Paramedicine students graduate, earn honors from MCC
Published Tuesday, December 17, 2024Academic Achievement awardees Bradley Thomas, Megan Smith, Sariya Griggs-Mitchell, Sarah Disney and Max Maldonado with MCC Paramedicine Program Director Jamie. MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 16, 2024 -- Twenty-seven Mesa Community College Paramedicine students were recognized as program graduates during a ceremony on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Paramedicine graduates are prepared to pass the...
Applications being accepted for Mesa Community College’s new Costa Rica study abroad program
Published Thursday, December 12, 2024MESA, Ariz. Dec. 12, 2024 -- Mesa Community College launches a study abroad program in San José, Costa Rica, introducing students to the world of international business and economics, May 12-26, 2025, followed by an additional six weeks of online coursework. The program is a collaboration with Texas Tech University-Costa Rica where students will have access to all Texas Tech University-Costa Rica...
Sensory rooms and tool kits support students
Published Wednesday, December 11, 2024Alexia King sitting on a yoga ball in the Library sensory room. MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 11, 2024 -- Mesa Community College introduces Library Sensory Rooms, a supportive environment tailored to students with sensory sensitivities. Using student surveys and having discussions with neurodiverse students, MCC Disability Resource Services staff and a Maricopa County Community College District...
AT&T invests $70K in Mesa Community College EmpowerED for Student Success campaign
Published Wednesday, December 4, 2024Mesa City Councilmember Julie Spilsbury, Thor, MCC Chief Philanthropy Officer Christos Chronis, MCC President Dr. Richard Daniel, AT&T Mountain & Desert States President Tara Thue and Mesa City Councilmember Jenn Duff. MESA, Arizona -- Dec. 4, 2024 -- AT&T supports the launch of Mesa Community College's (MCC) EmpowerEd for Student Success campaign with a gift of $70,000. The...
MCC student sparks creative synergy in the classroom and the play ‘Appropriate’
Published Wednesday, November 20, 2024Mace Archer and Ransom Allen on the set of Appropriate. MESA, Ariz. -- Nov. 20, 2024 -- In their role as dramaturg for Mesa Community College’s production of the play “Appropriate,” Thunderbird Theatre student Ransom Allen combined a love for theater with a passion for sociology, adding Talkback sessions with sociology and education faculty following upcoming performances and bringing...
Mesa Community College Women's Cross Country team earns first national championship
Published Monday, November 18, 2024Left to right: Kinley Jackson, Katie Munoz, Regina Raimo, Lucy Melzer, Carmella Baldwin, Destiny Hernandez and Marissa Hernandez MESA, Ariz. -- Nov. 18, 2024 -- Mesa Community College Women's Cross Country team, made history Nov. 9 as they captured the first NJCAA National Championship in the program’s history. The Lady T-Birds came close to earning the championship several times with 4th...
MCC faculty-created Open Education Resources textbooks impact students on a global scale
Published Tuesday, November 12, 2024Layne Goodman, Ed.D., and Amber Green, Ph.D., authors of Public Speaking, Finding Your Voice. MESA, Arizona -- Nov. 12, 2024 --Open Education Resources (OER) textbooks for public speaking and communication, created by Mesa Community College (MCC) faculty members for the college’s Zero Textbook Degree program, are impacting students on a global scale. MCC's five Zero Textbook Degrees, also...
Mesa Community College staff member receives highest honor from national education equity council
Published Thursday, November 7, 2024MESA, Arizona -- Nov. 7, 2024 -- In recognition of her dedication and support of student success and empowerment, Lydia Perez, Ph.D., program manager for TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO) at Mesa Community College, has been honored with the Walter O. Mason Award by the national Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). Sam Blanco III, COE Past Board Chair and Lydia Perez, Ph.D., MCC...
Award-winning MCC Musical Theatre and Theatre programs present ‘Appropriate’ and ‘Be More Chill’
Published Tuesday, November 5, 2024MESA, Ariz.-- Nov. 5, 2024 - The Mesa Community College Musical Theatre program presents “Be More Chill,” Nov. 6-10 in the Performing Arts Center and Theatre program presents the Tony Awards-winning drama, “Appropriate,” Nov. 22-Dec. 7 in the MCC Theatre. Both venues are on the Southern and Dobson campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ 85202. Cast of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Photo credit...
Social work career scholarship program accepting applications
Published Thursday, October 31, 2024Members of the MCC and FIC Social Work program left to right: Erin Teach, FIC Workforce Development manager; Karin Kline, FIC Child Welfare Initiatives director; Dori DiPietro, MCC Social Work faculty and MCC RRAP coordinator; and Shakira Pipher, MCC Social Work faculty and Social Work program director. MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 31, 2024 -- The Family Involvement Center (FIC) and the Mesa...