By Kate Bennett   For those of you who don’t already know, SMCC has an app! It is extremely useful for all parts of college life, whether you live on campus […]

  By Troy Hudson   Safety at SMCC is something most of us probably take for granted. Crime is uncommon here and is almost always nonviolent. (You can see this for yourself […]

  By The Beacon Staff   Construction has begun on the new entrance to the Oceanview Dining Hall. When complete, the entrance will feature wheelchair-accessible double doors facing the Hildreth Media Center. […]

By Allie Hanright   Lise St. Amant, a truly incredible woman, has taken the role of radio host. Aside from her roles as life coach, mental-health counselor, college professor, and loving human […]

By Lydia Libby Over the course of this summer, I, Lydia Libby, recording officer for the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, at Southern Maine Community College, and Joey Mullins, president of Phi […]

By Beacon Staff Students and faculty alike gathered outside Oceanview Dining Hall on August 31st to celebrate the new semester. Food was provided by Sodexo, with local vendors like Grandy Oats and […]

By Ben Riggleman This fall, with little fanfare, SMCC offered a class in Arabic for the first time: Beginning Arabic I, taught by Professor Younus Alfayyadh at the South Portland Campus. The […]

By Kate Bennett SMCC President Ron Cantor spoke at the Leadership Luncheon on Sept. 1. He spoke about all different aspects of leadership, and asked questions and had conversations with students regarding […]

By Capt. W. Russ Webster, USCG (Ret.) Similar to other careers, culinary arts has standards that are supported with an exam process that establishes credibility. To culinary arts students, the ServSafe safety […]