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09/19/05
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPOINTS
DIRECTOR OF RED MOUNTAIN CAMPUS
Jo Wilson has been appointed as the director/dean of instruction of Mesa Community College’s Red Mountain campus. In her position, Wilson will provide leadership for student, instructional and facilities issues with particular attention to faculty and learning.
09/15/05
PICKING UP THE PIECES
MCC Employees Reunite Family, Rekindle Hope at Hurricane Evacuee Center
When Mesa Community College employees Vamika Beale and Darlene Newman first walked into the evacuee center at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday September 7th, they were overwhelmed. As part of a select group of MCC students and employees, Beale and Newman tried to take in all the unfamiliar people, activities and apparent chaos that surrounded them.
09/07/05
Mesa CC, Brown receive NSF Advanced Technology Education Grant
Mesa Community College (MCC) one of the nation’s largest community colleges, and Brown University in Providence, RI, a prominent research university, have received a three-year, $600,000 Advanced Technology Education (ATE) Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring a pioneering digital visual literacy (DVL) program into community college education.
Sep '05
Paramedic to Nurse in One Year
New MCC Program Trains Paramedics to Reduce Nursing Shortage
Mesa Community College’s newest nursing program allows paramedics to fast-track their education and become qualified as an RN in one year. The tailored program will build on existing skills and eliminate repeat content or coursework already mastered by paramedics. A summer transition course will provide additional training that is not included in paramedic curriculum. The initial co-hort will be filled with the first 20 paramedics that meet program admission requirements (see website for complete list of prerequisites). The pilot program begins Summer 2006 with an expected graduation in Spring 2007. Additional grant monies allow MCC to expand the current nursing department rather than give existing seats to paramedics.
Sep '05
GIRLS N' IT CONNECT:
MCC Hosts Local Middle Schools Girls at Annual Technology Event
Mesa Community College’s Business and Industry Institute is hosting an information technology
career exploration event aimed at 8th and 9th grade girls. More than 450 middle school girls in the Mesa, Scottsdale, Peoria and Roosevelt school districts will participate in the event which features interactive sessions including; “411 on Internet Danger,” which will teach about Internet dangers like hackers and predators. In addition, they can choose to participate in “IT in the City,” and talk to a panel from local city governments; or the CISCO sponsored session, “Real World Solution,” where groups of girls will be charged with the mission of creatively solving relevant global threats by use of technology. Threats could include anything from helping endangered animals or assisting residents in natural disasters.
Aug '05
MCC College Republicans Club Hosts
Senator McCain for Political Conversation
The College Republican Club at Mesa Community College will kick off the semester by hosting Senator John McCain for a political conversation and interactive question and answer session this Thursday evening. They will be joined by several hundred members of nearby Republican districts, as well as additional prominent local business and political leaders.
07/27/05
MCC Names Ontonio Ballard Multicultural Center Program Advisor
When Ontonio Ballard was in high school—a school where less than 1 percent of the student population was African American, he appreciated and learned from a student advisor who took the extra time to mentor and help guide him through both academic and social situations. That’s what Ballard hopes to do in his new role as program advisor for Mesa Community College’s (MCC) Multicultural Center and as club advisor for MCC’s Black Student Union.
