Stipend…
The first for-credit courses in Arizona. MESA, Arizona -- August 21, 2020 --- Mesa Community College is the first college in Arizona offering the AppleCare Technician certificate program, training students to provide IT support for Apple products. The two eight-week evening AppleCare courses incorporate curriculum from Apple’s Learning Tracks for Macs and iPhones and may be completed in one…
MESA, Arizona -- Aug. 20, 2020 -- The Mesa Community College Evelyn H. Warren Child Development Lab (CDL) sets a new standard in virtual early childhood teaching and learning. The lab school is an accredited program through the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Providing enriching, developmentally-appropriate activities for young children, toddlers and preschoolers, the…
MESA, Arizona -- Aug. 19, 2020 -- The endangered, native Gila Topminnows at the Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus support the recovery of their species. The population in the college’s cienega reached a level healthy enough to serve as a source to stock other bodies of water throughout the state. On August 17 the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) relocated 100 Topminnows to Pima…
MESA, Arizona — July 28, 2020 — Mesa Community College receives a Gold Level Healthy Arizona Worksites Award in recognition of its employee wellness efforts. To achieve this recognition, MCC was evaluated based on how it tracked and documented outcomes and behavioral changes. According to the HAWP website, “Gold level programs have demonstrated institutional support and have integrated worksite…