Mesa Community College honors three outstanding adjunct faculty
Published Wednesday, October 2, 2024Ray Gless and Anthony Gardea MESA, Arizona --October 2, 2024 -- Three Mesa Community College (MCC) adjunct faculty - Brigitte Bavousett, Anthony Gardea and Ray Gless - earned Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Awards from the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and its Adjunct Faculty Group. “The faculty at MCC are renowned for their expertise and dedication to engaging with...
Mesa Community College Hosts Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 14
Published Tuesday, October 1, 2024MESA, Ariz. --- Oct. 1, 2024 Mesa Community College and Matriarch Ways invites the community to join in a conference-style celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day. Individuals may attend the day-long event featuring inspiring speakers, land/water defense panelists, holistic healing practices, poets, artists, cultural workshops and engaging performances including music by Blest One...
MCC libraries selected for National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition
Published Monday, September 30, 2024MCC libraries selected for National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition MESA, Ariz. --Sept. 30, 2024 -- The National Library of Medicine has selected Mesa Community College (MCC) libraries to host a traveling exhibition, Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy. The exhibition can be viewed through Oct. 11 at the Southern and...
You Can’t Take it with You opens the Mesa Community College Theatre Season
Published Friday, September 27, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 27, 2024 -- Mesa Community College Theatre Department opens its season in October with a classic American comedy, George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take it with You. This charming production is a stalwart of the American repertory, and the MCC production promises to be visually stunning and hilarious. Directed by Chelsea Anderson of the Phoenix Theatre Company, the MCC...
MCC President Richard Daniel receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Richard Daniel, Ph.D., Mesa Community College president, was honored by the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation with the Dr. Loui Olivas Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the Helios Education Foundation, 4747 N. 32nd St. Phoenix. The award is named after Dr. Loui Olivas, a celebrated Professor Emeritus from Arizona State...
MCC journalism faculty Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Nadine “NAR” Arroyo Rodriguez, director of Journalism and New Media Studies in Mesa Community College’s English Department was honored at the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation Arizona Higher Education Awards ceremony with the Dr. Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Outstanding Latina/Latino Faculty Service/Teaching in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the...
Associated Students of Mesa Community College to host Mesa mayoral candidate forum
Published Tuesday, September 24, 2024MESA, Ariz. Sept. 24, 2024 -- A forum to meet the candidates in the upcoming Mesa mayoral race open to students and faculty of Mesa Community College (MCC) and the general public is scheduled from noon-2 p.m. Oct. 2. The event will be held in the MCC Library, room LB145, on the Southern and Dobson Campus,1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. The Your Mesa, Your Voice Mayoral Candidate Forum is being...
Mesa’s second anniversary as International City of Peace to be celebrated at MCC Peace Pole rededication
Published Thursday, September 19, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 19, 2024 -- The City of Mesa’s second anniversary as the 362nd International City of Peace will be celebrated at the Mesa Community College 2024 International Peace Pole rededication at 3 p.m. Sept. 26 in the MCC Rose Garden,1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Event sponsors, in addition to Mesa and MCC, include the City of Mesa Police Department, Children’s Benefit Foundation Inc...
MCC Second Friday Showcase highlights music, visual art, community and creativity
Published Wednesday, September 18, 2024MESA, Arizona -- September 18, 2024 -- Second Friday Showcase, a nightclub event featuring live DJ performances and art displays by Mesa Community College (MCC) DJ and art program students, is scheduled from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Oct.11 at MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Admission to the dance floor is $1 for students and $2 for non-students with all proceeds benefiting...
Four exceptional MCC faculty members honored with Endowed Teaching Chair awards
Published Tuesday, September 17, 2024Jennifer Caldwell, recipient of a Drs. Ken and Rebecca Boren Endowed Teaching Chair Award. Jennifer Fay, a Drs. Ken and Rebecca Boren Endowed Teaching Chair Award recipient. Leanna Hall, Ph.D., recipient of the MCC Residential Faculty Endowed Teaching Chair Award Jennifer Kady Stanton, recipient of the MCC Adjunct and Short-Term Faculty Endowed Teaching Chair Award MESA, Arizona --...