Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 12 : Spring 2012 | Page 75
To celebrate National Community College Month in April, as well as to encourage community members to explore the wide
variety of opportunities available to them at such a setting, Aroostook County’s community college has a host of activities
taking place. Along with numerous campus oriented activities, there are a number of events that are open to the public.
Community members are encouraged to come to campus to take part in the following events.
Red Cross Real Heroes Breakfast
Friday, April 6 ~ 7:30 a.m.
Sustainable Maine Meal for Earth Week
Monday, April 23 ~ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Reed Commons
This is an opportunity to recognize community
members who are being honored as “heroes” as
well as to raise funds to support the local chapter
of the Red Cross. To register for the event, contact
Joyce Knorr at [email protected] or
493-4620 ext. 108.
Creative Reading Series
April 11, 18 & 25 ~ 12:00 pm - Library
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Each of the days of this reading series will feature
a specific genre of writing: poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Students will read from their own work,
followed by a guest writer who will read from his
or her own published work and answer questions
about the work, experiences as a writer or other
areas of interest from audience members. This is
free and open to the public.
Totally Awesome 80s Day
Tuesday, April 24 ~ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Edmunds Conference Center
April 11 - Morgan Callan Rogers: Fiction
Rogers is a Maine native who has just had her first
novel published - Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue
Sea.
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April 18 - Melissa Crowe: Poetry
Crowe is a published poet and fiber artist. She was
the winner of the Betsy Scholl Award in 2011 for
her poem This River.
April 25 - Jen Blood: Non-Fiction
Blood writes across genres. Her novel All the
Blue-Eyed Angels was just released. It is a fictional
Biblical/Occult murder mystery that takes place on
the Maine coast.
1970s
Celebration
April 2011
NMCC will once again host this hands-on,
day-long event designed to encourage girls to
consider careers traditionally dominated by men.
About 100 girls from high schools across Aroostook County will be taking part. The conference
is coordinated annually by Women, Work and
Community.
Totally Trades
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Health Care Professionals Wall of
Distinction Induction Ceremony
Monday, April 30 ~ 2:30 pm
Edmunds Conference Center
Daryl Boucher will be inducted as this year’s
honoree for the Health Care Professionals Wall
of Distinction. The wall of honor, the concept
for which was developed by faculty in the nursing
and allied health department at NMCC, was unveiled to the public in 2008. Boucher will be the
seventh person to achieve this recognition.
Maine Veterans’ Volleyball Tournament
Saturday, April 21 ~ 9:00 am - Gym
The Student Senate sponsors this tournament annually to raise funds for the Maine Veterans Home
in Caribou. Local businesses, organizations and
community members are encouraged to join in.
All players will receive a tournament t-shirt. Each
team of six to eight players is asked to raise at least
$100 in order to enter the tournament. To register
a team, contact Senate advisor Dennis Albert at
768-2757.
We’ve celebrated the 1960s and the 1970s, now
our anniversary celebration continues with Totally
Awesome 80s Day. Stop by to play some 80s
games...test your skills with a live Pac Man game,
a Rubik’s Cube competition and more! Music
and food from the 80s will be featured throughout the day in the Christie Lobby.
Totally Trades
Wednesday, April 25 ~ Campus wide
Retro Movie-thon
April 17, 18, 19, & 20 ~ 12:00 pm
Peter Hunt Multi-Media Classroom
As part of the NMCC’s 50th Anniversary activities, the celebration of the decades since the
College began continues with the 1980s. We
begin mid-month with a week long blast of iconic
movies from the decade. Come enjoy the flick
and snack on some tasty treats from the 80s. These
movie nights are free and open to the public.
Aramark, the College’s dining services provider,
will be offering a special Maine meal in honor
of Earth Week. Menu items will include local
organic beef from Aroostook Highlands Farm in
Woodland, produce from Northern Girl Farm in
Limestone, fresh Maine seafood, a penne pasta
with a Vodka sauce using Twenty 2 Vodka from
Houlton, Maine blueberries, Foxx Family Chips,
and Spring Break Maple Syrup. The public is
invited to come enjoy this tasty offering. The cost
is only $5.75 a person.
Volleyball To
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