Culinary arts students at Augusta-based technical center learn by running school’s food trailer

Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.

Community college adjunct professors call for higher pay

First lady Jill Biden visits Southern Maine Community College

She was joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as part of the Biden administration's 'Investing in America' tour and to highlight career-connected learning and workforce training programs.

Affordable housing crisis creates another barrier for Maine college students

Limited student housing and high rents are leaving students scrambling to find a place to live before school starts.

Maine community colleges see enrollment shift to worker training programs

Community colleges around the country are expanding short-term workforce training programs hoping to make a dent in the national workforce shortage and provide low-barrier opportunities for economic mobility.

Southern Maine Community College announces 2022 graduates

Language center gives New Mainers boost in quest for college degrees

The new facility at Southern Maine Community College provides tutoring to help students apply their developing English skills to course work.

YSCC cancels winter competition

The conference, which includes Central Maine Community College, will not play basketball due to COVID-19.

Coronavirus task force coordinator Birx urges vigilance in visit to SMCC

The White House official met with staff members and students at Southern Maine Community College in a closed-door roundtable during a stop Tuesday.

Amid crisis, Maine confronts a shortage of respiratory therapists

The state needs ventilators to treat the worst COVID-19 cases – and people who can run them.