Early Bird Registration Deadline Fast Approaching For Mesa Community College Walk United Event
Published Tuesday, January 15, 2013PLEASE NOTE: The Walk United Event at Mesa Community College scheduled for February 9, 2013 has been postponed due to weather. MCC plans to reschedule the event for fall. Mesa United Way will refund all registration fees. Thank you for your support and we hope you will participate in the walk this fall. For many of our community...
Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene Students Seeking Patients
Published Monday, January 14, 2013Mesa Community College’s Dental Hygiene program is currently looking for patients who have not received dental hygiene care in the past three years or longer. Requirements of the students’ clinical education call for challenging patients and the Class of 2013 is looking for patients who meet these criteria to assist in their education this semester. If you are suffering from periodontal disease...
The Caucasian Chalk Circle to be Staged at MCC’s Theatre Outback
Published Monday, January 7, 2013The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a play written by the famous German author Bertolt Brecht and directed by Arizona favorite, David Vining will take the stage at Mesa Community College’s Theatre Outback with a performance run January 25, 26, 31, and February 1 at 7:30 pm. Matinee performances will be held January 26 and February 2 at 2:00 pm. The Caucasian Chalk Circle takes its main storyline from...
Program Increases College Readiness
Published Wednesday, January 2, 2013Mesa, AZ – Jan 2, 2013 – Mesa Community College is working with local high schools to assist struggling students by enlisting the aid of high school juniors and seniors who have passed the reading and writing portion of the AIMS test. The students become literacy coaches to help their fellow classmates as they prepare for college-level work. The goal of the literacy outreach program is to...
Mesa Community College and Arizona State University Announce Research Partnership
Published Wednesday, January 2, 2013The Mesa Community College Virtual Incident Command Center (VICC) and Arizona State University’s Applied Psychology Unit (ASU) will partner in the development of research opportunities that will lead to improved outcomes for major critical incidents. Currently, data collected during training sessions at the VICC is not used in research studies. The expertise in research brought to the...
Mesa Community College to Host Walk United Event in February
Published Wednesday, December 19, 2012PLEASE NOTE: The Walk United Event at Mesa Community College scheduled for February 9, 2013 has been postponed due to weather. MCC plans to reschedule the event for fall. Mesa United Way will refund all registration fees. Thank you for your support and we hope you will participate in the walk this fall. For many of our community...
MCC Center for Economic Education Names 2012 Teacher of the Year
Published Monday, December 17, 2012The Mesa Community College Center for Economic Education named Michelle Barton the 2012 Middle School Teacher of the Year. Michelle is a graduate of Arizona State University and has taught pre-algebra, algebra and geometry at Ward Traditional Academy in the Tempe Elementary School District since 2009. Michelle is recognized for integrating the standards based Stock Market Game into her math...
Connect 4 Success Program at Mesa Community College is Changing Lives
Published Tuesday, December 11, 2012An innovative mentoring program, started last fall at Mesa Community College, is changing the lives of incoming students by matching them with a MCC employee who will spend one-on-one time with them as they pursue a degree at MCC. MCC executive assistant, Janet Felton, said the program was developed as a result of a challenge issued by MCC President Dr. Shouan Pan in response to President Barack...
Arizona National Guard Partners with Mesa Community College for Virtual Training
Published Thursday, November 29, 2012VICC Training Twenty-two members of the Arizona National Guard, 91st Civil Support Team (CST) will participate in virtual training at the Mesa Community College Virtual Incident Command Center (VICC) in mid-December. For three days, the CST members will learn about the latest technologies in incident management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). They will be tested on their staff functions...
Red Mountain Choirs Present Songs of the Season - A Living Christmas Tree
Published Friday, November 16, 2012The Mesa Community College Red Mountain campus will present the annual Songs of the Season Christmas program in the form of a Living Christmas Tree this year. Songs of the Season will feature more than 70 choir members from the three MCC Red Mountain performing arts choirs. The Sun Valley Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Glenn M. Bennett, professor of Choral Studies, is a community chorus...