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2017 Jun 6
On June 3, 2017, the Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board elected Mr. Laurin Hendrix as President.
The board unanimously voted for Hendrix 6-0 during a special session after Alfredo Gutierrez resigned from the position earlier this week, but will still remain on the board.
Hendrix, who represents District 1, was elected to the board in 2016.
2017 Mar 23
In 2015, The Maricopan (the Maricopa Community Colleges employee, adjunct staff, and faculty-focused news, updates, and events forum) highlighted former Maricopa student Connie Wesala for publishing her first book, “The House on 4th Street.”
Today, we want to acknowledge Wesala again on publishing her third novel, “We'll Find a Way” – a sequel to her 2015 tale which follows the protagonist over the next year of difficult situations. Her second book is...
2017 Mar 15
Twenty-six high-achieving students from Maricopa Community Colleges were celebrated for their outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership at the 2017 All-Arizona Academic Recognition Ceremony held on March 9 at the Hilton Phoenix Mesa Hotel.
Phi Theta Kappa, American Association of Community Colleges, Arizona Community Colleges, and the Arizona Board of Regents helped these exceptional students reach their educational goals by awarding...
2017 Mar 15
Robin Ozz serves in a number of roles. She is the Director of Developmental Education and Innovation at Phoenix College, where she also acts as English faculty, and has been the President of the National Association for Developmental Education since March 2016. On March 5th, Ozz was interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education – a weekly, nationwide news source for faculty members, administrators, and students at colleges and universities – as a source on...
2017 Mar 2
Alyssa Denning and Brant Pewonka – both Phoenix College students in the Behavioral Sciences Department – won the overall first place cash award at the two-day Arizona Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference for their research on student learning titled “Digital Textbooks: The Effects of Input Modality, Distraction, and Bilingualism on Student Learning.”
The conference was held on February 24 and 25 at Arizona State University in Tempe. Denning and Pewonka...
2017 Feb 17
Leaders from Pima Community College District and Central Arizona College joined Chancellor Harper-Marinick on February 9 to sign the Arizona Advanced Technologies Corridor project charter, an innovative partnership between the three college systems that will create standardized technology curriculum. With input from private companies, including Boeing and Raytheon, common community college curriculum will prepare graduates for current and future workforce needs of...
2017 Feb 14
An Arizona native, Holly Vera is the oldest of three children in a family who celebrates their Mexican culture. In the first grade, Vera was sent to live with her grandparents in Mexico City with the express purpose of learning Spanish.
Vera graduated from Red Mountain High School in 2015, already bitten by the film bug thanks to a broadcasting and production class she took her senior year. She hadn't heard of the Honors scholarship until attending SOAR. She...
2017 Feb 8
Scott Hogan, an adjunct instructor at the Lifelong Learning Center at Rio Salado College in Surprise, offers a unique study tool in his high-school equivalency preparation courses. Part of the exam is a writing portion focused on the scientific method. So Hogan uses actual hands-on experiments and lab work to promote deep understanding.
Hogan has created several science experiments so that students can apply and understand the scientific method they will need to...
2017 Jan 19
Many Maricopa Community College instructors are incorporating financial aid (and general financial education) literacy into cross-disciplinary courses at several campuses. Here are what a few instructors are doing to enhance student ability to better understand the benefits and impairment of financial aid for secondary education.
At GateWay Community College, Heidi Hutchins teaches Excel, Introduction to Business, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics. Beyond (and...
2016 Dec 21
When Juan Carlos Villegas, a civil engineering student at South Mountain Community College, met Mark Huerta, CEO and co-founder of 33 Buckets, to talk about developing an app, he had no idea that it would lead to a service trip and new opportunities for other students.
During their initial conversation, Villegas talked to Huerta about an app that would allow SMCC students and faculty to track how much plastic they saved by using their Earth Day water bottles...
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