New Ahwatukee Pastor Has Deep Roots in Valley
Published Saturday, August 11, 2012Desert Foothills United Methodist Church in Ahwatukee welcomed a new pastor last month, the Rev. Dr. Mike Kerr-Osman, who attended MCC.
Groundbreaking Performing Arts Center Coverage
Published Friday, August 10, 2012Groundbreaking for performing arts center, new art gallery. Front page Tribune: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/education/article_4336885a-e7f1-11e1-9d3d-0019bb2963f4.html Independent: http://arizona.newszap.com/home/115761-130/groundbreaking-aug-16-at Aug. 17, 2012, Mesa Independent, Video of Sledge-Hammer Groundbreaking Ceremony http://arizona.newszap.com/eastvalley/115951-114/sledge-hammer-ground-br... Wrangler News: http://www.wranglernews.com/2012/08/25/former-harkins-...
Desert Echoes Flute Project Performs at National Convention
Published Sunday, August 5, 2012The Desert Echoes Flute Project, a choir program sponsored by the Mesa Community College Music Department, is taking its show on the road! DEF Project was recently selected to perform at the National Flute Association Convention taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada August 9 - 12, 2012.
Mesa Counts on College Awards Grants - Coverage
Published Sunday, August 5, 2012Mesa Counts on College, an initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced this week three projects that will receive money to increased post-secondary completion among Mesa’s youth. The selected proposals, which total $19,000 in funding, were submitted by Chicanos Por La Causa, the Mesa Community Action Network and Randy Payne of the Dobson High School’s counseling staff. http://www.mpsaz.org/news/articles/20477/mesa-counts-on-college-awards-grants http://www.msnbc.msn....
Mesa Eyesores on Way to be Replaced by MCC Arts Center
Published Saturday, August 4, 2012Mesa Community College plans a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 16 to kick off construction of a performing arts center that will totally transform the old Harkins theater and Fuddruckers restaurant on Longmore Road.
Many Children Suffering in Silence
Published Friday, August 3, 2012Family column by MCC’s Edgar Callirgos. Page 2.
Zoe Salina Zamora
Published Wednesday, August 1, 2012Young actress appears in MCC’s Theatre Productions.
Chandler Brothers Dedicated to Their Body of Work
Published Tuesday, July 31, 2012Tres and Matt Kwilosz are body builders and MCC students.
Mesa Community College Sets Theater Schedule
Published Wednesday, July 25, 2012The MCC Theatre and Film Arts Department has announced its 2012-13 season at the Theatre Outback. Performances include: "The Dining Room" by A.R. Gurney in September; "Zorro (Z) or the Curse of Capistrano, an original adaptation written and directed by Oscar Giner for December; "Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Bertolt Brecht in January/February; and "The Cripple of Inishmaan" by Marin McDonagh in April.
Benedictine Names Seasoned Educator Jo Wilson
Published Monday, July 23, 2012Longtime Arizona resident and educator Jo Wilson has been tapped to help lead Benedictine University's western expansion of its values-based Catholic higher education to Mesa, Ariz. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/education/article_2a90db0a-d2cc-11e1-b461-0019bb2963f4.html