Fall semester begins at Mesa College

August 29, 2025

&#xA;Mesa College President Ashanti Hands with two students during the first week of the fall semester.&#xA;

&#xA;A lady at a desk working on a laptop&#xA;

&#xA;Two students running a welcome tent for the surf club&#xA;

&#xA;Twenty people gather for a group photo outside on campus.&#xA;

&#xA;A worker outside the Avanza Engagement Center on campus.&#xA;

&#xA;Three employees at the Tutoring and Computing Center.&#xA;

&#xA;A student and an employee at the welcome tent.&nbsp;&#xA;

&#xA;A student at a welcome tent uses a plinko board to win a prize.&#xA;

&#xA;A woman smiling and sitting under a welcome tent.&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College kicks off the fall semester&#xA;

&#xA;A birds-eye view of the financial aid counter on campus.&#xA;

&#xA;Three workers stand in a doorway. Bienvenidos is written above the door.&#xA;

&#xA;People walking on campus near a steep staircase and the Art Gallery.&#xA;

&#xA;A student poses with a Mesa College cooler that she won.&#xA;

&#xA;Two students talk to Mesa College President Ashanti Hands.&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College President Ashanti Hands shakes hands with a College Police Campus Service Officer&#xA;

&#xA;Two women working at a welcome booth.&#xA;

&#xA;Three students pose with hand-held Mesa banners&#xA;

&#xA;A student at a welcome tent.&#xA;

&#xA;Two students seated at a table with laptops.&#xA;

&#xA;Two women working at the Mesa College Dance welcome tent. One is holding up a black Mesa Dance t-shirt.&#xA;

&#xA;Two people working the Student Health Services booth. A plinko board is in front for students to play for prizes.&#xA;

&#xA;People in a classroom standing with their arms raised over their heads.&#xA;

&#xA;A student at a table working on a laptop.&#xA;

&#xA;Two students at a welcome booth. One is holding up a blue Mesa College Pathways t-shirt.&#xA;

&#xA;Two students sitting at a table working on laptops.&nbsp;&#xA;

&#xA;A student uses his phone to take a picture of a chalk drawing on the wall of students in graduation caps and gowns&#xA;

&#xA;A woman sits at a table and holds up a small whiteboard that says We are grateful that your journey has brought you here.&#xA;

&#xA;Two people sit at a welcome table for Pacific Health Group.&#xA;

&#xA;An instructor talks to students seated at computer stations in class.&#xA;

&#xA;Four students at a welcome booth hold up Mesa College stickers.&#xA;

&#xA;A man in a blue Mesa College t-shirt on campus serving small bags of popcorn.&#xA;

&#xA;A worker at a welcome booth points and gives a student directions&#xA;

&#xA;Students get support at the tech hub on campus&#xA;

&#xA;Three students walking on campus wave to the camera.&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College kicks off the fall semester&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College kicks off the fall semester&#xA;

&#xA;An employee points and directs a student where she needs to go.&#xA;

&#xA;A lady working at the transfer welcome tent.&nbsp;&#xA;

&#xA;Three people at the borderless scholars welcome tent.&#xA;

&#xA;Two people in matching black and white jerseys that say Black Parade give a peace sign.&#xA;

&#xA;Three people working at the information desk.&#xA;

&#xA;A student stops by the Asian American Pacific Islander welcome tent.&#xA;

&#xA;A student wins a prize playing plinko at a welcome tent.&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College kicks off the fall semester&#xA;

&#xA;Mesa College kicks off the fall semester&#xA;

&#xA;The welcome booth for Fast Scholars&#xA;

&#xA;A birds-eye view of the large stair case on campus.&nbsp;&#xA;

&#xA;An instructor speaking to students in class.&#xA;