Southern Maine Community College: SMCC To Host Inaugural Family And Friends Weekend

Press release from Southern Maine Community College:

September 20, 2021

SMCC will welcome alumni, families, students and others for alumni mixers, a Casco Bay cruise, a lobster bake and a full slate of other activities during the College’s inaugural Family & Friends Weekend.

The event provides an opportunity for parents to join students and experience SMCC’s campuses first-hand, and for alumni to visit, meet with old friends and see how the college has changed. Activities are scheduled from Friday, Oct. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 3.

“We are excited to be starting up the Family & Friends Weekend and are planning for it to be an annual event,” said Jason Saucier, Associate Dean of Students. “This is great time of year in Maine to invite families and alumni to join our community for a weekend of fun.”

• 4-7 p.m.: Fall Harvest dinner, Oceanview Dining Hall
• 4 p.m.: FAFSA workshop, via Zoom
• 5-8 p.m.: Casco Bay cruise, Casco Bay Lines ferry terminal, Portland
• 6 p.m.: FAFSA workshop, Midcoast Campus Learning Commons (must RSVP)
• 6 p.m.: Galactic bowling, Yankee Lanes Brunswick (must RSVP)
• 8-10 p.m.: Grocery bingo and s’mores cart, Oceanview Dining Hall

• 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Visit Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse at your leisure
• 10 a.m.: Community Improvement Project, Midcoast Campus
• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Alumni social brunch with SMCC president and deans, Oceanview Dining Hall
• 1 p.m.: Mini golf, South Portland Campus quad (in front of Campus Center)
• 1-4 p.m.: Axe-throwing (South Portland Campus, location TBD)
• 3-4:30 p.m.: Phi Theta Kappa alumni mixer, Oceanview Dining Hall patio
• 4 p.m.: Athletics alumni mixer, next to Culinary Arts Center
• 4 p.m.: Paint party, Midcoast Campus, Orion Hall Art Room (must RSVP)
• 4:30-7 p.m.: Lobster bake, Oceanview Dining Hall
• 8-10 a.m.: Drive-in movie showing of “Soul”, softball field or student parking lot (behind the HUB)
• 8:30 p.m.: Movie showing (“Soul”), Midcoast Campus

• 8-10 a.m.: Alumni pastry mixer with culinary students, Culinary Arts Center
• Time and details TBD: Apple picking at Rocky Ridge Orchard in Bowdoin (must RSVP)

Family & Friends Weekend is among the events being held this year that help celebrate SMCC’s 75th anniversary. For more information about the College’s 75th anniversary, please visit SMCC anniversary celebration webpage.

The weekend also serves as a teaching tool for students in Professor Maureen LaSalle’s Events Management class, who are helping plan and run the Casco Bay cruise and the athletics alumni mixer.

People who are interested in attending can register through an online form that has been set up. For more information, please contact Activities at activities@smccme.edu.

This press release was produced by Southern Maine Commuity College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.