Jan 31, 2022 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Thank you to everyone who’s pitching in to help keep the campus community safe through the latest wave of COVID-19: Instructors reporting cases, Health Services assisting with contact tracing, testing, tracking and and last week’s vaccination clinic, Human Resources and the business office with tracking and supplies, including KN95 masks, and the Reimagining Committee for working on guidelines for class safety.
Visit nmc.edu/covid-19 for links to the COVID-19 Case Dashboard and other safety information, including a printable version of the proper face mask wearing poster that’s posted around campus.
Jan 24, 2022 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Thank you to the more than 1,000 participants in NMC Next, the year-long strategic planning process and plan scheduled for final approval by the Board of Trustees tonight.
NMC Next is the result of the effort and energy expended collegewide, from answering a survey to participating in a feedback session to serving on the work team or steering committee.
Jan 17, 2022 | Embrace the Dream, Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Thanks to the Embrace the Dream team for their excellent work creating a program of events that aligns with the new DEI area of NMC’s strategic plan and celebrates Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month: Amanda Clark, Amy Pflughoeft, Brandon Everest, Jason Dake, Jeff Cobb, Jeremy Heinlein, Lisa Thomas, Lori Hodek, Meg Young, Sally Smarsty andTony Jenkins.
For a full list of activities, including dates, times and locations that you can copy directly to your Google calendar, check out the Embrace the Dream calendar.
Jan 10, 2022 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Thanks to the roughly 250 people who attended and took part in the January opening conference. More than two dozen new employees were introduced, an update on the strategic plan was provided, and Marcus Bennett, Ed.D. was introduced as Special Assistant to the President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, starting July 1. In addition, Dr. Paolo Guadiano gave a highly engaging presentation on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Watch a recording of the conference and Dr. Guardino’s presentation here.
Jan 4, 2022 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Watch your mailbox next week for the success stories of colleagues, students, alumni and friends in the next issue of Nexus magazine.
From strategic planning to Steve Drake’s math teacher disciples to the new restaurant that the owners (and GLCI alumna) of Frankfort’s Birch & Maple are cooking up, you’ll only read about it in Nexus.
Dec 20, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Congratulations to everyone who helped EES implement and launch their new, improved, user-friendly registration site. Check it out yourself. One new feature is that NMC employees will see the discounted rate before checkout. The Marine Center utilizes the system, too.
Implementation team members: Ed Bailey, Maureen Carlson, Bill Czyzyk, Dan Gentry, Kristy Jackson, Lindsey Lipke, Laura Matchett, Jackie Schenk, Elizabeth Sonnabend
Go Live Additional Team: Christa Abdul-Karim, Lisa Boike, Steve Kellman, Paul Martin, Bryce Turner
Dec 13, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
A BIG thanks to all employees who made a gift on #GivingTuesday!
Because of you and community donors, the Dennos Museum Center raised more than $21,000 to preserve works of art and support the greatest needs of the museum. Additionally, you made it possible for students to pay for classes next semester with your generous gifts to the NMC Scholarship Fund.
Thank you and Go Hawk Owls!
Dec 7, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Congratulations to the NMC Aviation Division for winning a $90,000 aviation workforce development grant from the FAA. Funds will be used to offer UAS training to high school teachers. Competition was “rigorous,” and the college is “to be commended for an extraordinary response to the FAA opportunity,” according to the grant award letter.
Nov 29, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
To the Public Relations, Marketing and Communications team whose magazine Nexus won the top gold award in a regional community college competition.
Judges said the spring 2021 issue highlighting the college’s pandemic pivots, textbook heroes and Futures for Frontliners had “great content,” “beautiful, clean design” and “interesting, well-written articles.”
Nexus previously won a gold award at the national competition.
Nov 22, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
To students in Kristy McDonald’s Professional Communications class, who distributed more than 125 Thanksgiving meals to fellow students and community members Monday.
The eighth annual Food For Thought project teaches students how to professionally communicate through experiential learning.
Nov 15, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
To faculty members Brandon Everest, Lisa Blackford and Melissa Sprenkle, whose students in sociology, social work and communications, respectively, will participate in the Walk for Health and Housing, a guided tour of downtown Traverse City from the perspective of people experiencing homelessness and the providers who serve them, departing from NMC’s Great Lakes campus parking lot at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17.
