Benefits reminders for the New Year

Personal contributions to your Health Savings Account had to be manually elected during open enrollment, or would have ended after 2022. If you made the election you are all set; if you missed it please email Hollie DeWalt at hdewalt@nmc.edu for adjustments, and if you are not sure please check your pay statement in ADP to see if it is active.

Mental wellbeing resources are available—please check them out.

    • Ulliance (NMC’s employee assistance program)
    • Priority Health has a Behavioral Health Find a Doctor portal
    • Priority Health’s wellness platform has unlimited resources. Access Hawk Owl Health HERE

Spring Holiday is March 31

NMC’s Spring Holiday is no longer on Good Friday, but rather on the Friday during spring break. The new upcoming observed dates are Friday, March 31, 2023 and Friday, March 29, 2024.

You can add them to your Google Calendar by navigating to the corresponding dates on the NMC Holiday Calendar, clicking the three dots in the right-hand corner of the appointment and then selecting the “Copy to” feature.

Kudos!

Kudos to the EES Team! Extended Education kicked off registration for Winter/Spring 2023 Lifelong & Professional learning classes on Dec. 7th. Thus far EES has almost 700 individual students enrolled in Winter/Spring 2023 classes. About half of those registrations are brand new students to EES, and half are returning students. These students in total are registered in 177 individual classes. Thanks to Jackie Schenk and the team for taking so many registrations over the phone. We’re increasing the number of students who are enrolling online as well. Kudos to Shannah Vergote for all of the fantastic marketing, enews, Inside Edit, social media, and more! And thanks to our programmers, Christa Abdul-Karim, Kristy Jackson, and Elizabeth Sonnabend for putting together such a variety of high level and high interest classes.


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!

Welcome our newest hires

These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC Community!

    • Sarah Sergent, Student Employee – Switchboard Operator and Welcome Desk Attendant
    • Emily Hawkins – Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor
    • Tyler Birgy – Adjunct Flight Instructor

Kudos!

Kudos to Kristi Hallett! Kristi Hallett is a campus ROCKSTAR. With many requests coming her way, she is quick to respond and always does so with a positive attitude. You can see her smile through her emails! We are never afraid to contact Kristi to get something done or to check to see if something went awry—she is level headed and always there to help! We’re so appreciative of her attitude and all she does to make sure schedules and campus spaces come together with no huge traffic jams! Thank you, Kristi, for the amazing work that you do and for always being willing to work with us when we have last minute requests for our events on campus. We appreciate you!

Kudos to Todd Haines & Justin Guillard! Thanks for all of the help with the dental remodel and getting us back up and running!

Kudos to Landon DeHeer & Taylor Hall! We are so grateful to have Landon and Taylor as a part of our ambassador team. For our last new student orientation, we found ourselves short-staffed in the days leading up. Taylor and Landon jumped in to lend us a hand in prepping materials for new students. They already do so much to create a community of belonging at NMC, and it extended to our new students as well. Thank you for everything you do to make NMC a great place!


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!

Welcome our newest hires

These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC Community!

  • Christine Bussell, Supplemental – Law Enforcement Coach
  • Kate Norek, Student Employee – Residence Hal Front Desk
  • Roscoe Thome, Student Employee – Fitness Center
  • Cameron Drzewiecki, Supplemental – Law Enforcement Coach
  • Kody Nugier, Supplemental – GLMACE Instructor
  • Alyssa Irani – Registrar
  • Shannon Croll – Career & Academic Advisor 
  • Linda Gollan – Adjunct Nursing Instructor
  • Linnea Wood – Adjunct Nursing Instructor

Kudos!

Kudos to Hollianne McHugh! Hollianne McHugh’s DD 101 and MFG 110 students did presentations on their final projects. The student’s creativity, attention to detail and overall knowledge was very impressive. A few of these projects will be shared at the NMC ELI Learning Symposium in May. Hollianne’s commitment to learning and connection to her students is evident through their interactions and high level of work completed. Keep up the awesome work!

Kudos to Sally Smarsty and the Student Success team! Hats off to the Student Success Coaching and Testing Center team for an incredible effort to help our students finish their semester strong! During the week of finals, Sally Smarsty led coaches as they planned a series of stress busting opportunities for our students while the Testing Center team provided excellent customer service and a caring environment for our stressed-out students. From chair massages, to abundant snacks and a pop-up pancake meal, to encouraging words, congratulations, and an attitude of handling students with care, these teams knocked it out of the park! There’s doing your job, and then there’s doing your job with excellence—Sally and her teams have exemplified excellence.

