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Mohave Community College

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Mohave Community College
MCC logo red.jpg
TypePublic community college
Established1970; 53 years ago (1970)[1]
AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
PresidentStacy Klippenstein[2]
Location
Kingman
,
Arizona
,
United States

36°58′52″N 112°58′19″W / 36.981°N 112.972°W / 36.981; -112.972Coordinates: 36°58′52″N 112°58′19″W / 36.981°N 112.972°W / 36.981; -112.972
ColorsRed and White
MascotBighorns
Websitewww.mohave.edu

Mohave Community College (MCC) is a public community college with campuses in Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, and Colorado City, serving Mohave County, Arizona and the surrounding communities. MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

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Community college

Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school. The term usually refers to a higher educational institution that provides workforce education and college transfer academic programs. Some institutions maintain athletic teams and dormitories similar to their university counterparts.

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman is a city in, and the county seat of, Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix.

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,144, up from 52,527 in 2010. It is served by Lake Havasu City Airport.

Bullhead City, Arizona

Bullhead City, Arizona

Bullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, 97 miles (156 km) south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City. Bullhead City is located at the southern end of Lake Mohave.

Colorado City, Arizona

Colorado City, Arizona

Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,478, down from 4,821 in 2010. At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there. A majority of residents and many local officials belong to the most prominent of these sects, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whose corporation also owned much of the land within and around the town until state intervention in the 2000s.

Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The county seat is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City. It is the fifth largest county in the United States.

Higher Learning Commission

Higher Learning Commission

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an institutional accreditor in the United States. It has historically accredited post-secondary education institutions in the central United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The headquarters of the organization is in Chicago, Illinois.

History

In October 1970, a public vote established MCC as a county college and elected its first board of governors. The board planned to have three campuses (in Kingman, Bullhead City and Lake Havasu City), later expanding to Colorado City. In June 1971, J. Leonard and Grace Neal donated 160 acres of land north of Kingman where the college’s first facilities were developed,[3] and in October 1972, McCulloch Properties donated a parcel of land located in Lake Havasu City. The college became part of the Arizona State System of Community Colleges in 1974, and received full accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1981.

North Mohave Campus in Colorado City
North Mohave Campus in Colorado City

Academics

In the early 1970s, MCC's courses were offered at night and were occupational in nature. In 1981, the college started offering nursing classes [4] and was accredited in 1982 – eventually partnering with Allied Health. In the late 1980s, MCC became the primary provider of Adult Education/GED program services in Mohave County.

MCC’s programs expanded to include Business, Culinary Arts, Computer Information Systems, Education, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Public Safety & Legal Studies. Recently, the school welding program has grown significantly and met national standards.[5]

MCC's Neal Campus in Kingman, Arizona.
MCC's Neal Campus in Kingman, Arizona.

MCC also has a long history of distance education. In the late 1980s MCC began delivering instruction by videotape and connected the campuses by telecommunication links.[6] Presently, the school utilizes online classes and smartboard technology for distance education.

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Welding

Welding

Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by using high heat to melt the parts together and allowing them to cool, causing fusion. Welding is distinct from lower temperature techniques such as brazing and soldering, which do not melt the base metal.

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman is a city in, and the county seat of, Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix.

Videotape

Videotape

Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog or digital signal. Videotape is used in both video tape recorders (VTRs) and, more commonly, videocassette recorders (VCRs) and camcorders. Videotapes have also been used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram.

Enrollment and demographics

Enrollment at MCC has increased since its founding in 1981. In 2008, Mohave Community College placed 24th nationally among community colleges in enrollment growth.[7] As of 2011 it had 1,707 full-time students and 4,400 part-time students on all campuses, with 64% being female and 75% being non-Hispanic white.[8]

Source: "Mohave Community College", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 12th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohave_Community_College.

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Further Reading

Mohave County, Arizona

Bullhead City, Arizona

Golden Valley, Arizona

Kingman, Arizona

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Mesa Community College

Mohave Valley

Topock, Arizona

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Mohave Mountains

Fort Mohave, Arizona

Valentine, Arizona
References
  1. ^ http://www.mohave.edu/pages/278.asp
  2. ^ "Administration". Mohave Community College. 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. ^ http://www.mohave.edu/pages/278.asp
  4. ^ "Kingman Daily Miner - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ^ "Computer classes offered in Spanish at the Main Library".
  6. ^ http://www.mohave.edu/pages/278.asp
  7. ^ http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=28654
  8. ^ http://www.mohave.edu/pages/277.asp
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