Month: July 2022

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MCC’s educational developer selected for Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholars Initiative

MOHAVE COUNTY – Campus Compact this week announced the 15 faculty and staff selected as the 2022-2023 cohort of Engaged Scholars as part of its Engaged Scholars Initiative. Abigail Jaimes-Gomez, Educational Developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mohave Community College, has been selected to participate in the year-long program that will strengthen her individual and collective scholars...
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MCC alumnus reaches career goal as executive chef in Laughlin

MOHAVE COUNTY – Since he was 10 years old, Torren McClure, found an appetite for cooking. Growing up he would cook with his parents and grandparents, watch cooking shows and be fascinated by the science of cooking. Fast forward 18 years later, he is now the Executive Chef in the Gourmet Room in Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort in Laughlin, NV and has been for six years.    McClure may have started ...
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Bighorn Trek brings education, business, government and industry together for career fair and more

KINGMAN – Mohave Community College, the MCC Foundation, the Kingman Chamber and ARIZONA@WORK are launching the first annual Bighorn Trek event and are looking for area business and industry leaders who want to have a positive impact in the community. The goal of Bighorn Trek is to bring community members, students and business leaders together with a singular purpose – help improve lives and our c...
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MCC dental hygiene students volunteer during Backpack Buddies event

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College Dental Hygiene students happily helped children at the 2022 BHHS Legacy Foundation Tri-State Backpack Buddies event Tuesday, July 12 in Bullhead City at the Anderson Fieldhouse. Backpack Buddies helps provide basic essential for home, health and back to school items for children in the Arizona, California and Nevada tri-state area. Items donated include sh...
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MCC launches I-BEST program for students to complete GED, certificate simultaneously

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College is launching I-BEST, an Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training program, for welding, automotive technology and medical assisting. The program helps adult learners earn a GED and a college certificate at the same time. Students in the I-BEST program have the opportunity to develop skills for high demand jobs, improve English and math skills, start a ca...
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Historic Hiring: MCC announces first-ever Soccer Director, Head Coach

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College is excited to welcome northwestern Arizona's first College Soccer Director who will also be Head Coach of the MCC Bighorns Men's Soccer team - Camilo Valencia.  As a student-athlete himself, Valencia was captain of the NJCAA National Champion Yavapai College soccer team in 2007 and held the record for most games played and most games started in the program's...
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MCC graduate finds rewarding career as a physical therapy assistant

MOHAVE COUNTY – Ricardo Zamudio has a passion for learning how the body moves and the muscular system. He followed his passion and now he is a Physical Therapy Assistant. He graduated from Mohave Community College's Physical Therapy Assistant program in 2021. Zamudio decided to join the PTA program because he wanted to make an impact on someone else's life. Being in the PTA program at MCC, he was ab...
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MCC expands HVAC/R program to fill need in Kingman  

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave Community College Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration program is so popular it is expanding to the Neal-Campus in Kingman.  Students will have the opportunity to become certified residential air conditioning technicians in just one college semester.  "This is such an incredible program and an amazing opportunity for those in the Kingman area who want ...
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MCC hits milestone in transition to Ellucian Colleague student support system

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College is implementing the Ellucian Colleague computer system to help improve the college experience for students and help employees better support students on the path to success. The first phase launches July 11.  The new system will eliminate the need for nearly a dozen other software applications the college used in the past.  "This is very exciting transiti...
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