Career Coach MCCCD Pipeline

Veteran's Excel Expert Couse (Fall 2020)

In collaboration with the Microsoft Imagine Academy, U.S.VETS, Arizona Commerce Authority, Slalom, and the Institute for Digital Progress, the Maricopa Community Colleges offered a Microsoft Certification program designed specifically for veterans through the Maricopa IT Institute. The program prepared students to take the Microsoft Office 2019 Excel Expert certification and covered a variety of topics, including how to manage and format data, use advanced formulas, validate and audit data, analyze data, use simple macros, and collaborate with others using Excel. The program also included resume training, job coaching, and a virtual career fair.

Career Cafe

MITI hosted a lunch hour event for our veteran's Career Cafe earlier this semester. The event was in conjunction with the Veteran's Excel Expert Couse. During this exciting event, participants were able to engage with career experts who joined them at the career cafe to provide valuable tips for career success.

MCC Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training for Higher Education Instructors

"Mesa Community College Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty teaches Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy Cloud Foundations to college and university instructors. The six-week workshop prepares participating Arizona CIS teachers to become AWS Certified Cloud Practitioners, allowing them to teach AWS at their respective institutions.

Sixteen CIS faculty from Arizona and Utah universities and several Arizona community colleges are taking advantage of the no-cost, AWS Cloud Foundations training provided by MCC CIS faculty Dennis Kibbe..."

Please select the hyperlink listed below to view the press release for this initiative.

Press Release- MCC Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training for Higher Education Instructors