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<strong>Campus</strong><br />
<strong>Campus</strong> Connection<br />
October 2011<br />
Connection<br />
What’s Inside<br />
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Events Calendar<br />
3<br />
Around the Fort<br />
4<br />
SMCC Hosts Japanese<br />
Delegation<br />
SMCC Art Department<br />
Sends a Message of Hope<br />
and Healing<br />
5<br />
SMCC Celebrates the<br />
Grand Opening of the<br />
Sustainability and Energy<br />
Alternatives Center<br />
SMCC Announces New<br />
Energy Auditor and<br />
Weatherization Scholarships<br />
6<br />
SMCC Open House Fall<br />
2011<br />
Bob Weimont honored as<br />
Educator of the Year<br />
SMCC Announces 2011<br />
Athletic Hall of Fame Class<br />
7<br />
Remembering 9/11/01<br />
8<br />
Peter A. McKernan Hospitality<br />
Center Students and Staff<br />
Create a New Signature Dish<br />
SMCC Business Club Travels<br />
to Boston<br />
SMCC Hosts Forum on <strong>Maine</strong> Labor Skills<br />
and Higher Education<br />
SMCC hosted a forum<br />
on September 14, on higher<br />
education and economic<br />
development with local and<br />
national experts. The event<br />
included comments from U.S.<br />
Deputy Assistant Secretary for<br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>s, Frank<br />
Chong, a panel discussion with<br />
regional workforce experts, and<br />
the presentation of a detailed<br />
new study on <strong>Maine</strong>’s looming<br />
education and workforce<br />
skills gaps.<br />
Titled “Closing the Gap,”<br />
the new report identifies and<br />
examines 26,000 new highwage<br />
and growth jobs that are<br />
expected to be created in <strong>Maine</strong><br />
over ten years and contrasts<br />
this demand with the supply of<br />
skilled workers and qualified<br />
college graduates that <strong>Maine</strong><br />
will produce over the same<br />
period. The report forecasts<br />
some significant skills gaps in <strong>Maine</strong>, most notably a shortage of 1,567 associate<br />
degree workers needed to fill jobs in information and computer technology. If the<br />
skills gap is left unaddressed, as many as 4,000 high-wage jobs could go unfilled.<br />
We hope this study will be the beginning of a conversation in <strong>Maine</strong> about<br />
focusing more investment in higher education that is designed to drive economic<br />
growth and close these gaps,” said President of SMCC, Dr. Ronald Cantor. “The<br />
benefits are great: for every 1,000 of these jobs that <strong>Maine</strong> fills, we will see an<br />
economic ripple effect that creates 2,100 new jobs and generates $430 million in<br />
new sales and incomes.”<br />
Author of “Closing the Gap,” Chuck Lawton wrote, “If the current supplydemand<br />
imbalance persists, <strong>Maine</strong> will suffer a severe shortage of workers in<br />
computer, information and related support services and in precision production<br />
occupations. If <strong>Maine</strong> does not reallocate education and training resources to<br />
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Events Calendar<br />
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Columbus Day - No Classes<br />
WHEN: Monday, October 10<br />
WHERE: USA<br />
Visit from Greg Darnieder<br />
WHEN: Thursday, October 6<br />
8:30 am - 4:00 pm<br />
WHERE: McKernan Center/Jewett Auditorium<br />
Celebrate Diversity Week<br />
WHEN: Tuesday, October 11- Friday, October 14<br />
WHERE: SMCC<br />
Fall Open House<br />
WHEN: Saturday, October 15<br />
11:00 am - 3:30 pm<br />
WHERE: SMCC (South Portland <strong>Campus</strong>)<br />
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction<br />
Ceremony<br />
WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 5:00 pm<br />
WHERE: SMCC<br />
Save the Date!<br />
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SMCC hosts Chamber of Commerce<br />
“After Hours” event<br />
WHEN: Thursday, November 3<br />
WHERE: McKernan Center<br />
Veteran’s Day - No Classes<br />
WHEN: Friday, November 11<br />
WHERE: USA<br />
Spring 2012 Registration Begins<br />
WHEN: Monday, November 14, 8:00 am<br />
WHERE: SMCC<br />
Athletics<br />
Women’s Soccer<br />
Oct. 5 Eastern <strong>Maine</strong> CC Home 3:45 pm<br />
Oct. 8 U-<strong>Maine</strong>-Machias * Away 1:00 pm<br />
Oct. 10 Central <strong>Maine</strong> CC * Home 1:00 pm<br />
