Mar 27, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Learning about and applying to NMC just got easier! The Admissions Team is pleased to announce the launching of a new toll free number for prospective students: 1-855-FIND-NMC.
This easy to remember phone number will connect callers directly to Admissions where they can get answers to questions about starting college, coming back to college, the application process, or anything else to help students start at NMC.
Share 1-855-FIND NMC today!
Mar 27, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
A group of NMC social work students are working to build awareness of the importance of good sleep hygiene and are trying to educate college students and staff of what good sleep hygiene means, and how good sleep habits and poor sleep habits can affect their education. They have composed a very short survey and need your help.
By taking this survey it allows you to keep track of the amount of sleep you get each day as well as your sleepiness throughout the day.This also benefits Northwestern Michigan College as it will give insight to the quality of sleep that students receive and provide evidence of a possible need for sleep hygiene related services (i.e, a relaxation lounge or other sleep hygiene resources) being available to students.
When you click the link below it is very important that you remember the password: survey
http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=sskv3jm2tnn8ucf97970
Mar 25, 2013 | Student News
Want to learn more about one of the best student employee jobs on campus? This job allows you to meet new people, help residents on campus, go to conferences, and so much more! The Office of Residence Life will have six openings for the Resident Assistant (RA) position for the 2013-2014 academic school year. As a RA you will be putting on programs for the residence hall on campus, being responsible for the safety and well-being of about 40 residents on your floor, and having a blast! To compensate your work for us, you will be provided with room and board in East Hall. I bet you are wondering, “How do I apply for such position?” Online applications will be posted to http://www.nmc.edu/jobs starting March 15th. If you want to know more about the position you can come to one of our Information Nights listed below. You will have a mandatory job shadowing and group process activity, also listed below. Applications will be due on March 29th. Before you apply make sure you meet the requirements of the job. You must have at least 12 completed NMC credits and have a cumulative GPA of a 2.5 or higher.
RA Info nights:
March 18, 8-9pm in HS 100 on the Main campus
March 19, 7-8pm in UC Room 9 on the University Center Campus
March 20, 10-11pm in East Hall Basement on the Main Campus
Job Shadowing (Mandatory must attend one of the times):
Meeting in East Hall’s Lobby
April 11, 12, 13
8pm, 10pm, 12am, 2 am
RA Group Process Event (Mandatory must attend):
Meeting in East Hall’s basement
April 14, 2013
7:00pm
Any questions please feel free to contact Linda Wilde at lwilde@nmc.edu or 231-995-1405 or Marcus Bennett at mbennett@nmc.edu or 231-995-1401.
ACHIEVE Your Goals in East Hall!
Mar 19, 2013 | Student News
A week of intercultural awareness continues with a number of free opportunities to metaphorically “leave the country” and explore the rest of the world.
Visit www.nmc.edu/window for the complete schedule and get ready to get global!
Mar 19, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC students, faculty, and staff now have free access to a database containing issues of Traverse City newspapers.
The digital newspaper archive covers the years 1858-1977, 1988-1989, and 2009-2012, and can be accessed from the library’s homepage in the A to Z Database List.
Any years not covered are still available on microfilm at the Osterlin Library. Indexing for the newspapers is available online in the library’s institutional repository also in the A to Z Database List.
Questions? Call 995-1540
Mar 15, 2013 | Student News
The Muster Project, a program that helps new NMC students to connect, is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 school year. Students and mentors go sailing, connect through pizza parties, and help improve student’s academic, social, and life success. Deadline is the end of the spring semester.
Click here to apply!
Mar 15, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC student Jessica Abfalter has been named one of 20 Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholars. She was chosen from a pool of 1,800 applicants by a panel of independent judges and has been extended an invitation to a special reception at the PTK Annual Convention in San Jose, California in April.
Here’s the official release from Phi Theta Kappa:
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Twenty Phi Theta Kappa members have been selected as 2013 Guistwhite Scholarship recipients and will be recognized and invited to a special reception during Phi Theta Kappa’s Annual Convention in San Jose, California, April 4-6. Each year $100,000 in scholarship funds are awarded, with each Guistwhite Scholar receiving a $5,000 scholarship for baccalaureate studies and a commemorative medallion.
