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 »
Kat Pyburn-Wilson first dreamed of becoming a scientist at age 16 during a high school field trip to a salt marsh in southern Maine. Earning a biotechnology degree at SMCC served as the launch pad to fulfill that ambition. Following high school, Pyburn-Wilson earned an associate degree in health studies at another community college, but… More »
First-generation SMCC students, employees and supporters put their artwork on display at this week’s opening of the TRIO program’s first-generation art exhibit. The show was organized by the TRIO program as part of the National First-Generation College Celebration. First-gen students, employees and supporters were invited to submit artwork and a few words about what it… More »
Congressman Jared Golden told dozens of people attending the annual SMCC-USM veterans appreciation breakfast that his time in the military was the “best collective experience” of his life. Golden was the keynote speaker at the event, which was held virtually Wednesday morning, the day before Veterans Day. SMCC and the University of Southern Maine have… More »
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Southern Maine Community College has opened a new virtual welding lab that allows students to perform welding exercises on simulators while learning valuable skills to advance or launch their careers. The simulation lab, located on SMCC’s Midcoast Campus in Brunswick, allows students to practice their welding skills virtually on any of 10… More »
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Southern Maine Community College has launched a new mentoring program where students will receive guidance and support via text from other college students as part of SMCC’s commitment to student success. The program is offered in partnership with Let’s Get Ready (LGR), a nonprofit organization that provides support with its near-peer… More »