Oct. 15 Unity <strong>College</strong> * Home 12:00 pm<br />
Men’s Soccer<br />
Oct. 5 Eastern <strong>Maine</strong> CC Home 3:45 pm<br />
Oct. 8 U-<strong>Maine</strong>-Machias * Away 3:00 pm<br />
Oct. 10 Central <strong>Maine</strong> CC * Home 3:00 pm<br />
Oct. 15 Unity <strong>College</strong> * Home 2:00 pm<br />
Golf<br />
Oct. 9 USCAA National Championship TBA<br />
Oct. 10 USCAA National Championship TBA<br />
Men’s Basketball<br />
Oct. 22 Holland<br />
Home 1:00 pm<br />
Oct. 29 CAN-AM Tournament CMCC TBA<br />
Oct. 30 CAN-AM Tournament CMCC TBA<br />
Women’s Basketball<br />
Oct. 29 CAN-AM Tournament CMCC TBA<br />
Oct. 30 CAN-AM Tournament CMCC TBA<br />
Triva Question<br />
Answer the question correctly and enter to win a $10<br />
Gas Card. Email your answer to amullen@smccME.edu<br />
What pigment causes leaves to<br />
turn bright red & purple?<br />
Last month’s winner: Bruce Daigle<br />
Last month’s question: Where and when was the<br />
first Labor Day celebrated?<br />
Last month’s answer: The first Labor Day holiday<br />
was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882,<br />
in New York City.<br />
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Thanksgiving Recess Begins<br />
WHEN: Wednesday, November 23, 3:00 pm<br />
WHERE: SMCC<br />
New Student Spring 2012<br />
Registration Begins<br />
WHEN: Monday, November 28<br />
WHERE: SMCC<br />
Introducing the President’s Blog<br />
SMCC launches the President’s Blog<br />
connecting students, faculty, staff,<br />
alumni, and the community with the<br />
<strong>College</strong>. Check it out at<br />
www.smccME.edu/presidents-blog<br />
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Around the Fort<br />
Promotions, new employees, announcements, news & other<br />
hubbub.<br />
Welcome<br />
Frances Tracy-Dunn - Financial Aid Counselor<br />
Samantha Brown - Accounting Assistant II<br />
Brenda Beaulieu - Business Relations Manager<br />
News<br />
The <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> Daylily and Hosta Society in<br />
conjunction with the Horticulture Department will be hosting<br />
a guest speaker, Ransom Lydell from Dunkirk, NY, on Saturday,<br />
October 8 at 11:00 am in Jewett Auditorium. He is the owner of<br />
Eagle Bay Gardens where he hybridizes daylilies and Hostas. Lydell<br />
specializes in blooms and slug resistant foliage in Hostas. He has<br />
been a professional landscape developer and horticulturalist for<br />
over 50 years.<br />
Elizabeth Bieber,<br />
photography Instructor<br />
at SMCC<br />
enjoyed a field trip with<br />
her Photo I students<br />
from the Midcoast<br />
<strong>Campus</strong> to the<br />
U-<strong>Maine</strong> Museum of<br />
Art in Bangor on September<br />
19. They viewed<br />
exhibits including<br />
Thomas Hager’s Cyanotypes,<br />
and the Photo<br />
National 2011: A Survey of Contemporary Photography - a survey<br />
of 76 works by 34 artists nationally, including many from <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
Congratulations<br />
Congratulations to the 2011 Graduating Class in Paramedicine<br />
for acheiving a 100% pass rate on the national registry<br />
exam. This achievement is due to hard work of our students<br />
in the classroom and clinical setting along with dedication and<br />
guidance from our instructors.<br />
Vacancies visit www.jobsinme.com<br />
Adjunct Instructor - Electrician Tech Program<br />
DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID<br />
CUSTODIAN II - FULL TIME DAYS<br />
MASTER CARPENTER - FULL TIME<br />
From L to R: Sophia Powell, Somer Welch, Callie<br />
Forest, and Eva Wagner.<br />
Got news?<br />
PRESIDENTIAL FORUM<br />
Wrap Up<br />
At the first President’s Forum on<br />
September 15, President Cantor spoke<br />
about the launch of the Journal Innovation<br />
& Transformation at the SMCC Forum on<br />
Education & Economic Development<br />
which included the release of a new report,<br />
“Closing the Gap,” on <strong>Maine</strong> education<br />
and workforce skills gaps and the economic<br />
impacts of higher education. (see Forum<br />
article on page 1)<br />
President Cantor addressed the recent<br />
graffiti incident and said that the campus has<br />
never been the target of hateful graffiti like<br />
this in the past. He spoke with concerned<br />
local people and commented on the press the<br />
