MCC Child Development Lab excels in online learning environment
Published Thursday, August 20, 2020Students engaged with others by individually sharing like they would during an in-person class. MESA, Arizona -- Aug. 20, 2020 -- The Mesa Community College Evelyn H. Warren Child Development Lab (CDL) sets a new standard in virtual early childhood teaching and learning. The lab school is an accredited program through the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Providing...
Endangered fish from MCC replenish wild populations
Published Wednesday, August 19, 2020MESA, Arizona -- Aug. 19, 2020 -- The endangered, native Gila Topminnows at the Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus support the recovery of their species. The population in the college’s cienega reached a level healthy enough to serve as a source to stock other bodies of water throughout the state. On August 17 the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) relocated 100 Topminnows to Pima...
MCC receives a Gold Healthy Arizona Worksites Award
Published Tuesday, July 28, 2020MESA, Arizona — July 28, 2020 — Mesa Community College receives a Gold Level Healthy Arizona Worksites Award in recognition of its employee wellness efforts. To achieve this recognition, MCC was evaluated based on how it tracked and documented outcomes and behavioral changes. According to the HAWP website, “Gold level programs have demonstrated institutional support and have integrated worksite...
MCC serves as COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
Published Wednesday, July 1, 2020Notice As of July 1, 2022, MCC no longer serves as a location for COVID-19 testing. Visit embryhealth.com to schedule a testing day and time. The phone number for Embry Women's Health is 480-376-2170. MESA, Arizona -- July 1, 2020 – Mesa Community College serves as a location for drive-thru COVID-19 testing in alignment with Governor Ducey’s enhanced COVID-19 Action Plan (6/17/20). Embry...
Raising awareness of the national debt nets national award for MCC students
Published Wednesday, June 17, 2020MESA, Arizona – June 17, 2020 – The Mesa Community College Up to Us team receives top prize in the Up to Us National College Competition for its efforts in raising awareness of the national debt and America’s fiscal problems. MCC is the first community college in the eight-year history of the award to receive this recognition. The MCC student team, led by Shelby Lynch, who graduated from MCC...
Cisco Networking Academy recognizes MCC faculty expertise
Published Monday, June 15, 2020MESA, Arizona – June 15, 2020 – Three outstanding Mesa Community College Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty, Steve Bowes, Bob Samson and J.B. Files receive recognition from the Cisco Networking Academy. Bowes and Samson are Cisco Experts (top 10 % of instructors worldwide) and Files is an Advanced Level Instructor (top 25% of instructors worldwide) based on student feedback. These...
Sarah Banner Twice Honored for Excellence in Advising
Published Wednesday, June 3, 2020MESA, Arizona – June 3, 2020 -- Sarah Banner, Mesa Community College Student Services director receives honors from NACADA, The Global Community for Academic Advisement, recognizing her interpersonal and human relationship skills, professional practices, documented success and documented advisor development of academic advising in higher education. Banner’s recognition also includes the NACADA...
MCC recognizes accomplishments of 2,645 recent graduates
Published Tuesday, June 2, 2020MESA, Arizona – June 2, 2020 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) recognizes the accomplishments of 2,645 students who collectively earned more than 4,689 degrees and certificates during the 2019-2020 academic year. A commencement ceremony is being planned for December; however, degrees and certificates earned will be mailed to graduates as soon as they are processed and verified....
Jack Kent Cooke Scholar
Published Tuesday, May 5, 2020MCC student receives prestigious national community college transfer scholarship. MESA, Arizona – May 5, 2020 – Mesa Community College student Abigaly (Abby) Atonal Rodriguez is one of 50 community college students to receive a 2020 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Selected out of nearly 1,500 applicants for the highly competitive national scholarship,...
MCC & CGCC offer new AA degree emphasis in counseling and applied psychology
Published Thursday, April 30, 2020MCC offers the program completely online beginning in Fall 2020. MESA, Arizona – April 30, 2020 – Beginning with the fall 2020 semester, two East Valley colleges, Mesa Community College (MCC) and Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC), will offer an Associate in Arts (AA) Degree, Emphasis in Counseling and Applied Psychological Science. This is the first of its kind AA degree emphasis in...