Wilmot Flat resident, Charles Schiess has graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine with a degree in Vessel Operations and Technology.
This program prepares students for careers aboard tugs and barges, ferries, passenger vessels, tall ships, and mega-yachts.
Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 22 programs of study in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented degree programs. With a high job placement rate for graduates, the college is consistently recognized for providing a high-value education by organizations such as the Brookings Institution, U.S. News and World Report, and Money Magazine. For more information, please visit mainemaritime.edu.