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Kudos to Brandon Everest for his Introduction to Sociology student presentations around homelessness and food insecurity. The students were very engaged, problem-solved solutions and provided much needed service and volunteer hours to local nonprofits. This is a great example of experiential learning and providing NMC students with real-world situations and issues to discuss.
Kudos to Kristy McDonald and her BUS 231 Professional Communications class for their wonderful presentations around the Thanks For Giving project this semester. It is amazing that college students provided meals for over 125 families along with donating $2K to the NMC Food Pantry. Their final presentations showed how much each student grew throughout their experiential learning journey in her class. Keep up the great work!
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!
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Kudos to Paul Martin. He saved the WiFi!
Kudos to Amy Burns-Bailey. Shout out to Amy Burns-Bailey for planning wonderful events around National Apprenticeship Week (Nov 13-19). The NMC Apprentice of the Year event, President Nissley’s Proclamation, apprenticeship shirts, and various treats for students throughout the week to celebrate all their accomplishments!
Kudos to Tracy Welch. Thank you to Tracy Welch for supporting the Technical Division’s National Apprenticeship Week events. She did all of the prep-work to make sure we were all set to have a successful week celebrating the NMC apprentices. Through her role in the ELI she plays an integral part in supporting the Manufacturing Apprenticeship Certificate Program. Our students, faculty, and staff appreciate her hard work and dedication to the apprenticeship population.
Kudos to Scott Goethals. Scott has helped organize several Industry Night events for NMC students this semester. Thank you for providing these valuable opportunities!
Kudos to Mary Beeker, Landon DeHeer, Ceynor Drumm, Carrie Dunklow, Nancy Durecki, Kristi Hallett, Joelle Hannert, Molly Hidley, Ann Hosler, Jeffrey Jaeger, Katy Knight, Katie Koester, Amber Marsh, Lily Meyering, Lexi Minzey, Katrina Prohaszka, Nick Punla-Smith, Val Reynolds, Sonny Rogers, Liam Strong, Jane Zlojutro. A big thank you to everyone whose combined efforts made the latest Long Night Against Procrastination a success! It’s always takes a village and this year was no exception, from providing writing and research help and success coaching to running the sign-in/raffle table, relaxation room, and LNAP’s first-ever knitting and crocheting corner, to all of the setup and cleanup work that goes into an event like this. Kudos to all the folks listed above for their generosity of time and good spirits in helping students bring the semester to a strong finish!
Kudos to Cathy Warner. Thank you to Cathy Warner for inviting faculty and staff members to her English 111 student presentations. Her students were well prepared to discuss their campus issues and possible solutions.
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!
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The following NMC employees were recently promoted. Congratulations!
Kudos to Todd Haines! A huge thank you to Todd and Maintenance Services for helping Enrollment Services move furniture/offices around. We know this was a large undertaking and appreciate all of the help! Thank you for adapting to all of our needs throughout the change. You made the whole experience go over very smoothly.
Kudos to Todd Haines, Bob Bugai, Jerry Moeggenberg, Terri Scarlett, Nancy Durecki and Wendy Roberts for spending hours and days completing the office move in Enrollment Services. They were all willing to work quickly and complete the project, without understanding how much it really entailed. Thank you for your patience and hard work to create the spaces we envisioned!
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!
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
Kudos to Laura Matchett and Elizabeth Sonnabend for developing a training program and becoming a workforce development partner with Sara Lee.
Kudos to John Walker for navigating through numerous hurdles to obtain credentials for the Aero Park Testing Center to reopen. Once he gained administrator and proctor privileges for testing vendors, he turned his attention to the proctor staff and guided them through the certification process as well. His contributions to the Testing Center the past few months have benefited the staff and students at NMC in many ways. Thank you, John!
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!
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Kudos to Rob Rider, Beth Norconk, Chris Little, Justin Guillard, Dan Wasson, and Steve Dix. Many thanks to Rob, Beth, Chris, Justin, Dan and Steve for swarming the Parsons-Stulen labs and helping with the removal and replacement of 73 computer hard drives. We were able to replace the drives, load software on these machines and have them functional within five hours; a task which would have taken me a week working solo.
Kudos to Amy Burns-Bailey. Thank you to Amy Burns-Bailey for setting up the Lunch & Learn with Ken Scott (Transformation Coaching) on the topic “Creating Memories of Your Future”. NMC students, staff and retirees attended the interactive presentation and Ken was very engaging and thought provoking. Hopefully Amy will bring him back this spring to present again!
Kudos to Ryan Deering and Tony Sauerbrey. During College for Kids this past summer, we had an instructor running late due to a flat tire. Tony Sauerbrey and Ryan Deering came to the rescue! Thanks Tony and Ryan for saving the day and running the topographic sandbox in Parsons Stulens so that the College for Kids, “Building Virtual Worlds” students could see augmented reality in action!
