Julia Zampini, a Culinary Arts student at Southern Maine Community College, has been awarded a Jean Ginn Marvin Scholarship by the Maine Community College System Board of Trustees. The scholarship, which covers all tuition and fees for a year, is awarded to second-year Culinary or Hospitality students at SMCC and York County Community College. It… More »
Southern Maine Community College employees have been named recipients of the A Light on the Point President’s Award for their tireless work and dedication over the past year. In making the presentation at Thursday night’s virtual A Light on the Point event, President Joe Cassidy said faculty and staff found new approaches to continue delivering… More »
Eleven students and two faculty members spent a week over winter break immersed in an intensive virtual genetics course hosted by MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. For the class, students focused on computational skills, bioinformatics and limb generation in the axolotl, an amphibian that is sometimes called the “Mexican walking fish.” Students analyzed data… More »
February is Financial Awareness Month aimed at informing students about financial management tools that can help them be smart with their finances and the costs of their education. During Financial Awareness Month, SMCC’s Financial Aid Office is encouraging students to fill out the FAFSA, sign up for the iGrad financial literacy tool, and learn about… More »
Emma Bourne came to SMCC in hopes of exploring her academic interests at an affordable price before transferring to a four-year institution to continue her education. She hasn’t been disappointed. After graduating high school in Vermont, Emma took off a year to work and travel. She then came to SMCC in 2019, attracted by the… More »
Camdan Carmichael is in his first year studying Fire Science at SMCC. But even before he completed his first semester, he was hired as a full-time firefighter in his hometown. Camdan knew at a young age while growing up in the western Maine town of Rangeley that he wanted to be a firefighter. He served… More »
Southern Maine Community College will celebrate its 2021 graduates with a virtual graduation ceremony to mark their success as they move forward to bright futures. Given the continued higher numbers of COVID-19 cases in Maine and CDC guidelines around gatherings, the College has decided that it would be unsafe to hold a traditional in-person commencement… More »
Southern Maine Community College is proud to announce that nearly 1,200 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 the… More »
SMCC will offer most of its courses online during the Spring Semester, with a limited number of in-person classes for academic programs that require hands-on learning. Advising, Financial Aid, the Student Accounts Office and the Learning Commons will support students online and by email, phone and/or teleconferencing. SMCC released an overview of its Spring Semester… More »
Education was a low priority in Cedric Fredrickson’s home when he was growing up. Now he’s preparing to graduate with a Business degree, a near-perfect GPA and a goal of becoming a CPA. Growing up in Bangor, Fredrickson was raised by a mother who discouraged him from going to school. But inside, he had a… More »