Thirty-five incoming Southern Maine Community College students are taking part in this year’s Summer Fire Academy to kick off their participation in the College’s Public Safety Student Live-in Program for the 2019-20 academic year. The Fire Academy, which began Monday and runs through Aug. 23, provides students three weeks of training to master basic fire… More »
Southern Maine Community College is launching a new workforce training class to provide Paradigm Windows the skilled workers it needs to grow while improving career opportunities for Maine residents. The Manufacturing Technician course offers training in skills that include workplace safety, technical math, hand tool operation, measurement, assembly and lean manufacturing systems. The course is… More »
SMCC professor goes Dutch Associate Professor Rachel Guthrie spent more than two weeks in The Netherlands to learn about the differences and similarities between SMCC and a comparable school in that country. Guthrie visited ROC Technovium, a technical-vocational college in the city of Nijmegen, from May 18-June 1 as part of a faculty-exchange program. For… More »
Alumni Spotlight Pamela Almodovar, la dolce vita It’s a long way from Maine to Italy. But that’s where SMCC alumna Pamela Almodovar is now earning her bachelor’s degree after earning two degrees at SMCC. Pamela came to SMCC out of Bangor High School to study Culinary Arts. After earning her Culinary degree, she stuck around… More »
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Dozens of recent high school graduates are participating in Southern Maine Community College’s fifth annual Summer Academy student success program allowing them to get a jump start on their college careers. Fifty-five students are enrolled in Summer Academy, a three-week intensive prep program that introduces students to college life, prepares them… More »
Southern Maine Community College is holding three On-the-Spot Acceptance Days allowing prospective students to complete the entire admissions process for the Fall Semester for free in a single visit. These On-the-Spot Acceptance Days will be held from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at SMCC’s South Portland Campus and Midcoast Campus in Brunswick on: Thursday, July 18 Tuesday,… More »
Southern Maine Community College is proud to announce that more than 1,200 students have been named the 2019 Spring 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 »
Student-athletes attain academic success Four SMCC athletic teams made it to national championship tournaments this year. But student-athletes did more than shine on the playing field and court ― they also excelled in the classroom. For the Spring Semester, SMCC student-athletes had an overall GPA of 2.71 (compared to an average 2.55 GPA among all… More »
Faculty Spotlight Linda Aldrich, Poet Laureate Former SMCC English instructor Linda Aldrich didn’t begin writing poetry until age 40. Now she serves as an ambassador of poetry for the Greater Portland region. Aldrich, who taught at SMCC for several years, was named Portland’s Poet Laureate in June of 2018. In her role, she helps promote… More »
The Southern Maine Community College Foundation raised more than $70,000 at its A Light on the Point fundraiser to benefit students and SMCC’s public safety programs. The event, held last month on SMCC’s South Portland Campus, celebrated SMCC’s Public Safety programs and the thousands of firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and others… More »