• Encouraging Cure for Beginning Stages of Alzheimer’s

    By Loraine Aceto The number of people with Alzheimer’s worldwide is estimated as high as 24 million, and the frequency is expected to double every 20 years until 2040, According to the US National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. The Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center found that binding amyloid beta peptides… Read more

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  • Welcome Emily Bruey JMG’s New Advisor

    By the Beacon Staff The Beacon would like to welcome Emily Bruey to SMCC as part of the Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) program. Emily will be working closely with Carlo Bufano as a College Success Specialist helping JMG students transition to and be successful at SMCC. Emily was offered the position after the hiring… Read more

  • Nothing to Truffle about on Valentine’s Day Culinary Arts sells the sweetest Treats

    By the Beacon Staff Last Thursday and Friday, the 16th and 17th, the Culinary Arts Department held a Valentine’s Day and Day After Truffle sale with the proceeds funding the Culinary Arts Club Knowledge Bowl Team. The Truffles which were made with Dark Belgian Chocolate, were on sale for $10 and came in an assortment… Read more

  • News from Phi Theta Kappa SMCC’s Honor Society

    By Logan Bock Ask not what your school’s honor society can do for you, ask what you can do for you school’s honor society.”                                           -JFK probably. Many of you may have gotten emails about… Read more