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MCC Graduates Earn Prestigious Honor
Thousands were on hand at the Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium to commemorate and honor the 900 plus Metropolitan Community College students who earned the opportunity to graduate and officially...
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MCC Spring 2015 Dean’s List
Nearly 16 percent of Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City students earned Dean’s List honors from the College during the spring 2015 semester. To qualify for the honor, a student must be...
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MCC celebrates 100th birthday with parties on each campus
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the MCC family celebrated the College’s Centennial on each campus with cake, punch and picture-taking — “selfie stations” included props such as party hats. Students, employees and...
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Creating a new life for yourself starts with goals, MCC speaker tells students
(Photos by Morgan Young) For any community college student trying to get up to speed in a developmental class, Tawan Perry has this message: There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Perry, who spoke...
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MCC-Business & Technology hosts 1,300 eighth-graders, dozens of counselors...
Mike Cline, coordinator of the CADD and Engineering Technology program at Metropolitan Community College-Business & Technology, speaks to students and a staff member from the North Kansas City...
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It’s National Data Privacy Day
Brian Hurley Have you checked your privacy settings lately? That’s always a really good question to ask yourself, but especially so today. Today, January 28th, is National Data Privacy Day. It is...
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MCC-Blue River unites to bring smiles to hospitalized children on Valentine’s...
The students, staff and faculty of MCC-Blue River joined forces to bring smiles to the faces of young patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Hundreds of individualized Valentine’s Day cards were...
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Popcorn with the president at MCC-Blue River
MCC-Blue River president Dr. Michael Banks (left) keeps things poppin’. Dr. Michael Banks and MCC-Blue River students enjoyed fresh-popped popcorn and lively conversation in the Campus Center lounge...
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MCC-Blue River hosts annual All for the Children fair and 5K on March 19
It’s one of Metropolitan Community College’s signature events, and now is the time to make sure you don’t miss out on fun for a great cause: MCC-Blue River’s annual “All for the Children” on Saturday,...
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Energy assistance program visits MCC-Blue River
United Services Community Action Agency visited the MCC-Blue River campus on Feb. 24. A number of students applied for assistance with gas and electric bills through LIHEAP, the Low Income Home...
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Why is Highway 78 looking so good? Thank MCC-Blue River’s Student Ambassadors
Blue River Student Ambassadors hard at work in February MCC-Blue River’s 11 Student Ambassadors are each required to do six hours of community service per semester, but in honor of Metropolitan...
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MCC-Blue River student named Missouri’s No. 1 in national scholarship contest
Aubrey Kent, a single mom of two, says MCC-Blue River “has been more than a college to me — it is like a second home.” Aubrey Kent, a student at Metropolitan Community College-Blue River in...
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#MCCGrads2016: A rough start, a happy ending
Katelynn Corkern: ‘I have always been cheerful’ An infant’s cries echoing from a trash can in a public restroom in Nanjing, China, reverberated in a way that can only amaze. That was 1996. Katelynn...
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#MCCGrads2016: With a little help from mom
Zach Phillips overcame his shyness at MCC-Blue River. Kim Phillips gets a little emotional when she talks about her sons. Perfectly understandable, because at the time it’s a few days before Mother’s...
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#MCCGrads2016: Siblings will cross the stage together
Jennifer Briceno is excited to graduate from MCC, an occasion that will be doubly special for the Briceno family: She will walk across the graduation stage right after her big brother Ivan. A ‘special...
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MCC theater students create magic, help Harvesters and explore world of film
This fall’s Theater 120 class at MCC-Blue River The class is Theater 120 at Metropolitan Community College, but the experience is about much more than the action on the classroom stage. It’s also about...
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What’s all the fizz about? MCC students creating buzz with their custom soda pop
Atomic Fizz soda (photo courtesy of Mark Driscoll) Some Metropolitan Community College students are creating a buzz with their budding business, or should we say fizz? Six friends from Independence,...
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Student helping plan MCC-Blue River’s All for the Children event
MCC student Emily Vanderpool talks about All for the Children with members of a local child abuse prevention group. For three years, a Metropolitan Community College student has been taking part in an...
