Mar 10, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Want to learn more about the new Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and the changes that impact you as a supervisor? Human Resources is offering sessions that will walk you through ESTA guidelines and answer your questions, including:
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- Who is eligible to use ESTA and for what purposes?
- What is and isn’t allowed under this act?
- How to submit and approve sick time?
- What about those paid through Edustaff?
This training will provide you with the answers needed to legally act on behalf of your employees and NMC. Sessions will be offered on:
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- Monday, March 10, 2–3 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 12, 12–1 p.m.
- Friday, March 14, 9–10 a.m.
Follow these instructions to enroll in NEOED.
Mar 10, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Alice Sluss and Tracy Welch! Kudos to Alice Sluss for her seven-year run as an innovative and dedicated office manager for Center for Instructional Excellence. Since January 2018, Alice has kept the books, fielded queries, managed the Faculty Excellence Award, trained a new director, edited a handbook and so much more. With Ali Thornton, Alice designed a new system for tracking faculty PD expenditures, which has allowed CIE to more effectively manage our budget while saving time for office managers. Alice remains in her role as office manager for Humanities/Audio Tech and will facilitate this year’s Faculty Excellence Awards. CIE is ever grateful for your time and care, Alice!
Kudos to Amy Burns-Bailey! Amy stepped in for us at the last minute to lead a workshop when a colleague got sick. This kept us from having to cancel a workshop for students and allowed them to have their resumes reviewed before the Career & Majors Fair. Thank you for your willingness to collaborate and support our team!
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!
Mar 10, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
We recognize that the world around us is always changing and that can be overwhelming. One thing that hasn’t changed is that NMC is here for you. NMC’s Employee Assistance Program through Ulliance can provide you with support in many areas including counseling, coaching, crisis support, legal and financial consultations, and more. These services are completely confidential and available at no cost to you. To learn more, call Ulliance at (800) 448-8326, or review the information provided on the benefits page (must be signed in to your employee account to access).
Mar 3, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Denny Nguyen! Thank you to Denny Nguyen for his assistance with ADP and timesheets. Denny’s positivity and thoughtfulness is appreciated!
Kudos to Elizabeth Sonnabend and Ben Post! Ben Post and Elizabeth Sonnabend flexed their tech skills to connect the new LMS, Canvas, to NMC Extended Education & Training registration system, Modern Campus Lumens. This will save a great deal of time for both teams. This connection allows community members to enroll in credit classes as “cross listed” or “joint offering” classes from the academic side, bringing in over $85,000 to the academic departments annually. Thank you for going above and beyond and getting this connection solidified successfully.
Kudos to Danielle Quinlan! Danielle, Extended Education & Training’s office manager, represented NMC on Wednesday, Feb. 5, on the Good Morning Michigan show on 9&10 news. Danielle’s enthusiasm and knowledge about College for Kids shone through in her interview with the hosts of the show. Thank you for putting NMC Extended Education & Training in the best light and sharing the good news about College for Kids programming with families! Watch the 9&10 News feature here.
Kudos to Cari Noga! I began working on a project that means a lot to me and the subject matter evolves around criminal prevention and education. Throughout the course of the project, I encountered the problem of how best to distribute it to the faculty and students on campus. After I expressed this concern to Cari, she volunteered to assist me in not only distributing the project to the campus, but also revising and editing the project to become more effective and memorable. I believe the best resources of a good organization are from within and Cari affirmed this. Kindly join me in commending Cari for her actions and recognizing her skills as a subject matter expert in regards to public relations and creativity.
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!
Mar 3, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
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- Beth Straebel, supplemental employee — EES Assistant
- Heather Hartney – Nursing Success Coach
- Mason Allard – Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor
- Henry Black, student employee – Tutor
- Kenny Kell, supplemental employee — Aviation Mechanic Level 1
- Hayley Davidson, supplemental employee – Food Service (back of house)
Mar 3, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Back by popular demand! Don’t miss this professional development opportunity!
