SCHOOL PROFILE
SCHOOL PROFILE | THOMAS COLLEGE
INVESTING IN MAINE’S WORKFORCE THROUGH THOMAS COLLEGE Written by Erin Baltes
ABOVE: Thomas College students make their way to class inside the Harold Alfond Academic Center. 24
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
A S A W AT E R V I L L E I N S T I T U T I O N , Thom-
preparing them for personal and profes-
as College has literally been around the
sional success.
block. The school began in a classroom
That focus has helped many Mainers
over the old F.W. Woolworth building
succeed in their quests to earn college
downtown in 1894. Decades later, hav-
degrees and build careers — and, in turn,
ing outgrown the space, it was moved to
allowed Thomas to enlist the help of the
Silver Street as Thomas Junior College.
Harold Alfond Foundation.
In 1971, the college found its permanent
“Thomas College offers an academ-
home on West River Road along the Ken-
ic experience to students who want and
nebec River. Though it has relocated and
need to be brought in and benefit from
seen many upgrades, new majors, and
that college experience,” said Harold Al-
more than 8,500 graduates in its 127-year
fond Foundation Chairman Greg Powell.
history, Thomas College has held fast to
“That helps move our country in the right
its commitment to serving students and
direction — right in Waterville, Maine.”
PHOTO: FJ GAYLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
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