The T-Bird Times is a digital newsletter, which is published on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month by the Office of Student Life & Leadership. If you'd like to have your event or announcement included, please click this button to be directed to a Google Form.
March is Women's History Month
For information about upcoming Women's History Month events, please visit our WHM website.
We are currently looking to highlight the "Women of MCC : Off the Clock." Are you a marathon runner, a pickle ball enthusiast, or a hiker? Do you spend your weekends volunteering for a community organization, knitting hats for babies in the NICU, or singing in your church choir? Perhaps you speak multiple languages, bake specialty desserts, or walk 15 miles each week? Maybe you're an artist, a musician, or a video gamer. Any and all talents, hobbies, or interests should be celebrated! Please take a few minutes to share your hobby or interest with us, and be added to a page celebrating the Women of MCC.
Know of a colleague or student with something to share, please encourage them to do so using this link.
Women in Religion
Psi Beta is hosting Dr. Elizabeth Ursic, who will be speaking on Women in Religion. This virtual discussion is open to the MCC community. Please join us for this fascinating conversation!
With a PhD in Religious Studies and MDiv from Yale Divinity School, Elizabeth Ursic’s writings have been published by Oxford University Press, SUNY Press, journals, and blogs. Her book Women, Ritual, and Power is named one of the top 100 contemporary books on women’s spirituality. She is Co-chair of the Women's Caucus at the Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature.
Cheer on the Lady T-Birds!
Saturday, March 7 | 7:00 pm | Theo Heap Gymnasium (Southern/Dobson)
The 13th ranked MCC Thunderbirds defeated the Glendale Gauchos in their ACCAC DII semifinal match, and will now be hosting the ACCACDII Women's Basketball Championship game on Saturday. They will take on the #2 seed Pima Aztecs, with the winner heading to the NJCAA DII Women's Basketball Tournament. We hope to see you all there cheering on our team!
Go Thunderbirds!
Elections Information Sessions:
Tuesday March 8 at 2:00 pm: Google link: meet.google.com/jgh-xsud-xtj
Wednesday, March 9 at 10 am: Google link: meet.google.com/tmt-cuym-vim
It's time for ASMCC-Student Government Elections for 2022-23!
Online Application: tinyurl.com/22-23AsmccElections
See 2022-2023 Election Packet for more details and timeline of important dates
Available positions:
President of Southern & Dobson
President of Red Mountain
Executive Vice President (Southern & Dobson)
VP of Communication (Southern & Dobson)
VP of Operations (Southern & Dobson)
ASMCC Virtual Elections will take place on April 6th and 7th via online and the Student Life & Leadership Offices at both campuses.
Qualifications
2.5 grade point average (GPA)
Must have completed a minimum of six (6) college credit hours when the term of office commences.
Must be enrolled in at least six (6) credits per semester (fall and spring).
Commit to serve one (1) academic year (fall and spring)
Leadership experience
Click here to visit the ASMCC webpage, and learn more about ASMCC.
Luau in the Lounge (RM)
Wednesday, March 9 | 11 am-3 pm | Red Mountain Student Lounge (M210)
Kick back and relax, imagine yourself lounging on a tropical beach somewhere with not a worry in the world. It's almost Spring Break, so we're going to take some time to chill out with a Luau in the Lounge at MCC Red Mountain.
Join us for free food and drinks, some games, music and tropical themed fun. Stop by and make some new friends and have some fun during our last week of classes before a much deserved Spring Break.
See you at Red!
Psi Beta Evening Lecture
Wednesday, March 9 | 7:00-9:00 pm | MCC Performing Arts Center
Evening Lectures in Psychology are open to the public, free of charge, with the mission of disseminating knowledge about psychology and where psychologists work.
The topic this month is "LGBT Youth and Homelessness"
Speaker: Gina Read of One-N-Ten
MPJE Jazz and the MCC Jazz Ensemble Concert
March 8 | 7 pm | MCC Performing Arts Center
Jazz band lovers, you won't want to miss this one! They will be performing the music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Click here for more info or to buy tickets.
MCC Choir and Vocal Jazz Concert
March 10 | 7:30 pm | MCC Performing Arts Center
Featuring the MCC Concert Choir, the MCC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and MCC Community Choir, performing a variety of secular, pop, and spiritual music. Click here for more info or to RSVP.