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All for the Children family fun and resource fair April 8 at MCC-Blue River
A morning of fun at the All for the Children fair wraps up with an Easter egg hunt. Metropolitan Community College-Blue River’s All for the Children family fun and resource fair, an event designed to...
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Photo gallery: Mass casualty exercise at MCC’s Health Science Institute
Here are some scenes from the March 31 mass casualty exercise at Metropolitan Community College’s Health Science Institute, 3444 Broadway. The scenario: A gathering of about 40 protesters in a parking...
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How MCC-Blue River helped a determined student overcome his past
After growing up in poverty, run-ins with the law and homelessness, Traycie Williams has become a top student at MCC-Blue River. “I can’t think of any other place where more people have cared about...
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Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City presents ‘Sunny Days’– April 22
The Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City is ready to inspire with a benefit concert this spring. The Chorale, based out of the Metropolitan Communty College-Blue River campus, is pleased to present...
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French police tour MCC-Blue River Public Safety Institute
Stephane Souffi (from left), retired Grandview police official Dean Hutson, Sebastien Muzeau, Public Safety Institute director Rusty Sullivan and Jean-Michel Poupon French police traveling in the...
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Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City shines brightly for charity concert
Cancer survivor Trevor Jolley (right) served as a Hero Helper for the Sunny Days Ahead concert. To say one of Metropolitan Community College’s featured cultural arts ensembles was wowed by the...
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#MCCGrads2017: MCC-Blue River soccer player graduates with a 4.0
Amber Krumm New Metropolitan Community College-Blue River grad Amber Krumm recently received a top honor from the National Junior College Athletic Association, but it requires a bit of explaining....
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Independence high school students to perform as part of joint MCC summer camp
Students in the George Caleb Bingham Academy are spending part of the summer in music, creative writing, theater and visual arts classes. (Photo courtesy Independence School District) Mark the...
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MCC-Blue River opens its new Enrollment Center
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the MCC-Blue River Enrollment Center was June 13. Students heading back to class this fall will notice some renovations at Metropolitan Community College-Blue River. On...
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Photo gallery: MCC-Blue River campus celebrates its 20th birthday
Chancellor Kimberly Beatty serves up birthday cake with Richard Monroe (left), Blue River’s Campus Life & Leadership coordinator. (Photos by Tim Engle, Bob Florence and Clare Otto/MCC)...
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Board of Trustees meets new president of MCC-Blue River SGA
MCC-Blue River SGA president Lucja Basinska speaks to the MCC Board of Trustees at the board’s Sept. 28 meeting. (Photos by Clare Otto/MCC) Lucja Basinska, who came to this country just four years ago...
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MCC expert offers tips on how to keep your personal info safe
There’s been explosive growth in the use of digital and internet technologies over the last two decades. Consumers often enter their personal and payment information into websites, apps and other...
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Two MCC students win Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarships
Two students at Metropolitan Community College-Blue River, Joshua Gray and Eli Salazar, have been named 2017 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars, an honor that comes with a $1,000 scholarship. Of...
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New MCC scholarship for LGBT student advocates honors legacy of A.J. Slater
The love and support that A.J. Slater gave students at Metropolitan Community College-Blue River will carry on after his death, thanks to a new MCC scholarship. The A.J. Slater Memorial Scholarship...
View ArticleIndependence City Council candidates to take part in Feb. 22 forums at...
Update, Feb. 22: This event was postponed due to inclement weather. We’ll update this article as we receive more information. — Candidates for Independence’s two at-large City Council seats will...
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All for the Children fair March 24 includes Easter Bunny, egg hunt, resources...
Metropolitan Community College-Blue River’s seventh annual All for the Children family resource fair and 5K run/walk will be Saturday, March 24, at the campus in Independence. And once again, the...
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MCC student veteran Joshua Gray wins one of 20 spots nationally on All-USA team
MCC-Blue River student Joshua Gray, a Marine Corps veteran, is studying engineering so he can develop robotic prostheses for wounded military personnel and others. Metropolitan Community College...
