Celebrating Excellence and Outstanding Achievements
Maricopa Community Colleges has received numerous awards and accolades over the years, spanning from local recognition to national honors. These awards serve as a testament to the remarkable achievements of individuals within our System. We take great pride in these accomplishments, as they not only underscore the high standards we uphold across all facets of our work but also emphasize Maricopa Community Colleges' continuous commitment to academic and workplace excellence.
Past Awards News
- MCCCD Leaders Honored as 2024 Women Achievers of Arizona (District)
- MCCCD’s Leah Palmer Named 2024 Manufacturing Champion of the Year (District)
- Dr. Linda Thor Honored with Pete C. Garcia Victoria Foundation Arizona Education Award (District)
- Maricopa Community Colleges Ranks Among Forbes Best In-State Employers (District)
- GateWay Named Among 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (GateWay)
- MCCCD Receives 2023 Employee Engagement Top Performer Award (District)
- District Marketing Department Wins National Award (District)
- PC earns Seal of Excelencia certificate from Excelencia in Education (Phoenix)
- GWCC earns #1 Best Community College in Arizona by Niche.com (GateWay)
- Brian Spicker named as Valley Leadership’s 74th Man of the Year (District)
- Chancellor Dr. Steven R. Gonzales named 2023 “Export Champion of the Year” (District)
- MCCCD Receives Gold Healthy Arizona Worksite Award (District)
- Chancellor Dr. Steven R. Gonzales selected as the People’s Choice 2023 Diverse Champion Award Co-Recipient (District)
- SCC recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (Scottsdale)
- MCCCD receives honorable mention by NISOD and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as 2023 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (District)
- MCCCD named one of America's Best-In-State Employers by Forbes (District)
- CGCC President Dr. Greg Peterson named a 2023 Men of Chandler Recipient (Chandler-Gilbert)
- PC President Dr. Kimberly Britt receives Paragon Award (Phoenix)
- Rio Salado President Dr. Kate Smith named Woman of the Year by AWHE (Rio Salado)
- Rio Salado receives 2023 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award (Rio Salado)
- SCC named one of top film schools in North America by Variety (Scottsdale)
- Chancellor Dr. Steven R. Gonzales honored as one of PBJ's Most Admired Leaders of 2022 (District)
- GWCC Interim President Dr. Amy Diaz selected for the Aspen Institute Rising President’s Fellowship (GateWay)
- MCCCD makes Forbes America’s Top Community College for Women to Work list (District)
- CGCC and EMCC Honored with Innovator of the Year for Academia – 2022 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards (Chandler-Gilbert, Estrella Mountain)
- GCC receives Platinum Award for employee health programs (Glendale)
- GCC honored by Exercise is Medicine® as a Gold Campus (Glendale)
- GCC Preschool Program Wins Golden Bell Award (Glendale)
- GWCC named one of 2022 Most Promising Places to Work (GateWay)
- GWCC wins NCMPR Awards (GateWay)
- MCC nursing program ranked among top 10 in Arizona (Mesa)
- Rio Salado receives Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Gold Award (Rio Salado)
- SCC Wins the Sterling Award (Scottsdale)
- MCCCD receives the 2021 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Platinum Award (District)
- PVCC receives the Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Platinum Award (Paradise Valley)
- Rio Salado receives Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Gold Award (Rio Salado)
- 9 out of 10 Maricopa Community Colleges recognized as HSIs (Chandler-Gilbert, Estrella Mountain, GateWay, Glendale, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Rio Salado, South Mountain)
- EMCC President Dr. Rey Rivera wins Paragon Award for new presidents (Estrella Mountain)
- GWCC ranked Top Community College in Arizona by Niche.com (GateWay)
- GWCC ranked Top 50 Community Colleges in the nation for graduate earnings (GateWay)
- MCC named Net Impact Chapter of the Year (Mesa)
- MCC earns second Gold Healthy Arizona Worksites Award (Mesa)
- MCC First Year Experience program earns national recognition (Mesa)
- Rio Salado named a 2021 Great College to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education (Rio Salado)
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MCCCD named a 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Gold recipient (District)
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EMCC receives the Healthy Arizona Worksite Program Gold Award (Estrella Mountain)
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MCC receives a Gold Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Award (Mesa)
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SMCC receives the Healthy Arizona Worksite Program Copper Award (South Mountain)
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CGCC President Dr. Greg Peterson receives Paragon Award (Chandler-Gilbert)
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PVCC ranks among Arizona’s Best Nursing Programs (Paradise Valley)
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Interim Rio Salado President Smith named Aspen Institute Rising President Fellow (Rio Salado)
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SCC Recognized for Excellence in Delivering Online Education (Scottsdale)
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MCCCD is one of the state’s best places to work, according to Forbes Magazine (District)
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CGCC Wins 2019 AASHE Sustainability Award (Chandler-Gilbert)
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EMCC's Dr. Rey Rivera named Aspen Presidential Fellow (Estrella Mountain)
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GCC named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (Glendale)
