Summer Book Rentals Due
Summer book rentals are due on August 10.
Please note that the bookstore will be closed August 2-7 to move, and will reopen in Health & Science Room 101 on August 8.
Fall Financial Aid at the Bookstore
Fall financial aid will be available to use in the bookstore August 13-September 11. Gas cards will be available for purchase with financial aid August 20-September 11.
Can’t get to the bookstore for your books but need to use financial aid? Email the bookstore at bookstore@nmc.edu for more information.
It’s time to secure your fall classes!
Payment for fall classes is due July 31, 2018
Online: nmc.edu/selfservice, under Student Billing
- Electronic Check from checking or savings account at no cost
- Debit card payment at no cost to you
- Credit card payment: American Express, MasterCard, VISA, or Discover (including JCB, Diners Pay and China Union Network). A 2.85% service fee applies to all credit card payments for charges related to academic credit courses
- Authorize someone else to make a payment
- Enroll in direct deposit for refunds
- Enroll in a deferred payment plan
- Make a housing or aviation deposit under Deposits
- Go to Financial Aid menu to check your financial aid
In person: Payments by cash, check, or money order can be made at Student Financial Services (Tanis Bldg., main level)
By mail: Please note your NMC ID on your check.
NMC Student Financial Services
1701 E. Front Street
Traverse City, MI 49686
Explore payment options: nmc.edu/cashier
Questions? (231) 995-1035 or sfs@nmc.edu
Helpful tips:
- Check your NMC email and Self-Service often
- Respond to any requests for information
- Drop before 100% Refund Date (on your schedule) if you don’t plan to attend
- Financial Aid information: nmc.edu/financial-aid
Fall session begins August 25. Register today!
New Books at the Library
The library has purchased many new books so far this year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.
NMC Board of Trustees approves balanced budget, sets tuition and fees for 2018-2019
TRAVERSE CITY — During its regular June 25 monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees for Northwestern Michigan College unanimously approved a balanced budget and set tuition rates and fees for the fall 2018 and spring/summer 2019 semesters.
General tuition rates for residents will increase by $2.25 per contact hour for in-district students, from $103.70 to $105.95.
“Northwestern Michigan College is committed to preparing our learners for success in a rapidly changing global society and economy,” said NMC President Timothy J. Nelson. “We are proud of the work we have done to limit the financial impact on learners by remaining agile and responsive. We still have more work ahead of us, but are dedicated to keeping NMC as the top choice for our learners.”
College leaders have been working to make the institution more efficient and lower costs, including reducing 16 positions through restructuring in the last four years and 12 positions through a voluntary separation plan this year. Those efforts combined with support from donors, lawmakers and community members are helping the college achieve its goals.
For 2018-2019, 21 percent of NMC’s revenue will come from state aid, 22 percent from local property tax, 52 percent from tuition and fees and five percent from other sources.
Northwestern Michigan College general rate tuition categories:
|
Category |
2017-2018 Tuition |
2018-2019 Tuition |
|---|---|---|
|
In-District |
$103.70 |
$105.95 |
|
Out-of-District |
$215.60 |
$220.30 |
|
Out-of-State |
$281.00 |
$287.20 |
|
International |
$317.50 |
$324.50 |
Release date: June 26, 2018
For more information:
Vicki Cook
Vice President for Finance and Administration
vcook@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1144
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The bookstore will be closed June 28-29 for annual inventory. We will reopen on Monday, July 2.
Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Asia
TRAVERSE CITY — Dr. David Shambaugh, director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University will speak at a June 28 International Affairs Forum global hot spot event on the current state of U.S.-China relations.
Shambaugh opened a 2014 conference convened by IAF, bringing together 40 experts on foreign policy, business, education, art and culture to debate what China’s emergence would mean for northern Michigan. Since then, China’s economic, military and political clout has grown enormously. Shambaugh has just returned from an extended study tour of key Asian countries and will discuss how the continuing growth of China’s influence is shifting the dynamics of U.S. and China relations.
In addition, NMC President Tim Nelson will provide an update on connections between northern Michigan and China. What has grown? What has withered? And what are the “next big things” between our region and Asia.
