Mesa and Touring Art Exhibit Create Duet Between Creative Expression and Community
Published Wednesday, March 16, 2016The touring art exhibit "Play me, I'm Yours" has united the talents of artists from around the globe, making its most recent stop in Mesa, where it showcases a wide array of artistic perspectives from Alzheimer patients to college students. MCC has one of the street pianos in the student lounge at Southern and Dobson.
MCC Spring Powwow Calendar Listings
Published Tuesday, March 15, 2016MCC Spring Powwow Calendar Listing. Navajo Post, Powwow MCC.pdf Pow Wow Calendar » » Mesa Community College Spring Powwow.pdf
Education News, Arizona Daily Star Auto-Repair Contest
Published Tuesday, March 15, 2016Students from four Southern Arizona schools will compete in the 2016 Arizona High School Auto Challenge next month. Juniors and seniors from Flowing Wells, Marana, Mountain View and Safford high schools qualified for the contest, which will be held at Mesa Community College on April 22, by completing an online written test. Education notes_ Prop.pdf
New Frontiers Awards Scholarships to Five MCC Students
Published Tuesday, March 15, 2016New Frontiers for Lifelong Learning awarded five, $1,000 scholarships to MCC students. The 2015-16 scholarship recipients are: • Georgina Deviasso, Early Childhood Education, will graduate in 2017, volunteers and tutors; • Dorna Singer, Education/Early Learning and Development, will graduate in 2017, volunteers at MCC with children’s activities; • Ryan Gudin, Law, will graduate in May 2016, volunteers on campus and want to help people gain human rights and dignity; • Brooke Hillard, will...
Guitar Building Institute at Mesa Community College starts March 14
Published Monday, March 14, 2016The National STEM Guitar Project will host a Guitar Building Institute at Mesa Community College March 14-18. The five-day educator/student institute combines instructional activities and training on science, technology, engineering and math with hands-on applied learning guitar building techniques. The result is an experience that engages middle, high school and post-secondary students and sparks excitement for learning STEM subject matter. Guitar Building Institute at Mesa Community College...
Mesa Community College Students on All-Arizona Academic Team Coverage
Published Sunday, March 13, 2016Mesa Community College honored high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Academic Team during an awards luncheon on March 3. Seventy-five community college scholars from across the state participated in the ceremony, which celebrates their outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills. Mesa Community College students on All-Arizona Academic Team _ Mesa Independent.pdf and My Local News
Mesa Community College Music and Theatre & Film Arts Students Bring Home Awards from Regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Published Saturday, March 12, 2016Students from the Mesa Community College Theatre & Film Arts Department and Music Department earned multiple recognitions against rigorous competition during the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) held in Hawaii on February 11-14.
Former Palatine Sports Standout Fighting Colon Cancer
Published Friday, March 11, 2016MCC shortstop got the unexpected news that he had colon cancer. And to make matters worse, he was in stage 3 of the disease. Fighting Cancer.pdf
Coverage of MCC Veteran Resource Fair
Published Thursday, March 10, 2016Coverage of MCC Veteran Resource Fair on: KPHO-PHX (CBS) TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript]2.pdf and News/Talk 92.3 KTAR TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript].pdf
MCC'S New Art Gallery Has a Seriously Impressive Collection
Published Thursday, March 10, 2016Visitors who take a left after walking into a new gallery space in Mesa will encounter iconic images created by William Wegman, an artist renowned for using his own Weimaraners in his compositions. They're displayed across from Red Vapor for Ripe Strawberries, a 2013 oil-on-panel piece by Phoenix artist Rachel Bess. Nearby, works by local artists Frank Ybarra and Joe Ray share a wall with a piece by Alexander Calder, an artist famed for making kinetic sculptures using mostly red and black...