<strong>College</strong> received on the subject. Anne Jordan<br />
mentioned that other local schools have<br />
had similar problems recently. Herb Adams<br />
suggested that we work with the media to<br />
highlight these important issues.<br />
President Cantor answered a question<br />
about the possibility of a smoke-free campus.<br />
A survey was done recently about whether to<br />
go smoke-free or not, but it was brought to<br />
the attention of the forum attendees that the<br />
results were not accurate. The consensus was<br />
that the best solution would be to enforce<br />
the 30-foot rule – no smoking within 30 feet<br />
of a building entrance.<br />
The President will schedule future<br />
forums as needed to discuss emerging<br />
<strong>College</strong> topics and every effort will be<br />
made to schedule forums during the<br />
activity period or at times that enable as<br />
many people to participate as possible.<br />
Send your news, views and<br />
reviews to amullen@smccME.edu<br />
to share with your community.<br />
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SMCC Hosts Japanese<br />
Delegation<br />
SMCC hosted a Japanese delegation from <strong>Maine</strong>’s sister<br />
state Aomori Prefecture at its South Portland campus<br />
on September 7. The delegation, including government<br />
officials, business leaders and university faculty visited<br />
the McKernan Center and toured the <strong>College</strong>’s new<br />
Sustainability Center.<br />
The visit, on September 6-10, was organized by<br />
the <strong>Maine</strong>-Aomori Sister State Advisory Council<br />
(MASSAC) and was indended to develop cultural,<br />
educational and commercial opportunities between<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> and Aomori focusing on energy as well as the<br />
fishery and food products industries.<br />
<strong>Maine</strong>’s relationship with the Aomori Prefecture<br />
traces its origins to 1889. That year, the 1,500-ton<br />
Cheseborough ship, sailing from Bath, wrecked off<br />
the coast of Aomori. Local citizens from the village of<br />
Shariki rescued four survivors and buried those who<br />
died. Amidst the Cheseborough wreckage that drifted<br />
ashore, the people of Shariki discovered <strong>Maine</strong> pears,<br />
and planted pear trees of their own. An annual service is<br />
held in Shariki for the sailors who lost their lives in 1889<br />
and pears are left on the graves of the sailors who died.<br />
SMCC Art Department<br />
Sends a Message of Hope<br />
and Healing<br />
On Saturday,<br />
September 10, Jeff<br />
Badger, Chairman<br />
of the SMCC<br />
Art Department,<br />
presented 1,000<br />
paper cranes to<br />
Yukio Yageta,<br />
Deputy Director<br />
General, Bureau<br />
of Strategic<br />
Tourism and<br />
International<br />
Affairs, Aomori<br />
Prefectural<br />
Government at<br />
the Thanks <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Reception held at<br />
the Winter Street<br />
Church, Bath, <strong>Maine</strong>.<br />
The cranes were created by SMCC students earlier<br />
this year after the devastating earthquake in Japan in<br />
March. The Japanese believe that the crane lives 1,000<br />
years and the gift of paper cranes symbolizes this<br />
belief, offering a wish of healing heard and answered.<br />
Jeff Badger, Chairman of SMCC Art Department<br />
with Yukio Yageta, Deputy Director General,<br />
Stragetic Tourism and International Affiars,<br />
Aomori Prefectural Government<br />
Members from <strong>Maine</strong>’s sister state Aomori Prefecture tour SMCC’s<br />
sustainability center and meet SMCC’s new President, Dr. Ronald Cantor<br />
SMCC student creates paper cranes after the devesating earthquake in Japan.<br />
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SMCC Celebrates the<br />
Grand Opening of the<br />
SMCC Sustainability and<br />
Energy Alternatives Center<br />
SMCC celebrated the grand opening of its<br />
Sustainability and Energy Alternatives (SEA)<br />
Center on its South Portland campus on<br />
Thursday, September 29.<br />
Developed through federal and state grants,<br />
the SEA Center is the centerpiece of SMCC’s<br />
new initiatives to drive sustainability, including<br />
the development of new college courses and<br />
workforce training in renewable energy, energy<br />
