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The Athletics Department is upgrading SMCC’s baseball and softball fields by installing permanent outfield fences with warning tracks. The fields have used portable fences during games since 2008, said Athletics Director Matt Richards. Before that, they didn’t use outfield fences at all. The upgrade work began May 14 when crews removed sod where the fences… More »

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (SMCC), in partnership with Maine Medical Partners (MMP) and Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC), is launching a new medical assisting apprenticeship program. Students will learn medical assisting skills in the classroom and apply them on the job while employed by MMP and SMHC. Southern Maine Health Care and Maine Medical Partners… More »

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ student Nicki Fowlie was recently sworn in as the student trustee for the Maine Community ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ 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… More »

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ student Isabelle Chimenti has received a George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study in Ireland next year. Chimenti, who is majoring in both Liberal Studies and Communications & New Media Studies, will attend Cork Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2018-19 academic year. She grew up in the… More »

Criminal Justice job fair links students to employers SMCC’s Criminal Justice program held a program-specific job fair that gave students a taste of the wide range of career opportunities available to them. Sixteen local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies attended the fair April 19 in the McKernan Center. Over three hours, dozens of… More »

Alumni Spotlight Ninette Irabaruta, commencement speaker Ninette Irabaruta fled violence and political oppression in her central African homeland before earning a degree at SMCC. On May 20, she will be the featured speaker at SMCC’s 71st commencement. After losing her parents to violence in Burundi in the 1990s, Ninette and her siblings lived in an… More »

Academic: Monday, April 30 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Learning Commons open Tuesday, May 1 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Learning Commons open 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., University of Maine admissions rep visit, Campus Center Wednesday, May 2 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Learning Commons open Thursday, May 3 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Learning Commons open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., University of New England… More »

Students graduating from ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s art program are exhibiting their artwork at a Cape Elizabeth gallery. Four students who are graduating in May will showcase a variety of their work from April 20 through May 4 at Ocean House Gallery, located at 299 Ocean House Road. An artists’ reception will be held Friday,… More »

A ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ alumna who fled violence and political oppression in her native central African country before earning a degree at SMCC will be the featured speaker at SMCC’s 71st commencement on May 20. Ninette Irabaruta moved to Maine from Burundi in 2012 and overcame significant challenges before earning a degree in Liberal… More »

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and Central Maine Community ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ are teaming up with Sunday River Resort on a new culinary apprenticeship program that will provide Sunday River skilled workers it needs for its restaurants and food outlets. Under the agreement, up to 15 new and current Sunday River employees will begin taking culinary classes in… More »