Thanks to the employees practicing student centrism, from financial aid to faculty, as we enter the homestretch of the semester. Your work is helping to make a transformative impact on our students!
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Thanks to those who worked to implement multi-factor authentication for students, which rolled out last week: Bryce Turner, Paul Martin and David Hosler from SLM, Lisa Boike from ITS, and Technology Support Services: Ali Thornton and the Help Desk team of Tyrel Stott, Michelle Beckett, Ricky Hagberg and Cayce Harwood. In addition, thanks to all the faculty and staff who took the time to remind students to update their cell phone numbers in Self-Service, which significantly improved the ease of the roll out. This is an important step to keep NMC data and IT assets secure.
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Thanks to the Great Lakes Culinary Institute team for hosting A Taste of Success on April 25. Tickets are now on sale for this scholarship fundraiser, which raised more than $157,000 last year. A few volunteers are also needed—contact Chef Les Eckert to help out.
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Thanks to the Academic and Career Advising team for organizing the annual Career & Majors Fair in a new format last week. More than 80 employers were joined with faculty and staff from NMC’s relevant academic areas to showcase how NMC programs can lead to employment opportunities in northern Michigan. Community job seekers also attended.
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Thanks to NMC’s office of Financial Aid for again hosting a Financial Aid Application Fair this Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center. Participants can get help filling out their FAFSA even if they don’t plan to attend NMC, a true community service.
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Thanks to the Experiential Learning Institute for piloting nEXt, the NMC Experience Transcript this semester. The new endorsement will give students a way to demonstrate that they’ve gained experience during their education, particularly in sought-after soft skills like communication, teamwork and problem solving. It is expected to roll out college-wide this fall.
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Thanks to Ed Bailey, Jason Slade and Lisa Cooper for organizing the Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge, which kicked off today with team formation. The technology-based innovation challenge and pitch competition, focused on the issues facing the Great Lakes, is the sequel to last year’s AquaHacking event. Both are aimed at cultivating entrepreneurship in the new blue economy and fostering the formation of companies that will eventually occupy the Freshwater Research and Innovation Center in Greilickville.
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Thanks to everyone involved with the college-wide Embrace the Dream programming in celebration of Martin Luther King Day and Black History month. The event series kicks off today at The Dennos Museum Center with a free admission day and a presentation by Dr. Khalid el-Hakim on black history, DEI, implicit bias, culturally relevant pedagogy, and hip hop pedagogy. Check out the full event schedule.
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Thanks to Human Resources and the Holiday Party Committee for planning the 2024 holiday party this past Friday. A festive time was had by all!
The Food Services Front of House team won the gingerbread house contest.
The coveted Rudolph trophy went to Aviation for their submission.
Kyle Morrison was awarded a medal for funniest ugly sweater as both the runner up and individual winner.
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Generous donors contributed more than $55,000 to four NMC causes on Giving Tuesday last week. In addition to these results, the NMC Foundation also announced the largest gifts to date to Next Level: The Campaign for NMC Aviation. Thanks to Foundation staff for their hard work.
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Thanks to all who are working to ensure that no student is hungry. That includes the organizers of NMC’s stationary food pantry in Osterlin, which has served students since 2017; the revived mobile food pantry which will distribute from 3-5 p.m. today in the Maple parking lot; and Business 231 students who will distribute 165 holiday meals when their 11th annual Thanks-for-Giving drive culminates tomorrow.
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To the faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members who shared their stories in NMC’s 2024 Community Report. Arriving in the mailboxes of Grand Traverse County residents this week, this new publication shares real stories of student success and community impact, showing how NMC is dedicated to making Grand Traverse a better place to live, work and grow.
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Kudos to the organizers of two upcoming annual events, the Mariners Memorial, set for Friday at noon on the Great Lakes campus, and Veterans Day, a week from today at 9 a.m. on the Front Street campus. Both occasions offer an important opportunity to pause, reflect and remember.
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Thanks to all those who shared the Halloween spirit with campus. From last week’s Trunk or Treat and Spooky Pride movie night to the Spooky Silent Disco and Halloween for All events at the Dennos, the festivities emphasized belongingness and inclusivity for all on campus. It’s not over yet — wear a costume to the bookstore Thursday and get spooky savings on NMC apparel!
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Congratulations to NMC Aviation for breaking ground on a new hangar earlier this month. The new hangar will expand the college’s aviation facilities and increase its capacity to train pilots by 25 to 40 percent. It is also the first project in NMC’s 10-year campus master plan, NMC Thrive.
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Thanks to the Center for Instructional Excellence and the Professional Development Institute, who have teamed up to offer a full day of professional development tomorrow. Check out the schedule here and enjoy the day of Creating a Caring and Connected Community.
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Kudos to College for Kids, whose 47th summer was the most financially successful ever. The program served 745 unique students ages 3–17. In addition, Extended Education & Training awarded over $20,000 in scholarships to College for Kids families to make programming accessible to more learners.
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Congratulations to NMC’s Marine Technology program for the shoutout it received from Rear Adm. Benjamin Evans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the recent “Lakebed 2023” conference. Evans called the program a “superpower” for its practical education for careers in the field. The one-of-a-kind bachelor’s degree program prepares students to meet the needs of the global marine industry and boasts 100-percent employment.
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