Month: November 2019

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MCC partners with County to connect students to educational opportunities

KINGMAN – Mohave Community College and Mohave County Juvenile Probation partnered up through Project Aim to connect students to educational resources. MCC recruiters were able to expose AIM students to different aspects of education. Students were able to sit in a college class and participate in a discussion and work with the welding simulator.  Students also visited the college science lab where ...
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MCC, GEO partner to provide culinary classes

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College and The GEO Group have partnered to provide accredited college-level culinary arts courses at the GEO Kingman facility. The partnership has been in the works since 2016 when both entities met to propose a college-level certification. Lisa Black, GEO Group Education Manager and MCC President Dr. Stacy Klippenstein finalized the contract a few months ago. “H...
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Santa is coming to MCC Shines, bring the kids!

Mohave Community College invites you to MCC Shines 2019!  All of the MCC campuses are hosting lighting ceremonies to kick off the Christmas season.  Santa will be stopping by each campus to see the kids, and each campus will add its own special touch to the free community events. The Lake Havasu City Campus will have a magic show.  Seating is limited.   MCC Mascot Boomer will help the kids wit...
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MCC Physical Therapist Assistant students learn wheelchair mechanisms to help future patients

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College students in the Physical Therapist Assistant program were able to wheel around during class to learn more about the different types of wheelchairs out there and how to assist patients with those type of needs. Students were able to learn from guest speakers who specialize in the profession about the manufacturing, production, and use of wheelchairs in the pr...
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Student finds success, value in MCC and ASU-Havasu partnership

MOHAVE COUNTY – Tristan Bartels has lived by the lake his entire life, so when it was time to go to college, he decided to stay at home. He recently shared his story with a group community and educational leaders from Mohave County who attended an Achieve 60 Arizona presentation at the Mohave Community College Kingman campus.  Achieve 60 is a non-profit that has a goal of seeing 60% of Arizona adul...
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MCC celebrates Day of the Dead with student, faculty presentations

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave Community College students and faculty from the Bullhead City campus hosted it’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event to showcase their work. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday where people celebrate their loved ones who have died by telling stories when they lived, eating their favorite foods and music. Students from an MCC Spanish 101 course presented their prese...
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MCC hosts AZ Humanities talks for public

MOHAVE COUNTY – Two Mohave Community College campuses hosted guest speakers from AZ Humanities. MCC Bullhead City campus student council hosted Katrina Shawver. Shawver’s presentation, Polish Christians, Political Prisoners and Martyrs in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, touched on the Holocaust and prisoners who were less recognized and studied. In case the audience didn’t know about the Holocaust, S...
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High school dropout overcomes challenges, now excels in college

LAKE HAVASU – Sunshine Boylan's path to becoming a member of the 2019 All-Arizona Academic Team, as well as an honors society member, student council officer and university scholarship recipient has not been easy. At age 15, family financial struggles forced Boylan to drop out of high school in California and get a job. Over the years she became a single mother of four, and dreamed about becoming a...
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MCC Newscast – Mohave Minutes – November 2019

MCC News shares the college news and events, along with faculty, staff and student stories from Mohave Community College each month. Known as the "Mohave Minutes" it is intended to be a quick source of information to keep you updated on what's happening at the college's four campuses.   If you have an MCC story idea please email it to MCC@Mohave.edu.     ...
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MCC student gets article published in national honors society journal

BULLHEAD CITY – Christina Henslee is a student at Mohave Community College and like other students she has goals to complete before walking across the stage and getting her diploma. Just recently she achieved one of the biggest goals she had, which was to get something she has written published in a national journal before she graduates from college. Henslee will be published in the Phi Theta Kappa ...
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KUSD, MCC college and career fair provided loads of information

KINGMAN – Kingman Unified School District and Mohave Community College partnered up to expose students and community members to different educational and career opportunities. The fair was Tuesday at the Mohave County Fairgrounds and students from Kingman Academy of Learning, Lee Williams High School and Kingman High School were able to ask questions to schools and employers in Arizona and out of st...
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Achieve60AZ and the goal for Mohave County and the state of Arizona

Mohave Community College was pleased to host the Achieve60AZ event at the Kingman Campus on October 29.  The college, Achieve60AZ and ASU-Havasu worked together to organize the presentation. More than two dozen education, business and community leaders in Mohave County were in attendance.  They heard about the importance of people in Mohave County helping the state ensure that 60% of adults, age 2...
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