auditing and weatherization. Equipped with<br />
state of the art equipment, the SEA Center lab<br />
offers students the chance to work with a broad<br />
array of renewable energy systems, including<br />
solar photovoltaic and solar hot water systems,<br />
as well as fully functional pressurized test house<br />
that is used to train energy auditors. The Center<br />
will also serve as a forum for community events,<br />
educational programs, and other activities<br />
relating to sustainability and energy efficiency.<br />
The event featured comments from<br />
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and President<br />
Ronald Cantor. SEA Center Director John<br />
Brautigam demonstrated. some of the unique tools<br />
used in the Center, including the “pressure house.”<br />
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SMCC Announces New<br />
Energy Auditor and<br />
Weatherization Scholarships<br />
In an effort to support <strong>Maine</strong>’s growing green<br />
economy and workforce, SMCC is announcing new<br />
scholarships designed to help <strong>Maine</strong>rs interested<br />
in taking key training courses in residential<br />
weatherization and energy auditing.<br />
Offered in partnership with Efficiency <strong>Maine</strong>,<br />
the scholarships will provide partial and full<br />
tuition. Graduates of the courses will be certified<br />
as <strong>Maine</strong> Weatherization Technicians and prepared<br />
for national certification as energy auditors and<br />
building analysts. These trainings are part of a<br />
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3.<br />
1. Dr. Ronald Cantor gives opening remarks at the grand opening of SMCC’s Sustainability<br />
and Energy Alternatives (SEA) Center on Thursday, September 29. 2. U.S. Representative<br />
Chelie Pingree shares her thoughts on sustainability in <strong>Maine</strong> with guests at the SEA grand<br />
opening. 3. Guests at the SEA grand opening demo various sustainable system. 4.U.S. Rep.<br />
Chellie Pingree and SMCC President Ronald Cantor plug a light bulb into energy supplied by<br />
photovoltaic panels on the south side of the community college’s new SEA Center.<br />
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comprehensive set of new courses at SMCC that are<br />
focused on sustainability and energy efficiency.<br />
“SMCC is committed to driving economic<br />
development and advancing sustainability in our<br />
community and in our state,” said President Cantor.<br />
“These new scholarships will expand access to training<br />
for <strong>Maine</strong> workers and help us to meet the incredible<br />
challenge of weatherizing one of the oldest housing<br />
stocks in the country.”<br />
SMCC will offer the Energy Auditing and Building<br />
Analyst course starting on September 14th. This<br />
80-hour course, developed by SMCC to be the first<br />
on-line/in person hybrid energy auditor course in<br />
the Northeast, prepares students to take the Building<br />
Performance Institutes’ exam for home energy auditor<br />
certification.<br />
SMCC’s Weatherization Technician course, starting<br />
on October 11th, prepares students for entry level<br />
jobs in the growing home energy services sector,<br />
covering basic theories of building science as well<br />
as practical aspects of home energy improvements,<br />
including the latest techniques and materials. The<br />
Weatherization Technician course is 40 hours, and<br />
successful completion will earn classroom certification<br />
for working in <strong>Maine</strong> State Housing Authority<br />
weatherization programs.<br />
The housing stock in <strong>Maine</strong> is among the oldest in the<br />
nation, and <strong>Maine</strong> homeowners use more imported oil<br />
for heating than in any other state. <strong>Maine</strong> has embarked<br />
on an ambitious plan to weatherize all homes by the year<br />
2030.<br />
Interested students can obtain more information<br />
about the course and apply for scholarships by emailing<br />
sustainability@smccME.edu.<br />
Funding for the scholarships is provided through<br />
Efficiency <strong>Maine</strong> and the American Recovery and<br />
Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br />
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Remembering 9/11/01<br />
On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks<br />
