Seawall replacement underway Workers have begun replacing the SMCC seawall, a process that involves removing scores of heavy granite blocks and stacking them back into place. Replacing the seawall, which stretches from the SMCC pier to the breakwater leading to Spring Point Ledge Light, requires removing the blocks and then fitting them back into place… More »
Student Profile Kathrine Norcott, all in the family Kathrine Norcott isn’t the only one in her family seeking a brighter future by coming to SMCC. While she’s earning a degree in business, her husband is studying pre-engineering. Kathrine, 29, moved to California after growing up and graduating high school in Maine. She returned to Maine… More »
SMCC welcomes international, multicultural students International and multicultural students were welcomed to SMCC at a reception hosted by the Student Life Department. At a Sept. 16 gathering in the Ortiz Atrium, students had a chance to meet one another, enjoy refreshments and hear from SMCC President Ron Cantor welcoming them to the SMCC community. SMCC… More »
Garrick Hoffman, passion for learning Even if you’ve never met Garrick Hoffman, you’ve probably read his writing in The Beacon or seen his photographs in the Writ. Before coming to SMCC at the age of 22, Garrick says he was feeling that his life was “vapid and devoid of meaning.” SMCC, he says, flamed his… More »
Student Spotlight Jae Allain, internship leads to full-time job Being an IT student led to Jae Allain’s internship at Fairchild Semiconductor. The internship has now led to a full-time job and a promising future that has her excited. Jae already had a bachelor’s degree in communication and film production and several years’ experience as an… More »
Out with the old, in with the new You can say good-bye to the HUB’s 47-year-old bleachers. Workers last week began dismantling the old wooden bleachers in the HUB gymnasium to make way for new retractable bleachers, which will be installed by Oct. 1. The new bleachers will have blue seating made out of a… More »
Out with the old, in with the new You can say good-bye to the HUB’s 47-year-old bleachers. Workers last week began dismantling the old wooden bleachers in the HUB gymnasium to make way for new retractable bleachers, which will be installed by Oct. 1. The new bleachers will have blue seating made out of a… More »
Student Spotlight Jae Allain, internship leads to full-time job Being an IT student led to Jae Allain’s internship at Fairchild Semiconductor. The internship has now led to a full-time job and a promising future that has her excited. Jae already had a bachelor’s degree in communication and film production and several years’ experience as an… More »
Southern Maine Community College is offering for the first time a new Deferred Start Semester that enables students to start their studies a month later and finish on time, in a bid to better support parents, workers and other non-traditional students. The Deferred Start program allows eligible students to take classes beginning Sept. 28, four… More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided $85,000 toward a state-of-the-art ocean observing system at Southern Maine Community College to help coastal managers evaluate the threat of coastal acidification from excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The system, which was deployed in April at the SMCC pier, uses high-tech sensors to provide precise measurements of… More »