MCCS in the News

Boosted by a new Free College scholarship for recent high school graduates, enrollment at Maine’s community colleges is up this fall. Read More

Listen to MCCS President Daigler and SMCC President Cassidy discuss the Free College program on Maine Calling. Read More

Ruscirene Dinanga had been enrolled at Southern Maine Community College for over a year, taking classes part time – while working one full-time job at cPort Federal Credit Union and another on-call as a Portuguese interpreter for Catholic Charities Maine  – when she heard about Maine’s new Free Community College… Read More

The state’s seven community colleges see an 11 percent increase in summer applications compared to this time last year. Read More

There's a significant shortage of heavy equipment operators in a number of industries, including logging. But, Northern Maine Community College's Mechanized Logging Operations Program is continuing to prepare students for this career path. Now in it's sixth year, it's the only program in New England offering this type of training. The… Read More

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) will begin scaling the New England Transfer Guarantee (the Guarantee) to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont this month, having recently secured a three-year implementation grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (AVDF), Teagle Foundation and Davis Educational Foundation. The Guarantee allows community… Read More

Every day Melissa Joudrey drives two hours each way from her home in Rumford and back to attend phlebotomy class at Southern Maine Community College. The drive is worth it, she says, because a certificate in phlebotomy will qualify the 50-year-old to work as a medical assistant drawing blood samples… Read More

Chris Ouellette discovered his passion during his senior year of high school, and now he wants to become a licensed electrician. The recent graduate from John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor initially planned to work for a while before embarking on the classroom component of his journey to become… Read More

Vaccines required, boosters strongly encouraged, and masking decided by college presidents. Read More