MCC News
MCC Announces Spring Term Dean’s List
June 23, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Two hundred eleven students were named to the Spring 2020 (January to May) Dean’s List at Marshalltown Community College. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must have taken 12 or more credit hours during the semester (a full-time class load) and have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average while…
MCC Honors program freshman scholarships available
May 14, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Are you ready for a challenge? The Marshalltown Community College Honors program is now taking applications and has eight scholarships available for incoming full-time students. The MCC Honors program challenges students to think, analyze, investigate and discover at a higher level. For students that finish the program it enhances the strength of academic…
One MCC student’s path to healthcare
May 13, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – A quick moment in time can change a person’s life and educational goals forever. Recent Marshalltown Community College graduate Amanda Gram found her path to a healthcare career while vacationing with her family in California. On June 17th, 2018 Gram, was shopping in a Walmart store in California when her mom suffered sudden…
MCC inducts 25 into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
May 6, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College Phi Theta Kappa advisors Pele Waddilove and PJ Colbert are pleased to announce that 25 students were accepted into the Alpha Iota Rho Chapter at Marshalltown Community College this spring. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the induction ceremony originally scheduled for April 7, 2020 was cancelled. Phi Theta Kappa is…
MCC students named to 2020 All-Iowa Academic Team
May 5, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College students Raquel Gonzales and Lotte Maria Van Malsen were selected to the 2020 All-Iowa Academic Team and were honored at a recent banquet in Des Moines. The MCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is the sponsoring organization for the nomination. Each year, two students may be nominated for the Career…
23 complete college degree/certificate before high school graduation!
April 27, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN, IA – Most seniors have a goal of graduating from high school and moving on to the next step in their education or into the workforce. Twenty-three local seniors went above and beyond in their education and will be graduating in May from Marshalltown Community College with a college degree or certificate beforetheir high…
MCC celebrates recognition as Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution
April 24, 2020
Marshalltown, IA – Marshalltown Community College is proud to announce that it has been recognized by Excelencia in Education as an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution. Only two other colleges in the state received this recognition in 2020. HSIs (Hispanic-Serving Institutions) are defined in federal law as accredited and degree-granting public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with 25 percent…
Online success for MCC students
April 9, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN –Changes around the world have been occurring during the last couple of months due to the Coronavirus, and these changes have influenced how students at Marshalltown Community College are participating in their education. MCC started making changes the week of March 13 while students were still on Spring Break, initially cancelling two days of class….
Assistance available for COVID 19 impacted current and future MCC students
March 26, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN –Estimates have not been made yet as to how many Marshalltown Community College students may be impacted by economic losses from the social restrictions put in place to combat the COVID 19 virus, but it will surely be devastating for many families. As a primary source of financial assistance to MCC students, the MCC…
Iowa Valley Grinnell Gunsmith Tech repair shop temporarily closed
March 18, 2020
GRINNELL – Iowa Valley Grinnell gunsmith technology repair shop located at Iowa Valley Grinnell, 123 6th Ave. West will be temporarily closed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) virus pandemic. Updates about the college and facilities in regards to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) virus pandemic can be found online at https://mcc.iavalley.edu/resources-for-students/covid-19-updates/