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MCC staff and locals joined together last week in a project with Soldier On volunteers, committed to serving each other and the community. Soldier On is an organisation that works side by side with contemporary veterans of the Australian Defence Forces and other services.

Enrol in one of our newest courses or one of your old favourites! Hundreds of short courses to choose from to improve your fitness, language skills, digital literacy, cooking, financial situation and more. Check out our Term 3 catalogue today!

We are so proud of our graduating class, as they have overcome numerous social and physical barriers in order to attend and complete this course. One student has severe sight issues, whilst another has been dealing with major health issues that sees him regularly being admitted in and out of hospital.

Collaboration is an important value of Macquarie Community College. Recently, CEO Theresa Collignon, collaborated with local community organisations to discuss how we can, and do, support individuals from all walks of life to build community cohesion.

Last term was a busy period for Macquarie Community College. We love being part of local community events and celebrating different cultures. Here’s a snapshot of what we got up to.

Happy Seniors Week! Macquarie Community College strongly supports seniors in the community and has been providing affordable learning programs for seniors through the Tech Savvy Seniors program since 2013. Recently, our Tech Savvy Seniors students spoke to us about how our courses have been helping them feel empowered and removed the 'fear factor' associated with technology.

At MCC, our students are the heart and soul of our College. Each day when we open our doors, we look forward to welcoming new and continuing students and joining them on their path to ‘realise their potential’. Whether it be upskilling or embarking on a new career, learning English language skills, improving their fitness or taking on a new hobby, the journey our students take at MCC is one that we are always seeking to continually improve. Read more about the various ways we are working on improving the student journey.

Macquarie Community College's Term 2 Catalogue is out now! We have loads of new courses available, plus all your old favourites are back! There's hundreds of courses to choose from - check out the catalogue today.

MCC was pleased to host City of Ryde Mayor, Jerome Laxale, this week. Jerome met with the CEO and leadership team to discuss a deeper collaboration between Council and the College to meet the needs of individuals and organisations in the City of Ryde.

Today is International Women's Day. At MCC we delight in empowering women to reach their full potential through participation in quality life-long learning. This year's theme for International Women's Day is RESPECT. This is also one of MCC's core values.