Spring 2023
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Renae Blackwater Helps Plan Inaugural Native Youth Football Camp at MCC
Renae Blackwater graduated from MCC in Spring 2022, and served as an intern at Tempe-based LLC Indigenous Health over the summer. While there, she played an integral role in the organization – hosting an inaugural football camp for Native Youth at MCC in July that was coached by members of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins...
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President's Message
Dear Alumni and Friends, Mesa Community College welcomes students to the spring 2023 semester. The new year brings hope and enthusiasm to all of us. I am pleased to share exciting news regarding historic educational opportunities for our students. Final approvals and procedures are nearly complete for the first bachelor’s degrees that can be...
Transitions in Alumni Association Leadership
As an MCC alumna, I have great pride in our alma mater. It has been an honor to serve as the manager for Alumni Relations for more than 20 wonderful years and to meet many of you. As I continue to serve MCC as Associate Vice President of Communications, Marketing, and Philanthropy, it is my pleasure to introduce the new team. Julie Ellsworth is...
Between Dreams is About Wonder, and the Inspiration Needed to Create It
Between Dreams 2022 Oil and acrylic on canvas; 6’ x 10’ Gingher Leyendecker and Nicole Collins have built a deep friendship over time. “It started when I was her department’s liaison from the Counseling Department,” says Collins. “Gingher’s energy was calm, patient, kind, and understanding. I could see the passion she had as an educator...
A Life Led to Encanto: Why MCC ‘Charmed’ Alumni Angel Ruvalcaba
Throughout his early life and as a first generation college student, Angel Ruvalcaba was captivated by comics and movies, and loved to tell stories through his digital art and drawings. Today he is a production assistant at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California, a career move that he said could not have happened without Mesa...
MCC Alumni Board
MCC ALUMNI BOARD The Mesa Community College Alumni Association (MCCAA) is overseen by a volunteer board of alumni. The board serves in an advisory capacity, working closely with the Office of Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy to carry out the MCCAA mission. Board members are appointed to three-year terms and the MCCAA convenes quarterly. JOIN...