New GED to Mesa Community College Program Announced
Published Wednesday, November 14, 2012The Mesa Counts on College partnership between the City of Mesa, Mesa Community College (MCC) and Mesa Public Schools (MPS) recently announced a new GED to MCC program designed to increase the college completion rate in the East Valley. “The primary focus of Mesa Counts on College is to increase post-secondary attainment, which in turn supports workforce and economic development in Mesa. MCC and...
Mesa Community College to Hold 7th Annual Dumpster Dive
Published Wednesday, November 7, 2012On November 15, 2012, Mesa Community College students and volunteers will sort and analyze 24 hours worth of campus trash. The event will take place on the Clock Tower lawns on the Southern and Dobson campus (1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa). The MCC campus community will watch on Wednesday how the trash piles up on the lawn. Beginning at 8 am on Thursday, students and volunteers will sort through...
Assistance for New Student Athletes
Published Tuesday, November 6, 2012Janet Feldon assists students in Creating College Success class Diligence, persistence and focus are all traits that produce success on the field or on the court for young student athletes. What if students took those same attributes and applied them to the classroom? A new program created by the Mesa Community College Counseling Department in partnership with the MCC Athletic Department is...
MCC Student Selected to National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program
Published Monday, November 5, 2012Wendy Nessl, a Mesa Community College Geography student recently returned from Huntsville, Alabama where she spent three days at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as a member of the National Community College Aerospace Scholars program. Wendy applied for the program because of her involvement in the Phi Theta Kappa Omicron Beta chapter at MCC. She was selected to complete 20 hours of...
Weekend College Business Program Designed for Working Adults
Published Friday, November 2, 2012Think it's impossible to fit college into a busy schedule? Think again...Mesa Community College Business Program's Weekend College can make it a little easier to fit college classes and the pursuit of a business degree into a busy life. Weekend College is an assortment of classes scheduled from Friday evening through Saturday. The program offers the slate of courses required for students to earn...
Mesa Community College Network Academy to Host Girls ‘N IT
Published Tuesday, October 30, 2012On November 2, 2012, Mesa Community College’s Network Academy will host the 2012 Girls ‘N IT. The annual technology exploration event was started in 2004 with the goal of helping junior high girls bridge the digital divide. This year, the Network Academy has shifted their focus to providing this educational event for girls in high school. More than 190 girls from Mesa, Mountain View, Skyline,...
Zorro Rides Again at MCC’s Theatre Outback
Published Monday, October 29, 2012Zorro (Jesse Kinser), and his lover, Lolita (Ashley Halfhill), in Zorro at MCC Zorro or the Curse of Capistrano, a devised piece written and directed by Oscar Giner, takes the stage at Mesa Community College’s Theatre Outback, with a preview performance on November 29 at 7:30 pm and a performance run on November 30 and December 1, 6 & 7 at 7:30 pm. Matinees will be held on December 1 and 8...
Interior Design Students Use Science as Inspiration for Campus Building Decor
Published Monday, October 29, 2012MCC faculty with Interior Design students New decorative wall hangings inspired by science now adorn the walls of the Life Science Building at Mesa Community College’s Southern and Dobson Campus. The custom wool rugs are the result of collaboration between the Interior Design and Life Science Departments. Andrew Baldwin, life science faculty, and Janice Pierson, interior design faculty, worked...
MCC Student Now NBC Reporter
Published Thursday, October 25, 2012Zahid Arab of NBC’s KING 5 News in Seattle is known as a compassionate reporter who gets the big story by gaining the trust of those he interviews. He provides crime victims and their families the opportunity for their voice to be heard. Arab, who graduated from Mesa Community College in 2004, credits his experience at MCC for teaching him the interpersonal skills he uses in his job today. He...
New Pre-College Program
Published Friday, October 19, 2012As pressure mounts on community colleges to demonstrate success and completion, and larger numbers of the unemployed or underemployed explore their academic prospects, new college students often wonder how they will handle the transition into the college classroom. "There's a lot more involved in walking into a college classroom today than signing up for a class and picking out your textbook,"...