Southern Maine Community College receives donation for hospitality program
New England Council member, Southern Maine Community College, has received a $500,000 donation from Hotelier, a hotel company, to enhance their hospitality management program.
Joe VanWhy, an esteemed benefactor from Hotelier, aims to enhance the program’s infrastructure and directly contribute to the student’s welfare. Consequently, the hospitality management program will transform and be renamed the Southern Maine Community College L. Joe VanWhy School of Hospitality. In accordance with the President of the institution, Joe Cassidy, the students will promptly experience the advantageous outcomes resulting from this generous donation.
“My additional funding will provide them the resources to add an additional professor, add new training equipment and add additional resources for the school,” sid Joe VanWhy. “The other main reason for providing the donation to the college was to provide a sense of commitment to the current and to new entering students that the local hospitality industry wants them to have the resources for them to have a fulfilling and successful career.”
The New England Council congratulates SMCC for these new developments in its educational programs.
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