City College News

The Minneapolis Community and Technical College men's basketball program received two honors in March: star sophomore Cortez Wallace was named a First Team All-American and head coach Jay Pivec was named NJCAA Division III Coach of the Year. Wallace, a 6'6" forward from Minneapolis, started all but two games this season for the Mavericks.… 1 Comment

This past month, MCTC president Phil Davis delivered an address on the state's staggering budget deficit, and the effects that deficit will have at MCTC. The announced reductions were devastating. "The significant loss in state funds will produce a fundamental shift in the range of programs and services," Davis said.… Post the First Comment

The plaza re-building project, which started last week, will be completed in spring 2009 and comprises of two phases.… Post the First Comment

April 7 2009, writer, journalist and poet Eduardo Garcia Aguilar spoke to aspiring young journalists and held an excerpt reading of his latest publication The Triumphant Voyage even as MCTC's journalism classes face death by a thousand budget cuts. In addition to his journalism pedigree he has published five books, all of them based a little on real life events, places and things with his own interpretations and elaborations.… Post the First Comment