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First American Junior College
1901, Joliet Community College in
Illinois—the Nation’s first junior college—added a fifth and
sixth year of courses to a high school curriculum. -
MCCCD Created
Celebrate MCCCD In 1962, the Maricopa County Community College District was created in response to the Valley's explosive growth and the region's need for accessible and affordable higher education. -
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50 Years of MCCCD
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Mesa Community College Born
MCC operates as an extension of Phoenix College, with 3 buildings and 2 houses on ¾ acre of land. Today this site is the Landmark Restaurant. -
MCC First Semester
Mesa Community College welcomes 330 students who register for classes in the college's first semester. -
MCC Campus Land Purchased
Land is purchased for the new Mesa Community College campus at Baseline and Southern Roads, Mesa. -
MCC First Graduating Class
Mesa Community College’s first graduating class of 27 students conducts their commencement ceremony on the Phoenix College athletic field. -
MCC Campus Opens
Mesa Community College opens at its new site at the corner of Dobson and Southern. The buildings are the student center, the science building, the maintenance building, and 26 portable classrooms. -
MCC Accreditation
Phoenix College, Glendale Community College and Mesa Community College and the district receive institutional accreditation from North Central Association. -
Night Enrollment
Fall enrollment shows 19,864 night to 17,229 daytime students across GCC, Maricopa Tech, MCC, PC and SCC. -
Dept. of Occupational Education Established
The Maricopa Community Colleges established the Department of Occupational Education, later to become the Office of Business & Workforce Development. -
ACE Program Launched
The ACE Program is launched at South Mountain Community College. ACE (Achieving A College Education) is an early outreach, scholarship based, college preparation program. -
MCC Clock Tower
Workmen from Tempe Welding and Steel help construct the clock tower, a central landmark at Mesa Community College. -
MCCMortuary
Dr. Tom Taggert develops Arizona's only mortuary science program at Mesa Community College. -
MCC Red Mountain
Construction begins at Mesa Community College's Red Mountain campus -
President Bush Visits MCC
Mesa Community College was recognized by the President of the United States as a model for workforce development in the Information Technology industry; President George W. Bush visited the college and led a discussion with a panel of students. -
ASU Transfer Program
Leaders of the Maricopa Community Colleges and Arizona State University sign an agreement that provides for smoother transfers of thousands of students from the community colleges through the MAPP program with 100+ majors eligible. -
MCC VICC
Mesa Community College opens the Virtual Incident Command Center (VICC), offering emergency response training through geo-spatial and simulation technology to students, local, state, and regional fire-fighting professionals and emergency response workers.
