AUBURN — The CM Education Foundation is providing over $55,000 to Central Maine Community College for student scholarships in the current academic year.

The foundation is a community-based, nonprofit corporation that has as its sole mission “support for Central Maine Community College and its students.” The foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors comprised of community and business leaders.

The foundation has raised and contributed more than $750,000 to the college for scholarships, program improvements and capital projects. In addition to an annual fund campaign, the foundation holds an annual dinner and co-hosts the annual Scholarship Scramble with the Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce.

For more information about the CM Foundation, contact Roger Philippon, Dean of Planning and Public Affairs, at 755-5357.