Southern Maine Community College is proud to announce that more than 1,100 students have been named to the 2021 Fall Semester Dean’s List. Students completing at least nine credit hours with a semester grade point average of at least 3.0 are named to the Dean’s List, provided no grade was lower than a C and… More »
SMCC is here to support and provide guidance to students as the Spring Semester gets underway. Classes will be offered online only during the first week of semester as a safety precaution against the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Maine. SMCC offices are still open on campus for in-person visits, or students may connect… More »
All classes at SMCC will be offered online only during the first week of the Spring Semester as a safety precaution against the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Maine. In-person classes will be taught remotely for the first week of the semester, which begins Tuesday, Jan. 18. The affected classes will return to in-person… More »
SMCC’s Honors Program has two Spring Semester honors-designated courses aimed at challenging students who want to enhance their academic experience. Students can take part in the Honors Program by either enrolling in a designated honors course or by completing an honors option in a class that’s not designated as an honors course. Either way, the… More »
Southern Maine Community College will require all people taking any type of class or training on SMCC property or at off-site locations to submit proof they have received booster shots against COVID-19. The Maine Community College System is requiring booster vaccines at all six community colleges in Maine given the recent surge in the Omicron… More »
Southern Maine Community College has launched the first electric vehicle program in Maine that trains vehicle repair technicians to diagnose and service electric and hybrid vehicles. The class is designed for technicians who work at auto repair shops, auto dealers and other vehicle-related businesses. For the class, students take a hands-on weeklong course in SMCC’s… More »
Shooting on location with six video cameras, SMCC students recorded and produced what amounts to a 2½-hour documentary of rock band performances at a music club. Six Communications & New Media Studies students, primarily from the Advanced Video on Location class, recorded a Maine Academy of Modern Music (MAMM) benefit concert on Nov. 20 at… More »
SMCC’s Precision Machining & Manufacturing program is offering evening classes and the option to start the degree program in the Spring Semester to provide people flexible pathways to advance their machining skills or earn a degree or certificate. The new evening classes and the option to start in the spring — rather than just the… More »
SMCC students have brought African masks, music and culture to the College as part of an effort to introduce young children to new cultures and reduce racial stereotyping. For this year’s Honors in Action project, students in the SMCC chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society organized a hands-on presentation that treated preschool children… More »
Culinary Arts students and faculty prepared thousands of dinner rolls — 4,560 to be precise — and donated them to a nonprofit for food baskets for the Thanksgiving holiday. About a dozen students and four faculty members took part in making the dough, forming and baking the rolls, and then bagging the final product in… More »