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Power of Community College Trades Programs
August 3, 2022
MARSHALLTOWN – Early in life, Evah Owens knew that the four-year route wasn’t the right path for her. She wanted to find an education that wouldn’t keep her behind a desk. She knew that she wanted to go to college for a trades program. Owens’ college choice was heavily influenced by her Aunt Peggy, who…
Brothers in creating arms
January 24, 2022
GRINNELL – Some siblings can’t wait to go their separate ways. Brothers, Max and Sam Donahue can’t wait to work together, they are currently studying the same thing. They found that through the Iowa Valley Grinnell Gunsmith Technology program. Max found the Iowa Valley Grinnell Gunsmith program first by researching programs online. He discovered that…
Advice: Show Up for Your Education
January 3, 2022
MARSHALLTOWN – Having a steady job with an income was what Jesus Rios thought was the ultimate career goal in life. Once he had that what was the reason to get his education? Why was it important to work for more? But earning his degree made all the difference in Rios’ life and becoming a…
Lopez continued success after MCC
August 18, 2021
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College was just the first step in Amanda Lopez’s educational success and path. Lopez, originally from Valencia, Venezuela, is now going into her senior year at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, has earned three scholarships to help with the cost of her college education. She is a Political Science…
One student’s story, finding her place at MCC
February 19, 2021
MARSHALLTOWN – Moving from school to school until she was a senior in high school, Darlene Smith never felt she had found the place where she belonged until she enrolled at Marshalltown Community College. After attending three different middle schools, three different elementary schools and five different high schools due to moving around and life…
MCC’s Machine Tool & Die program preparing for a career
January 27, 2021
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College’s Machine Tool and Die program prepared MCC Alumni Dustin Aikin to go through the program directly into the workforce with the skills he needs and uses daily. Aikin, a 2012 West Marshall graduate, didn’t take the route most high school graduates take going into the workforce or directly into college….
Overcoming obstacles, succeeding at MCC
December 17, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – “Las barreras te presionarán cada vez más para lograr lo que deseas y esa será la motivación para seguir adelante.” Which loosely translates to, “The barriers that are presented are going to push you harder and harder to accomplish the goals you desire and that is going to be the motivation to keep…
Are gender roles in the workplace a thing of the past?
December 11, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Traditional male/female roles may be a thing of the past. More women than ever before are finding their calling in the trades programs, and shattering expectations along the way as well as men being in demand in nursing. The number of women entering the trades is ever growing year after year. Mary Hovenga,…
MCC honors former professor Charlie Cochran
September 2, 2020
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College honored the memory of former professor, Charlie Cochran, on Saturday, July 25, by planting a flowering crabapple tree on the MCC campus in front of the admissions entrance. An informal ceremony with friends and family on July 25 marked what would have been his 85th birthday and just days from…
