Spring registration starts October 3
Registration for Spring semester starts Wednesday, October 3. Do you know what time you can register? Check your NMC e-mail for that information.
Stay healthy while you’re in college!
Get vaccinated against influenza.
Flu vaccine clinics on Thursday, Oct. 4 from noon – 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. – noon, or just walk-in.
Cost $15
Criminal Justice and Information Security and Intelligence open houses, Oct. 17
Stop by to learn about FSU’s Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and the Bachelor of Science degree in Information Security and Intelligence. Get a free t-shirt and at 6:00p, sit in class with current ISI students.
Wednesday, Oct 17
4:00-7:00 p.m.
NMC University Center, 2200 Dendrinos Drive, Room 204
Criminal Justice, B.S.
The Criminal Justice program provides combined training and education to prepare men and women for a professional career in the criminal justice system in Michigan and throughout the country. Class work is designed to enhance experiential learning and give students a balance of practical and theoretical learning they can apply in work situations.
Information Security and Intelligence, B.S.
Employees skilled in analyzing and converting data into knowledge using the latest visual analysis, geographic information systems, data mining, and digital forensices tools are needed to meet this growing challenge. The FSU ISI program addresses this need with courses in all these areas, as well as courses in fraud investigation, information security and intelligence.
For more information contact the Ferris State University office at FerrisNorth@ferris.edu or call 231-995-1734 or toll free at 1-866-857-1954.
Great Lakes Bioneers is coming October 19-21
Hello NMC Students!
Have you heard? The annual Great Lakes Bioneers Conference is quickly approaching! The Great Lakes Bioneers Conference is a local event where engaged citizens from all walks of life come together to focus on solving our most urgent problems within a framework of interdependence: It is all connected. Bioneers take a “solve-the-whole-problem” approach that is holistic, systemic, and multidisciplinary. This year’s conference will be held on your campus, Northwestern Michigan College, on October 19th – 21st.
So where do you, one of NMC’s students, fit in? We’re offering you a major discount on registration! This is a special coupon code just for NMC students. To register, visit glbconference.org, click register here, and select attendee type: Student w/ valid student ID and enter the promo code: ST82YGB to get in for only $15 for the whole weekend, that’s a $145 discount!
If you have any questions or would like to get involved with Bioneers further, please do not hesitate to contact me: sarahg@ecoseeds.org. If you would like to volunteer, please visit our website or email our volunteer coordinator at volunteer@ecoseeds.org.
Thanks so much!
International exchange info session
Erase borders, develop peace and understanding and extend your family tree. Engage your family with the international community by hosting an international student or by encouraging your student to study abroad!
Join Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City Area Public Schools and local international exchange programs to explore the world of international exchange. This informational evening will include:
• Testimonials from current and former high school and college-age U.S. study abroad students
• Keynote speaker
• First-hand experiences of host families and international exchange students
• Panel discussion with students and host parents followed by a Q & A session
• Opportunities to meet families, students, and exchange organization representatives.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College’s Dennos Museum from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
For more information contact Jim Bensley, Director of Outreach Services at (231) 995-2527 or jbensley@nmc.edu.
An evening with Anishinaabe writer Gordon Henry
Native American writer Gordon Henry will be the featured presenter at a free Michigan Global Awareness Consortium event set for 6 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Oleson Center.
The performance will include traditional Anishinaabe stories and songs, as well as poetry and prose from Henry’s work. He will be joined by musicians Mike Gilmore and Mike Johnston. For some parts of the performance Henry will sing with a hand drum; for other parts he will recite his work, accompanied by Johnston and Gilmore.
Henry’s novel, The Light People, won an American Book Award in 1995, and his poetry, prose and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies throughout the U.S. and Europe. His work is informed by long time participation in ceremonies and by his personal reflections on Anishinaabe life, place and relations. His most recent book, The Failure of Certain Charms and Other Disparate Signs of Life, published in 2007, is a collection of poetry and prose, combining the languages and imagery of dreams, songs, ceremonies, cultural memories, autobiography and Native American tales.
Gordon Henry is an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. He received an MA in creative writing from Michigan State University and a PhD in English from the University of North Dakota. He is professor of English at Michigan State University. Formerly director of creative writing for MSU’s English Department, he is currently director of MSU’s Native American Institute. He is also senior editor for the Native American Studies Series.
The Michigan Global Awareness Consortium consists of Bay College, Mid Michigan Community College, North Central Michigan College and Northwestern Michigan College. The MGAC is dedicated to bringing global issues, international opportunities and information to their campuses.
Are you registered to vote?
If not registered to vote (or if you’re not sure!) stop by the voter registration and information table in the Osterlin Library lobby.
Volunteers from around campus and the League of Women Voters will be there every weekday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from now until the voter registration deadline on Oct. 9.
There will also be a registration and information table in the atrium of the Great Lakes Campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 3.
If you are a new voter who registered by mail, you may not be eligible to vote absentee. Come find out.
Make sure your vote counts this November!
For more information, call the Osterlin Library reference desk at (231) 995-1540.
