You Can’t Take it with You opens the Mesa Community College Theatre Season
Published Friday, September 27, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 27, 2024 -- Mesa Community College Theatre Department opens its season in October with a classic American comedy, George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take it with You. This charming production is a stalwart of the American repertory, and the MCC production promises to be visually stunning and hilarious. Directed by Chelsea Anderson of the Phoenix Theatre Company, the MCC...
MCC President Richard Daniel receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Richard Daniel, Ph.D., Mesa Community College president, was honored by the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation with the Dr. Loui Olivas Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the Helios Education Foundation, 4747 N. 32nd St. Phoenix. The award is named after Dr. Loui Olivas, a celebrated Professor Emeritus from Arizona State...
MCC journalism faculty Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Nadine “NAR” Arroyo Rodriguez, director of Journalism and New Media Studies in Mesa Community College’s English Department was honored at the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation Arizona Higher Education Awards ceremony with the Dr. Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Outstanding Latina/Latino Faculty Service/Teaching in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the...
Associated Students of Mesa Community College to host Mesa mayoral candidate forum
Published Tuesday, September 24, 2024MESA, Ariz. Sept. 24, 2024 -- A forum to meet the candidates in the upcoming Mesa mayoral race open to students and faculty of Mesa Community College (MCC) and the general public is scheduled from noon-2 p.m. Oct. 2. The event will be held in the MCC Library, room LB145, on the Southern and Dobson Campus,1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. The Your Mesa, Your Voice Mayoral Candidate Forum is being...
Mesa’s second anniversary as International City of Peace to be celebrated at MCC Peace Pole rededication
Published Thursday, September 19, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 19, 2024 -- The City of Mesa’s second anniversary as the 362nd International City of Peace will be celebrated at the Mesa Community College 2024 International Peace Pole rededication at 3 p.m. Sept. 26 in the MCC Rose Garden,1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Event sponsors, in addition to Mesa and MCC, include the City of Mesa Police Department, Children’s Benefit Foundation Inc...
MCC Second Friday Showcase highlights music, visual art, community and creativity
Published Wednesday, September 18, 2024MESA, Arizona -- September 18, 2024 -- Second Friday Showcase, a nightclub event featuring live DJ performances and art displays by Mesa Community College (MCC) DJ and art program students, is scheduled from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Oct.11 at MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Admission to the dance floor is $1 for students and $2 for non-students with all proceeds benefiting...
Four exceptional MCC faculty members honored with Endowed Teaching Chair awards
Published Tuesday, September 17, 2024Jennifer Caldwell, recipient of a Drs. Ken and Rebecca Boren Endowed Teaching Chair Award. Jennifer Fay, a Drs. Ken and Rebecca Boren Endowed Teaching Chair Award recipient. Leanna Hall, Ph.D., recipient of the MCC Residential Faculty Endowed Teaching Chair Award Jennifer Kady Stanton, recipient of the MCC Adjunct and Short-Term Faculty Endowed Teaching Chair Award MESA, Arizona --...
Future teachers host Mesa Public Schools Governing Board candidate forum at Mesa Community College
Published Thursday, September 12, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 12, 2024 -- The community is invited to Mesa Community College for a Mesa Public Schools Governing Board candidate forum on Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Navajo Room of the Kirk Student Center at the Southern & Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. A virtual attendance option is also available. Individuals should indicate interest in attending, virtually or in person...
Mesa Community College recognized for excellence in supporting democracy
Published Thursday, September 12, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 12, 2024 -- The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Mesa Community College (MCC), one of only six ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses 2022 institutions in Arizona, for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. MCC received the ALL IN Silver Seal for its voting rate and the...
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust grant supports MCC Licensed Practical Nursing program
Published Wednesday, September 4, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 4, 2024 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) has added a Licensed Practical Nursing program for fall 2024 -- Fast Track Practical Nursing. The college received $1.3M from the Virginia Piper Charitable Trust, a portion of a $2.25M grant to support the expansion of LPN programs at three Maricopa Community Colleges -- MCC, GateWay Community College and Glendale Community College and...