Being Human (A Two-Person Solo Show)
March 21- April 21 | M-Th 9-5 | MCC Art Gallery
Schachi Kale: Conversations with Myself & Swapna Das: Encountering the self. Exhibit runs 3/21-4/21 with opening reception on 3/24 from 6-9 pm. For more information, click this link.
We Care Wednesday
Wednesday, March 16 | 10:00 am-12:00 pm | Red Mountain Campus
The next We Care Wednesday drive through produce distribution is taking place at the SOUTHERN & DOBSON campus on Wednesday, Mar 16. It will take place from 10 am-12 pm. This is free and open to the public! *This is Spring Break and our campus will be closed, but the food distribution WILL take place.
Enter campus on Red Mountain Way off of McKellips Road. A volunteer will place the food in your trunk/car. Please wear a mask for the safety of our volunteers. For more info, visit this link.
The next We Care Wednesday at the Southern/Dobson campus is happening on April 6.
For more information on the MCC Fitness Centers, click here.
Free Week at MCC Fitness Centers
Monday, March 21-Saturday, March 26 | MCC Fitness Centers
Interested in checking out the MCC Fitness Center, but not sure you are ready to commit to a full semester? Now is your chance to try it out! The Fitness Centers at both campuses are offering a FREE WEEK!
Included: Free workouts, 30 minute drop in classes, yoga, cardo, strength, fitness accessories, towel service, clean facility and friendly Fitness Center staff!
Student Success Workshops
The Foundations for Student Success is offering student success workshops during the fall semester. Workshops are free and are conducted both via WebEx and in person. These sessions are open to all students. For more information or to view the full schedule of workshops for the semester, please visit this site.
Topic :Student Services Q & A: What you need to know: Time to consult the experts regarding FAFSA, resources, campus services and more.
Thunderbird Dialogues
Wednesday, March 23 | 12 pm | Student Lounge (Southern/Dobson)
Topic: "Growing Up Gray: A Gender Neutral Upbringing"
Thunderbird Dialogues are student-led discussions in which students can engage in constructive and respectful dialogue while sharing their views and experiences.
What students can expect:
Learn how to create communities of belonging
Build cross-cultural relationships through meaningful dialogue
Engage in active listening, empathy, and perspective-taking
Build skillset to understand cultural differences and similarities
Recognize ways in which other cultural and social identities differ from their own and how they see and experience the world differently.
How to Vote Informed in 2022
Speaker: Avery D. Xola, Voter Education Specialist
Avery is responsible for educating the citizens of Arizona on the electoral process. Additionally, Avery creates educational materials for the public and works in conjunction with the web content manager to ensure that correct information is promulgated.
Click here for the event flyer *This is an Honors Co-Curricular
Let's Talk About Mental Illness
Speaker: Kate Mohler, MCC English Faculty
It’s hard to talk openly about mental illness because of the stigma surrounding it. Candid conversations about what it’s like to have a mental disorder and how major symptoms present need to happen more often. Join us for this interactive and revealing discussion as we learn the definitions of terms and concepts that describe the experience of the mentally ill. Click here for event flyer
Thunderbirds Read Book Club
Join us for Book Club 2022! First meeting: March 22
The MCC Library is partnering with the Counseling Department to host the Thunderbirds Read Book Club. We will be reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, while exploring regrets, choices, mental well-being, and living a fulfilled Life.
For more information, visit www.mesacc.edu/library/book-club, or click here for the Book Club flyer. First meetings: 3/22 from 1-2 pm at Red Mountain (DW 226) and 3/23 from 1-2 pm at Southern/Dobson (LB 144). See chart for addition dates.
UPDATE! Thunderbird Reads Book Club will also be available in a live online format.
For RM meetings on Tuesdays 1-2pm 3/22, 4/5, 4/19 Click here for a link to RM meetings
For S&D meetings on Wednesday 1-2pm 3/23, 4/6, 4/20, Click here for a link to the S/D meetings
The MCC Library hosts Thunderbirds Read Book Club to promote literacy, create community, and facilitate conversation and engagement around social issues. Book Club activities strengthen literacy through shared reading while providing participants a chance to interact and converse in social settings. In order to provide an enriching and universal experience, meetings are hosted at each campus where students, college employees, and community members are all invited to participate.
