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Volume 42, Issue 9. Today is .

February 1, 2005

Events

Think Globally
The Center for Global Tolerance and Engagement is kicking off its spring semester on Feb. 9, with a lecture entitled, “What is Sustainable Development?” The lecture will take place from noon to 2 p.m., and will be located in the Mesa Community College library on the Southern and Dobson campus in room LB145.
The Center for Global Tolerance and Engagement will also be holding a table talk Student/Faculty Colloquium on Religious Issues. The topic will be: Small is Beautiful: A Religious Economics in the Kiva room Feb. 10, from noon to 1:15 p.m. The facilitators for this event will be Keith Crudup and Tom Shoemaker.
Improving (and Preventing?) Refugee Conditions will be the theme for the Center for Global Tolerance and Engagement lecture Feb. 15. The meeting will be in LB145 from 6-9 p.m. For more information, call the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Mesa Community College at (480) 461-7616.

Giving back
Mesa Community College will be holding its first blood drive of the semester at the Southern and Dobson campus on Feb. 1. The blood mobile will be by the clock tower by the Kirk Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call the Office of Student Life and Leadership located in the Kirk Student Center at (480) 461-7285. To make an appointment call Trinity Blackwell at (480) 461-7218 or go online at www.bloodhero.com and use the sponsor codeword “MCC.”

Follow the leader
The Red Mountain Campus will be hosting an Enlightenment Leadership Retreat on Feb. 11. This retreat is open to all students who would like to expand upon their leadership skills, make connections, and boost their resume. For more information, please call the Office of Student Life and Leadership at Mesa Community College at the Red Mountain campus location at (480) 654-7759.

Get involved, join a club
The Southern and Dobson location of Mesa Community College will be hosting a Clubs Carnival on Feb. 14. This is a chance for new and veteran students to connect to campus clubs and organizations. Clubs will be out near the Kirk Center doing fundraisers and soliciting for new members.
The same event will be taking place on the Mesa Community College Red Mountain campus on Feb. 16. For more information, call (480) 654-7759 for the Red Mountain campus and (480) 461-7285 for the Southern and Dobson campus.

Career Expo
The Red Mountain campus will be hosting a Career Expo which will be open to all students on Feb. 16. For more information, please call the Office of Student Life and Leadership at (480) 654-7759 or Vance Philips at (480) 461-7698.
Bridgepoint visits Mesa
Bridgepoint College will be available to students by appointment only, Mondays and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. These sessions will each be 30 minutes in length and can be arranged through the Transfer Center in building 38. To make an appointment, call (480) 461-7425.

Phi Theta Kappa
The International Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa, will be accepting new members in the next few months. Informational orientation meetings will be made available to all those interested in applying for possible consideration.
The Orientation held on the Red Mountain campus will be on Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Community Room. The following orientation dates will be at the Dobson and Southern campus: Feb. 15, at 1:30 p.m. in the Pima room; Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Pima room; Feb. 17, at 3 p.m. in the Papago room; and Feb. 18, at noon in the Pima room.
There are multiple requirements that must be achieved before being considered by the IHR. For more information or for the list of requirements, go to www.mc.maricopa.edu/organizations/student/ptk. The deadline for all admissions is March 22.

Arizona meets Ireland
There will be an informational meeting for all students who are interested in studying abroad in Ireland on Feb. 8. The meeting will last from 6-8 p.m., in the Kiva room on the Southern and Dobson campus.
Wildcats on campus
The University of Arizona will be holding a Table Visit on the Southern and Dobson campus Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kirk Center. All students interested in attending the University of Arizona are encouraged to stop by and discuss the admission process. For more information, contact the Transfer Center in building 38 or call (480)461-7425.