The presentation is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Hagerty Center. Reception begins at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 for IAF members and $20 for non-members and available at MyNorthTickets.com.
Release date: June 1, 2017
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June 13, 2018
Becky TranchellCulinary students in a new baking certificate program will cap off their studies in delicious fashion, opening the revamped Cafe Lobdell’s at the Great Lakes campus June 19.
Customers can enjoy coffee, pastries and breads three mornings a week through July 26. For the six-week cafe class duration, Lobdell’s Teaching Restaurant, located on the second floor overlooking West Grand Traverse Bay, will be converted from a table-service establishment to a cafe/coffee bar open from 7-11 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Comfortable furniture has been installed and newspapers will be on hand. Outdoor tables will also be available. Culinary instructor Becky Tranchell and service lead Kerry Fulcher will oversee daily operations.
“I’m hoping it’s a spot where people can come in and linger for a few minutes or an hour,” said Patty Cron-Huhta, front-of-the-house coordinator for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute. “The espresso machine is cranking all morning.”
Also on the menu: croissants, tarts, cookies, cakes, four different kinds of bread and a variety of coffee drinks for take out or dine-in.
The summer season operation will enable Lobdell’s to continue its commitment to use local foods, Cron-Huhta said, including Higher Grounds coffee.
She expects loaves of the multi-grain bread, popular during the restaurant’s fall and spring semester lunch service, to be a hot item. Customers will also be able to personalize cakes.
“This is our first run at this. We’re excited to see how it all turns out,” she said.
The baking certificate expands the offerings of the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, which already offers a comprehensive culinary certificate as well as a culinary degree. Institute director Fred Laughlin said it will serve the needs of a growing number of students interested specifically in baking and pastry.
Cafe Lobdell’s will be open from 7–11 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from June 19–July 26, except July 4.
Cafe Lobdell’s opens
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College’s bayside teaching restaurant will revamp itself into Cafe Lobdell’s, serving coffee, pastries and breads three mornings a week from June 19-July 26.
Cafe Lobdell’s is the “capstone class” of a new one-year baking certificate that began last fall, said Patty Cron-Huhta, front-of-the-house coordinator for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute.
For the six-week class duration, Lobdell’s Teaching Restaurant, located on the second floor of NMC’s Great Lakes campus overlooking West Grand Traverse Bay, will be converted from a table-service establishment to a cafe/coffee bar. Customers can order croissants, tarts, cookies, cakes, four different kinds of bread and a variety of coffee drinks for take out or dine-in.
Comfortable furniture will be installed and newspapers will be on hand. Outdoor tables will also be available. Culinary instructor Becky Tranchell and service lead Kerry Fulcher will oversee daily operations.
“I’m hoping it’s a spot where people can come in and linger for a few minutes or an hour,” Cron-Huhta said. “The espresso machine is cranking all morning.”
Cafe Lobdell’s will serve Higher Grounds coffee, continuing the restaurant’s commitment to use local foods as much as possible. The summer operation will also enable that.
“It’s going to be during a season when we can use local products. Local berries are readily available,” she said.
She expects the multi-grain bread loaves, popular during the restaurant’s fall and spring semester lunch service, to be a hot item. Customers will also be able to personalize cakes.
“This is our first run at this. We’re excited to see how it all turns out,” she said.
The baking certificate expands the offerings of the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, which also offers a comprehensive culinary certificate as well as a culinary degree. Institute director Fred Laughlin said it will serve the needs of a growing number of students interested specifically in baking and pastry.
Cafe Lobdell’s will be open from 7-11 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings June 19-July 26, except July 4.
Release date: June 6, 2018
For more information:
Patty Cron-Huhta
Front-of-the-house Coordinator, GLCI
pcron-huhta@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1376
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TRAVERSE CITY — NMC’s International Affairs Forum wraps up its 2018 season June 21 with a presentation titled, “U.S.-Mexico: A Border in Turmoil” presented by Alfredo Corchado and Angela Kocherga, award-winning journalists who call the border home.
