MCC offers K-12 Summer Camps
Published Friday, February 22, 2019Note: April 10, 2019 -- The hours for the basketball camp were extended from 9-11 a.m. to 8 a.m. to noon, the cost remains the same. Apps, Theatre, Multimedia, Sports and Music MESA, Arizona -- Feb. 22, 2019 -- Mesa Community College again offers its popular summer camps for students entering K–12. These affordable and sometimes free camps provide opportunities to have fun...
MCC EMT Program ranked largest Arizona provider, highest first-time certification pass rates
Published Thursday, February 21, 2019MESA, Arizona – Feb. 21, 2019 – Mesa Community College Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program leads Arizona in the number of EMT candidates it readies for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification and in the number of candidates passing the exam on their first attempt. During the four quarters of 2018, 217 MCC NREMT candidates sat for the exam. Ninety-one...
Four MCC students named to All-Arizona Academic First Team
Published Wednesday, February 20, 2019Recognized for academic achievement and distinguished leadership MESA, Arizona – Feb. 20, 2019 – Four high-achieving Mesa Community College students will be celebrated for their outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership at the 2019 All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 27 (12:30-2:30 p.m.) at the East Valley Institute of Technology, 1601 West Main Street,...
MCC Nursing Program ranked No. 1 in Arizona
Published Tuesday, February 19, 2019MESA, Arizona -- Feb. 19, 2019 – The Mesa Community College Nursing Program is ranked No.1 in RegisteredNursing.org’s list of 2019 Best RN Programs in Arizona. The RegisteredNursing.org ranking is based on analysis of current and historical National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) RN pass rates, meaning the percentage of graduates who pass the exam on the first attempt, out of the 27 RN...
Professor Dennis Kibbe earns MIT blockchain certification
Published Thursday, February 14, 2019Mesa, Arizona – Feb. 14, 2019 -- Dennis Kibbe, Mesa Community College Computer Information Systems faculty, earned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management Blockchain Technology Certificate this past January. The program draws on the work of leading MIT faculty and cryptoeconomics experts to examine blockchain technology from an economic perspective and highlight...
Shachi Kale's art selected for Governor's Arts Awards
Published Wednesday, February 6, 2019Desert Beauty by Shachi Kale MESA, Arizona – Feb. 6, 2019 – Arizona Citizens for the Arts selected Mesa Community College student Shachi Kale (Chandler) as the artist for the 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards. Her work, Desert Beauty, has been chosen as the cover art for their commemorative program and will be featured on this year’s formal invitations and signage. Kale has been invited to attend...
MCC student Varinia Varela awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2019MESA, Ariz. – Jan. 30, 2019 – Mesa Community College student Varinia Varela (Gilbert) is one of 395 American undergraduate students from 152 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad during the summer of 2019. The congressionally funded Gilman Program broadens the U.S. student...
Dental Hygiene students offer free dental services
Published Thursday, January 24, 2019Mesa, Arizona -- Jan. 24, 2019 -- Mesa Community College Dental Hygiene students seek individuals for complimentary oral health screenings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, 5855 E. Still Circle in Mesa. Screenings will take place, on a walk-in, first-come, first-served basis. Ideal screening candidates are individuals who have not...
Interior Design students earn top honors, head to regionals
Published Thursday, January 24, 2019Left to right: Qinghua Alice Wang, Jennifer Clancy, Elaine Wilson-Gibson, Melissa Hurtado, Brooklyn Moss, Mathilde Pinault and Laurie Hobbs MESA, Ariz. – Jan 24, 2018 – Mesa Community College Interior Design students earned top honors during the 2018 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Western Region Student Design Charette – Southwest Chapter finals held in November at Forward...
MCC Unveils Spring 2019 Arts Season
Published Wednesday, January 16, 2019MESA, Arizona – Jan. 16, 2019 – Mesa Community College announces its Spring 2019 Arts season. Exciting theatrical performances and exhibitions fill this season’s calendar with National Theatre Live film screenings, plays, musicals, band and orchestra concerts, an arts festival and a dance scholarship showcase. Venues The MCC Southern and Dobson Campus (1833 W. Southern Ave.) is...