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Bangor Daily News
RIP you college flunk-out loser
The various letters and Op-Ed pieces regarding student loans have all missed the point in my view as a college counselor with over 40 years in the admissions/financial aid business. The system “screams” reform. The whole college finance industry has been...
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Fiddlehead Focus
130 years of Commencement at UMFK
FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent held the 130th Commencement Ceremonies at the UMFK Sports Center on May 12, 2012. The ceremony honored Dr. Peter MacLaren Toussaint, M.D. with the Distinguished Service Award, and presented Dr. Terrence J....
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Fiddlehead Focus
UMFK Kappa Delta Phi NAS receives Leadership Award
FORT KENT – Presenters at the 11th Annual Maine Campus Compact (MCC) Awards Ceremony held at Bates College on April 20 awarded the Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority of University of Maine at Fort Kent the President’s Leadership Award. AWARD -...
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Fiddlehead Focus
Former UMS Chancellor Terry MacTaggart to speak and receive honorary degree at UMFK commencement
FORT KENT- Former University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dr. Terry MacTaggart will be the keynote speaker at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s 130th Commencement on Saturday, May 12 in the University’s Sports Center. Dr. MacTaggart will receive...
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Kennebec Journal
Family honors Marine's legacy with scholarship fund
The late Col. Paul D. LaFond firmly believed the greatest gift that could be given to a veteran was a college education. More than a year after he died at the age of 89, his family is honoring his legacy with a community college scholarship to send Maine...
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Fiddlehead Focus
Jonathan Post named NMCC Student of the Year
AROOSTOOK COUNTY - When the struggling economy prompted Jonathan Post of Chapman to close the doors of his construction business in 2009, he was at a self-described decision point. Knowing he had to make a change in his life, Post traded in his carpentry...
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CBS-WGME Portland Maine
Maine veteran's family starts college scholarship
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) -- The family of a Maine man who served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam has set up a scholarship to help veterans get a college education. The family of Col. Paul LaFond donated $50,000 to the Foundation for Maine's Comm...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Dry spell ends; 7 arrested
WORCESTER While most of the school year has been quiet on College Hill, recent drinking and partying by College of the Holy Cross students has brought simmering tensions between the neighborhood and the college to the surface. Last weekend, after severa...
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The Portland Maine Press Herald
Veterans' scholarships a fitting legacy for Marine
Col. Paul D. LaFond firmly believed that the greatest gift that could be given to a veteran was a college education. More than a year after he died at the age of 89, his family is honoring his legacy with a community college scholarship to send Maine vet...
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Boston.com
Maine community colleges to graduate record number
AUGUSTA, Maine—Maine's community colleges will hand out a record number of diplomas during this month's graduation ceremonies. More than 3,000 students are graduating from the state's seven community colleges in May. The first ceremony will be held Thurs...
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Bangor Daily News
U.S. senators from Maine called upon to keep student loan interest rate lower
Sen. Olympia Snowe waves goodbye at the end of a press conference in Portland on Friday. BELFAST, Maine — Alex Steed of Cornish had borrowed nearly $30,000 by the time he received a diploma from the University of Southern Maine. He’s working on paying of...
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WMTW Portland Channel 8
Maine community colleges to graduate record number of students
Maine's community college system says its schools will graduate a record number of students this month. Officials say more than 3,000 students will graduate from community colleges across Maine. Maine Community College President John Fitzsimmons says tha...
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University Business
U of Southern Maine Faculty No Confidence Vote Fails
More than half the faculty at the University of Southern Maine has voted that it has no confidence in President Selma Botman, but the vote lacked the majority needed to pass. USM spokesman Bob Caswell says the 194-88 vote fell short of the two-thirds maj...
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Bangor Daily News
Need work? Maine community colleges recruit students for machinist jobs
Kyle Forsythe of Harrison, a second-year student at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, operates a computerized numerical-control machine in a precision machinery technology class Tuesday. AUBURN, Maine — When Tarra Arsenault tells friends she’s a...
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Kennebec Journal
KVCC in running for $1 million in prize money due to top US ranking
FAIRFIELD -- Kennebec Valley Community College is competing for $1 million in prize money after being named one of the best community colleges in the country recently. This is the second consecutive year The Aspen Institute has ranked the local college i...
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