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Southern Maine Community College

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School Notes:

• Southern Maine Community College is a great place to begin your college education and build a foundation for your future. The College provides high quality, results-oriented education in Applied Technologies, Arts and Sciences, Business and Computers, Health Sciences, and Public Safety.
• As Maine's largest community college, we offer a wide variety of excellent programs that will prepare you to begin an exciting career immediately upon graduation or allow you to continue your education at a four-year college or university. Credits earned at Southern Maine Community College transfer to colleges and universities across the country. A joint admissions agreement with the University of Southern Maine (USM) allows students admitted to Southern Maine Community College guaranteed acceptance to a program at USM with junior status once they have graduated with an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Studies.
• Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) opened in 1946 as a day school in Augusta, Maine, under the name of "Maine Vocational Technical Institute" for returning World War II veterans. An increasing enrollment and the rapid growth of various technologies necessitated more comprehensive facilities. During the summer of 1952, the Institute was moved to the site of the former Fort Preble in South Portland, where it assumed the name of Southern Maine Vocational Institute.
• The campus sits on a beautiful 80 acre site overlooking Casco Bay three miles from downtown Portland. There are about 40 buildings including both modern and traditional historic structures. We have our own athletic fields, a modern gymnasium, a sandy beach and a fully functional lighthouse!
• SMCC offers about 40 different academic programs. Most are career oriented and offer a two year Associate Degree preparing students for immediate employment. We also offer a two year Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies with various concentrations for students who wish to transfer to a four-year college. Some one-year certificate programs are offered as well.
• Profile last updated: 03/24/2009.

In the News:

• November 4, 2009 (Scarborough Current)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:19:26 pm
  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:10 am | Updated: 11:10 am, Wed Nov 4, 2009.
• October 20, 2009 (Scarborough Current)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 07:34:26 pm
  Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:20 pm | Updated: 3:23 pm, Tue Oct 20, 2009. SOUTH PORTLAND - M.J. Benson lives just down the street from Willard Square. It's a little pocket of South Portland that she treasures for many reasons.
• Exeter honors fallen soldier (Portsmouth Herald)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 09:26:30 pm
  EXETER — The life and service of an American hero was honored Tuesday.
• Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk (Portsmouth Herald)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 06:12:31 am
  SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Army Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Army soldier killed in Afghanistan was Exeter native's spouse (Exeter News-Letter)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:34:43 am
  EXETER — The husband of a former Exeter woman was one of the U.S. servicemen killed Saturday in Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan.

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