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CCC’s Myers lives passion for getting students into construction trades

Tuesday, 2^nd June 2020

Construction faculty Ken Myers is being recognized as Arizona's Career and Technical Education Post-Secondary Educator of the Year. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Hammer. Saw. Drill. Tape Measure. Level. His teaching tools are a bit different from a typical community college faculty member, but his skill at using those tools and his passion for sharing that knowledge helps students quickly enter the workforce and find meaningful careers. As a result, Ken Myers, Construction Technology Management faculty at Coconino Community College, is being recognized as Arizona’s Career ...

CCC advisors get job done 'virtually'

Monday, 1^st June 2020

Coconino Community College Advisor Mitch Driebe listens to CCC student Charlotte Willin talk about what classes she's interested in taking for the summer session. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Charlotte Willin appeared on the computer screen via a Zoom video conference with her Coconino Community College advisor Mitch Driebe. Willin, a student at Northern Arizona University, wants to knock out Physiology & Anatomy 2 during the summer while she is at home in Long Beach, Calif. Her goal is to become an Occupational Therapist. “I didn’t want to ...

Helping CCC art students fearlessly explore

Thursday, 28^th May 2020

Artist Jeff Roth is selected as CCC Part-Time Faculty of the Year 2020-21. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Color. Form. Aesthetics. To him, art is a conversation between the artist and the world – an assertion he repeats to his students. And they appreciate him for it. Art Faculty Jeff Roth has been selected as the 2020-21 Coconino Community College Part-Time Faculty of the Year. Roth, who has been with CCC for three years, teaches Art Appreciation, Drawing 1, Life Drawing 1, Life Drawing 2, Digital Photography 1 and Mural Painting. His greatest joy, like so many of his colleges, is seeing ...

CCC's Friedman shares big ideas in the world of the small

Wednesday, 27^th May 2020 12:00 AM

Science faculty Doug Friedman is selected 2020-21 Full-Time Faculty of the Year. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Doug Friedman’s passion for the subject gives him the ability to make the world of microscopic organisms accessible – and fascinating – to his students. As one of his students stated, “Doug showed me this passion for Microbiology I did not know I had. It’s a fascinating subject. I never had an instructor who made me think outside the box so frequently. He is exactly what college professors should be doing.” Friedman was selected by ...

CCC student keeps focused to graduate in May

Tuesday, 21^st April 2020

Coconino Community College student Delmy Payne sits in her home "classroom" with her daughters. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Coconino Community College student Delmy Payne was used to being busy. She had to make every moment count to juggle her work, her children, and her classes at CCC. That has changed now. Work is all but gone, her children are now with her at home all the time and her calendar of classes and appointments has been cleared. “It felt like life had been canceled,” Payne said. Regardless of the dramatic change ...

CCC student adapts in challenging times

Monday, 13^th April 2020 12:00 AM

CCC student Justin Eaton, retired U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat captain, sits in his classroom at home to keep his sight set on achieving his educational goal. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Coconino Community College student Justin Eaton would attend his classes in person, something he enjoyed very much. Now, he walks the dog, makes his coffee, eats some breakfast and strolls into his home office to go to school. “It was a little bit of adapting, but it wasn’t hard,” Eaton said. “I do miss being in the classroom.” ...

Scholarships help CCC student pursue her passions

Thursday, 6^th February 2020

CCC student Angela Godinez is studying Cultural Anthropology at Coconino Community College. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Despite the popular motto, Coconino Community College student Angela Godinez says, “...when they say ‘the sky’s the limit,’ I don’t agree with that, because there are footprints on the moon.” Continuously pushing the limits, Godinez exemplifies jumping into life’s goals without fear and being her own hero. She has always wanted to make a difference for others, but she never quite knew how to do so, until her education at CCC helped ...

CCC student eyes wildlife-management career

Friday, 3^rd January 2020

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Zach Lunow plans on transferring to NAU after he completes his studies at CCC. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Coconino Community College student Zach Lunow has his sights set on being a Wildlife Management Officer. “I want to protect the resources that were put on this planet for now and in the future so that everybody can enjoy them,” Lunow said, adding that he loves the outdoors and wants to have direct contact with people. “Plus, I don’t want to sit behind a desk.” Lunow is a CCC2NAU student and he plans to finish his ...

CCC veteran making her own path

Wednesday, 27^th November 2019

CCC student Nelda Achee has returned to school after retiring from the U.S. Coast Guard after 21 years of service. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Coconino Community College student Nelda Achee, mother of three children, grandmother of seven, served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 21 years, retiring as a Chief Petty Officer. She was a machinery tech and worked on airplanes, boats, ships and machines of all sorts. She was in charge of large projects and was well respected, but back at home on the Navajo Nation, nobody would hire her. They would say to her “You ...

CCC students see, up close, fire's role in ecosystem

Friday, 25^th October 2019

Coconino Community College students listen to U.S. Forest Service volunteer Karen Malis-Clark describe the effects on the landscape of the recent Museum fire near Flagstaff. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Coconino Community College students strolled up the hill, a fine dust from their footfalls swirling in the breeze. Smoke from a nearby prescribed fire filled their lungs and cut the strength of the sun. Student Aryn Begay described the fallen, burned trees as “skeletons laid out all over the landscape.” Begay and other students in ...