The duo were originally scheduled as IAF’s kickoff speakers in September 2017, but the earthquake in Mexico prevented their travel. Corchado is the Mexico City bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News, author of two books about U.S.-Mexican relations, and a noted expert on immigration, drug violence and the myriad issues facing the U.S. and Mexico. His latest book, Homelands, releases this month.
As a TV journalist, Kocherga reported from the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border region. She is currently borderlands director of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Discussion topics will include immigration, the changing Mexican-American community, the drug war in Mexico and America’s opioid crisis, and plans for the wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
All lectures begin at 6 p.m. and are preceded by a reception in the Dennos Museum Sculpture Court at 5:15 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door and free to students and educators.
Release Date: June 5, 2018
For more information:
Karen Segal
International Affairs Forum co-chair
(231) 715-6064
karenpsegal@gmail.com
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Support a good cause and enjoy a flipping good time as Chris Cake’s pancakes soar through the air in support of the Kevin Copeland Memorial Scholarship. Top your cakes with Herkner’s Cherry Topping & Out of the Woods Maple Syrup at this National Cherry Festival event sponsored by Molon Excavating.
Kevin Copeland was a graduate of NMC’s Aviation program and an NMC aviation instructor. He competed and flew in airshows all over the region, including the National Cherry Festival. At the time of his death last July, Kevin was an aircraft captain with Air Services, Inc. Friends, colleagues, and family members created the Kevin Copeland Memorial Scholarship in memory of his life and love of flying to inspire other students with a similar passion.
Learn more here »
Moving Sale at the NMC Bookstore
The NMC Bookstore is having a moving sale! Check out the great deals on merchandise and apparel. There are sales in every department.
Stop by the current location in the lower level of West Hall before it’s gone!
Michigan Clean Energy Conference and Expo June 21-23
NMC will host and co-sponsor the Michigan Clean Energy Conference and Expo at the Hagerty Center and Aero Park campus June 21-23. Local speakers including NMC VP Marguerite Cotto and Tim Pulliam, who co-founded Keen Energy Solutions with former NMC instructor Steve Morse, will join headliners Ken Davies, director of renewable energy for Microsoft (and who also started Google’s renewables program) and Al Hildreth, General Motors global manager of energy efficiency. The panelists range from industrial energy auditors to advocates providing net-zero energy home solutions to people of low and middle income. Students will receive a 50% discount on tickets.
Learn more here »
Mission One STEM Expo Saturday, June 9
A STEM Exploring Post has been established that is a collaboration between NMC, Scouting, Newton’s Road and the Chamber of Commerce. Monthly events are organized and led by members of this group with NMC taking a lead role. The goal is to bring exciting, hands-on STEM experiences to youth ages 14-19. Programs have included Heath Care, Agriculture, Engineering, Manufacturing, Audio Technology, etc. This June’s program centers on Space and includes a wide array of STEM technologies and career opportunities.
The Mission One STEM Expo will take place Saturday, June 9, noon-4 p.m. at NMC’s Parsons-Stulen Building. Exploring Career STEM Expo and Launch Day will feature leading STEM professionals, former NASA astronauts, college faculty and experts, as well as state and local business showcasing STEM activities and opportunities in related fields. Besides engaging in fun, hands-on programs, events of the day will inspire our students that with preparation, hard work and determination, anything is possible. We will also create awareness of opportunities and pathways for students to achieve a meaningful and successful career in a STEM field. One of the key highlights of the STEM Expo will be the launch of a CanSat mini satellite to an altitude of over 100,000 feet.
In addition, various other STEM technologies of NMC (robotics, drones, etc) as well as others like Inland Seas will be on display. The Expo is free for all and requires no registration.
High Altitude Satellite Launch
The Magnitude I.O. CANSAT space exploration program involves about 30 youth who have been receiving online training for months in the design of experiments that are conducted in a high altitude (100,000’) environment reached through the use of balloons. Three Cansat satellites will be launched at 2 p.m. at the Parsons-Stulen Building. The rest of the day will be spent with the student “engineers” recovering their satellites and their data. The emcee for the launch will be Greg Johnson, ret. Air Force Colonel and a recent NASA Shuttle Astronaut.
