Celebrate it with a membership to the NMC Fitness Center. It’s located on main campus in the Rajkovich Building (Physical Education), Room 206. A friendly, well-trained fitness staff is ready to help you rea ch your fitness goals. Start anytime! Students get 4-months for $60, or a full year for $100. Call NMC Extended Education (231) 995-1700 to register with student rates. See hours and amenities here. (more…)
TRAVERSE CITY — Three alumni have been named the 2015 recipients of NMC’s Outstanding Alumni award.
Created in 1988, the award recognizes alumni for professional achievement and community and professional leadership. The 2015 recipients, announced at Saturday’s commencement, are:
Sally Rogers, class of 1981 – Rogers took her first art class on campus at the age of 15, and knew immediately that visual arts were her passion. She graduated in 1981 with her associate’s degree and went on to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art. Her career took her to North Carolina, where she built a studio and still lives and works today, focusing on large scale sculptures of steel, glass, stone and wood. In 2004 her sculpture, “Nexus” was installed on the east side of the Health and Science building. Rogers is also the daughter of the late Joe Rogers, a longtime math and science instructor and the namesake of NMC’s Joseph H. Rogers Observatory.
Gary Seabrook, class of 1972 – After NMC Seabrook attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University medical school. He is now chief of the department of vascular surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Education was a value deeply instilled in Seabrook by his mother, Joanne, and in her memory he has created a significant endowed scholarship for business students.
Al Zelinski, class of 1983 – Zelinski is a member of the commercial lending team at Honor Bank. He has served on the NMC Foundation Board’s Scholarship Open committee since 2005. He chaired the event, the college’s largest single-day fund raiser, for two years, more than doubling its net profit. He joined the Foundation Board in 2014 and has expanded his fund raising activities still further.
Read about past Outstanding Alumni here. Alumni interested in reconnecting should plan to stop by the Alumni Tent at the NMC Barbecue on May 17. Located under the pines in front of Osterlin Library, the tent will include a drawing for a new bike, the traditional quilt raffle as well as other prizes, NMC swag, appearances by nursing alumni seeking to support current nursing students, and by Paul Welch, whose department’s role in shaping the region’s thriving art community is chronicles in the new retrospective book, A Colorful Cast.
Betsy Coffia
Director of Alumni Relations
bcoffia@nmc.edu
(231) 995-2825
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Congratulations to the NMC Student Life team who won a 2015 NMEAC Environmentalist of the Year Award in the undergraduate category for organizing the Sweet Earth Festival! (NMEAC stands for: Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council.) (more…)
As a thank you for participating in the 2015 Learner Engagement Survey, two students were randomly drawn from all 352 survey participants to win a $75 NMC bookstore gift card. The winners are Lisa Peele and Aubrey Webb!
Thank you for participating in the 2015 Learner Engagement Survey and congratulations! (more…)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the newest edition of the NMC Magazine will not be released till next week. You will be able to find it on campus starting next week and throughout the summer. Thanks for your understanding!
The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here or click here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the lobby of the library’s lobby. (more…)
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Tech Tips is presented by our Technology Help Desk and will provide you with simple explanations to tech troubles you may come upon in everyday technology use. These posts will occur regularly and will include a wide variety of topics. If you have further questions regarding the Tech Tips, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020.
Another year at NMC is coming to a close, and whether you are just taking the summer to regroup before hitting the books again in the fall, or moving on to bigger and better things, it is important to finish everything off before taking that well deserved breath. Finals always take center stage as they should this time of year as well they should, but below we have a “Taking Care of Business” checklist for all the other little things you need to do before kicking back and enjoying the sunshine. (more…)
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College and WCMU present Community Cinema on May 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., FREE of charge. The program features a documentary film followed by discussion with community leaders and scholars. Visit http://www.dennosmuseum.org/events/community-cinema.html for the full schedule.
Limited Partnership
Limited Partnership chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In 1975, thanks to a courageous county clerk in Boulder, Colorado, Richard and Tony were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married in the world. (more…)
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TRAVERSE CITY — NMC’s Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Chris M. Bott, a 1983 alumnus and practicing CPA, to fill a vacant trustee slot on Monday. He will serve through Dec. 31, 2016.
“I want to give back to what I consider a hidden gem in this community, and one that my nieces, nephews and grandchildren should consider as their first step in their college education,” Bott said in his application materials, noting that six of his siblings and his own three children also attended NMC. He said this personal experience with NMC, over two generations, set him apart from other candidates.
Bott, who has owned an private accountancy practice since 1998, has also served on NMC’s Business Administration/Accountancy advisory committee since 2004.
“This has been an informative experience for me, and refreshing to know that the college wants input from area employers as to the needs of said employers and then acts to implement some of the suggestions,” he said in his application.
Trustees thanked all the applicants and noted the high caliber of the applicant pool. Ten individuals applied to fill the vacancy created by Cheryl Gore Follette’s resignation on March 23. Per Michigan law, Bott will serve the remainder of Follette’s original term, through December 31, 2016.
He will be eligible to run for election for a full, six-year trustee term in November 2016.
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
Now you can check your grades, keep track of courses, find important numbers, get directions to campus locations, and keep up with news and events right from your smartphone or tablet with NMC’s free new app from Ellucian GO.
iPhone/iPad users: On your device, go to the App Store and download the app.
Android users: On your device, go to the Google Play store and download the app.
Once installed, open the app and select “Northwestern Michigan College” from the list of schools.
The library has two new group study areas partitioned off for students to work on group projects and practice presentations. One is in the back of the reference area by the library offices and the other is at the back of the stacks area. Both are equipped with a large screen tv to share laptop screens, whiteboards, and whiteboard supplies.
They are free to use anytime the library is open and can be reserved for particular times. And don’t forget that you can check out a Chromebook to use in the library. Or check out a Dell laptop with Microsoft Office to take home and use for three weeks! (more…)
The NMC Children’s Choir’s oldest group, Cantus, returned to TC on Sunday, April 12, following a very successful tour to New York City. Our singers were invited to perform in New York with the St. Joseph’s University Singers as well as compete in the prestigious Big Apple Classic Music Festival. Our singers enjoyed many of New York’s wonderful landmarks including: the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the 9/11 Memorial, Central Park, and Times Square. While in NYC, our singers also saw a performance of “Phantom of the Opera” and were able to do a workshop with some of the performers from the show. The highlight of the trip were our two wonderful performances. Our singers impressed audience members and adjudicators alike, earning a Gold Medal and 1st Place in the Junior Division. (more…)
Tech Tips is presented by our Technology Help Desk and will provide you with simple explanations to tech troubles you may come upon in everyday technology use. These posts will occur regularly and will include a wide variety of topics. If you have further questions regarding the Tech Tips, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020.
How great would it be to have access to a coworkers calendar anytime you need it? That’s exactly what you get with Google Calendar and while this has been around for some time at NMC, more and more people are using this invaluable tool. This next article gives a quick tutorial as to how to get the most out of Google Calendar at NMC. (more…)
Spring fever is in the air… we hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break! Before we can catch our breath the 60th annual BBQ will be upon us! This year the BBQ will be held on Sunday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The NMC Barbecue board would like to invite you to take part in putting on our annual community picnic.
Here’s how to sign up in 4 easy steps:
Would you like to get $50 worth of Qdoba coupons for just $10? NMC Students for Life will be hosting a Qdoba coupon fundraiser in the Health Science Building on Monday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by for a great deal! (more…)