Empty Bowls at Sunland Village East Raises Money for Paz de Cristo
Published Thursday, March 21, 2019MESA, Arizona – March 21, 2019 – Sunland Village East at Sossaman and Baseline roads in Mesa held an Empty Bowls event and raised $780 for Paz de Cristo Community Center. More than 300 bowls for this event were provided by Mesa Community College. These original works of art were made by MCC, the Mesa Art Center and Dobson High School students as well as local ceramics clubs. “We’ve assisted Paz...
MCC Art Students Featured in Shemer Art Center’s Mini Masterpieces Exhibition
Published Monday, March 18, 2019Rachael Lyn's The Webs That Collect Inside Me MESA, Arizona – March 18, 2019 – The artwork of Mesa Community College art students Cheryl Berech (Tempe), and Rachael Lyn (Mesa), is featured in Shemer Art Center’s Mini Masterpieces exhibition, which runs through March 21 at 5005 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix. Described as “A juried exhibition of works by Arizona artists that are small in size, yet...
Free app locates food, shelter and healthcare resources
Published Thursday, March 7, 2019MESA, Arizona – March 7, 2019 – Mesa Community College students conceptualized the development of RISE, an iOS app connecting people with sources for nominally priced food, shelter and healthcare. Conceived as a class project, the resource locator is now available in the Apple App Store. “We know many of our students struggle not only to maintain their studies but to strike a work and life...
Partnership with Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine expands experiences for MCC Veterinary Technology students
Published Friday, March 1, 2019MESA, Arizona – March 1, 2019 – Mesa Community College Veterinary Technology Program partners with Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), allowing MCC Veterinary Technology Program students opportunities to participate in bovine and necropsy skills labs and gain valuable learning experiences participating in small and large animal internships at CVM’s Animal Health Institute...
New online tool aids career and education decisions
Published Wednesday, February 27, 2019MESA, Arizona – Feb. 27, 2019 – Mesa Community College releases a customized version of Emsi Career Coach, a web-based tool which uses comprehensive labor market data to help students match their interests to specific occupations and identifies available academic programs to achieve their career goals. In addition to compiling rich, Valley-specific workforce data such as occupational growth and...
Faculty contribute to archaeology publication
Published Wednesday, February 27, 2019MESA, Arizona – Feb. 27, 2019 -- Shereen Lerner, anthropology faculty, and Rick Effland, anthropology faculty emeritus at Mesa Community College, are co-authors of “Connecting the Dots: Teaching Archaeology and Social Relevance” in a newly published edited volume Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies, by the University of Florida Press, edited by Susan J. Bender and Phyllis Mauch Messenger...
Kick off Women’s History Month with See, Hear, Speak WOMEN: An afternoon of Art, Theatre and Conversation at MCC
Published Sunday, February 24, 2019MESA, Arizona – Feb. 24, 2019 – Mesa Community College (1833 W. Southern Ave.) invites the public to an afternoon of art, theatre and thought-provoking conversation on March 2, to kick off Women’s History Month. Two mainstage performances of "Top Girls," a Caryl Churchill play about women’s achievement, takes place in the MCC Theatre at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on March 2. Between the afternoon...
MCC offers K-12 Summer Camps
Published Friday, February 22, 2019Note: April 10, 2019 -- The hours for the basketball camp were extended from 9-11 a.m. to 8 a.m. to noon, the cost remains the same. Apps, Theatre, Multimedia, Sports and Music MESA, Arizona -- Feb. 22, 2019 -- Mesa Community College again offers its popular summer camps for students entering K–12. These affordable and sometimes free camps provide opportunities to have fun...
MCC EMT Program ranked largest Arizona provider, highest first-time certification pass rates
Published Thursday, February 21, 2019MESA, Arizona – Feb. 21, 2019 – Mesa Community College Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program leads Arizona in the number of EMT candidates it readies for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification and in the number of candidates passing the exam on their first attempt. During the four quarters of 2018, 217 MCC NREMT candidates sat for the exam. Ninety-one...
Four MCC students named to All-Arizona Academic First Team
Published Wednesday, February 20, 2019Recognized for academic achievement and distinguished leadership MESA, Arizona – Feb. 20, 2019 – Four high-achieving Mesa Community College students will be celebrated for their outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership at the 2019 All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 27 (12:30-2:30 p.m.) at the East Valley Institute of Technology, 1601 West Main Street,...