Maricopa Community Colleges

What if your classroom looked a little more like where you’ll actually work? ✈️

We’re giving you a sneak peek inside Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s new Future48 Aerospace & Defense Workforce Accelerator, where your path to an aerospace career can take flight. 🚁

To learn more, click the link in our bio.

[Video Description] A presenter walks through Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s new aerospace training facility. The video cuts between the presenter speaking to camera and close-up shots of the facility, including aircraft components, aerospace equipment, workstations and hands-on training areas. Additional shots show large lab spaces where students can practice skills such as aircraft assembly, composites and precision measurement.

A workforce pipeline that works for everyone.

[Video Description] District Reporter Jo Vitagliano speaks about Arizona’s growing workforce needs and how Maricopa Community Colleges is positioned to fill the workforce pipeline, cutting back and forth between him and B-roll of students gaining hands-on experience in high-demand fields across Maricopa Community Colleges.

In Season 2, Episode 1, Maricopa Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Steven Bloomberg sits down with Dr. Veronica Hipolito, President of South Mountain Community College.

Both first-generation college students, Dr. Bloomberg and Dr. Hipolito reflect on their own paths through higher education and discuss how community colleges can expand access, remove barriers, and create opportunities for students and communities.

Listen to the full episode through the link in our bio, or find A Better Way to Do College on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and PodBean.

[Video Description] In a podcast studio, Maricopa Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Steven Bloomberg and South Mountain Community College President Dr. Veronica Hipolito discuss the impact of community colleges on South Phoenix’s community.

So many students, so many stories 💙💚

[Video Description] Chandler-Gilbert Community College students walk through the center of campus as animated text appears above their heads, imagining what they might be doing or thinking, including “Future bachelor’s grad,” “On her way to class,” “Debriefing after class,” and more.