Northern Maine Community College,
Looking back at a year of...
Growth Culture
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to several factors:
NMCC welcomed the
est incoming class in the
institution’s 48-year history this fall, with nearly
600 students in the
incoming class of 2009.
NMCC’s overall enrollment for the academic
year is 1,129, up more
than 17.5 percent over
last year. This growth is attributed
New program offerings. The College’s new Wind Power
Technology program began this fall, and it was in such high
demand that capacity was doubled to 36 students. Enrollment also more than doubled this fall in the still relatively
new Medical Assisting and Medical Coding programs.
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Expansion of the College’s nursing program into the
St. John Valley. This fall, a full cohort of eight students
began taking NMCC’s nursing program in the Valley.
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Accomodation of Community Needs. The College
launched an unprecedented new semester in March 2009 to
accommodate laid off workers. More than 40 unemployed
workers took advantage of the special session.
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Service
The campus community continued to be
involved in numerous activites to benefit
the local community, such as:
l Holding a Community Health Fair
(nursing and medical assisting students).
l Taking part in a local disaster drill
(EMS students and others from the
campus community).
l Hosting Kinderfest, a fun family
event to raise money for the Wintergreen Arts Center.
Distributing children’s books during the Holiday Light
Parade.
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l Building an affordable, quality home for a local family
(building trades students through Sinawik).
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Hosting events such as the Red Cross Heroes Breakfast.
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Several campus activities were also
shared with members of the local
community, such as:
l A celebration and viewing of
President Obama’s Inauguaration.
Fun and educational events
honoring Black History and Native
American Heritage Months, as well as Constitution
Day.
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l Seasonal presentations, such as Aroostook County’s most
famous ghost stories and Victorian Christmas Customs.
l Historial presentations, such as one on the Bloodless
Aroostook War.
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Book signings with local authors in the NMCC libarary.
New Endeavors
It has been several years since NMCC has had an active
group of alumni come together as an organization to promote and celebrate what it means to be a graduate of the
institution, but after months spent laying the groundwork,
the new NMCC Alumni
Association is off and running.
More than 30 alumni have volunteered to serve and get the
association going. They met for
the first time in November.