The sixth annual walk, open to the public, is an example of Experiential Learning at NMC and held as a part of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, observed the week before Thanksgiving.
Nov 8, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom, Student News
Scott Herzberg, NMC’s Military Point of Contact for the college’s military and veteran students since 2012, is leaving the college Tuesday after 25 years of service to the college and its students.
In recognition of his work to increase the services that NMC offers student veterans, Herzberg won a 2015 John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College. He was also a Foundation Excellence Award winner in 2000 and 2016.
Thank you, Scott!
Nov 1, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom, Student News
The Dennos Museum Center will display an exhibition of artwork by NMC faculty starting Wednesday, Nov. 3. The exhibition by Art Department faculty members — each a dedicated educator as well as a working professional artist — is the first on campus in over five years.
The artwork, by Coreene Kreiser, Mathew McGovern, Randolph Melick, Caroline Schaefer-Hills, Leah Schroeder, Rufus Jame Snoddy, Zach Tate, Adam VanHouten and Glenn Wolff, will be on display through January 2, 2022. Learn more here.
Oct 26, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Congratulations to the Influential Women of Northern Michigan named by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. At least eight have NMC connections, including:
- Alumni: Peg Jonkhoff; Susie Janis; Alison Metiva
- Employees: Marguerite Cotto; Susan Odgers; Leanne Baumeler
- Retired: instructor Marilyn Jaquish
- Other: Cammie Buehler, Great Lakes Culinary Institute advisory board member
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
Oct 18, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Congratulations to the NMC Library, Student Success and other college faculty and staff who made Sunday’s Long Night Against Procrastination midterms edition a success! Some 100 students stopped by the library between 6–8 p.m. for snacks and hot drinks, including a build-your-own pancake bar staffed by Student Success coaches Nancy Olenchek and Kelsey Wright who handed out hundreds of pancakes.
Peer study groups, student success coaches, student ambassadors, Writing and Reading Center staff and librarians were all on hand to help students power through the midterm crunch.
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
Oct 11, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Ann Swaney and Michelle Seman
Thank you to Ann Swaney, longtime NMC librarian and archivist. Swaney is retiring this month after 38 years with the college, meaning she was the custodian and guardian of NMC’s institutional memories for more than half its history.
Michelle Seman will succeed Swaney as archivist.
Best wishes to you both!
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
Oct 4, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Thank you to NMC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, which presented its State of DEI Benchmarking Report to the college last month following more than a year of work. The committee prioritized three areas of focus going forward, and will work within the strategic planning framework to explore short- and long-term initiatives.
DEI core committee members are Craig Hadley and Lisa Thomas, co-chairs; Lisa Blackford, Judy Chu, Denny Nguyen and Kerrey Woughter. More than a dozen other faculty and staff serve on subcommittees, including:
Subcommittees:
Chelsie Niemi, NMC Staff
Nicole Speelman, NMC Faculty
Nicco Pandolfi, NMC Staff (co-chair)
Hollie DeWalt, NMC Staff (co-chair)
Briana Mills, NMC Faculty (co-chair)
Marcus Bennett, NMC Staff
Diane Bolton, NMC Adjunct Instructor
Betsy Boris, NMC Faculty
Erica Cotner, NMC Staff
Taylor Nash, NMC Staff
Ben Post, NMC Staff
Alison Thornton, NMC Staff
Sarah Montgomery-Richards, NMC Adjunct Instructor (co-chair)
Sally Smarsty, NMC Staff (co-chair)
Kristy Jackson, NMC Staff
Past members:
Mark Liebling, NMC Staff
Leanne Baumeler, NMC Staff
Amari McGee, NMC Staff
Mindy Morton, NMC Adjunct Instructor
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
Sep 27, 2021 | Hawk Owl Helpers and Heroes, Intercom
Congratulations to Extended Educational Services for a successful 2021 College for Kids program led by Kristy Jackson. On key benchmarks of enrollment, safety, and of course, fun, the program excelled. Zero COVID-19 exposures were reported and 90 percent of seats were filled.
“NMC’s commitment to the human ‘learning span’ is one of our fundamental and enduring values — most happily illustrated in the energy of our youngest learners,” said Marguerite Cotto, Vice President for Lifelong & Professional Learning. “What a way to start a learning journey!”
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
