Mesa Community Court and Mesa Community College join forces to empower individuals facing homelessness through higher education
Published Monday, October 28, 2024MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 28, 2024 -- Mesa Community Court and Mesa Community College (MCC) are collaborating to break the cycle of homelessness and foster greater autonomy and stability. The new joint effort focuses on providing court participants with personalized support to earn college degrees and certificates that can help create a path to skilled work and self-reliance. MCC's Office of...
Mesa Community College inducts honorees into Hall of Fame Oct. 24
Published Tuesday, October 22, 2024MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 22, 2024 -- Eight notable alumni, faculty, staff, athletes and coaches are being inducted into the Mesa Community College (MCC) Hall of Fame in recognition of their professional and personal accomplishments, and significant contributions to the college and the community on Oct. 24, on the MCC Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa 85202. The celebration,...
Annual tradition unites the community to fight hunger
Published Thursday, October 10, 2024Empty Bowls at Mesa Community College MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 10, 2024 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) invites the community to its annual Empty Bowls events. For a $10 donation, patrons receive a one-of-a-kind handcrafted ceramic bowl along with a meal of soup and bread. There will also be a silent auction featuring ceramics by some of the Valley’s most talented artists. All proceeds benefit the...
Mesa Community College audio visual analyst named Zoom Education Ambassador
Published Thursday, October 3, 2024Jeff Foster, MCC audio visual analyst and Zoom Education Ambassador MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 3, 2024 -- Jeff Foster, audio visual analyst in Media Services at Mesa Community College, was named a Zoom Education Ambassador for his dedication to advancing technology to support MCC students, faculty and staff and his leadership in the field. Zoom’s new program enables ambassadors to play a...
Mesa Community College honors three outstanding adjunct faculty
Published Wednesday, October 2, 2024Ray Gless and Anthony Gardea MESA, Arizona --October 2, 2024 -- Three Mesa Community College (MCC) adjunct faculty - Brigitte Bavousett, Anthony Gardea and Ray Gless - earned Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Awards from the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and its Adjunct Faculty Group. “The faculty at MCC are renowned for their expertise and dedication to engaging with...
Mesa Community College Hosts Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 14
Published Tuesday, October 1, 2024MESA, Ariz. --- Oct. 1, 2024 Mesa Community College and Matriarch Ways invites the community to join in a conference-style celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day. Individuals may attend the day-long event featuring inspiring speakers, land/water defense panelists, holistic healing practices, poets, artists, cultural workshops and engaging performances including music by Blest One...
MCC libraries selected for National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition
Published Monday, September 30, 2024MCC libraries selected for National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition MESA, Ariz. --Sept. 30, 2024 -- The National Library of Medicine has selected Mesa Community College (MCC) libraries to host a traveling exhibition, Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy. The exhibition can be viewed through Oct. 11 at the Southern and...
You Can’t Take it with You opens the Mesa Community College Theatre Season
Published Friday, September 27, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 27, 2024 -- Mesa Community College Theatre Department opens its season in October with a classic American comedy, George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take it with You. This charming production is a stalwart of the American repertory, and the MCC production promises to be visually stunning and hilarious. Directed by Chelsea Anderson of the Phoenix Theatre Company, the MCC...
MCC President Richard Daniel receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Richard Daniel, Ph.D., Mesa Community College president, was honored by the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation with the Dr. Loui Olivas Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the Helios Education Foundation, 4747 N. 32nd St. Phoenix. The award is named after Dr. Loui Olivas, a celebrated Professor Emeritus from Arizona State...
MCC journalism faculty Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez receives higher education award
Published Thursday, September 26, 2024MESA, Ariz. -- Sept. 26, 2024 -- Nadine “NAR” Arroyo Rodriguez, director of Journalism and New Media Studies in Mesa Community College’s English Department was honored at the Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation Arizona Higher Education Awards ceremony with the Dr. Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Outstanding Latina/Latino Faculty Service/Teaching in Higher Education Award on Sept. 25, 2024, at the...