The Boyne Foundation has donated more than $500,000 to the Southern Maine Community College Foundation — the largest gift ever made to the SMCC Foundation — to help students pay for college. The donation will be used to establish an endowed scholarship fund, known as the Boyne Family Scholarship Fund, that will benefit students enrolled… More »
The Presidents of Southern Maine Community College and the University of Southern Maine announced today they have forged an even stronger partnership to benefit students at both institutions. Highlighting a series of new initiatives is Connected Pathways, which will allow SMCC students in selected programs to seamlessly transfer to USM without applying after receiving their… More »
A record-high 93 Southern Maine Community College students, including 41 new students, will serve as live-in students at fire stations in area communities for the 2016-17 academic year. Students who participate in SMCC’s live-in program receive fire-rescue and emergency medical services training and live and work at fire stations while enrolled as full-time Fire Science,… More »
Nearly three dozen recent graduates from Portland Public Schools are taking part in SMCC’s MySuccess program, which aims to increase students’ academic success and provide them with guidance and support through to graduation. MySuccess provides students an intensive three-week summer success program, scholarship incentives and a dedicated success coach who will work with them… More »
Academic Calendar: Monday, July 18 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning Commons Tuesday, July 19 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning Commons Wednesday, July 20 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning Commons Thursday, July 21 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning Commons Friday, July 22 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning Commons Monday, July 25 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tutoring, Learning… More »
Student Spotlight Sadie Faucher-Eldert, passion for politics When Mercedes “Sadie” Faucher-Eldert graduated high school, she planned to become a doctor. Instead, she’s pursuing her passion: politics. Rather than enter a pre-med college program after graduating from high school in Atlanta, she delayed her college career and worked on a number of campaigns on environmental issues… More »
Global Studies Center to focus on ‘internationalization’ of SMCC SMCC would have expanded study-abroad opportunities, offer more international courses and recruit more international students under goals set forth by the newly created Global Studies Center. The Center, which is set to launch this fall, seeks to “internationalize” the College with a three-pronged approach: Increase education-abroad… More »
Dozens of recent high school graduates are getting a jump start on their college careers at Southern Maine Community College through a program that provides the guidance and support they need to succeed. More than 40 students are enrolled in Summer Academy, a three-week intensive prep program that prepares students for college-level coursework, introduces them… More »
Southern Maine Community College is offering a new degree program beginning this fall that expands educational opportunities for students wanting to enter the fast-growing health care field. The Health Sciences degree program provides course offerings and support that lead to careers in health care administration or health care education, or provide the base coursework that… More »
Nielsen, Burpee named sports persons of the year Abby Nielsen and Caleb Burpee have been named SMCC’s Sports Persons of the Year. Abby and Caleb were among student-athletes honored at the May 10 Athletics Awards ceremony. Abby was two-sport athlete, playing softball and basketball for the Lady SeaWolves. She was a starting outfielder for the… More »