SMCC held a brief ceremony to pay tribute to the<br />
fallen heroes and victims. Students, faculty, staff,<br />
and local emergency responders came together as a<br />
community at the South Portland campus to reflect<br />
on this important day in history.<br />
The event was led by President Cantor with<br />
remarks from South Portland Fire Chief, Kevin<br />
Guimond, and a SMCC fire science student,<br />
Ashley Wax.<br />
“We gathered as a family and a community as we<br />
did on 9/11 to honor the people who gave their lives<br />
trying to save others and the innocent victims of that<br />
tragic day that left us heart-broken,” said Cantor. “As<br />
dark a day as that was, our country came together<br />
to create good will that continues to empower us in<br />
challenging times.”<br />
The <strong>College</strong> has a close relationship with firefighters<br />
and first responders across the state. SMCC awarded<br />
78 Public Safety degrees last spring including Fire<br />
Science Technology, Paramedicine and Criminal<br />
Justice. The <strong>Maine</strong> Fire Service Institute, a department<br />
of SMCC, has statewide responsibility for firefighter<br />
training and certification.<br />
Bob Weimont Honored as<br />
Educator of the Year<br />
The board of directors for the <strong>Southern</strong> Midcoast<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> Chamber presented<br />
SMCC’s Bob Weimont<br />
with “Educator of the<br />
Year” Award at the 2011<br />
Awards Gala on Sept. 14<br />
at Sebasco Harbor Resort<br />
in Phippsburg. “Each<br />
year awards are presented<br />
to deserving businesses<br />
and individuals that help<br />
make the Mid-coast area<br />
the best place in <strong>Maine</strong><br />
to live, work and play,”<br />
chamber president Steven<br />
Wallace said in a news release. Nominations come<br />
from individuals in the chamber’s 16-community<br />
service area and final award selection comes from<br />
a panel of previous honorees. Awards are given<br />
under two broad categories, business excellence and<br />
individual contributions. Bob has run the Bath Center<br />
for many years and has helped enrollment at the<br />
Bath Center grow to nearly 1,000 students this fall.<br />
Congratulations Bob!<br />
SMCC Announces 2011<br />
Athletic Hall of Fame Class<br />
SMCC is pleased to announce the 2011 Athletics<br />
Hall of Fame Class. Two inductees will be honored<br />
during a banquet on Saturday, October 15, 2011,<br />
at 5:00 pm in the HUB Athletics Center on the<br />
South Portland <strong>Campus</strong>. Tickets are $20 and can be<br />
purchased by contacting SMCC Athletics at 207-741-<br />
5927 or mrichards@smccME.edu.<br />
Anthony D’Alfonso (Baseball ‘07) may be the<br />
most prolific player to ever wear the SMCC baseball<br />
uniform. He is a two-time Yankee Small <strong>College</strong><br />
Conference Player of the Year and 2007 United<br />
States Collegiate Athletic Association All-American.<br />
He holds the SMCC all-time leader in career hits,<br />
runs, home runs, and RBI’s. After leaving SMCC,<br />
D’Alfonso continued two more seasons at the<br />
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University of <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Maine</strong> where he was a twotime<br />
NCAA Division III All-American.<br />
D’Alfonso is the first SMCC baseball player to<br />
sign a professional contract. He has spent the last<br />
three years playing in the Frontier league, Golden<br />
Baseball League, and currently in the League de<br />
Norte in Mexico.<br />
Bob Doyle (Baseball ’71) will be inducted<br />
posthumously as he passed in 2005. Doyle was<br />
a standout pitcher during his two seasons at the<br />
<strong>College</strong>. Doyle was instrumental in leading the way<br />
to winning the State Technical <strong>College</strong> Series title<br />
in 1970 and 1971. He also pitched a shutout win<br />
in the 1970 Northern New England Small <strong>College</strong><br />
Conference (NNESCC) title game. Doyle was a<br />
two-time State Technical <strong>College</strong> Conference All<br />
Star and was a (NNESCC) Honor Squad recipient.<br />
Upon leaving SMCC, Doyle continued to be a<br />
fixture in the local baseball scene. He was a past<br />
president of <strong>Maine</strong> Babe Ruth, and had a 12-year<br />