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MCC’s Monica Fritchey one of three students statewide named to Coca-Cola...
Monica Fritchey plans to become a middle school or high school math teacher. Monica Fritchey, a student at Metropolitan Community College-Blue River, has earned a spot on the 2018 Coca-Cola Academic...
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Photo gallery: All for the Children fair and egg hunt at MCC-Blue River
Here are some scenes (and a video) from the 2018 All for the Children family resource fair March 24 at MCC-Blue River in Independence, which as always featured the Easter Bunny and a massive egg hunt....
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MCC campus honors a ‘full of smiles’ student with a special bench
Friends and family of MCC-Blue River student John Marrs III gathered on campus May 2 to unveil a memorial bench for him. (Photos by Kathleen Henrikson and Richard Monroe) When Metropolitan Community...
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MCC named National Center of Academic Excellence for cybersecurity program
Metropolitan Community College has been named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense for its cybersecurity program. MCC joins about 200 other U.S. colleges and universities with...
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Dr. Michael Banks named interim president for MCC’s Blue River, Business &...
Dr. Michael Banks with new grad Katelynn Banks at MCC’s 2016 commencement Dr. Michael Banks, who retired from MCC late last year, is back, but only temporarily: In January he was named interim...
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Helicopter egg drop, Mr. Stinky Feet among attractions at April 13 All for...
Children enjoy the egg hunt during MCC-Blue RIver’s All for the Children event. Enjoy family fun and take steps to keep your kids healthy and safe at Metropolitan Community College’s All for the...
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MCC-Blue River math team wins national problem-solving competition
The winning team: Patience Mitchell (from left), Joshua Gray, mentor Sherri Peister and Mikayla Hoyle. Mathematics students from the MCC-Blue River campus won the grand prize in a national competition...
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Photo gallery: MCC-Blue River’s All for the Children fair and Easter egg hunt
MCC-Blue River’s eighth annual All for the Children, a healthy families fair that included a 5K run/walk, a performance by Mr. Stinky Feet and a massive Easter egg hunt, was Saturday, April 13. Here...
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MCC celebrates new cybersecurity lab and the program’s national recognition
MCC Chancellor Kimberly Beatty (right) presents a plaque of appreciation to Truman Heartland Community Foundation board chair Tracey Mershon (from left) and CEO Phil Hanson. (Photos by Andrew Ryan and...
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#MCCGrads2019: ‘Do your best to recognize wisdom,’ student leader and vet says
Alex Keith says he has met “some extremely, extremely sharp” instructors at MCC-Blue River. The 3.9 GPA student is taking part in MCC commencement May 16. New Metropolitan Community College grad Alex...
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Thomas Meyer, Ph.D., appointed president of MCC’s Blue River, Business &...
Thomas Meyer Thomas W. Meyer, Ph.D., has been named president of Metropolitan Community College’s Blue River and Business & Technology campuses. Meyer is coming to Kansas City from Lehigh Carbon...
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Brian Hurley, MCC cybersecurity coordinator, wins national faculty award
Chancellor Kimberly Beatty recognizes cybersecurity program coordinator Brian Hurley for his AACC faculty award at the May Board of Trustees meeting. (Photos by Andrew Ryan/MCC) Metropolitan Community...
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MCC soccer recruit becomes a Wolf and a U.S. citizen
Eduardo Alonso with Coach David Owens Eduardo Alonso underwent two big changes in the same day. First he became a U.S. citizen on May 15. Later that day, he launched his college career by signing a...
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Photo gallery: First week of MCC fall semester classes
Metropolitan Community College kicked off its 105th academic year on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Here are some first-week scenes from our five campuses. You’ll see lots of smiles, helpful faculty and staff, a...
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MCC instructor to read from his book of poetry
BJ Soloy MCC-Blue River English instructor BJ Soloy will read from and sign his new book of poetry, “Our Pornography and Other Disaster Songs,” on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 4-6 p.m. at Blue River’s...
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