MCC Music Theatre Presents “Big Fish the Musical,” July 15-23
Published Thursday, July 7, 2016MESA, Arizona — July 6, 2016 — "Big Fish the Musical” is coming to the Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center for six performances, July 15-23. The story is based on Daniel Wallace's 1998 novel, Big Fish: A novel of Mythic Proportions, and the 2003 film Big Fish written by John August and directed by Tim Burton. Music and lyrics are by Andrew Lippa. Big Fish revolves around the...
MCC Student Receives Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholarship
Published Wednesday, June 29, 2016Single father returns to obtain a college degree after 20 years MESA, Arizona – July 7, 2016 – Mesa Community College student Marcus Downing MCC student Marcus Downing has been awarded the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year. The program covers full tuition, fees, and books and provides the student with an academic advisor mentor. It also includes a $2,750...
MCC faculty published in sports medicine journal
Published Tuesday, June 21, 2016Jeffrey Messer helps develop teaching tool to demonstrate a cellular process. Jeffrey Messer, Ph.D., chair, MCC Exercise Science Department MESA, Arizona – June 21, 2016 – Jeffrey Messer, chair of Mesa Community College's Exercise Science Department, co-authored an article in the June 2016 edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official journal of the American College...
Sasan Poureetezadi Named MCC Interim President
Published Monday, June 20, 2016Sasan Poureetezadi named interim MCC president, will serve beginning Aug. 2. MESA, Arizona – June 20, 2016 – Sasan Poureetezadi, Mesa Community College vice president for Information Technology since 2011, was named interim president of Mesa Community College by Maricopa County Community College District Chancellor Maria Harper-Marinick. Poureetezadi assumes his new role effective Aug. 2, 2016...
New MCC Dean of Career and Technical Education, Michael Voss
Published Thursday, June 16, 2016Michael Voss, MCC Dean of Career and Technical Education. MESA, Arizona – June 16, 2016 – Mesa Community College is pleased to announce Michael Voss as its Dean for Career and Technical Education. He assumed his duties on June 16. Voss, a first generation college student originally from Minnesota, comes to MCC with more than a decade experience at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). He...
“Snake Plant’s” potential new family: DNA holds key to better classification
Published Wednesday, June 15, 2016Student training enables participation in researchCarrie Lipka and Andy Baldwin with Sansevieria specimens. MESA, Arizona – June 15, 2016 – Andy Baldwin, chair of Mesa Community College’s Life Sciences department, along with Robert Webb, faculty in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona, are using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) to map genetic plant information. Using cpDNA,...
The Bachelorette learns swing dance with local talent
Published Thursday, May 26, 2016MCC dance faculty teaches on Hollywood set. Steve Conrad with MCC Dance Program Director Tina Rangel. MESA, Arizona – June 2, 2016 -- Steve Conrad, Mesa Community College Dance faculty, joined Hollywood icon Jean Veloz on the set for an upcoming episode of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” Veloz and Conrad teamed to teach JoJo Fletcher and one of her suitors to Lindy Hop, a popular 1930-40s swing...
MCC alumni awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016Future computer engineer and neurosurgeon receive support to complete goals. MCC alumni Jacob Sorenson and Derek Fermaint. MESA, Arizona – May 25, 2016 – Mesa Community College (MCC) proudly announces Derek Fermaint and Jacob Sorenson have each been awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship worth up to $40,000 a year to complete a bachelor’s degree at a four-year...
Value Colleges ranks MCC Online in top 50
Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016MESA, Arizona – May 24, 2016 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) ranked No. 12 in the Top 50 Best Value Online Community Colleges by Value Colleges. According to Value Colleges over 1,700, two-year associate degree-granting community colleges were considered for the initial ranking. Schools were then filtered by public, nonprofit, over 10 online programs, over 2,000 students and under $10,000...
Two MCC students place in Arizona Japanese Speech Contest
Published Thursday, May 5, 2016MESA, Arizona – May 5, 2016 – Japanese language students from Mesa Community College competed in the 27th Annual Arizona Japanese Speech Contest on April 17, 2016. The contest is presented by the Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese. Contestants from nine high schools and six colleges in Arizona competed with students with similar levels of Japanese language skills and...