coaching career at St. Josephs <strong>College</strong> in <strong>Maine</strong>. He<br />
was recently inducted into the 2011 <strong>Maine</strong> Baseball<br />
Hall of Fame.<br />
“Both inductees had outstanding careers while at<br />
SMCC and also have made significant contributions<br />
and success upon leaving the college,” said SMCC<br />
Director of Athletics Matt Richards. “Induction into<br />
the Athletics Hall of Fame is very fitting for them<br />
as they exemplify what we hope our current student<br />
athletes will strive to become.”<br />
From L to R: Anthony D’Alfonso (Baseball ‘07) and Bob Doyle (Baseball ’71)<br />
Peter A. McKernan Hospitality<br />
Center Students and Staff<br />
Create a New Signature Dish<br />
Walking into the foyer of the McKernan Center,<br />
you are immediately aware of the handsome Mission<br />
Style architectural details: graceful curves, geometric<br />
patterning, beautifully grained wood and the lovely<br />
central timepiece. You are tempted to proceed directly<br />
into the lobby with its inviting grand staircase but there<br />
is a decorative detail in the periphery of your vision that<br />
piques on your curiosity. Turning to your right, you are<br />
greeted by a vision of texture and movement, structure<br />
and composition, color and luminosity, a challenge and<br />
response to creativity. Glass artist Sarah Pratt-Smith was<br />
commissioned to create the decorative windows and<br />
ceiling lighting<br />
to complement<br />
this interior<br />
when the<br />
building<br />
underwent<br />
extensive<br />
renovations.<br />
When Jill<br />
Hannaford first<br />
walked in to<br />
the McKernan<br />
Hospitality<br />
Center for an<br />
interview for<br />
the position of Chef, she was drawn to this window and<br />
recognized its potential to inspire a culinary creation.<br />
Once settled in the job and finding herself surrounded<br />
by enthusiastic and talented student staff in the<br />
kitchen, she initiated “Test Kitchen Mondays”, a time<br />
when students could drop by and work alongside Jill<br />
in the kitchen testing new recipes, plating and ideas.<br />
The development of a signature dessert based on the<br />
stained glass windows was at the top of the list of<br />
creative projects to pursue. Six students attended the<br />
first session and they discussed the design elements<br />
present in the window and the flavors that came<br />
to mind. They then studied in more details the<br />
windows and ceiling lights, sketching ideas, plating<br />
The stained glass window at McKernan Center that<br />
inspired the new signature dish<br />
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compositions, noting flavors and textures.<br />
The end process involved the testing of recipes<br />
for the different components of the dessert. The<br />
requirements for the final selection were:<br />
• the flavors had to work together yet please the palate<br />
• the components of the dessert had to be able to be<br />
made ahead of time<br />
• the dessert had to be easy to plate for groups of up<br />
to 100<br />
• and there had to be a visible link to the windows.<br />
The new signature dessert consists of a dense<br />
buttermilk cake with layers of raspberry jam and white<br />
and chocolate ganache. The icing is textured white<br />
chocolate ganache. The rectangular slice sits on a<br />
raspberry coulis. Beside the cake is a lemon curd mousse<br />
in a lemon shell, garnished with crystallized lemon zest.<br />
A curved band of chocolate completes the presentation.<br />
Culinary student, Dave Provencher did the honors<br />
of presenting this new dessert on September 14th, at a<br />
lunch hosted by Dr. Cantor at the Mckernan Center for<br />
a group of fire chiefs. Dr. Cantor, in a thank you email,<br />
said “...who knew that a piece of stained glass could be<br />
so delicious?”<br />
Now, the new dessert needs to be named. The<br />
window that the dessert was based on is titled,<br />
“Seaglass”. Suggestions have included, “Sweet Seaglass”,<br />
“Reflections”, and “A Taste of Hospitality.” Since the<br />
collaborative process was so successful in designing<br />
this new dessert, all are invited to to help name the<br />
new signature dessert! Please send your suggestions to<br />
MckernanCenter@smccME.edu. If your idea is selected,<br />
