Special guest Dr. Jill Biden delivered keynote address at Mesa Community College 2023-2024 commencement ceremony

The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D. delivered remarks as special guest speaker at Mesa Community College’s (MCC) commencement ceremony on May 11, 2024. As a classroom teacher for more than 30 years, Dr. Biden is a long-time advocate for higher education, particularly community colleges. While serving as First Lady, Dr. Biden has continued teaching English and writing at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has been a professor since 2009. The commencement address follows Dr. Biden’s February 2023 visit to MCC where she highlighted affordable community college programs like Mesa College Promise.

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Mesa Community College adds Jamf certification to its Apple technology course series

Mesa Community College (MCC) announced it is partnering with Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, to bring Jamf training to MCC students and aspiring IT professionals. This critical new certification introduced through the Maricopa Information Technology Institute (MITI) will be added to MCC’s Enterprise IT Professional for Apple Technology course series.

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MCC professor Todd Fredson finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award

Todd Alan Fredson, Ph.D., Mesa Community College English faculty, was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Barrios Book in Translation Prize for Zakwato & Loglêdou’s Peril. The book is a translation of two collections by Azo Vauguy, a Bété poet whose homeland is in West Africa. Vauguy wrote poetry and for several periodicals, focusing on politics and cultural affairs.

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SRP gifts electric vehicle to college, spurs EV training course

The Salt River Project (SRP) donated a 2017 Ford Fusion from its fleet to the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation for the Automotive Service Program at Mesa Community College.


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Media Coverage

Special guest Dr. Jill Biden to speak at Mesa Community College 2023-2024 commencement ceremony

Monday, May 6, 2024


Awardees Revealed For the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Awards

Monday, May 6, 2024


Reporter’s notebook

Sunday, May 5, 2024


Jill Biden to Give Speech at Mesa Community College Commencement

Wednesday, May 1, 2024


First Lady Jill Biden Special Guest Speaker

Wednesday, May 1, 2024


Dr. Jill Biden is Commencement Speaker at Mesa Community College

Wednesday, May 1, 2024


Dr. Jill Biden to Speak at MCC Graduation

Wednesday, May 1, 2024


First Lady Jill Biden to deliver remarks at Mesa Community College commencement ceremony

Tuesday, April 30, 2024


Mesa Community College adds Jamf certification to Apple technology course series

Tuesday, April 30, 2024


MCC partners with Jamf to launch Apple enterprise training program

Tuesday, April 30, 2024


Women of Chandler

Tuesday, April 30, 2024


20-Year-Old Photographer’s Shots Land in Bowman Baseball

Monday, April 29, 2024


Mesa Community College adds Jamf certification to its Apple technology course series

Monday, April 29, 2024


SRP Gift Spurs EV Training

Monday, April 29, 2024


CFR Education Ambassador Program

Monday, April 29, 2024


ASU grad dedicated to music, libraries and Indigenous sovereignty

Sunday, April 28, 2024


Community college transfers triumph at ASU spring graduation

Thursday, April 25, 2024


ACEE Sparks Financial Fire: Statewide Personal Finance and Economics Challenges Triumph

Thursday, April 25, 2024


CSUF Invites Students From Mesa Community College to Campus

Wednesday, April 24, 2024


Residence VIII: A showcase of artists from New Harmony Clay Project featured at USI NHGCA

Monday, April 22, 2024


National Humanities Center renews partnership with Lincoln Center for responsible AI research

Monday, April 22, 2024

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