*Thunderbird Reads Book Club is an approved Honors Co-Curricular activity.
Questions? Contact Marjorie Leta: Marjorie.Leta@mesacc.edu
John Ohl Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Ohl was a faculty member in the History department for more than 30 years. He prized academic excellence and modeled it in his classroom. The deadline to apply for this $1000 scholarship is 3/11/22. Click here to apply.
Fall 2022 Foundation General Scholarship Application
The Fall 2022 Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation General Scholarship application will open on March 1. One application=hundreds of scholarship opportunities! Deadline to apply is April 30. Students should apply via the NextGen Portal. CLICK HERE for flyer with more information.
Priority Registration begins March 7
Start planning your summer and fall schedule. Use Find a Class to search for classes. Priority registration for currently enrolled students begins Monday, March 7. Open registration begins Monday, March 21. classes.sis.maricopa.edu
Congratulations MCC Students!
To learn more about these outstanding students, please check out this MCC press release.
Congratulations to Landon Kea and Brooklyn Shumway for being nominated to the All-Arizona Academic Team for 2022.
Two academically outstanding Mesa Community College students, Landon Kea and Brooklyn Shumway, received recognition for their extraordinary accomplishments and distinguished leadership during the 2022 All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 24.
All-Arizona students demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual tenacity combined with leadership and service that expand their education beyond the classroom to benefit their communities and society. Each student works toward an associate’s degree, maintains a GPA of 3.5 or higher (4.0 scale) and is involved in campus and community volunteer activities.
MCC Lady Thunderbirds
Congratulations to Jayla Johnson and Mykah Anderson for being named to All ACCAC/Region 1 Teams
The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) announced their women’s basketball postseason accolades on Thursday afternoon. Thunderbird guard Jayla Johnson was named the ACCAC DII Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. Johnson and her teammate Mykah Anderson were also named to the All ACCAC/Region 1 First Team.
Sophomore Jayla Johnson finished the regular season averaging 13.3 points per game and won the ACCAC DII Women’s Basketball Player of the Week four times this season. Johnson also averaged close to six rebounds per game, and about three assists per game.
Johnson was joined on the All ACCAC/Region 1 team by freshman Mykah Anderson. Anderson made a strong impact in her first season with the Mesa T-Birds. She averaged a little over 10 points per game, along with five rebounds and four assists per game. Mykah Anderson attended Chandler High School and originally committed to NCAA DI Idaho State, before transferring to Mesa.
ONGOING PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND EVENTS
VITA Tax Preparation
Mesa Community College is one of several sites in Mesa and Chandler that assists with tax preparation for those with income under $58,000 in 2021. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is available from January 29-April 14 for free tax preparation.
*Limitations apply, please see this link for more information on locations, dates and times, what to bring, who qualifies, and more.
MCC dates/times:
MCC-Southern & Dobson campus: Located in SC22, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-9 pm (Closed 3/15 and 3/17) and Saturdays, 9 am-1 pm (closed 3/19). Appointments preferred, click here to schedule.
MCC-Red Mountain campus: Located in Acacia Village, Mondays, 6-9 pm (Closed 2/21 and 3/14) and Saturdays, 9 am-1 pm (closed 3/19). Appointments preferred, click here to schedule.
Click here for more information!
Thursday Treats at RM
Looking for tips and support on how to build essential skills for college success? Please join Dr. Stephanie West for Thursday Treats from 11 am-1 pm in the Academic Engagement Center in the Desert Willow building at Red Mountain.
This will take place every Thursday. Please consider stopping by, and learn more about the Foundations for Student Success.
Smiles Wanted! Free Dental Screenings
MCC Dental Hygiene students provide free and reduced price treatments to students and the community.
MCC students can receive preventative services at NO CHARGE or receive therapeutic services at a 50% fee. Community members may also visit the Dental Hygiene clinic for low cost cleanings, X-Rays and other services.
ASDOH will process dental insurance and refund overpayments
Located at AZ School of Dentistry & Oral Health Clinic (5855 E. Still Circle).
