Campus Connection Job Fair to Be Held This April
SMCC’s Office of Career & Transfer Services will be hosting a job fair on Thursday, April 18 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm at the South Portland campus in the Campus Center Lounge. The job fair will have many different businesses attending from the City of Portland and Efficiency Solutions, LLC to Northwestern Mutual and Sappi Fine Paper North America. The fair is a great opportunity for students to meet with prospective employers and work towards securing future employment. For more information about the Career Fair contact Sharon Bannon at sbannon@smccME.edu or 207-741-5626.
SMCC and USM Host Joan Benoit Samuelson at “Storied Miles”
Hear Joan Benoit Samuelson speak at “ Storied Miles,” a free lecture, on Wednesday, April 3 at USM’s Portland Campus in the Wishcamper Building, Room 102. A reception will be held at 6:30 pm and the lecture will be held at 7:00 pm. Benoit, an American marathon runner and Olympic gold medal winner will speak on women, sports, and her experience as a path-breaking athlete. SMCC’s Gender Equity Committee and USM’s History & Political Science Committee and SMCC President Ron Cantor and USM President Theo Kalikow will jointly host this event. This event will be the first of a continuing series hosted by SMCC and USM that will explore the effects of TITLE IX on sports in public education, and in society as a whole. For more information contact Molly Chancey at mchancey@smccME.edu or 207-741-5790.
Monica Good, Wife of SMCC Professor Dan Abbot, Wins Sarton Women’s Memoir Award
On Friday, March 22, in Austin TX, the Story Circle Network (SCN) announced that Monica Wood was granted the Sarton Women’s Memoir Award for her book, “When We Were the Kennedy’s.” The book tells the story of Wood’s mill town childhood in Mexico, Maine, and her Catholic family’s struggles after the sudden death of her father in 1963. 4
Her family’s overwhelming grief is tenderly, artfully woven into the whole nation’s grief for the death of President Kennedy, and with the healing that comes with the acceptance of loss.
For more information visit www.storycircle.org/ SartonMemoirAward/pressrelease_2013.shtml. FREE Renewable Energy & Efficiency Fair
Common Grounds Learning Solutions and SMCC will be hosting a Renewable Energy & Efficiency Fair on Saturday, May 4 at SMCC’s Sustainable and Energy Alternatives (SEA) Center. The fair, which celebrates Earth Day, is FREE with registration and will be held from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Homeowners, small businesses and the general public are invited to this event where experts in renewable energy will provide information, give demonstrations, and answer participants’ questions. Both adults and children will enjoy activities that educate, expand perspectives and inspire a lifelong dedication to sustainable practices. For more information and to reigster visit www.smccME.edu/energyfair.
Trivia Question
Answer the question correctly and enter to win a free movie pass. E-mail your answer to amullen@smccME.edu
Question: The former Brunswick Naval Air Station – now home to SMCC’s Midcoast Campus – originally opened in 1943 and was primarily used as a training base for which military group?
Last month’s question and answer: Question: Who was SMCC’s 2003 Commencement Speaker? Answer: Senator Susan Collins Winner: No Winner
March 2013 • Campus Connection • Your connection to the SMCC community