Mesa Community College partners with Mesa United Way to offer free tax preparation services
Published Thursday, January 30, 2025MESA, Arizona -- January 30, 2025 -- Mesa Community College is again a location for Mesa United Way Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, offering free tax-preparation services to low- and moderate-income households with an income of $67,000 or less. Walk-in services are offered now through April 12, 2025 at MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus, EF Building, Room 1E, 1833 West Southern Ave...
Mesa Community College celebrates 60th anniversary, launches website to explore its history and engage community
Published Thursday, January 9, 2025MESA, Arizona -- January 10, 2025 -- Mesa Community College is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025, marking six decades of student success, academic growth and community impact. Commemorating this milestone, MCC launched a dedicated website, mesacc.edu/60 featuring historical highlights and information about upcoming anniversary events and activities. A rich history of growth and...
Free dental screenings offered by MCC dental hygiene students
Published Monday, January 6, 2025MESA, Arizona -- Jan. 6, 2025 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) Dental Hygiene students are offering complimentary oral health screenings to eligible individuals on January 25, 2025 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH), 5855 E. Still Circle in Mesa. Appointments are available at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and may be scheduled by calling 480-248-8195. Time slots are allocated...
MCC again hosts Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Conference
Published Thursday, January 2, 2025MESA, Arizona -- Jan. 2, 2024 -- Mesa Community College and its Communication, Theatre & Film Arts department is hosting the prestigious Region VIII Conference of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Feb. 11-15, 2025. Hundreds of students and faculty from over 50 colleges and universities in KCACTF Region VIII states: Arizona, Central and Southern California, Hawaii...
Paramedicine students graduate, earn honors from MCC
Published Tuesday, December 17, 2024Academic Achievement awardees Bradley Thomas, Megan Smith, Sariya Griggs-Mitchell, Sarah Disney and Max Maldonado with MCC Paramedicine Program Director Jamie. MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 16, 2024 -- Twenty-seven Mesa Community College Paramedicine students were recognized as program graduates during a ceremony on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Paramedicine graduates are prepared to pass the...
Applications being accepted for Mesa Community College’s new Costa Rica study abroad program
Published Thursday, December 12, 2024MESA, Ariz. Dec. 12, 2024 -- Mesa Community College launches a study abroad program in San José, Costa Rica, introducing students to the world of international business and economics, May 12-26, 2025, followed by an additional six weeks of online coursework. The program is a collaboration with Texas Tech University-Costa Rica where students will have access to all Texas Tech University-Costa Rica...
Sensory rooms and tool kits support students
Published Wednesday, December 11, 2024Alexia King sitting on a yoga ball in the Library sensory room. MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 11, 2024 -- Mesa Community College introduces Library Sensory Rooms, a supportive environment tailored to students with sensory sensitivities. Using student surveys and having discussions with neurodiverse students, MCC Disability Resource Services staff and a Maricopa County Community College District...
MCC student sparks creative synergy in the classroom and the play ‘Appropriate’
Published Wednesday, November 20, 2024Mace Archer and Ransom Allen on the set of Appropriate. MESA, Ariz. -- Nov. 20, 2024 -- In their role as dramaturg for Mesa Community College’s production of the play “Appropriate,” Thunderbird Theatre student Ransom Allen combined a love for theater with a passion for sociology, adding Talkback sessions with sociology and education faculty following upcoming performances and bringing...
Mesa Community College Women's Cross Country team earns first national championship
Published Monday, November 18, 2024Left to right: Kinley Jackson, Katie Munoz, Regina Raimo, Lucy Melzer, Carmella Baldwin, Destiny Hernandez and Marissa Hernandez MESA, Ariz. -- Nov. 18, 2024 -- Mesa Community College Women's Cross Country team, made history Nov. 9 as they captured the first NJCAA National Championship in the program’s history. The Lady T-Birds came close to earning the championship several times with 4th...
MCC faculty-created Open Education Resources textbooks impact students on a global scale
Published Tuesday, November 12, 2024Layne Goodman, Ed.D., and Amber Green, Ph.D., authors of Public Speaking, Finding Your Voice. MESA, Arizona -- Nov. 12, 2024 --Open Education Resources (OER) textbooks for public speaking and communication, created by Mesa Community College (MCC) faculty members for the college’s Zero Textbook Degree program, are impacting students on a global scale. MCC's five Zero Textbook Degrees, also...