Join fellow NMC colleagues to enjoy lunch and learn at this live session on understanding generational differences. Katie Sommer-Ford and Bridget Munroe will lead this session as attendees explore the unique characteristics and perspectives of each generation in an effort to better understand those around us. We will not only look at the historical, social and communicative context but also discuss how this can help us work together better and better serve our students.
Friday, March 7, 2025
12:30–2 p.m.
Osterlin Building, room 0203-0205
Please RSVP by enrolling in this course in NEOED Training. To enroll, follow these instructions.
For questions, please contact lhodek@nmc.edu.
Feb 24, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Lynne Moritz! Kudos to Lynne Moritz for organizing the All Employee Virtual Connections! It is a wonderful way to connect with our fellow staff members and to get valuable updates.
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!
Feb 24, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Hayley Davidson recently started working at the college as a supplemental in food service (back of house). Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
Feb 14, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Embrace the Dream reading buddies! Here’s a shout-out to the students, staff and faculty who volunteered for one or more of the Embrace the Dream reading events hosted by the NMC Library. Without reading buddies, we simply couldn’t have made these programs happen! Volunteers spent time with children, reading and talking with them, completing a craft, and making each young person feel seen. This year, 117 children participated in the programming! I am grateful to work with you!
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- Melanie Griffith
- Joelle Hannert
- Eden Hadfield
- Ciarra Arlt
- Kelly Yauk
- Olivia Watrous
- Cristina Pimenta
- Taylor Wilcox
- Bella Whitten
- Nicco Pandolfi
- Marcus Bennett
- Brooklynn Golnick
- Ayri Norteña
- Taylor Wilcox
- Marianne Dages
- Janet Lively
- Aric Woughter
- Nicole Fewins
- Scott Goethals
- Tricia Lincoln
- Lil Anderson
- Molly Norville
- Colleen Burry
- Laurel Forton
- Katy Grace
- Mark Dragovich
- Chelsea Bridson
- Jeffrey Cobb
- Lisa Nadlicki
- Alex Tank
- Veronica Dragovich
- Cathy Brown
- Lee Mikowski
- Lauren Marchany
(Oh wow, I really hope I didn’t miss anyone because you all are the best!)
I’d also like to thank the leadership at NMC for fostering a culture of service and making DEI a priority. The TCAPS employees we meet during these events are really impressed with the number of people who give up their own time or are released from regular duties to show up for their students. Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service to our community puts action to our words and says a great deal about our institutional values.
And finally thank you to the DEI Committee and Student Life for sharing the cost of the books with the NMC Library. Each of the children who participated went home with a book of their own!
Kudos to Laura Korch! Thanks to ceramics instructor Laura Korch for bringing artist Chris Baskins to NMC! Chris gave presentations on his pottery career to ceramics students and brought pieces of his work to share. Chris was also invaluable in helping Laura and her students with the wood kiln which fired to cone 10!
Kudos to Bobbi Garner and Les Eckert! Les identified a scheduling issue for GLCI students that would have prevented them from taking a required human biology course in fall semester. This was a potential retention and completion barrier for culinary students. Les worked with Bobbi Garner in the Science & Math Academic Area; Bobbi’s quick attention and action allowed for a change to the fall schedule. This change will allow culinary students to complete their science requirement in fall 2025 if needed. Thank you to Les and Bobbi for coming together to problem solve for our students!
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!
Feb 14, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Alexia Connelly recently started working at the college as a student Chemistry Lab Assistant. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
Feb 14, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Ben Herman was recently promoted to Facilities Project Manager. Congratulations, Ben!
Feb 7, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
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Feb 7, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Max McColl; Max went above and beyond when one of our EES students got stuck when trying to turn around in our Beckett Building parking lot and ended up wedged in between a couple of trees.
Kudos to Elsie McKay; Elsie is the first point of contact when you walk into TJNIC. She is welcoming, and knows her job well. She always goes above and beyond for everyone she meets. Being a new NMC employee was a bit scary, and she was one of the first to make me feel at home. She goes out of her way to shovel a sidewalk, or clean off a car, just to be a friend. Her knowledge of her job, and stories of the past are always an interesting break from an otherwise hectic day. Thanks for all you do for NMC, McKay!
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!
