Fall 2017
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Meet MCC’s 2017 Hall of Fame Honorees
The MCC Hall of Fame honors, alumni, community members, and MCC employees whose personal and professional accomplishments and positive contributions to the college and community set them apart. Learn more at www.mesacc.edu/alumni/hall-fame. Alumni Achievement Award – Robert Klee, Gilbert Orrantia, Michael Ropacki, Ph.D., Matt Salmon, Karl...
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Director of AZ Department of Homeland Security Began Education at MCC
Gilbert Orrantia is a 2017 MCC Hall of Fame Inductee What’s it like to have one of your first college classes taught by your father? We asked Mesa Community College alumnus Gilbert M. Orrantia, (1976-78) now the Director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, about his experience taking a Spanish class taught by his father in the ‘70s...
Alumnus Donates Art Design to MCC Campus
Geoff Coppola Geoff Coppola’s fascination with the pattern and beauty in nature is the inspiration behind an innovative piece of art recently installed near the physical science building at Mesa Community College’s Southern and Dobson campus. Coppola collaborated with MCC math and computer science professor Madeleine Chowdhury to bring his design...
Hall of Fame, Student Body President Displays Go Digital
During your next visit to MCC, check out the TV displays that honor MCC’s Hall of Fame inductees and presidents of the Associated Students of MCC (ASMCC). The digital displays replace traditional plaques. They provide a more contemporary look with richer information, while addressing space limitations that were beginning to emerge now that MCC is...
Study Abroad Trip Changes Life of MCC Alumnus
For Mesa Community College alumnus Chris DeWys, a study abroad trip to Guanajuato, Mexico in the summer of 1996 was an eye-opening experience thanks to MCC professors Jaime Herrera and Steve Bass, both of whom still teach for MCC. DeWys, who today is a lawyer in San Francisco, said the immersive experience of living with a local family and...