MCC student Varinia Varela awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2019MESA, Ariz. – Jan. 30, 2019 – Mesa Community College student Varinia Varela (Gilbert) is one of 395 American undergraduate students from 152 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad during the summer of 2019. The congressionally funded Gilman Program broadens the U.S. student...
Dental Hygiene students offer free dental services
Published Thursday, January 24, 2019Mesa, Arizona -- Jan. 24, 2019 -- Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene students seek individuals for complimentary oral health screenings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, 5855 E. Still Circle in Mesa. Screenings will take place, on a walk-in, first-come, first-served basis. Ideal screening candidates are individuals who have not...
Interior Design students earn top honors, head to regionals
Published Thursday, January 24, 2019Left to right: Qinghua Alice Wang, Jennifer Clancy, Elaine Wilson-Gibson, Melissa Hurtado, Brooklyn Moss, Mathilde Pinault and Laurie Hobbs MESA, Ariz. – Jan 24, 2018 – Mesa Community College Interior Design students earned top honors during the 2018 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Western Region Student Design Charette – Southwest Chapter finals held in November at Forward...
MCC Unveils Spring 2019 Arts Season
Published Wednesday, January 16, 2019MESA, Arizona – Jan. 16, 2019 – Mesa Community College announces its Spring 2019 Arts season. Exciting theatrical performances and exhibitions fill this season’s calendar with National Theatre Live film screenings, plays, musicals, band and orchestra concerts, an arts festival and a dance scholarship showcase. Venues The MCC Southern and Dobson Campus (1833 W. Southern Ave.) is...
First MCC Red Hat Academy student achieves certification
Published Friday, December 14, 2018Collin Hicks, the first MCC student to complete the Red Hat Academy and earn his Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) certification. MESA, Arizona – Dec. 14, 2018 - Collin Hicks, 26, Chandler, is the first Mesa Community College student to complete the Red Hat Academy and earn his Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) certification. Hicks began at MCC in fall 2017, when the...
Ryo Kato Named 2018 PTK Global Leaders of Promise Scholar
Published Friday, December 7, 2018Ryo Kato, 2018 PTK Global Leaders of Promise Scholar MESA, Ariz.—Dec. 7, 2018 – Mesa Community College student Ryo Kato is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2018 Leaders of Promise Scholar. He is one of only seven international students in the nation to receive the $1,000 Global Leaders of Promise scholarship. The Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program helps new Phi Theta Kappa...
Professor Peter Conden named Arizona Nursery Association Person of the Year
Published Friday, December 7, 2018MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 7, 2018 -- Professor Peter Conden, director of the Mesa Community College Sustainable Agriculture program, is the 2018 Arizona Nursery Association (ANA) Person of the Year. He was honored during the ANA annual meeting and awards dinner Nov. 29 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino in Chandler. The Person of the Year award recognizes ANA members who make significant...
Professor receives 2018 Red Hat Academy New Instructor of the Year award
Published Wednesday, December 5, 2018MCC Professor Dennis Kibbe, the 2018 Red Hat Academy New Instructor of the Year. MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 5, 2018 – Dennis Kibbe, Mesa Community College business and information systems professor, was named the 2018 Red Hat Academy New Instructor of the Year during the Red Hat North American Training Partner and Instructor Conference, Sept. 5-6 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Kibbe, a teacher of the...
MCC receives Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation grant for students to explore STEM degrees
Published Monday, December 3, 2018Paul Russell (Vice President, FMYN), Winona Thirion (Director of American Indian Outreach Programs, MCCCD), Christina Schultz (President & CEO, Maricopa Foundation), Dr. Felicia Ganther (Associate Vice Chancellor in Student Affairs, MCCCD), Gerald Doka (Councilmember, FMYN), Pamela Mott (Treasurer, FMYN) and Verlene Enos (Tribal Council Secretary, FMYN) MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 3, 2018 – Mesa...
MCC Student Takes Home First Place in National Poetry Competition
Published Friday, November 30, 2018Jacobo Perez winner of national League of Innovation literary competition. MESA, Ariz. – Nov. 30, 2018 – Mesa Community College student Jacobo Perez received the coveted first place honor at a national literary competition sponsored by the League of Innovation, a consortium of community colleges across the nation. His poem, “How to Cross the Border Illegally or How to Make Tamales de Rajas,”...