Mesa Community College provides professional development for P-12 teachers
Published Thursday, May 9, 2019Not only does Mesa Community College prepare future teachers, it provides options for practicing educators to maintain their teaching credentials, reported AZ Education News. MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR P.pdf
MCC guides students through career decisions
Published Thursday, May 9, 2019Mesa Community College released a customized version of Emsi Career Coach, which is set to help students and future students make career and education decisions, reported Chamber Business, with Dean Michael Voss quoted in this April 3 article. MCC guides students through career decisions - Chamber Business News.pdf
Mesa man wins rare scholarship
Published Monday, May 6, 2019MCC student Ivan Quintana is one of 61 community college students nationwide to win a scholarship that pays all expenses to earn a bachelor's degree, reported the East Valley Tribune. 050519 East Valley Tribune-Ivan Quintana .pdf
Shachi Kale
Published Monday, May 6, 2019AZIndia Times profiled MCC student Shachi Kale, "a true artist in every sense," whose art was selected for the Governor’s Arts Awards, the MCCCD Artists of Promise exhibition and more. AZIndia Time.pdf
Got what it takes to be a Caterpillar tech?
Published Monday, May 6, 201912News reported that Mesa Community College is the only Arizona college partnering in the ThinkBIG training program with Caterpillar.
MCC introducing program without textbooks
Published Friday, April 26, 2019AZFamily 3TV/CBS5 reports on Mesa Community College’s new Z Degree Program, or zero textbook cost program, featuring an interview with Laura Ballard, MCC eLearning director.
BWW Review: NOISES OFF! at MCC
Published Tuesday, April 23, 2019Broadway World says Noises Off! is full of physical humor that adds to the comedy of the production at MCC. At just over three hours, this production is not for the faint of heart, but there is no shortage of laugh out loud moments. BWW Review_ NOISES OFF! at Mesa Community College.pdf
In Jordan, Bedouins are preserving ancient rock art with an app
Published Tuesday, April 23, 2019Atlas Obscura reported that in 2005, Niccole Cerveny, now a professor of geography at Mesa Community College in Arizona, finished her doctoral degree. During her studies, she created the Rock Art Stability Index, or RASI. It was designed to be a simple, quick way to assess how damaged or eroded rock art anywhere in the world was, and thereby help local communities to understand what needed to be protected. Now an app has been developed that digitizes RASI and makes it more efficient. Each RASI...
You can celebrate 4/20 at a drag show at MCC
Published Friday, April 19, 2019MCC student Keith Haffron (Haute Mess), a co-host of the 4/20 [2019] Drag Show hosted by the MCC Friendly Colors student organization, is featured in this Phoenix New Times article promoting the event. Drag Show New Times.pdf
Yellow boots yard care
Published Monday, April 15, 2019Desert Gardening Hub interviewed Jennifer Layton, owner of Yellow Boots Yard Care and student in the Landscape Horticulture Program at Mesa Community College, about gardening tips. Desert Gardening Hub_ Yellow Boots Yard Care.pdf (published March 4)