MCC receives Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation grant for students to explore STEM degrees
Published Monday, December 3, 2018Paul Russell (Vice President, FMYN), Winona Thirion (Director of American Indian Outreach Programs, MCCCD), Christina Schultz (President & CEO, Maricopa Foundation), Dr. Felicia Ganther (Associate Vice Chancellor in Student Affairs, MCCCD), Gerald Doka (Councilmember, FMYN), Pamela Mott (Treasurer, FMYN) and Verlene Enos (Tribal Council Secretary, FMYN) MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 3, 2018 – Mesa...
MCC Student Takes Home First Place in National Poetry Competition
Published Friday, November 30, 2018Jacobo Perez winner of national League of Innovation literary competition. MESA, Ariz. – Nov. 30, 2018 – Mesa Community College student Jacobo Perez received the coveted first place honor at a national literary competition sponsored by the League of Innovation, a consortium of community colleges across the nation. His poem, “How to Cross the Border Illegally or How to Make Tamales de Rajas,”...
MCC Team Wins NCAS Rover Competition at Glenn Research Center
Published Wednesday, November 21, 2018Jenna Connolly Anthony Burch MESA, Ariz. – Nov. 21, 2018 – Two Mesa Community College students, Jenna Connolly and Anthony Burch, were on the nine-member team that placed first in a Mars rover prototype competition at the National Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS) at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Connolly said the support from MCC faculty made a huge difference in...
Inaugural Sonoran International Rose Trials judging at MCC
Published Wednesday, November 21, 2018MESA, Arizona — Nov. 21, 2018 — The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College, the largest rose garden in the Southwest, is hosting the inaugural Sonoran International Rose Trials on Nov. 23 and 24 at the Southern and Dobson Campus. The garden at MCC is the only test garden in the world that is located in a desert. The results will provide valuable information for professional growers as well as...
Students receive global perspectives from humanitarian faculty
Published Thursday, November 15, 2018Dr. Graham Boorse, life science faculty, started running endurance races with Team World Vision to raise funds to help support clean water and sanitation projects across Africa. MESA, Ariz. – Nov. 15, 2018 Mesa Community College professors are sharing with students their experiences volunteering in Africa. Dr. Graham Boorse, life science faculty, and Jennifer Wood, math and honors faculty...
MCC is first two-year college to don Nike N7 turquoise uniforms
Published Wednesday, November 14, 2018American Indian Recognition Day Basketball Games Showcase New Uniforms MESA, Ariz. -- Nov. 14, 2018 – Mesa Community College’s Sixth Annual American Indian Recognition Day basketball games, Dec. 1, 2018, will be the big reveal for the Thunderbird N7 uniforms. MCC was accepted as the first two-year college in the nation to participate in the Nike initiative celebrating Native American Heritage...
Art unveiling: Dance of the Chromosomes
Published Thursday, November 8, 2018MESA, Arizona — Nov. 8, 2018 — The community is invited to the unveiling of Dance of the Chromosomes at 3:30 p.m. today, on the second floor of the Life Sciences Building at the MCC Southern and Dobson Campus. The collection of three drawings, in which the artist uses human figures to represent the chromosomes during mitosis, were created by Reece Grissom, Mesa Community College alumnus and...
Honorees Inducted Into MCC Hall of Fame
Published Thursday, November 1, 2018MESA, Arizona — Nov. 2, 2018 — Ten outstanding alumni, staff and community members were welcomed into the Mesa Community College Hall of Fame during a reception and ceremony hosted by the MCC Alumni Association Nov. 1 at the MCC Theatre, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, 85202. The MCC Hall of Fame honors alumni, community members, and MCC employees whose personal and professional accomplishments and...
Alumnus brings Farmers Market to MCC Red Mountain
Published Wednesday, October 24, 2018MESA, Arizona — Oct. 24, 2018 —The community is invited to the inaugural Farmers Market at Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, 7110 E. McKellips Rd., on Oct. 27 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Local produce, meats, eggs and other local farmers market products will be available. More than 50 artisan vendors as well as food trucks will be at the market. Markets will be held at MCC Red Mountain every...
MCC Empty Bowls events benefit Paz de Cristo Community Center
Published Tuesday, October 16, 2018Fighting hunger one bowl at a time MESA, Arizona — Oct. 16, 2018 —The community is invited to participate in the Mesa Community College (MCC) Empty Bowls events at both college campuses in observance of World Food Day. For a $10 donation, patrons may select a one-of-a-kind, handcrafted ceramic bowl and receive a modest, yet delicious meal of soup and bread. Wednesday, Oct. 17 -- MCC Southern...