Donate a can
Donate a can/nonperishable item and receive a 20% off coupon for one logo item/clothing at the NMC Bookstore on Thursday, Oct. 4, National Students Day, a day celebrating student community service and social responsibility.
The coupon is good through the month of October. Your donation enters you in a drawing for an NMC hoodie.
While you’re there, pick up a handout on the many benefits of volunteering including boosting your resume! Collected food will be donated to the Father Fred Foundation.
NMC Transfer Fair October 9
Planning to transfer this spring or next year? Start talking to other Michigan colleges and universities now by attending the NMC Transfer Fair. Each semester over 35 colleges/universities are here to answer common questions such as available transfer scholarships, GPA requirements and programs across Michigan. Check out the list of participating colleges/universities.
NMC Transfer Fair
Tuesday, October 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Welcome Center, Health and Science Building and Lobby, West Hall
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day
Check out the Osterlin Library lobby on Tuesday, September 25 for National Voter Registration Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Students can get assistance in…
- finding out where they’re registered
- starting the registration process (and how to finish it, if they’re not registered)
- where they need to vote
- what to bring to the polls
Join the Muster Project on a sail
Join the Muster Project for a sail on Madeline, September 26 at 5:30 p.m. There is a 20 person limit. For more information and to RSVP go to www.facebook.com/groups/musterproject or stop by the Student Life Office
Muster in the museum pizza party
Muster in the Museum Pizza Party
Join us for FREE pizza at a Muster in the Museum Party, brought to you by the Muster Project. Parties will be held October 3 at noon and October 16 at 4 p.m. at the Dennos Museum Center.
RSVP at www.facebook.com/groups/musterproject or stop into the Student Life Office.
Free event for NMC students: Hanggai
Dennos Museum Concert Season
Hanggai, September 29, 2012, 8 pm, Milliken Auditorium
Hanggai is one of the outstanding international touring bands from China. This group is a Beijing-based group of musicians who left the city’s punk rock clubs to rediscover their roots in inner Mongolia. They now perform Mongolian folk music with traditional and Western instruments and still can be heard in those Beijing clubs playing this music for enthusiastic young audiences.
NMC students can receive one free ticket for this exciting event. Students can reserve their free ticket in the Student Life Office, Dennos Museum front desk, or the Dennos Box Office.
Each student may order one additional ticket at half-price (standard tickets are $25). Please contact the Dennos Box office with further questions. All pre-ordered tickets must be picked up by 7:30 pm on the evening of the concert.
Dennos Box Office will open on September 19, 2012. Box Office hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 3 – 5 pm and one hour prior to the concert.
We know Pi bake sale, September 25-26
The NMC Engineering Club will be having its monthly bake sale “We know Pi” on the 25th and 26th of September in the lobby of the Health & Science Building from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cookies and blueberry muffins will be available in the morning and cupcakes in the afternoon.
Kudos to Emily Magner
Emily Magner worked tirelessly this summer coordinating orientation for new students. Her welcoming and supportive attitude with incoming students puts them at ease, and I observed her doing this time and time again for countless students.
At opening conference Tim Nelson told about Emily taking care of a perspective student’s dog and watching his 11-year old son so that he could attend orientation. This gesture allowed this student to register for classes and begin his educational journey here at NMC. Emily is passionate about new students getting their needs met when first arriving on campus, and she works hard to instill those values in her student workers, and I know it spills over to others who are assisting our students.
I also saw Emily work very hard over the summer planning Pine Palooza, and want to thank her for such a successful and professional event that benefited our students and makes us all proud of our college and its resources.
NMC Transfer Fair
Tuesday, October 9th
10:00am-2:00 p.m.
Welcome Center, Health and Science Building and Lobby, West Hall
Planning to transfer this spring or next year? Start talking to Michigan colleges and universities now by attending the NMC Transfer Fair. Each semester over 35 colleges/universities are here to answer common questions such as available transfer scholarships, GPA requirements and programs across Michigan. Check out the list of participating colleges/universities here.
Brown Bag Student Lecture Series starts September 27
NMC students, faculty and staff are invited to a new brown bag student lecture series called “Passports.”
It is a chance to experience other cultures by hearing about the experiences of NMC students who have lived it.
The first in the Passports series will be held Thursday, September 27 from noon to 1 p.m. in Founders Hall 110.
Hear students talk about their experiences on their recent study abroad trip to Russia.
The Brown Bag Student Lecture Series is sponsored by the office of Outreach Services.
Walk-in flu clinics
Student Health Services is offering walk-in flu clinics. No appointment is necessary.
All clinics are held in Student Health Services, Biederman Building 106.
Monday, September 17, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tuesday, September 25, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Thursday, October 4, noon – 2 p.m.
Wednesday, October 10, 10 a.m. – noon
Cost is $15 for students, $20 for NMC Faculty and Staff. Staff covered by Priority Health should bring their insurance cards.
Call (231) 995-1255 with questions.
NOTE! All flu clinics subject to change per current CDC and/or GT Co. Health Dept. health recommendations and vaccine availability.