Spring 2013
Featured Stories
History of ASU Book Written by MCC Alumna
Mesa Community College alumna Stephanie R. deLusé Do you know the details of how Arizona State University’s “Sparky” mascot originated, or the history of the campus Victory Bell? Find out by reading “Arizona State University,” a new book by Mesa Community College alumna Stephanie R. deLusé, co-authored by Denise Bates. Current and past students...
MCC Alumni Board
Not all alumni boards are created equal. MCC has an advantage. Why? Because of people like you. Volunteer today for the MCC Alumni Advisory Board. Your application awaits: www.mesacc.edu/alumni-board. MCC Alumni board members... Provide advice on alumni programs and key college initiatives and support for the MCC Alumni Association (MCCAA)...
From MCC to a Dream Job: A Non-Traditional Path
Harmony Colella’s “fascination with destruction” began when she was seven years old. Living in California at the time, she remembers hearing a loud noise and feeling the ground shake. Colella reports that she wasn’t frightened, in fact, she found it extremely interesting. Her mother yelled to her to get underneath the door for safety. When it was...
Biology Student Conducts Research at Petrified Forest
Andy Bridges Mesa Community College biology student Andy Bridges has really had a “hands on” experience working in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. In the past two seasons at the park he captured, marked, measured and weighed more than 1,200 lizards, snakes, toads and small mammals. In his paid position as a Seasonal Biological...
Soccer Coach Has Family History at MCC
It only seems natural that Mesa Community College alumnus Brian Ronan is back where he started his college career, only this time in a teaching/coaching capacity. After all, there was a bit of family history calling when he came upon the opportunity to be assistant soccer coach at MCC. Brian, his father, his two brothers and his godfather all...
New Deputy Chief of Prescott Police Department is MCC Alumnus
Class of 1993 graduate Andy Reinhardt was recently promoted to Deputy Chief of the Prescott Police Department. He joined the PPD in 2006 after 22 years with the Mesa Police Department. Reinhardt began attending Mesa Community College as a senior in high school. After receiving an associate’s degree at MCC, he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree...
MCC Student Awarded John Ohl Memorial Scholarship
Mesa Community College student Michelle Rose was presented with the John Ohl Memorial Scholarship award in a ceremony honoring former MCC history professor, John Ohl. The event celebrated the role that John Ohl played and continues to play at MCC as a scholar who inspired everyone whose lives he touched. John’s wife, Maria, and daughter, Jocelyn...
Continuing and Community Education
The Spring 2013 schedule is now available! Visit www.mesacc.edu/communityed to view more than 125 classes offered.
Mark Your Calendar
For a complete listing of events and times, check out our online calendars. General MCC Events mesacc.edu/alumni Athletics - athletics.mesacc.edu/schedules February 9, 7:30 p.m. Scripts on Strike, Improv Troupe Southern/Dobson Campus, Theatre Outback February 28, 7:00 p.m. Destination Station: Visit with NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman Southern/...