Guistwhite Scholars are chosen based on academic achievement, leadership accomplishment, and engagement in Phi Theta Kappa programs. The 20 recipients for 2013 were selected by a panel of independent judges from more than 1,800 applicants to receive this scholarship, the second highest offered by Phi Theta Kappa.
The Guistwhite Scholar Program is named in honor of the late Dr. Jack Guistwhite and his widow, Margaret Guistwhite. Dr. Guistwhite established the first designated transfer scholarship for Phi Theta Kappa members at Florida Atlantic University in 1975. The Guistwhite Scholarships were established by Phi Theta Kappa in 1992.
“Dr. Jack Guistwhite planted a seed in 1975 that resulted in more than 750 colleges and universities designating transfer scholarships for thousands of Phi Theta Kappa members,” said Phi Theta Kappa’s Executive Director Dr. Rod A. Risley. “It is fitting that we continue to honor our students who excel in scholarship and leadership in Phi Theta Kappa as Guistwhite Scholars in memory of Jack and in honor of his wife Margaret. Through their generosity and those who support scholarships through the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation, these students will receive funds to help them complete their degrees.”
The 2013 Guistwhite Scholars are:
Jessica Abfalter, Northwestern Michigan College, Michigan
Yannel Celestrin, Miami Dade College, Florida
Miranda Davis, Dyersburg State Community College, Tennessee
Katherine Dunklee, Howard Community College, Maryland
Erica Gianakon, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas
Mayra Gutierrez, Central Arizona College, Arizona
Olga Homonchuk, Normandale Community College, Minnesota
Phillippe Ly, Orange Coast College, California
Taren Nance, Wor-Wic Community College, Maryland
Angelina Nance, Clark State Community College, Ohio
Devin Oakes, Mesa Community College, Arizona
Deanna Pack, Jefferson State Community College, Alabama
Kristen Regehr, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas
Christine Sim, Delgado Community College, Louisiana
Awais Spall, Mt. San Antonio College, California
Kim Stingo, Palm Beach State College, Florida
Jacqueline Watkins, Kirkwood Community College, Missouri
Tracy Weimer, Lane Community College, Oregon
Joshua Yancey, Somerset Community College, Kentucky
Ashley Young, Hillsborough Community College, Florida
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1,280 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, Peru, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than 2.5 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 135,000 students inducted annually.
Mar 14, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Hello! My name is Olga Narolska. I’m the head of the decoration committee for the NMC International Club. Each year we hold our International Dinner, a fundraiser which helps to provide scholarships to international students.
The International Club will be holding its 11th annual International Dinner on April 11. We know that many of you are world travelers! We are looking for small trinkets or souvenirs from your many travels. Our idea is to have many mementos from different countries on the tables at the dinner. The loan of your items will only be for that evening. Please label your souvenirs with your name and country of origin, and drop them off to Lindsey Dickinson in the Admissions Office. Thank you!
Mar 13, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC has been participating in the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project for many years. This semester Jim Press’ US History students will be interviewing America’s veterans and/or the civilians who also played a role in our wars.
They currently are interviewing a World War II Marine, a Korean War veteran, a “Rosie the Riveter” woman who broke new ground in America’s industrial work force during World War II and an Iraqi War veteran. But, they need 4-5 additional veterans/civilians to interview this April.
So, if you know of someone who played a role in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, Desert Storm/Gulf War, Iraq War, War on Terror or Afghanistan, would you please ask them and if they’re interested have them contact Jim at jpress@nmc.edu. The interview is usually conducted right here at NMC by his students and takes about an hour. We’d love to record and preserve their piece of American History!
To read more about the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project read the Veterans History Project Brochure.
Mar 12, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Joseph R. Sanok, Counselor at NMC, has published Mental Wellness Counseling | A remarkably simple approach to making parenting easier.
“It is the book that you should have been given after you left the hospital. You already have many of the skills in this book, it is just learning how to reapply them to make life easier,” Sanok says.
It is now available on Amazon, Click here to view it!
Mar 11, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Click HERE to watch Jim Bensley, NMC’s Director of Outreach Services, discuss exciting new programs to promote global connections in TC including the weeklong “Window on the World” starting March 15.
Produced by Segal, K.
Mar 11, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Joining MeLCat, Michigan’s library resource sharing system, gives the NMC community access to the collections of 400 Michigan libraries.
