Maricopa Community Colleges

MOSAIC is a series of workshops designed for all levels of faculty and staff, which provides a shared framework of understanding and action related to diversity (more…)

Julie Holston, Theatre Faculty, is recognized for fostering diversity awareness through theatre classes and productions. SMCC’s theatrical productions have addressed issues of diversity related to (more…)

Darrell Copp is recognized for touching the lives of thousands of Maricopa students and employees.  Professor Copp is skilled in facilitating conversations on diversity, (more…)

Fronteras: the Changing America Desk, KJZZ, is recognized for its efforts in providing the context necessary for listeners in the southwest to negotiate the changes in their communities so they can make informed decisions in an ever-shifting environment. (more…)

Monica Jones is recognized for taking action to ensure that LGBTQ students are guaranteed equal treatment.  When she found she could not take a fitness class because she was concerned (more…)

Sheila Afnan-Manns (SCC,) Kandice Mickelsen (PVCC), and Reyes Medrano (PVCC)

The Medrano Project is recognized for sparking unprecedented student engagement and learning.  The Project unleashed a paradigm shift in which students responded to course lectures as curators who researched, (more…)

Carol Achs, Sue Blackwell, Kris Bliss, Barbara Boros, Christina Del Rosario,  Janet Felton, Jackie Gill, Karen Hardin,  Jennifer Moore, Pat Peppin, Greg Reents, Nina Robinson, Marcy Snitzer, Roger Yohe

The Connect 4 Success mentoring program is recognized for creating a unique learning environment where diversity and inclusion are highly valued. (more…)

Ken Bus, Tomomi Hayashi, Ling Chuan Liu, Shigeko Toyota

The Focus on Japan 2011 Committee is recognized for increasing interest in Japanese classes at Glendale Community College and promoting MCCCD’s Global Engagement Mission. The recruiting event offered a dynamic, interactive, and authentic opportunity (more…)

Lilly Lough, Dan Lufkin, Chris Mims, Frank Zamora and from Elevate Phoenix: Tim Cleary and Amanda Covarrubias 

Fourteen students from Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix were celebrated as the inaugural graduating class of the LIFT for Success program.  (more…)

Cynthia Bass, Linda Cutright, Herschel Jackson, Arlissa Richardson, Austin Shepard

The EMCC Black History Planning Committee is recognized for its goal to coordinate and provide events, experiences, and activities that increase knowledge and awareness of African American art, history, and culture.  (more…)