SMCC student Nicki Fowlie with Maine Community College System President Derek Langhauser.
Southern Maine Community College student Nicki Fowlie was recently sworn in as the student trustee for the Maine Community College System Board of Trustees.
A resident of Appleton, Fowlie is a 2017 graduate of SMCC’s fire science technology program and is currently enrolled in the college’s paramedicine program. Fowlie is a graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School and is currently a live-in student with Goodwin Mills Fire and Rescue, located in Lyman.
Fowlie was nominated to the Board by Governor Paul R. LePage and confirmed by the Maine Senate after a review by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. She was sworn in by the Secretary of State in April and will serve a two-year term.
The Maine Community College System’s Board of Trustees is the policy-making authority for the system. Under Maine statute the board consists of 13 appointed voting members, one ex-officio voting member, and one ex-officio non-voting member.