The Lewiston Leader November 2015 www.centralmainetoday.com
Learning Tower Opens at CMCC
The eye-catching Learning Tower at Central Maine Community College is open for business. It has four floors of fully equipped class and meeting rooms for the growing college’s offerings. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
Tour group enjoys the view of Lake Auburn from the fourth floor of CMCC’s new Learning Tower. College Trustee William Cassidy suggested, “…a very inspiring room.” (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
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Two CMCC science teachers, Keely Heidtman and Ros Avienti in the new lab on the Learning Tower’s fourth floor. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel
Among several ‘ribbon cutting’ tours was this group: L to R: CMCC Art Teacher, Connie McVey, former President of Maine’s Community College System, John Fitsimmons, Ellen Chase, College Trustee, William Cassidy, wife of Mr. Cassidy, Susan Cassidy. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
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The ribbon cutting ceremony for Central Maine Community College’s Learning Tower took place on October 16. The Tower whose construction took exactly one year has quickly become the signature building on the Auburn campus. In his brief opening comments before the tours began, President Scott Knapp told guests, “I asked Harriman Architects & Engineers to build us an iconic building. You will see that they did.” He was also able to announce the college’s next project, a Precision Machine Center. The new building is centrally located, adjacent and connected by enclosed walkway to Jalbert Hall. It can be viewed by all students and visitors as they arrive on campus, having become CMCC’s new main entrance. The first floor of the Tower consists of the new admissions suite, a lounge and waiting area. A ‘Harvard-style’ case study room with tiered seating to allow for greater visibility and ease of movement, is on the second floor. This room has a customized lectern equipped wih computer, AV and other technologies. Also on the second floor is the presentation room, designed for public speaking and related classes that require student presentations. It has a built-in video cam-
era to enable students and instructors to immediately review the presentations. The third floor has a smaller case study room and a business simulation classroom. The simulation room is equipped with group pods, each with a computer and screen, and moveable writing boards that are ideal for brainstorming sessions. The room’s layout improves the students’ focus and can easily switch between lecture and group work. The chemistry lab is on the fourth floor. The addition of this lab has enabled the College to offer Organic Chemistry, a required course in the new Life Sciences Associate Degree Program. (Students earning this CMCC degree will be able to transfer to the University of New England to complete their final two years in programs such as Osteopathic Medicine, Dentistry or Pharmacology. The fourth floor also has another student lounge as well as a Leadership Seminar room with builtin outlets, laptop hookups, and a magnificent view of Lake Auburn out its large, picture window. Designed by Harriman Architects of Auburn, the building was constructed by Langford and Low of Portland. n
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