MCCS in the News

More than $8M Invested in Maine’s Community Colleges in Federal Funding Bill

January 13, 2023

The funding was included in the federal omnibus funding bill, led by a $2.2 million investment for a new wind turbine safety training program at NMCC. Read More

Gov. Mills proposes $900 million budget increase, without raising taxes

January 11, 2023

Portland Press Herald

Gov. Mills proposed budget includes funding to continue offering free community college for high school graduates over the next two years. Read More

Collaborative Firefighter Training Services

November 3, 2022

Maine Town and City

With assistance from the Maine Fire Service Institute within the SMCC, municipalities can access much needed advanced training programs. Read More

How one college is tackling the rural nursing shortage

October 31, 2022

Hechinger Report

The nursing program at the EMCC, partners with rural hospitals to provide nursing education close to home. Read More

CMCC offers real-world training, degrees for high-demand jobs in Maine

October 31, 2022

Lewiston Sun Journal

It’s no secret that Maine needs skilled tradespeople desperately, and the pay is better than it’s ever been. Read More

Governor Mills: Building the workforce that Maine needs in the decades ahead

October 24, 2022

Office of Governor Janet T. Mills

I joined graduates from EMCC to celebrate an important milestone in their lives and careers…It takes courage to be willing to learn a new skill. Read More

Fall enrollment up 12 percent at Maine’s community colleges

October 19, 2022

Total headcount this fall is 16,791 students, up from 15,005 students last year. First-time student enrollment is up 28 percent from last year. Read More

Today’s high-tech patient simulators help grow student skills and health care workforce

September 20, 2022

Mainebiz

New simlation technology and simulation coordinator positions are among key elements as Maine’s community college system looks to double its nursing programs. Read More

Figure in blue scrubs, green mask, gloves and protective eyewear reaches for surgical tools in community college lab where students are trained as surgical technicians.

Maine offers lessons in how to cope with the national college enrollment crisis

August 29, 2022

The Hechinger Report

Maine’s public colleges offer lessons in how to cope with the national college enrollment crisis. Maine has been dealing for a decade with the student decline now happening everywhere. Read More

Back to School: Early enrollment figures up 12 percent at MCCS

August 26, 2022

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