EMCC News

  • May 01, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Sinema visits EMCC’s Veterans Services, prioritizes resource center
     Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) Veterans Services Center caught the attention of a U.S. senator. Kyrsten Sinema, who represents Arizona in Washington, D.C., spent some quality time April 24 with veteran...
  • April 29, 2019
    It's a family affair: 2 generations graduating together
    Keenan Andrus knew he would be graduating this spring. What he didn’t know was that his grandmother would be crossing the stage, as well. “I didn’t even know,” said Linda Houston, Keenan’s maternal grandmother. “I just...
  • April 29, 2019
    Talented pool floods Maricopa Student Research Conference
    Judges had their work cut out for them April 24 at the Maricopa Student Research Conference. “The research submissions were exceptional,” said Dr. Polly Miller, Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) Residential...
  • April 29, 2019
    EMCC opens campus up for their summer Kids College
    Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) believes no one’s too old, or too young for that matter, to take college classes. While plenty of our students are middle-aged and older, others haven’t even made it to high school...
  • April 24, 2019
    Congratulations Dr. Rivera | EMCC’s Vice President of Learning named Aspen Presidential Fellow
    Dr. Rey Rivera, Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) Vice President of Learning, has been named an Aspen Presidential Fellow. Dr. Rivera is one of only 40 exceptional leaders from across the nation to be accepted...
  • April 22, 2019
    EMCC joins worldwide celebration of Earth Day
    Today, we pay homage to the planet we call home. Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22, started in 1970 after its founder Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, witnessed the devastating effects of the...
  • April 11, 2019
    Forget the flowers, buy a brick
    Flowers may only stick around for a week or two, but bricks last a lifetime. And what better way to celebrate your Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) graduate than by immortalizing him or her on one of the bricks...
  • April 09, 2019
    American Sign Language learning event open to public April 17 at EMCC
    Want to learn sign language but don’t know where to start? Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) has you covered. The college is hosting The House of ASL from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 at the Estrella Conference...
  • April 09, 2019
    Final candidates announced for Dean of Instruction
    Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC), one of the 10 colleges of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), will be holding public forums April 17 for the three finalists competing for the position of Dean...
  • April 09, 2019
    EMCC Library holding tote bag raffle during National Library Week
    In honor of National Library Week, the Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) Library is holding its first ever National Library Week Tote Bag Raffle. The raffle will take place from April 8 to 11. All it takes to...