MeLCat allows NMC library patrons to easily search and request materials from most of Michigan’s major universities and public libraries. This service supplements our existing country-wide interlibrary loan program (OCLC’s Worldcat), but with a few distinctions:
- MeLCat allows users to search the state-wide catalog and place requests on their own.
- MeLCat requests will arrive more quickly than materials requested from OCLC’s Worldcat.
- OCLC’s WorldCat is still your source for article requests.
- Our patrons will also be able to use their Osterlin library card to check out materials in person at MeLCat visiting patron participating libraries.
- MeLCat is offered free of charge to all library patrons!
Search MeLCat at www.elibrary.mel.org.
Mar 8, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
The annual High School Art Show is on display at the Shirley Okerstrom Fine Arts Building on NMC’s main campus. A reception honoring the winners will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 8 and the show will be on exhibit through Friday, March 15.
Come check out all the talent!
Mar 4, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
On Tuesday, March 19th, the Michigan Global Awareness Consortium (MGAC) offers the first presentation of its spring series. Students, educators, and members of the community are invited to the NMC main campus for a forty-minute (video-taped) panel discussion on the topic of Post-2014 Afghanistan & Pakistan; which is sponsored by the International Affairs Forum and recently aired by Upnorth Media Center, a public-access TV station. The panel includes Amiad Khan from the Social Sciences department, Jack Segal, a former principal political advisor to the top NATO general in Afghanistan, and Ted Curran, a former U.S. diplomat in the region for 25 years.
After the panel Khan will be happy to answer questions and continue the discussion.
The event (7:00 – 8:30 pm in the Osterlin Building/Library, Room 205) is free and open to the public.
Mar 1, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
For the first time in more than 35 years, Michigan’s oldest community college has an official nickname. Northwestern Michigan College, hasn’t used a nickname since it last competed in intercollegiate sports in 1976. The college’s iconic tree logo will not change, and there are no plans to reinstate intercollegiate athletics, but NMC has reclaimed a little bit of missing identity. The NMC Board of Trustees unanimously voted to formally adopt Hawk Owls as the college’s nickname at their meeting February 25.
Hawk Owl pays a bit of homage to the college’s previous nickname, Tomahawks, and owls have long served as a symbol of wisdom.
The process of selecting a new nickname was deliberate. Dozens of potential nickname suggestions were considered and narrowed to a final field of four:
Black Squirrel – A name long thought favored by NMC students, black squirrels are unique to the area and have a visible presence on the college’s campuses.
Bison – A nod to the symbol of NMC’s annual barbecue and to the large buffalo herds in the area.
Pine Marten – The pine (or American) marten is a weasel about the size of a mink whose candidacy was particularly supported by those who wanted a cute, child-friendly symbol.
Hawk Owl – Once common to the area, this rare non-nocturnal owl still does appear in northern Michigan, especially in the fall. The hawk owl resembles an owl in appearance and a hawk in behavior.
Polls were conducted of students and staff at the PinePalooza event on campus, through the college’s employee and student newsletters and community-wide through NMC’s Facebook account.
The final results had the Hawk Owl with a commanding 36% of the vote, compared to 24% for the Black Squirrel, 23% for the Bison and 17% for the Pine Marten.
Next steps include creation of an official graphical representation of the Northwestern Michigan College Hawk Owl, and development of plans to create a mascot.
Mar 1, 2013 | Student News
Looking for an internship, summer job or your next career? Then attend NMC’s seventh annual Career and Employment Fair, Thursday, March 7th from 3pm-5pm at the Hagerty Center on NMC’s Great Lake Campus. For tips on job fair preparation, review the job-seeking tools at www.nmc.edu/careers.
Mar 1, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC was recently given the chance to participate in a unique opportunity teaching English to high school students in Salvador, Brazil. As a partner in US-Brazil Connect (us-brazil.org ) NMC will be choosing seven qualified students to spend the month of July in Brazil with students from three other community colleges from across the US. Students chosen for this program must commit to an 8 week pre and post online learning engagement with a partner school in Brazil. Qualified students have all been notified and will be submitting applications next week. If you have someone who is curious to know more, please have them contact Outreach Services at 995-2524.
Mar 1, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
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