Johnson will also give a presentation Saturday evening at the Dennos Museum Center discussing his experiences in space and where the space program is headed in this country. The 7 p.m. presentation is open to the public and free of charge. Registration is required and can be made at: eventbrite.com/emission-one-lecture-tickets-46161394975
Kids Free Fishing Day
TRAVERSE CITY — More than 500 young anglers are expected at the thirteenth annual Kids Free Fishing Day, set from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus.
Kids accompanied by an adult are invited to join in the free fishing fun. Under the supervision of the Department of Natural Resources, 750 rainbow trout 10 inches or longer will be stocked in the campus harbor for the event. Fishing rods, reels, and bait are all provided. Children may also bring their own fishing gear. Experienced volunteers will help with baiting hooks and fishing instruction, and clean the fish.
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum will host a free fish painting activity for kids waiting to fish. The Northern Angler will give fly casting demonstrations. There will also be a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue demonstration. Free pizza, courtesy of Little Caesar’s and Orchard Creek Senior Living and Healthcare, will be also provided. Parking is available at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, located just east of the Holiday Inn on U.S. 31.
Free Fishing Day is sponsored by Traverse City Rotary Clubs, Rotary Camps & Services, NMC’s Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, Grand Traverse Area Sport Fishing Association, and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City.
Release Date: May 29, 2018
For more information:
John Noonan, Program Director
Rotary Camps & Services
jnoonan@rotarycamps.org
(231) 941-4010 x 210
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May 23, 2018
In just two years, a unique NMC programming partnership has turned three culinary interns into three highly paid cook-mariners, filling a critical need in the shipping industry and expanding opportunities for graduates.
Abbey Kasuske is the latest. The 2018 Great Lakes Culinary Institute graduate launches her career as a mess cook for ConocoPhillips’ Polar Tankers fleet next week. She’ll work aboard one of five vessels operating in the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System, carrying crude oil from Valdez, Alaska, to ports along the West Coast and Hawaii.
Kasuske’s route to her galley gig started as an intern aboard the T/S State of Michigan, cooking for Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadets fulfilling sea time requirements on their 2017 summer cruise. That was the second year of what one industry manager described as a “trailblazing” Culinary-Maritime collaboration, created by GLCI Director Fred Laughlin and GLMA Superintendent Jerry Achenbach.
That industry manager, for Crowley Maritime, the world’s third-largest shipping company, hired both 2016 interns. (Read more about them here.) Meanwhile, the 2018 cruise departed last week with the first of three culinary students in the galley. (See a map and itinerary here.)
The position marries Kasuske’s childhood with her passion and her education. In the marina, her favorite duty was running the companion deli. As a Petoskey High School student Kasuske, 21, enrolled in the culinary program at the Traverse Bay Area ISD’s Career Tech Center, and then the GLCI in 2015. When she learned of the internship opportunity in the galley of the T/S State of Michigan, the training ship of NMC’s Great Lakes Maritime Academy, all the pieces clicked together.
“It was a dream,” she said. “When I stepped on this ship, I had this feeling come over me, ‘this is home.’”
Only 15-25 people will be aboard her tanker, much smaller than the State of Michigan’s 70-strong crew. But Kasuske will also have to work her way up. As an entry-level mess cook she’ll do a lot of cleanup, dishes, stocking and storage. She can help the cook/bakers and chief steward — if granted permission.
“I’m definitely looking to make an impression,” she said. “I want to be a cook-baker so bad.”
She’ll work about 70 days on and then 60 days off. She expects to make New Orleans her new home base after her boyfriend, whom she also met aboard the State of Michigan, graduates from the Texas Maritime Academy in December.
Wherever she sails, Kasuske will take the lessons she learned at the marina and at neighborhood potlucks in her hometown of Oden: Food nourishes more than the body.
“Food can be so powerful,” she said. “They come in, they’re having a bad day, they take a bite of your food, and it makes their day.”
Open Rec Basketball
Open Rec Basketball times are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon-2 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 8-10 p.m.
FEES:
- CURRENT NMC Students and Employees = Free
- Adult Community Members = $6.00/play
- Punch card available = $4.00/play
New Books at the Library: May Highlights
The library has purchased many new books so far this year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.