AZ Watercolor Assoc. Awards Scholarships
Published Tuesday, April 1, 2014Art scholarship recipient Amber Walkowiak In an annual show of support for community college students pursuing visual arts degrees, the Arizona Watercolor Association awarded three $1,000 scholarships to Mesa Community College students Cassandra Scott, Amber Walkowiak and Diana Jacobson. All three awardees are enrolled in MCC art instructor Cynthia Peterson’s watercolor painting class. This is...
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Guitars -- A national instructor development project
Published Tuesday, March 25, 2014Stem Guitar Workshop MESA, Ariz. – Mesa Community College’s Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AZAMI) is hosting a Digital Fabrication-STEM Guitar Building Workshop this week. This National Science Foundation (NSF) project trains high school and community college faculty in the development, use and integration of guitar building as an instruction tool. Participating educators spend an...
Maricopa Colleges to Honor Emerging Artists
Published Tuesday, March 25, 2014Artists of Promise Poster MESA, Ariz.—The public is invited to attend Artists of Promise, a gala performance and exhibition celebrating the artists of the Maricopa Community Colleges. The annual event features some of the finest emerging artists in the Valley in choreography, theatre, music and visual mediums such as photography, sculpture and...
MCC to Host 3rd Annual Festival of the Arts
Published Thursday, March 20, 20142013 Festival of the Arts MESA, Ariz. – The general public is invited to attend the 3rd Annual Festival of the Arts featuring student musicians, poets, storytellers, dancers, and actors on Thursday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mesa Community College (MCC). "The festival is designed to be a celebration of student talent, and is meant to bring all our MCC departments together," said...
MCC Student Named Coca-Cola Scholar
Published Tuesday, March 18, 2014Heather Smyth Named 2014 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholar Heather Smyth MESA, Ariz. – Heather Smyth, a student at Mesa Community College, has been named a 2014 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50...
Drs. Kenneth and Rebecca Boren Invest in Educational Innovation
Published Wednesday, March 5, 2014Drs. Kenneth and Rebecca Boren Champion Mesa Community College’s Endowed Teaching Chair Program MESA, Ariz. – Local philanthropists Drs. Kenneth and Rebecca Boren have pledged $250,000 to the Endowed Teaching Chair program at Mesa Community College (MCC). The Boren’s support enables the launch of a program established in 2009 to ensure MCC continues to attract and keep distinguished faculty...
MCC to Host Southwest Mathematics Conference
Published Tuesday, February 25, 2014MESA, Ariz.—Feb. 11, 2014—Mesa Community College's (MCC) Mathematics Department and Club are hosting the annual Southwestern Undergraduate Mathematics Research Conference (SUnMaRC). The conference will be held from Feb. 28 to March 2 at MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus. SUnMaRC brings together students and faculty from throughout the Southwest for a fun weekend of mathematics. SUnMaRC is...
MCC Theatre & Film Arts Students Honored at Regional Competition
Published Tuesday, February 25, 2014MESA, Ariz. – Mesa Community College Theatre & Film Arts students’ talents were recognized during the 2014 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Los Angeles, February 11-15. The festival recognizes outstanding student achievement and fosters continuing growth in acting, playwriting, directing, design and technical theatre, dramaturgy, theatre criticism,...
MCC Dental Hygiene Program Accreditation
Published Tuesday, February 18, 2014For Release: February 18, 2014 MCC Dental Hygiene Program Receives Accreditation from CODA MCC Dental Hygiene Program MESA, Ariz. – The American Dental Association’s (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) awarded accreditation to Mesa Community College’s Dental Hygiene Program after a year-long process of accreditation self-study and program review. Graduating from...
MCC Prof is 3rd to Hike Length of Canyon, Twice
Published Wednesday, February 12, 2014Andrew Holycross in the Grand Canyon When MCC biology professor Andrew Holycross emerged from Pearce Ferry Wash in the Grand Canyon on Nov. 25, 2013, he became the third person to have hiked the length of Grand Canyon on both sides of the Colorado River. The 65-day journey in extremely rugged canyon country on the north side began on Sept. 22, when he set out to accomplish his sabbatical goal of...