Feb 7, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Alexis Taylor recently started working at the college as a student tutor. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
Feb 3, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Jan Root, Mark Howell, Cindy Duby, Amjad Khan, Alice Sluss and Luke Pickelman: We had a late admit on January 17 who arrived in the Advising Center the following Monday looking to enroll in classes for spring. After working with the student to identify possible courses with available capacity, academic area office managers including Jan Root, Cindy Duby and Alice Sluss worked diligently to help with outreach to instructors to gain approval for this late addition to classes. Mark Howell, Amjad Khan, and Luke Pickelman made exceptions to allow the student into their courses even though a full week had been completed. Thank you for making this semester possible and for the time and effort during a busy Monday to help with this student who got the full-court press effort of several different departments and areas. We hope this student experiences great 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!
Feb 3, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
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- James Kiessel — Adjunct Law Enforcement Instructor
- Ethan VanHoose, student employee — Tutor
- Lily Kolbusz, student employee — Astronomy Lab Assistant
Jan 24, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
Kudos to Colleen Burry: Colleen goes above and beyond for students! I was working with a student in a tough situation regarding housing. Due to some intricacies of the situation, the student would lose his housing unless someone was available to check into his account and remove a hold over the weekend. The student doesn’t have a lot of support and disclosed the they would have nowhere to live if they lost their housing. When calling to troubleshoot, Colleen offered to help right away. Her willingness to give of her own personal weekend time to help a student in a tough situation is just one example of the empathy and kindness she shows every day. Thank you Colleen! You are making a difference for our students!
Kudos to Lisa Nadlicki: Lisa has taken on the extra responsibility of getting our Clothing Closet back in order and organized since December. She has not only cleaned up the space, she has organized the clothes and even washed things needing a refresh. Thank you so much for your efforts Lisa! This is something unique and extra we offer our students and is completely led by staff volunteers like you.
Kudos to Marysue Lessner: Marysue saw a need, suggested and implemented doc-u-sign to our department. Saving us paper and time and making us more efficient. Marysue has been an awesome addition to our team.
Kudos to Dan Gentry and Information Technology Services: There is a team we rarely meet face-to-face but whose work keeps the wheels turning at NMC. It may be hard for them to see how their daily contributions impact our students, but those of us on the front lines of student services see it and want to acknowledge some of the myriad ways Information Technology Services undergird the services we provide students daily.
Thanks to ITS (Dan Gentry & his team)…
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- 89% of NMC students from Michigan had full tuition and fees covered by grants and scholarships as a result of massive amounts of programming work to implement FAFSA Simplification, Michigan Community College Guarantee and our new scholarship system
- Most of our financial aid processing is automated, resulting in daily updates of student awards and balances so students always know where they stand
- NMCs is one of the state’s most “put together” financial aid offices. We brag about the contribution made by ITS at every conference! They are world-class!
- Students have library access set up from Day 1 as a Hawk Owl. To a student, this means, “You’re not a stranger. You belong here!”
- Students can self-serve within the library circulation system, resulting in an uptick in students placing their own holds, especially for textbooks at the beginning of the semester
- MeLCat (i.e. interlibrary loan) is configured and supported regardless of the clunky, antiquated system it is, making it possible to connect students to over 400 Michigan libraries and have books delivered to them at the NMC Library
- ITS support has allowed students to schedule Advising appointments online with ease. And by tracking students’ use of critical support services, Advising can quickly identify students who need extra resources. From the student perspective, it’s easier to know who is there to support them, to find services, and to schedule online — even at 2 a.m.!
- Dan’s team makes student data and information more accessible for all of us, which is hugely valuable for our decision-making processes. Having data through Banner reports and Argos reports allows the student services teams to identify students for advising and registration outreach.
- And so much 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!
Jan 24, 2025 | HR Corner, Intercom
These employees recently started working at the college. Let’s welcome them to the NMC community!
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- Michael Teichman — Adjunct Law Enforcement Instructor
- Kelcie Hoalt, supplemental employee – Welding Assistant
- Lexi Dickman, student employee – Aviation Line Crew
- Madison Findlay – Resident Assistant