Kudos to Lisa Baldyga and Amy Burns-Bailey. Thank you to Lisa Baldyga, Employment Readiness Coordinator, and Amy Burns-Bailey, Experiential Learning Coordinator, for offering “Coffee & Career Chats” each month. This gives our students an informal way to ask questions about resumes, career ideas, internships and more!
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!
Colleen Burry was recently promoted to Records & Registration Specialist. Congratulations, Colleen!
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This course is strongly recommended for all supervisors and anyone who wants to improve their relationships.
This in-person, experiential learning based course provides a step-by-step process, tools, and support for resolving performance gaps, enhancing accountability, reducing resentment, eliminating inconsistency, and improving performance both at a professional and a personal level. During this 2-day training, learn how to have those difficult conversations in a way that solves problems while improving relationships.
There is no cost to employees for this course. Participants receive a free copy of the book Crucial Accountability.
To reserve your spot, find the course listed in the course catalog in NEOED Training, then click on “Join Waitlist” to be notified of the next cohort.
For questions, contact professionaldevelopmentinstitute@nmc.edu or call (231) 995-1143.
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Kudos to Kyle Morrison, Chris Hanna and Alex Jones! Kyle, Chris and Alex helped the redesign of the Great Lakes Campus room 112 to support a better student learning environment. This included better viewing monitors, room layout and room functionality. They were extremely supportive and made the transition smoothly, quickly and with no disruption to classroom activities. The feedback from our students has been 100% positive.
Kudos to Joan Sodini and Emily Crull! A massive thank you to Joan, Emily and the rest of the PR team for their help with College Night, Transfer Fair and Applying to College 101. Their support is no doubt a big factor in this year’s event successes. We had amazing attendance at all of these events and were able to make this year’s changes smooth and effective for students, community and the college reps visiting campus. We received a lot of positive feedback and cannot thank them enough!
Kudos to Jim Bensley and Marina Call! Congratulations to Jim Bensley and Marina Call for a very well attended Lunch & Learn on Study Abroad 2024. There were over 55 participants in attendance to hear about this year’s study abroad trips.
Kudos to Carolyn Andrews! Congratulations to Carolyn Andrews and her team for putting on the awesome event Building Tomorrow. This was an amazing opportunity for local middle and high school students to participate in hands-on activities in the trades field. The local sponsors and volunteers were outstanding and the students had a great time!
Kudos to Katie Sommer-Ford, Bridget Munroe and Rorie Kawula! Transfer week at NMC started off with great momentum at tonight’s Applying to College 101 session! Bridget Munroe and Katie Sommer-Ford from Advising/Student Success listened to the needs of our NMC students to bring an event focused on navigating the transfer admissions process. With collaboration from our internal admissions department including Rorie Kawula, and admissions representative Alex Lasher from NMU, a presentation highlighting the step-by-step process of college transfer and college admission was presented to more than 45 current students, prospective students and parents.
Kudos to Student Life, Student Success and student groups! Heading into the midpoint of our semester it was amazing to see the energy and student engagement for Fall Festival! Hats off to Student Life and office manager Katy Knight, our incredible student leaders from groups across campus, and our Student Success coaches for putting on a truly vibrant Fall Festival. Students had an opportunity to learn more about services and groups they could join, and got to interact with key members of their student support team. Extra thanks to our coaches, with lead efforts by Amber Marsh, for extending the Fall Festival day with a family-focused afternoon of games, crafts and good times outdoors with beautiful weather to top it off!
Kudos to Cari Noga, Emily Crull and Shannah Vergote! Thank you to Cari, Shannah and Emily for collaborating to bring college employees “EES Opportunities” in the Intercom. You are helping to promote our Extended Education & Training classes to our employees and thus improving employee wellness, and personal & professional development—which leads to creating employee culture, a sense of belonging and employee retention!
Kudos to Michelle Poertner! Michelle has voluntarily helped keep the Osterlin Testing Center up and running this semester and has now began actively working with vendors and proctors to reopen the Parsons-Stulen Professional Testing Center. The staff and students at NMC are lucky to have Michelle!
Kudos to Lisa Cooper, Ed Bailey, and Hans VanSumeren for successfully planning and running the LakeBed 2030 Conference. This is currently NMC’s largest and only binational conference. This year’s event was extremely successful with outstanding speakers, great technical demonstrations and picture perfect weather.
2023 Lakebed 2030 conference by the numbers:
This is a major endeavor and couldn’t be pulled off without the hard work of Lisa, Ed and Hans!
Kudos to Chris Little and Tamella Livengood! Last week in the testing center we had a student taking a HESI test when her computer totally froze up and we couldn’t figure out how to remote control it or otherwise get her back into the test. Both Chris and Tamella were extremely helpful in guiding us step-by-step so the student could finish her test on time after driving for six hours just to take it! Thanks Chris and Tamella, especially from someone new at the testing center!
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!
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!