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MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM’S STUDENTS OF THE YEAR HONORED

April 22, 2020
MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM – NEWS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 CONTACT: Noel K. Gallagher; Director of Communications and Public Affairs; ngallagher@mccs.me.edu; (207) 629-4028 AUGUSTA, ME – Seven students chosen as the 2020 Students of the Year at Maine’s community colleges were honored Wednesday in a… Read More

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Launches Fully-Online Business Management Program

April 8, 2020
Technology is rapidly changing the business world. Team members are able to engage and productively collaborate with one another no matter where they are physically located. To foster a new generation of business leaders who are well-prepared to thrive in an online environment, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø [ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø] is now… Read More

Unique ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Partnership Fills Statewide Line-Cook Shortage

January 9, 2020
To stem the acute shortage of restaurant workers plaguing Vacationland, HospitalityMaine and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø received a $44,000 grant to train 125 HospitalityMaine member employees for culinary jobs.  Announced at the HospitalityMaine Summit at Sugarloaf Monday, the grant from Maine Quality Centers allows Mainers interested in culinary careers to… Read More

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø To Host Workshop on Becoming a Recovery Friendly Workplace

December 9, 2019
Recognizing the reality of the opioid epidemic and its effects on the population of Washington County enables employers to take an important role: helping the community recover by supporting individuals who are themselves in recovery. As part of its ongoing HR Thursdays series, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) is hosting… Read More

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Hosts Everyone Can Code Workshop for Educators

December 9, 2019
As the technological world progresses, students familiar with computer programming languages have an unequivocal advantage in their ability to understand and interact with the digital world. Through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, iPads and MacBooks were distributed to schools around the state in 2017. To help local educators learn how… Read More

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Students receive MEREDA scholarship

November 13, 2019
Sunshine Green and Haley Black are two of 14 community college students to receive a scholarship from the Maine Real Estate & Development Association Calais, Maine —Sunshine Green, of Lubec, and Haley Black, of Calais, second-year ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students has been awarded a $1,250 scholarship from the Maine… Read More

Unique ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Partnership Fills Statewide Line-Cook Shortage

November 8, 2019
To stem the acute shortage of restaurant workers plaguing Vacationland, HospitalityMaine and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø received a $44,000 grant to train 125 HospitalityMaine member employees for culinary jobs. Announced at the HospitalityMaine Summit at Sugarloaf Monday, the grant from Maine Quality Centers allows Mainers interested in culinary careers to… Read More

Aspen Institute Names ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as a Top 150 U.S. Community College

November 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2019 — The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as one of 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. Based… Read More

Totally Trades! Conference

October 7, 2019
Washington County – A day-long event designed to encourage self-identifying girls and gender-expansive youth to consider careers in fields traditionally underrepresented by women will bring together participants from schools throughout Washington County on Friday, October 25, 2019 at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Campus. The Totally Trades! conference will feature… Read More