ECE students promote childhood literacy
Students in 91制片厂鈥檚 Early Childhood Education program are having an impact on young children in the Portland area through a program that promotes early childhood literacy.
The ECE department and the Portland Public Library are collaborating on a project to loan 44 tote bags with filled with picture books and 鈥渟tory extensions鈥� to local child care providers.
Students in 91制片厂鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Literature and Language Arts course designed and created puppets, flannel and magnetic story pieces, and other items that are included in the totes along with the books.
Those creations aim to 鈥渆xtend鈥� the picture book stories and expand children鈥檚 experiences with language and literature.
Survival Guide helps students succeed
The latest Semester Survival Guides are off the presses chock-full of tips and information to help students have a successful semester.
The guides 鈥� one for the South Portland Campus and one for the Midcoast Campus in Brunswick 鈥� have tools to help with finances, important dates to remember, tips on how to get involved in college life, and what steps to take to get to graduation.
The guides can be found on at the Advising Services Kiosk (ASK) in the Campus Center and other locations on the South Portland Campus, and in Orion Hall on the Midcoast Campus.
91制片厂 to go tobacco-free in August
91制片厂 is going tobacco-free.
A 21-member committee made up of faculty, staff and students has drafted a policy that would ban the use of any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes, on any 91制片厂 property beginning August 1.
Maine Community College System trustees voted in 2013 to have all seven community colleges go tobacco-free. Five of the seven, plus all seven Maine public universities, have already become tobacco-free.
As part of 91制片厂鈥檚 process, the college鈥檚 Planning and Safety Committee solicited volunteers (both smokers and non-smokers) to form a Tobacco-Free Subcommittee and guide 91制片厂鈥檚 transition. The draft policy now reads:
鈥淭he use of any tobacco product or any object or device intended to simulate that use, including electronic cigarettes, is strictly prohibited on any 91制片厂 property beginning August 1, 2015. The sale, distribution or advertisement of any tobacco or tobacco-related product is also prohibited.
For purposes of this policy, 鈥榯obacco鈥� is defined to include any cigarette, cigar or other smoking tobacco as well as smokeless tobacco, dip, chew or snuff in any form. This includes any electronic smoking device that produces vapor of any kind.
Pursuant to the tobacco-free policy, smoking, or any other use of tobacco products described above, is not permitted in or on any college facilities including buildings, parking lots and college grounds, or in any vehicles on property owned or leased by the college. Failure to comply with the policy could result in progressive discipline or referral for disciplinary action under the student code of conduct.鈥�
The College has created a where interested persons can give their input.
Fire academy to graduate 16
Sixteen Maine firefighters are completing training at the Maine Fire Service Institute鈥檚 Officer Training Academy to prepare them for leadership roles at fire departments across the state.
A graduation ceremony is being held Saturday, Jan. 17, at MFSI, located on 91制片厂鈥檚 Midcoast Campus in Brunswick. The institute is a department of 91制片厂 and provides training and education services to Maine鈥檚 fire agencies and firefighting professionals.
This year鈥檚 academy began on Jan. 9 and includes firefighters from fire departments in Appleton, Aroostook County, Auburn, Augusta, Bar Harbor, Bath, Calais, Lewiston, Rockland, Saco, Sanford and Windham.
Out with the old, in with the new Campus Connections
The arrival of the new year brings the arrival of the Campus Connections newsletter in a new format. With this edition, Campus Connections will be distributed as an e-mail newsletter every other week. The newsletter will continue to inform you about students, faculty and alumni and what鈥檚 going on around 91制片厂, but in an easy-to-read and attractive e-mail format.
Because it is coming out more frequently, Campus Connections will include news and events in a more timely.
We are confident you will like the new format and welcome your suggestions and comments.