Appointments available Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 5:30-8:30 pm
Call or text 480-269-6656 or 602-899-5783 to schedule your appointment!
Thanks for helping our Dental Hygiene students get the training they need to graduate!
MESA MARKET
FOOD & HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR STUDENTS
The Mesa Market is a food and hygiene pantry for MCC students. Any student is eligible to visit the Mesa Market for up to 10 food and 5 hygiene products for free each week.
Click this link for a Mesa Market flyer to share with others.
Open Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm*
(*Red Mountain Mesa Market closes at 1 pm on Fridays)
Southern and Dobson Campus
To use the Mesa Market at the Southern and Dobson campus, visit the Office of Student Life & Leadership in KSC 35S.
Red Mountain Campus
To use the Mesa Market at the Red Mountain campus, visit the Office of Student Life & Leadership in Mesquite 210.
We are always grateful for donations to the Mesa Market! Feel free to drop off your donations to the Student Life office at either campus.
Click here to visit the MCC Club Hub!
Click Here for a Calendar of Club Meetings (top right corner of this page)
Get Involved and Get Connected!
Clubs are an extremely valuable part of a student's experience at MCC. If you are interested in getting involved in a student club, please stay tuned for opportunities to meet our clubs, and consider starting (or reactivating) a new club! We are also seeking club advisors to help support a variety of MCC clubs. Any faculty or staff that are interested in this opportunity are encouraged to reach out to a member of the Student Life team.
The Club Hub will have an updated list of student clubs (as we learn which clubs will be active this year) as well as important paperwork, forms, and a list of club connections to various Fields of Interest.
Club Recruitment activities for the Spring 2022 semester will take place during the week of February 7. Stay tuned for more information!
We Care Wednesday
We Care Wednesday is a food distribution that takes place on the first Wednesday of every month at the Southern/Dobson campus and the third Wednesday of every month at the Red Mountain campus. The distribution happens from 10 am-12 pm. The food distributions are open to all students and community members in need of food assistance:
Drive-thru service. A volunteer will place food in your trunk or vehicle. (Walk-up service is available for those without vehicles.)
Masks are encouraged. If you are feeling any cold or flu symptoms, please stay home and seek medical treatment.
Southern Dobson: Located in the Southwest parking lot. Please enter from Dobson Road onto Solar Way at the Southern and Dobson campus.
Red Mountain: Located in the Red Mountain Way Circle. Please enter from McKellips Rd and proceed straight through the stop sign. Distribution takes place in the circle near the Desert Willow building.
Southern/Dobson Dates : Apr 6, May 4
Red Mountain Dates : Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18
If you're interested in volunteering, please contact Student Life & Leadership. Volunteers are needed for every We Care Wednesday distribution.
Free Bus Passes for students
The City of Phoenix is providing each of the Maricopa Community Colleges with free 31-day Valley Metro bus passes for students. There are no eligibility requirements. Visit Student Life & Leadership at either campus to request your free bus pass. *While supplies last
Astronomy Nights at MCC
First Friday of each month | 6:00-10:00 pm | MCC Planetarium
MCC Astronomy Nights are held on the first Friday of the month during February, March, April, & May and September, October, November, & December.
MCC Astronomy Nights include planetarium shows, telescope viewing, information tables, hands-on activities, and more! Planetarium shows and indoor activities occur rain or shine, but telescope viewing of the night sky is only offered when the sky is clear.
Planetarium shows run from 6:00-10:00 PM, with shows starting every hour.
For more information, including show schedule or to purchase tickets, click this link.
Career Services Workshops
Working Wednesdays
On Site Recruitment
Each Wednesday during the Spring 2022 semester (from January 26th - May 4th) the Career Services Department will be hosting Working Wednesdays on the Clock Tower sidewalk from 10am - 12pm. Each week, we will welcome 5 employers on campus to table and speak with interested students about the job opportunities available within their organization.
Professional Development Workshops
Each Wednesday, there will be a rotating schedule of professional development workshops held in BA-10W at 1 pm and 6 pm*. For a list of topics, please visit the Career Services Event Calendar.
*6 pm workshops is virtual, and only available with pre-registration at this link.
Visit the Career Services website for more information about events, services, and opportunities.
