About Maine's Community Colleges
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MCCS Board of Trustees to Meet
The Maine Community College System Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor and via Zoom on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. For […]
What Community Colleges Bring to the Civil-Dialogue Push
By Alexander C. Kafka At Hudson County Community College in New Jersey, contentious national topics hit close to home. Take raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “It’s hard to see, […]
MCCS Board of Trustees Honor Students of the Year
AUGUSTA, ME — Seven Maine community college students were honored for their academic success and campus and community involvement on Wednesday at a ceremony at Maple Hill Farm in Hallowell. […]
After Uncertainty, Maine’s Free College Program Is Here To Stay
Maine community college leaders and students breathed a sigh of relief after lawmakers narrowly passed a supplemental budget permanently funding the state’s free community college program, albeit with some cost-saving […]
BANGOR, ME — With a scratch of the pen and surrounded by e-vehicles and cars in an automotive bay at Eastern Maine Community College, Governor Janet Mills made the Maine […]
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Media Contacts
Noel Gallagher
207-629-4028
ngallagher@mainecc.edu
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Karen Hamilton
207-767-1672
khamilton@mainecc.edu
Publications & Marketing Coordinator
CMCC (Auburn)
207-755-5248
Marketing & Communications
EMCC (Bangor)
Michael Hambrock
207-974-4869
mhambrock@mainecc.edu
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
KVCC (Fairfield/Hinckley)
Elizabeth Belle Isle
207-453-5169
ebelleisle@mainecc.edu
Director of Communications and Marketing
NMCC (Presque Isle)
Nicole Cote
207-768-2809
ncote1@mainecc.edu
Interim Dean of Development & Public Affairs
SMCC (South Portland/Brunswick)
Jeff Schools
207-741-5575
jschools@mainecc.edu
Director of Communications
WCCC (Calais)
Tina Erskine
207-454-1002
terskine@mainecc.edu
Director of Human Resources, Development, and Communications
YCCC (Wells)
Stacy Chilicki
207-216-4312
schilicki@mainecc.edu
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
Noel Gallagher
207-629-4028
ngallagher@mainecc.edu
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Karen Hamilton
207-767-1672
khamilton@mainecc.edu
Publications & Marketing Coordinator