PHS Grad Randall Selected Senior Bowl
Published Thursday, December 4, 2014Damarious Randall has overcome injury and successfully transitioned to become one of the nation’s top defensive football players at Arizona State, and on Monday, he accepted his selection to the 2015 Reese’s Senior Bowl to be played Jan. 24 in Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Randall left his mark while at Mesa Community College as he was named an NJCAA First Team All-American and the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference defensive player of the year. PHS grad Randall selected to Senior...
Outdoor Rec Program, PAC & Pupfish on Dec. 2014 Edition of MCTV Maricopa Now
Published Wednesday, December 3, 2014The December 2014 edition of MCTV Maricopa Now contains coverage of: Outdoor Recreation program: minute 8:51 PAC Grand Opening: minute 12 Pupfish at Red Mountain: minute 12:26 MCTV, the digital television channel, is a partnership between the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and Cox Communications. MCTV serves as the primary television media outlet for MCCCD, the largest community college system in the United States, with over 200,000 students in 10 colleges and numerous...
Maricopa Community College: Sustainable Foods
Published Monday, November 24, 2014If you've thought about learning how to grow and cook more nutritious food, the Maricopa Community Colleges have a program that may appeal to you. The colleges' Sustainable Food Systems program will teach you to complete the food cycle by learning to grow, cook food and compost food. MCC is mentioned but not featured in (Ch 15) Sonoran Living's three-part segment on Maricopa's sustainable foods programs, as well as veterans programs. Here is the link to view the three-part segment...
Tapping the Potential of All, Undergraduate Research at MCC, Asmita Kane Budruk
Published Monday, November 24, 2014MCC chemistry professor Asmita Kane Budruk wrote chapter 4, "Undergraduate Research at MCC" in the annual Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) publication. Full publication Chapter 4 only: Undergrad Research at MCC, Asmita Kane Budruk.pdf
FlagFriends Coordinators Joan and Stan Alf Retiring
Published Friday, November 21, 2014Ten years ago, a retired couple, Joan and Stan Alf, started FlagFriends (Flagstaff International Friendship Program) to give international students at NAU a chance to learn more about American culture and interact with American families. Joan had been running a similar program at Arizona State University, and Stan had a lot of contacts with international students while working at Mesa Community College. FlagFriends coordinators Joan and Stan Alf retiring.pdf
Finding a Mentor and Being One
Published Thursday, November 20, 2014MCC Alum William Brickhouse is mentor to students. 20141119150803669.pdf 20141119150914934.pdf
Paid PD Opportunity for AZ Teachers
Published Wednesday, November 19, 2014Article on AZ SCITECH website: "If you're interested in helping students build 21st century workforce skills, understand and analyze data, and engage in authentic projects that provide marketable job skills, then apply for the Geospatial Connections Promoting Advancement to Careers and Higher Education (GEOCACHE), Cohort 2." AZSciTech.pdf
Community College Students Pack Lunches for Students
Published Wednesday, November 19, 2014Honors students at Mesa Community College gathered Oct. 26 to make sandwiches, write inspirational notes and draw on lunch bags for the homeless. mesa_independent_cmes20141119_9.pdf
Sonoran Artist, Former MCC Teacher
Published Wednesday, November 19, 2014Former MCC art teacher, Susan Canasi, will have her sculptures in a studio show this month. mesa_independent_cmes20141119_1.pdf mesa_independent_cmes20141119_2.pdf
New Home for Endangered Pupfish
Published Wednesday, November 19, 2014An outdoor-laboratory cienega for Mesa Community College at Red Mountain now has 307 endangered native desert pupfish in a refuge pond. mesa_independent_20141119_A01.pdf mesa_independent_20141119_A04.pdf