Campus News

Members of the Information Technology Services (IT) Department at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) are currently making respirator masks that could be donated to local health care providers. Made of plastic filament (from polyactic acid) and antimicrobial thermoplastic, the masks are costing only a few dollars each to produce. The… Read More

An impressive U.S. Army “Esports Semi” pulled into the Central Maine Community College (CMCC) campus recently. The trailer, which supports recruiting efforts and the Army’s Esports initiative, is equipped with eight gaming chairs, multiple screen monitors, and a variety of gaming consoles. Students were invited to test the equipment and to challenge… Read More

In an effort to foster excellence in teaching to improve student retention, CMCC has been awarded an Innovation Grant from the Maine Community College System (MCCS) to start the “Teaching Excellence Program.” The goal of the MCCS Innovation Fund is “to stimulate development of new, creative models for education delivery.”… Read More

Central Maine Community College wishes to announce that it will host a site visit for accreditation of its ADN nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). You are invited to meet with the site visit team and share your comments about the program in person at… Read More

With a generous gift of $10,000, Carbonite, Inc. is sponsoring the Esports athletic program at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) for the current academic year. “Carbonite’s Lewiston office has a culture of dedicated gamers and great respect for the value that CMCC offers our community,” said Tom Neal, senior manager… Read More

President Scott Knapp of Central Maine Community College has announced the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester. Students on the President’s List earned a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.9 or higher (on a 4.0 scale). High Honors denote a minimum GPA of 3.6 and honors recognizes those… Read More

Enrollment at CMCC reached a record high in fall 2019 with 3,218 students enrolled in credit-bearing courses. This represents an increase of almost five percent over the fall 2018 enrollment of 3068. Total fall enrollment at Maine’s seven community colleges is up 4.2 percent from last year. Headcount at the… Read More

Leon Twitchell of Bryant Pond has been awarded the 2019-20 Roland “Doc” Hannaford Scholarship for $1,000 at Central Maine Community College (CMCC). An Oxford native, Twitchell worked as a diesel mechanic prior to entering the Building Construction Technology (BCT) program at CMCC. He has earned highest honors in the program… Read More

Curry Caputo of Whitefield has been hired as an instructor in the Building Construction Technology program at Central Maine Community College. A native of Pittston, Caputo graduated from the College of the Atlantic with a degree in Human Ecology. He is a certified building analyst through the Building Performance Institute… Read More