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  • A Mile in Our Shoes, Part 5

    By Dana Abdhulay Priscila What are the most significant factors that contributed to where you are today as a person? When I was five, my dad decided to come to the U.S. to work and to have a better life too. And my mom, she wanted to move too, but she couldn’t because she was… Read more

  • A Mile in Our Shoes, Part 4

    By Dana Abdulhay Sreyneang                                                                                                  What are the most significant factors that contributed to where you are today as a person?   I grew with separated parents, they were actually separated before I was born. My mom moved to the U.S. and I lived away from her in Cambodia. I wasn’t sure who I… Read more

  • Student Leaders Honored at CeSIL Awards

    By Celina Simmons On Monday, April 30, the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership held their fifth annual CeSIL Awards. This program helps students become more involved in and out of the classroom by connecting them with campus activities, community service and other leadership opportunities. They hold these awards to recognize the well-deserving students who… Read more

  • SMCC Mourns Loss of Beloved Physics Professor Jesse Mase

    By The Beacon Editorial Staff On April 20, news circulated across the Southern Maine Community College’s all-employees email informing the community that Jesse Mase, a beloved Mathematics & Physics faculty member had passed away on Wednesday, April 19. Within minutes after the email hit the computers of faculty, staff and administration, SMCC community members started… Read more

  • SMCC Filmmakers Discuss Maine Mayhem Ahead of Premiere

    By Daniele Amandolini For the past nine years, students in the Communications & New Media department have had the chance to write and direct their own movies — and show them in sold-out theaters throughout the state. This very unique senior project is known as Maine Mayhem, a creation of CNMS department chair Corey Norman… Read more