MCC News
TRIO students at MCC receive thousands in scholarships
July 26, 2019
MARSHALLTOWN – The TRIO program at Marshalltown Community College has helped students while at MCC, as well as helping them take the next steps in their education. TRIO is a set of federally funded programs designed to ensure equal educational opportunities. MCC was awarded a TRIO grant in 2010 related to student support services. TRIO helps inspire and support…
MHS seniors complete college degree before high school graduation!
May 9, 2019
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown High School seniors Jane Ragland and Brenna Porsch have been taking dual credit classes through Marshalltown Community College since they were a freshman and sophomore, respectively. The result of that extra effort will be that they graduate with a two-year, 64-credit Associate of Arts degree from MCC on May 10, three weeks…
East Marshall senior Arifi completes college degree
May 8, 2019
MARSHALLTOWN – East Marshall High School senior Juliana Arifi has accomplished a rare feat. She will be graduating with a college and high school degree in the same month. Juliana has been taking dual credit classes through Marshalltown Community College since the second semester of her sophomore year. She will graduate with a two-year, 64-credit…
STC senior earns college diploma before high school graduation
May 7, 2019
MARSHALLTOWN – South Tama County (STC) High School senior Larry Werner has been taking dual credit classes through Marshalltown Community College since he was a junior. The result of that extra effort will be that he graduates with a Manufacturing Welding Practitioner Diploma (as well as a Manufacturing Welding Construction Certificate) from MCC on May…
STC senior earns degree in Auto Repair Technology
May 1, 2018
STC High School senior Gabe Backen will receive an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Automotive Repair Technology from Iowa Valley Grinnell before graduating from high school later this month. He’s even already been hired and begun working as an automotive technician at Wes Finch Auto Plaza in Grinnell! Backen will receive his AAS…
MCC offers new Cybersecurity Management course
August 14, 2017
Marshalltown Community College’s new Cybersecurity Management course is a requirement in the Computer Network Management & Technology curriculum. But MCC officials also anticipate that the course will attract business and industry professionals who need to know the latest information security methodologies to protect their employers’ increasingly at-risk data systems. Cybersecurity Management (course NET686) will be…
MCC hosts HPV Epidemic documentary
January 27, 2017
The Marshalltown Community College Practical Nursing students hosted a showing of “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” on Thursday, Jan. 26. Approximately 125 students and staff watched the documentary and then heard a panel discussion about HPV and its devastating (and sometimes deadly) consequences. Organizer Shelly Larson, MCC Nursing Faculty, said, “We were pleased with…
Honors Symposium highlights students’ best work
November 22, 2016
There are 21 Marshalltown Community College students enrolled in the Honors Program, and eight of them presented their Honors projects at the inaugural MCC Honors Program Symposium last week. It was an impressive array of everything from scientific demonstrations and news broadcasts to computer coding and historical document analysis that left little doubt that the…
Art students display ‘altered books’
November 3, 2016
MCC Spring Term Dean’s List
May 23, 2016
One hundred fifty-one students were named to the Spring 2016 (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 attending MCC…
