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The College Connection
Belfast Adult and Community Education
6B Lions Way
Belfast, ME 04915
Tel: 207 338-3197
Fax: 207 338-2960

Nancy Spaulding, Coordinator
Email: collegeconnect@sad34.net
Website: www.belfastcollegeconnection.com

Belfast Adult and Community Education (BACE) has served the mid-coast region of Maine and rural Waldo County since the 1960's. The program provides basic literacy instruction, high school completion, including GED and diploma classes, vocational training and general enrichment. BACE is part of a regional collaboration that includes three school districts and the Waldo County Technical Center in Waldo.

The College Connection classes are held the Hutchinson Center. Students attend the program once a week for 15 weeks in the spring or in the fall. Classes include College Math, Language Arts, Technology Workshop (computers and internet instruction), and College 101. Academic and career counseling is provided. The program is free.

The College Connection is a member of Building Communities for Children, a network of interagency collaborations with more than 35 local agencies and organizations. The College Connection partners with two local colleges: The Hutchinson Center (University of Maine Orono) and Eastern Maine Community College. The colleges provide Accuplacer testing and results, academic counseling, workshops and mentoring for our transition students.

Maine Hutchinson CenterThe College Connection has placed students at the Hutchinson Center, the University of Maine at Augusta, University College of Bangor, and the University of Maine at Orono. The program provides ongoing support for our new transition students and networks with the Onward Program at UMO and the Cornerstone Program at UMA.

Collaborating Colleges:

University of Maine, Hutchinson Center
http://www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu/

Eastern Maine Community College
http://www.emcc.edu

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