a special dessert will be delivered to your staff for an<br />
upcoming meeting!<br />
3<br />
Pot Stickers<br />
Culinary Corner<br />
Recipe from the SMCC “<strong>Campus</strong><br />
Collections” cookbook.<br />
Servings: 20<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
1 package potsticker skins<br />
8 oz. cooked ground pork<br />
1 tsp. minced garlic<br />
2 cups diced celery<br />
2 cups shredded carrots<br />
1/4 cup fish sauce<br />
1 Tbs. maggi seasoning*<br />
1/4 tsp. white pepper<br />
2 Tbs. sugar<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
1. Combine pork and remaining ingredients; cool,<br />
and wrap with skins. Add 1 heaping Tbs. of filling<br />
per skin; fold in half, bulging in the middle, and<br />
pinch the dough together in the middle.<br />
2. Poach 2 minutes. Pat dry.<br />
3. Sauté golden brown in peanut oil.<br />
*Maggi Seasoning is made in Switzerland and has quite a<br />
distinct flavor. If it is not available, substitute 1/2 Tbs.<br />
worcestershire sauce and 1/2 Tbs. mushroom soy sauce.<br />
The new McKernan Center signature dessert.<br />
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<strong>Campus</strong> Connection<br />
SMCC Business Club Travels<br />
to Boston<br />
SMCC students and faculty traveled to Boston<br />
last April for their annual spring Business<br />
Club trip. The group including: Sean Sabine,<br />
Caleb Berry, Chris Kraus, Mike Bowser, Arthur<br />
Kuznetsov, John Young, Nico Seiler, Kyle<br />
Capponcelli and John Chen, and faculty members<br />
Charlie Pearson and Steve Strand.<br />
On Thursday evening, April 28th, the Club<br />
took in a Red Sox game which was a first for<br />
many members. On Saturday, the Club toured<br />
the grounds of Harvard Univerity. The Club<br />
then traveled by subway to tour a liquid<br />
manufacturing company in suburban Boston.<br />
Students got a firsthand look at all that is<br />
involved in manufacturing, distribution and<br />
marketing. Later, the Club dined at world famous<br />
Union Oyster House.<br />
The Boston Bruins were in the middle of their<br />
Stanley Cup championship run, so Boston was<br />
abuzz with Bruins shirts, hats, sovineers and<br />
sports fever.<br />
The SMCC Biz Club is a student-run<br />
organization and is open to all those interested.<br />
The Club meets on Thursdays at 12:30pm on the<br />
1st floor of Hague in the Weisbein Business Club<br />
Lounge.<br />
Continued from pg. 1<br />
Forum on Labor Skills<br />
address this existing and potentially growing labor<br />
supply gap, the state’s economic prosperity will be<br />
threatened.”<br />
In a direct effort to overcome these skills gaps<br />
and meet the state’s job growth potential, SMCC is<br />
establishing a new Midcoast <strong>Campus</strong> at Brunswick<br />
Landing—the former Naval Air Station. Working with<br />
businesses at or coming to Brunswick Landing as well<br />
as with the University of <strong>Maine</strong> <strong>College</strong> of Engineering,<br />
SMCC will establish certificate and Associate degree<br />
programs and pathways to Bachelor’s and graduate<br />
programs specifically designed to overcome the skills<br />
gaps that now limit <strong>Maine</strong>’s economic prosperity.<br />
While the Midcoast <strong>Campus</strong> will serve that region<br />
of the state, its impact will be felt all across the state<br />
because it is targeting the industries most handicapped<br />
by current skills gaps and thus those where educational<br />
investment will have the greatest “bang for the buck”<br />
across the entire state.<br />
Small Business<br />
Owners Group<br />
Fall 2011 Schedule<br />
Member of SMCC’s Business Club touring Boston.<br />
Date<br />
October 5th<br />
October 12th<br />
October 19th<br />
October 26th<br />
November 2nd<br />
November 9th<br />
November 16th<br />
November 23rd<br />
November 30th<br />
December 7th<br />
December 14th<br />
Topic<br />
Guest Speaker: TBD<br />
Movie: The Call of the<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
Topic: Strategic Planning<br />
Group Member Coaching<br />
Guest Speaker: TBD<br />
ted.com video and<br />
discussion<br />
Topic: Financial<br />
Management for the<br />
Small Business Owner<br />
NO MEETING<br />
Group Member Coaching<br />
Guest Speaker: TBD<br />
4:00 - 6:00 pm<br />
Holiday Party<br />
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