AUBURN — Annual pinning ceremonies were held recently for graduates of the nursing and medical assisting programs at Central Maine Community College. Family members, friends, and faculty gathered at the events held in Kirk Hall. Twenty-two students have completed the associate degree in nursing and 12 have completed the associate degree in medical assisting. The […]
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Dave Gonyea, longtime CMCC AD and coach, to be inducted into USCAA Hall of Fame
Dave Gonyea is longtime athletic director, security director, housing director and basketball coach at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. A member of the organization from its inception and one of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s founding members, Central Maine Community College Athletic Director Dave Gonyea learned this week he’ll be a special part […]
Realtors award scholarships to CMCC students
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Valley Board of Realtors awarded scholarships to four students at Central Maine Community College at a breakfast meeting hosted by the organization. Spencer Robinson of Mechanic Falls, a student in the Precision Machining Technology program, has earned President’s Honors, the highest award at the college. Robinson will pursue an advanced certificate in […]
Campus Notes: UMaine Farmington’s Lebel is NAC coach of the year
UMF’s Rhi Jackson battles with Maine Maritime’s Tori Coope (18) for the ball during a North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal lacrosse game in Farmington on Friday. Jackson has been named to the all-conference first team. In her first season as head coach, Lewiston High School graduate Beth Lebel led the University of Maine at Farmington women’s […]
Touch-a-Truck event set for May 6
AUBURN — The seventh annual Touch-a-Truck event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Central Maine Community College. This free communitywide event will be the biggest Touch-a-Truck ever, according to event organizers. Last year, almost two thousand people attended the event. Attendees have an opportunity to see, touch, interact […]
CMCC to host spring open house April 8
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College will host its annual Spring Open House for prospective students and their families from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 8, at its lakeside campus, at 1250 Turner St. in Auburn. In addition to having all academic programs, student organizations and athletics represented, staff members and students will […]
TRIO program awards scholarships to 13 CMCC students
AUBURN — The TRIO Student Support Services Program at Central Maine Community College has awarded nearly $12,000 in scholarships to 13 students this semester. These scholarship recipients were selected in recognition of their achievements and determination to succeed at the college. The federal TRIO program, created in 1965, focuses on assisting first-generation, low-income or disabled […]
CMCC athlete attacked in Mass. for ‘cultural appropriation’
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. — A Hampshire College student last week denied physically assaulting a Central Maine Community College basketball player over what the student called “cultural appropriation.” Carmen Figueroa, 20, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of disorderly conduct, assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Eastern […]
College basketball: CMCC women's coach Andrew Morong finding quick success
Head coach Andrew Morong runs practice at Central Maine Community College in Auburn in 2013. AUBURN — Andrew Morong thought he might be a sports agent. Or maybe a team manager. After graduating from Morse High School in 2004, Morong earned a psychology degree from the University of Maine, but sports was always in his […]
College sports: Bates sets record at indoor track national championships
Allison Hill, Jessica Wilson and Sally Ceesay helped make history over the weekend. The three Bates College athletes earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in Naperville, Illinois, over the weekend. Three All-Americans is the most in the women’s program’s history. Hill, a senior captain from Brunswick, became Bates’ […]