Laughner: Arizona Wins When Public, Private Partner
Published Sunday, August 30, 2015Budget cuts continue to stress Arizona’s education system, leaving higher learning on a financial shelf too high for many students to reach. As the cost of college tuition continues to rise, two colleges in the East Valley are providing a stepstool to ease the burden for today’s scholars. Mesa Community College (MCC), the largest of the 10 community colleges in the nation’s largest community college system, has partnered with The College of St. Scholastica, a 103-year-old Catholic Benedictine...
More Than Bells Without Clappers: Students Finding Voice through Civic Engagement with Big Questions
Published Friday, August 28, 2015With the national conversation about college emphasizing timely degree completion and readiness for employment, how can community college educators prepare our students to tackle the big questions they currently experience and will further confront in the complex, changing environment of our interconnected global future? In a project funded by the Teagle Foundation, housed at the Community College National Center for Community Engagement (CCNCCE), and led by Kapi'olani Community College,...
5 Reasons to Attend Community College
Published Friday, August 28, 2015The blog "Matilda & Jo" describes the positives aspects of attending a community college. "Do you have any idea how much college costs? Have you felt the soul-crushing anxiety of paying off loans already? Attending community college can lessen that anxiety quite a bit. Take a look at the numbers: Mesa Community College Tuition for 12 credits: $1008 Arizona State University Tuition for 12 credits: $4742" 5 Reasons to Attend Community College _ matilda & jo.pdf
(Coverage of) Arizona SciTech Appoints New Director of Programs and Education
Published Friday, August 28, 2015Arizona SciTech today announced the appointment of Susan Farretta as their new Director of Programs and Education. Farretta is a graduate of Mesa Community College. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Management and a Master of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix. Business Wire: Arizona SciTech Appoints New Director of Programs and Education.pdf and ITBriefing.net: Arizona SciTech Appoints New Director of Programs and Education __ ITbriefing.pdf Link: http://www....
Hites Scholarship to MCC Grad Helps Smooth the Transfer to ASU
Published Friday, August 28, 2015MCC graduate Andrew Sypher receives Hites Scholarship. Nearby News 092015 A.Sypher Hites Scholar.pdf
Benedictine University at Mesa Athletic Program Begins this Fall
Published Thursday, August 27, 2015After having been accepted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics last spring, Benedictine University at Mesa is launching its athletic program this fall. Currently there are no athletic facilities on the campus, and student athletes use facilities owned by the city or at Mesa Community College. Benedictine University at Mesa athletic program begins this fall _ The Catholic Sun.pdf
All Incumbents Win Phoenix City Election, But Light-Rail Expansion is Real Victor
Published Wednesday, August 26, 2015As Mesa celebrates the expansion of the Light Rail, Felix Trejo, a Mesa Community College student, told New Times, “Without the light rail, I wouldn’t be able to go to college.” Trejo is studying landscape architecture and hopes to use his degree to help expand the family-owned landscaping business his father started. All Incumbents Win Phoenix City Election, but Light-Rail Expansion Is Real Victor _ Phoenix New Times.pdf
Living by the Golden Rule
Published Tuesday, August 25, 2015Daniel Kipp, who attended Mesa Community College, and his wife, Laurie, own Continuous Rain Gutter Systems & Show Low Garage Doors in Vernon. The combination of garage doors and rain gutters, water storage tanks and rain harvesting has given them a successful business much needed on the mountain. Their business employs local people and put dollars into the White Mountain economy. Living by the Golden Rule - White Mountain Independent_ Movers And Shapers.pdf
Rebecca Ming Hsu, MC, Named Top Female Executive in Forensic Pathology
Published Tuesday, August 25, 2015Rebecca Ming Hsu, MD, Forensic Pathologist and Owner of Hsu Enterprises, LLC, has been named a Worldwide Branding Top Female Executive in Forensic Pathology. A qualified professional in her field, Dr. Hsu is trained as a funeral director. She received an associate's degree in mortuary science from Mesa Community College in 2007 and an MD from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 1995. Rebecca Ming Hsu, MD has been Named a Top Female Executive in Forensic Pathology.pdf
Some DACA Students Pursue Higher Education for the First Time
Published Monday, August 24, 2015Cesar Calderon starts classes next week at Mesa Community College. The 26-year-old graduated from Mesa High in 2012, but wasn’t able to afford higher education until a judge upheld a policy making some undocumented immigrants under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program eligible for in-state tuition at the Maricopa Community Colleges. Some DACA Students Pursue Higher Education For The First Time _ KJZZ.pdf