MCC faculty published in sports medicine journal
Published Tuesday, June 21, 2016Jeffrey Messer helps develop teaching tool to demonstrate a cellular process. Jeffrey Messer, Ph.D., chair, MCC Exercise Science Department MESA, Arizona – June 21, 2016 – Jeffrey Messer, chair of Mesa Community College's Exercise Science Department, co-authored an article in the June 2016 edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official journal of the American College...
Sasan Poureetezadi Named MCC Interim President
Published Monday, June 20, 2016Sasan Poureetezadi named interim MCC president, will serve beginning Aug. 2. MESA, Arizona – June 20, 2016 – Sasan Poureetezadi, Mesa Community College vice president for Information Technology since 2011, was named interim president of Mesa Community College by Maricopa County Community College District Chancellor Maria Harper-Marinick. Poureetezadi assumes his new role effective Aug. 2, 2016...
New MCC Dean of Career and Technical Education, Michael Voss
Published Thursday, June 16, 2016Michael Voss, MCC Dean of Career and Technical Education. MESA, Arizona – June 16, 2016 – Mesa Community College is pleased to announce Michael Voss as its Dean for Career and Technical Education. He assumed his duties on June 16. Voss, a first generation college student originally from Minnesota, comes to MCC with more than a decade experience at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). He...
“Snake Plant’s” potential new family: DNA holds key to better classification
Published Wednesday, June 15, 2016Student training enables participation in researchCarrie Lipka and Andy Baldwin with Sansevieria specimens. MESA, Arizona – June 15, 2016 – Andy Baldwin, chair of Mesa Community College’s Life Sciences department, along with Robert Webb, faculty in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona, are using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) to map genetic plant information. Using cpDNA,...
The Bachelorette learns swing dance with local talent
Published Thursday, May 26, 2016MCC dance faculty teaches on Hollywood set. Steve Conrad with MCC Dance Program Director Tina Rangel. MESA, Arizona – June 2, 2016 -- Steve Conrad, Mesa Community College Dance faculty, joined Hollywood icon Jean Veloz on the set for an upcoming episode of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” Veloz and Conrad teamed to teach JoJo Fletcher and one of her suitors to Lindy Hop, a popular 1930-40s swing...
MCC alumni awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016Future computer engineer and neurosurgeon receive support to complete goals. MCC alumni Jacob Sorenson and Derek Fermaint. MESA, Arizona – May 25, 2016 – Mesa Community College (MCC) proudly announces Derek Fermaint and Jacob Sorenson have each been awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship worth up to $40,000 a year to complete a bachelor’s degree at a four-year...
Value Colleges ranks MCC Online in top 50
Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016MESA, Arizona – May 24, 2016 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) ranked No. 12 in the Top 50 Best Value Online Community Colleges by Value Colleges. According to Value Colleges over 1,700, two-year associate degree-granting community colleges were considered for the initial ranking. Schools were then filtered by public, nonprofit, over 10 online programs, over 2,000 students and under $10,000...
Two MCC students place in Arizona Japanese Speech Contest
Published Thursday, May 5, 2016MESA, Arizona – May 5, 2016 – Japanese language students from Mesa Community College competed in the 27th Annual Arizona Japanese Speech Contest on April 17, 2016. The contest is presented by the Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese. Contestants from nine high schools and six colleges in Arizona competed with students with similar levels of Japanese language skills and...
MCC Announces 2016 Commencement
Published Thursday, May 5, 2016MESA, Arizona – May 5, 2016 – On May 13, Mesa Community College (MCC) will recognize the accomplishments of its graduates for the 2015-16 academic year at a commencement ceremony in the campus courtyard of MCC’s Southern and Dobson campus. The processional begins at 7:15 p.m., followed by the program at 7:30 p.m. The general public is invited to the ceremony. Mesa Mayor John Giles will be the...
Old idea meets new technology: geomapping, a high-growth industry
Published Wednesday, April 27, 2016MCC and BPG Designs of Phoenix partner to offer real world experience for students. MESA, Arizona – April 27, 2016 – From the earliest attempts at geomapping during the 1832 cholera epidemic in Paris, man has sought ways to easily depict and examine an area of land. In the ensuing years, geographic mapping technology has improved dramatically. Today, Mesa Community College (MCC) students have...