Food Fight: Trucks vs. Restaurants in Some Phoenix Area Cities
Published Friday, September 18, 2015The Valley’s growing love affair with food trucks and their ever-expanding culinary possibilities is dishing up controversy in some areas, where owners of traditional restaurants are making it clear they don’t want the competition and would prefer the vehicles keep their distance. In Mesa, an effort to establish regular food-truck events was launched in the Las Sendas area in early September, with the cooperation of the homeowner’s association there. Organizer Natascha Ovando-Karadsheh, a Las...
Teaching in the Sonoran Desert
Published Friday, September 18, 2015Article by Emily Dimson in the Blazing Star, a publication put out by the North American Native Plant Society, about teaching at the Red Mountain Campus. Pages 4-6 Blazing_Summer2015_v6_c.pdf
Casting an Eye for Veterans
Published Thursday, September 17, 2015Tempe resident Carly Leonard, a U.S. Air Force veteran and staff member at Mesa Community College's Veterans Service Center, chats it up with a participant in the 32-mile roundtrip ride that began at MCC's main campus at Dobson Road and Southern Avenue, and stretched all the way to the college's Red Mountain campus and back. wn091915.pdf
Mystery Guest: Paul Patterson from MCC on Mesa Morning Live
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2015Paul Patterson, MCC Program Coordinator for CCIP International Student Grant, was the Mystery Guest on Mesa Morning Live. The Mesa Chamber of Commerce sponsors the show. Video of Mesa Morning Live Show
Ballard, Edens Next Up in MP Hall Class
Published Sunday, September 13, 2015The induction class for the Mountain Pointe Hall of Fame might be the smallest in the five years of existence, but the impact the individuals had was anything but slight. Sam Ballard molded young players into men while taking the boys basketball team to the brink of the state title game. Ballard knows a little something about playing at a high level as he took over the basketball program soon after the school opened. Ballard coached the team from 1997 to 2007 to a 171-90 before leaving for...
Dr. Brian Dille, Professor of Political Science, Talks About the Refugee Crisis
Published Friday, September 11, 2015Dr. Brian Dille, Professor of Political Science, talks about the refugee crisis. (Link to come)
Tim Franklin, I-10 Shootings Perpetrated by Thrillseeker(s)
Published Friday, September 11, 2015Insight into the I-10 shootings from Mesa Community College Psychological Science and ASU Criminal Justice Professor, Tim Franklin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDGLprU0VB4&feature=youtu.be
Adult Learning Classes Offered in Mesa
Published Friday, September 11, 2015Adults can continue their education with 61 extracurricular learning classes offered this fall from New Frontiers for Lifelong Learning. An open house will be held 1-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Mesa Community College Downtown Center, 145 N. Centennial Way. Classes meet at the Main and Red Mountain campuses of MCC, the MCC Downtown Center, the East Valley Adult Resource Centers and other locations. Most classes meet for two hours one day. Some classes meet several times. Adult learning...
Scholarships Support Ranching, Farming
Published Tuesday, September 8, 2015The Gila County Cowbelles recently awarded two $1,000 scholarships. One went to Kylie Ridley in memory of Cowbelles’ founding member Laura Mae Holder. Ridley is enrolled in Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University to study biomedicine to pursue a career as a veterinarian. A second scholarship donated by the Arizona Cattle Growers Association went to Kelsey Barlow. She plans to pursue a degree in physiology and a career in occupational therapy, enrolling in Mesa Community College....
Study: Arizona has One of Best Community College Systems in the U.S.
Published Tuesday, September 1, 2015WalletHub said it studied 670 community colleges in the country and ranked them over four criteria: cost and financing, classroom experience, education outcomes and career outcomes. Mesa Community College was No. 363. Study_ Arizona has one of best community college systems in U.S.pdf