By Tayler Chretien

Shane Long is the Director of Residence Life and Student Involvement. He is in charge of overseeing the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CeSIL), Student Organizations/Clubs, and Student Activities. He also oversees the Housing and Residence Life on campus. One of the things he’s worked on this semester includes Sexual Health and Awareness Week, which has already been a highlight of this year. Not to mention, he just started the first session of the semester long leadership training called Emerging Leaders Program.

Here is a brief history about Shane: He is from Woodland Maine. He received his bachelor’s degree studying Psychology at University of Maine Farmington. He then earned his master’s degree at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts studying College Student Development. In his last year of college at Farmington, he realized he wanted to work at a college. It turned out that Shane was lucky enough to be looking for a job right when Southern Maine Technical College was transitioning to become Southern Maine Community College. He was excited about being part of what the College was doing then, just as he continues to be excited about what the college is doing now.

Shane considers one of the perks about his job to be that he enjoys his time with both faculty and students and loves working with fun people. He shared about his great excitement with the leadership development opportunities that they’re offering. For example, before the fall semester started they held a very successful Student Leader Boot Camp to help our student leaders prepare for the upcoming year.
Shane loves SMCC and has been working here for 11 years.