CCC: The perfect place to explore Nature's classroom

Friday, 18^th October 2019 12:00 AM

CCC2NAU student Rylee Dunham makes observations about rocks during a recent field trip of her Natural Disasters class. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Under a clear, blue sky, Rylee Dunham studied the stone. Wind blew through the pine trees. Her classmates milled about, also studying the rocks. With notebook resting on rock, she took notes on what she saw: Did the rock break apart easily? Was it soft? Color? Dunham, a CCC2NAU student who intends to complete a degree in Secondary Education, was on a field trip. “It was pretty cool,” she said. “We learn a ...

CCC student aims to help in people's presents, not futures

Thursday, 17^th October 2019 12:00 AM

Coconino Community College student Caitlen Kashinskie is studying nursing to be of service to others. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Coconino Community College student Caitlen Kashinskie served this country in the U.S. Army for eight years – four active, four reserve. For much of that time, she was a paralegal specialist, and in civilian life, she continued that profession for the Coconino County Attorney’s Office. She would see photos and hear stories of suffering, of pain, of helplessness. “And I couldn’t do anything,” she said, adding ...

CCC student does summer research at Harvard Forest

Tuesday, 24^th September 2019

CCC student Shawna Greyeyes spent the summer studying the Witness Tree at Harvard Forest. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The tree can Tweet. The Witness Tree, a red oak tree that lives in the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass., has its own Twitter page and sends out posts that are about its own environment – all of it data driven – to help people become aware of climate change. Coconino Community College student Shawna Greyeyes got to spend 11 weeks this summer interning at Harvard Forest with the Witness Tree to gain research experience. “I learned a lot ...

Mother of two, with scholarship help, returns to CCC to grow professionally

Wednesday, 18^th September 2019

CCC student Pearl Moore is studying accounting in order to move up in the medical-billing world. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - When she introduces herself, she does so in the Navajo way. She is of the Red Running into the Water Clan, born for Bitter Water Clan, and her maternal grandfather is of the Yucca Fruit Clan, and her paternal grandfather is of the Manygoats Clan. Pearl Moore is the first generation of her family to go to college, and she’s finishing her sophomore year at Coconino Community College. She wants to become an accountant. Originally from Black Mesa on the Navajo ...

Scholarship helps CCC student change focus

Monday, 9^th September 2019

Wildland firefighter Derek Sausman, with help of Chance Couillard scholarship, works toward Fire Science degree at CCC. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Derek Sausman, as a senior crew member wildland firefighter for the Flagstaff Fire Department, worked the lines during the Museum fire that burned just north of the city this summer. His crew fights fires all over the region during fire season. With a little help from the Chance Couillard Scholarship, he’ll attending classes this semester at Coconino Community College to attain a Fire Science Degree in the hope of working ...

Page student receives five scholarships to attend CCC

Thursday, 5^th September 2019

Page resident and CCC student Lacey Nez plans on going into a law-enforcement career after she finishes her studies. PAGE, Ariz. - Page resident and CCC student Lacey Nez knew she wanted to go into a law enforcement career after a field trip to the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy in Phoenix. “Growing up was a very tough environment for me,” she said, adding that her young life was “difficult.” At the academy, she listened to an officer explain the opportunities to becoming an officer and it became apparent she wanted to make a difference to people around her. ...

Alejandro's Mexican Food comes to CCC

Friday, 23^rd August 2019

Alejandro's Mexican Food will be serving up an authentic and filling menu for students at the Lone Tree Campus this fall. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Carne Asada Fries. Mini tacos. Breakfast burritos. And so much more. Beginning today, Alejandro’s Mexican Food will move out of the food truck and onto the Coconino Community College Lone Tree Campus. “Good eating promotes learning and better grades,” said Alejandro’s owner Georgette Quintero. “I’m hopeful they’ll love our menu as much as Flagstaff does.” The menu is an ...

A Master Garden takes shape at CCC

Thursday, 1^st August 2019

Nichole Gregory (left), CCC's Testing and Tutoring Coordinator, sits with Janan Scott, Purchasing Specialist II, in the CCC garden, which is now a Master Gardener site. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Four years ago, the space sat abandoned, with crumbling garden beds, invasive weeds and rocky soil, where few native plants thrived and pollinator insects rarely visited. That has changed, thanks largely to the efforts of CCC employees Nichole Gregory and Janan Scott. The garden at Coconino Community College now bursts with color from native plants and flowers and the ...

Volunteer offers services to CCC's veterans

Wednesday, 31^st July 2019

Eric Eikenberry (right) of Citizen Soldiers for Life and Charli Hausam, CCC's Financial Aid and Veteran Advisor, stand in the Veterans Center at CCC. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Eric Eikenberry uses his experience in higher education and the military to assist Arizona Army National Guard soldiers at Camp Navajo with employment, education and financial counseling. Eikenberry works for Citizen Soldier for Life (CSFL), a program that “prepares and connects service members with financial and employment services in an effort to enhance readiness and boost resilience,” ...

Power plant workers retrain for tech industry at CCC Page

Thursday, 27^th June 2019

Nicole McCarty (left) and Nathan Huenemann are longtime Navajo Generating Station employees being retrained to be IT business analysts for SRP. PAGE, Ariz. – Nicole McCarty began working at Navajo Generating Station 15 years ago. Until recently, she was a Control Room Operations Specialist for the coal-fired power plant. “I went into the job when I was 18,” McCarty said, adding that she had a 2-year-old daughter at the time. With her daughter now 18 and the plant slated for closure by the end of the year, McCarty will continue to work for Salt River Project ...