Moving from a two-year associate’s degree to a four-year bachelor’s degree is a huge transition and can be very challenging for students. Many struggle with figuring out how to keep all their […]
Black Bear Advantage or Disadvantage Program?
Portland Sees an Alarming Rise in Fatal Firearms Incidents
Violent crime is a problem in most major cities, but people rarely think of Portland Maine as having a crime problem. This is a mistake. The Rate of gun deaths has increased […]
Kicking It Up A Notch
As the 2024 soccer season wraps up, second-year coach Noah Riskind is optimistic that his squad, the SMCC Seawolves, will end with a great season and finally get over their recent slump […]
Free Community College: Is It Here To Stay?
The fate of free community college in Maine is uncertain. Advocates for the program are currently fighting hard to make it permanent. When Maine announced the free community college program in 2022, […]
Corey Norman Rocks!
Corey Norman may just be one of the coolest teachers that SMCC has to offer, from being an award-winning filmmaker to a rockstar-bassist in a metal band. Corey has also been teaching […]
Right Through the Ceiling: A talk w/ Honeymoon
Coalescing in Portland, Honeymoon is a band that sonically hails from a ways away and a while ago, bringing with them sound and prose you know you should have heard but somehow […]
UNION WORKERS HAVE YET TO RECEIVE RESTORATION OF LONGEVITY-BASED INCOME
Jay Bickford is one of the many employees working for the support services at SMCC. He likes his job there, especially as an SMCC alumni. He’s been employed with SMCC’s facility departments […]
Family Through Flames: SMCC’s Live-in Program Welcomes All
The SMCC Fire Science department is one of the best in the state, and maybe even the country, with people from California, Florida, New York, etc. coming to Maine to be a […]
Voices in the Fog
Story and photo by Joe Dehler It was 5:00 pm on a Tuesday. I was late for an Environmental Activist meeting that I was supposed to be covering for the SMCC Beacon. […]
Jobs for Maine Graduates Helps Hundreds of SMCC Students
Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) is an organization dedicated to supporting college students that are struggling in any way to succeed in school and get employment after college. Established in 1993, JMG […]
The SMCC Beacon 