Kudos to the Holiday Party Committee! Brittany Hanbury, Erika Cotner, Carly McCall, Esther Nance, Nancy Durecki, Emily Crull, Lisa Sheppley, and Weston Babcock. Thank you to this creative committee for planning such a special holiday party for NMC employees and retirees. Every detail was thoughtfully considered! Thank you for your work and caring on this spectacular event!

Kudos to the Hagerty Center staff! Every member of the Hagerty Center staff does such a fantastic job of ensuring every event runs smoothly. Their attention to the little details and behind the scenes work is so greatly appreciated! From the planning process, food, serving, bussing, bartending, and saving the day when something doesn’t go according to plan—thank you for it all!

Kudos to the Testing Center staff for successfully proctoring roughly 550 tests during the final exams. Not only do our proctors maintain test integrity, they also provide an atmosphere that empowers our students to be able to give their best testing performance. Their professionalism and reassuring smiles set our students up for success!


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!

NEOED Recruit and Onboard is live!

Do you hire, approve hires or complete Onboarding/Offboarding tasks at NMC? If so, we are excited to introduce you to NEOED Recruit and Onboard! Check out links to our training documents and a recording of our past session here!

Questions? Email hr@nmc.edu.

Welcome our newest hires

These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC Community!

  • Theresa Zingg – Adjunct Surgical Technology Instructor
  • Tim Nash – Adjunct Electrical Technology Instructor
  • Ryan Landry, Student Employee – Fitness Center
  • RaShaun Bird – Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor
  • John Evans – Adjunct Accounting Instructor
  • Gary Marquardt – Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor
  • Josh Boyer – Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor
  • Jason Saunby – Adjunct Flight Instructor
  • Liz Celeste – Curator of Education and Exhibitions

Kudos!

Kudos to Katie Sommer-Ford! Katie is a great boss, understanding her employees’ needs, and schedules. and investing in us as humans.

Kudos to Rick Mathis & Ryan Deering! Under the growing portfolio of Workforce & Professional Development training opportunities, NMC Extended Education, and the Technical Division collaborated to provide Welding Fundamentals in the fall 2022 term. Rick Mathis and Ryan Deering instructed the class of 8 students who all received their certificates of completion. Three of these students took the opportunity to continue with NMC on the credit side, thus the non credit class was a successful onramp for these students looking to continue honing their skills and knowledge. Thank you Rick and Ryan for inspiring these students to not only successfully complete the course but to continue their learning on the credit side.


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!

Kudos!

Kudos to Brittany Hanbury, Charles Schneider, Sage Campbell, Sally Smartsy and Landon DeHeer for hosting a Thanksgiving dinner in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center for NMC students on Thursday, November 24, 2022!

Kudos to Scott Powell for a great reflection of your experiential learning work in this month’s ELI Newsletter! Great work around reflection, Scott!

Kudos to Bob Bugai and Reese Sivek for providing a metal strapping lesson while repacking/strapping a very large and incorrect shipment. Additionally, the melting snow allowed Reese Sivek the opportunity to unload a truck full of tables on the Dennos’ loading dock and put them back in NMC storage. Thank you for all you do.


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!

Welcome our newest hires

These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC Community!

  • Jared Black, Supplemental — Technology Support Assistant
  • Samuel Miller, Student Employee — Visual Communications  Lab Assistant
  • Piper Ziembiec, Student Employee — Library Assistant
  • Coleman Sherman — Adjunct HVAC/Plumbing instructor
  • Adrian Kapic, Supplemental — Food Service Back of House
  • Abigail Grubb, Student Employe — Archives Assistant
  • Peter Deneen – Adjunct Applied Music Instructor

NMC Holiday Break is Dec. 23 – Jan. 2

NMC will be closed for the holiday break beginning on Friday, December 23, 2022 and reopening on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

It’s a good time to make sure you’re subscribed to NMC’s Holiday Calendar! Click here to add the calendar.

If you want your own calendar to display as busy, click the three dots in the right-hand corner of the appointment and then select the “Copy to” feature.

Kudos!

Kudos to Meghan Light, Tami Livengood and Elizabeth Sonnabend! Meghan Light and Tam Livengood (Nursing) helped Elizabeth Sonnabend (EES) prepare for the state CNA inspection for Extended Education (bringing this back to NMC from quite a few years ago). Thank you, Elizabeth, for your hard work, patience and diligence in getting the state to come through for NMC on this important program. WE PASSED! More information coming soon on the CNA program through NMC Extended Education.


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!