Versiti Blood is holding a mobile blood drive on Thursday, November 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The drive will occur in the Versiti mobile bus near the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center.
Those who donate will receive a $10 e-gift card and will be entered to win one of three project prizes valued at $2,500.
Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
For questions, contact Susan Street, Senior Representative of Versiti, at sstreet@versiti.org.
Stop by the Campus Bookstore on Tuesday, October 31 and show us your costume to receive 31% off one item!
NMC’s Campus store is located in the first floor of the Health Science Building (#7 on the campus map).
Drop-in tutoring sessions for CIT students enrolled in the Developer program are available.
Students can receive assistance during these times:
Stop by room 14 of the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center to visit in-person or join remotely via Zoom (https://nmc.zoom.us/j/97686028138).
Sponsored by NMC Tutoring Services (231) 995-1138.
Do you have a quick question about your schedule? Are you curious if your class will transfer? Are you meeting your degree requirements at NMC?
Let us help. The Academic & Career Advising Center will host “Walk-In Wednesdays” from now until the end of the fall semester. Pop in for quick questions, or to schedule a time to have a full conversation with your advisor.
We will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in room 116 of the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center or on Zoom.
We look forward to helping you connect with resources on campus and making the most out of your time at NMC.
The Health & Science Building atrium on NMC’s main campus will be used as a polling place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7 for Precinct 9 voters to cast their ballots. Some parking in the Cedar lot will be set aside for voters at those times.
The NMC Bookstore will be closed that day as well, and will reopen with normal hours on Wednesday, November 8.
Do you have a project or an idea and need help bringing it to fruition? Join one of the two design thinking workshops that are being offered in November and February.
This hands-on series will introduce the Design Thinking process to NMC faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders. Together, we’ll:
The workshops will be facilitated by Brittany VanderBeek and Nick Beadleston who will frame “how might we” questions for small breakout groups to learn how the design thinking process can help participants innovate and meet their goals through collaborative in-session and out-of-class activities.
Have a midterm this week?
Research shows that spending time with dogs can reduce anxiety and generate feelings of happiness.
McKinley is a professionally trained expert at brightening your mood!
He will be at the Osterlin Building on October 18–20 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p,m.
Stop by for some furry encouragement!
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) Professional Communications students are helping local families this Thanksgiving with the tenth annual Food for Thought Thanks-for-Giving experiential learning project.
Student goals are to improve their professional communication skills through experiential learning and to help their community by donating 125 boxed Thanksgiving day dinners for families to take home and cook. The class is partnering with the NMC Food Pantry and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan to donate to NMC student families and families in the Traverse City community. Boxes will be distributed at the NMC gym on November 20.
“It feels good to know that we’re serving the community and learning at the same time, instead of taking this class solely for the purpose of getting the credits we need to graduate,” said student Meredith Kilbourn.
Donations are being collected in a month-long drive where donors have the chance to win prizes like a weekend stay at the Delamar Hotel, an Elev8 family climbing package, a wine tasting for six at Chateau Chantal, and other prizes by donating $10 or more at nmc.edu/give. (Choose the amount, select “designate my gift to other,” and type in “Thanks For Giving.”) Donors can only enter the prize drawing once. Winners will be announced after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Community members also have the option to donate at a glow skate event hosted by the NMC class on November 3 between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Howe Ice Arena in the Traverse City Civic Center. The glow skate will be $10 to enter and $5 to rent ice skates.
The final option to assist in their efforts would be to donate pop cans in their marked bins, found in NMC’s North Hall, East Hall, Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center and Parsons-Stulen Building. The bins will be collected twice a week from now until November 13. Pick-up/drop-off options are available by contacting one of the individuals below.
Isabella Cronk
Marketing Leader
(231) 649-3534
Cronki@mail.nmc.edu
Kristy McDonald
Business Instructor
(231) 995-1059
Kmcdonald@nmc.edu
The Michigan State Police will be conducting training with the NMC Police Academy on Monday, October 23. This training will take place at the north end of the Maple parking lot and that area will be closed to the public. If you notice an increased State Police presence during that time, please note that it is for training purposes.
Are you ready to tackle critical freshwater issues and advance climate adaptation? AquaAction and NMC have partnered to bring the AquaHacking Great Lakes Challenge to Michigan for the first time. The AquaHacking Challenge invites talented young innovators from across Canada and the USA to bring their skills and passion to tackle freshwater issues impacting the Great Lakes.
Finalists will be eligible for a chance to win $20,000 seed funding. Registration is open. The deadline to register is October 31.
Learn more and register at aquaaction.org.
Faculty Excellence Award nominations are due by Friday, December 15.
Award criteria includes teaching excellence, rapport with students, innovation in the classroom and a sense of dedication.
Nominate your favorite instructor!
What better way to improve one’s Spanish than connecting with others who also speak the language?
Join fellow Spanish speakers on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Hawk Owl Café!
Speakers of all levels are welcome (from beginner to native speaker). Look for the Spanish table sign near the Hawk owl Café!
The weekly Spanish table is sponsored by NMC’s Multicultural Club! Hable español con nosotros!
A sailor, a pilot, and a chef walk into West Hall…and decide to submit to the NMC Mag!
Have a talent for tomfoolery? Trying to conquer your crushing sense of existential dread? Stretch your funny bone with a submission to NMC’s award-winning creative arts magazine!
Knock our Crocs™ off with your rib-tickling fine art, design, illustration, photography, video, comics, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essay, recipes and more!
Accepted mediums include:
Visit nmc.edu/nmcmagazine to submit your entry. The deadline to enter is Friday, November 3, 2023.
The NMC Library is presenting a StoryWalk® in celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
You Hold Me Up / Gimanaadenim by Monique Gray Smith will be available to view along the sidewalk north of the campus apartments from Monday, Oct. 9 through Friday, Oct. 20. If you are strolling the campus with little ones, be sure to take in this beautiful dual-language (Anishinaabemowin and English) book about love, support, and building relationships.
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
Reconnect students David Hipolito, Computer Information Technology, and Hannah Ramsby, Culinary
This week, Michiganders ages 21–24 who don’t already have a college degree got a limited time opportunity to increase their lifetime earning power at potentially no cost to them.
For just over a year, Michigan Reconnect, which began offering free in-district tuition to adults 25 and older without a degree in 2021, is being extended to 21- to 24-year-olds. The only other eligibility requirements are a minimum of one year’s residency in Michigan, and a high school diploma or equivalent. The application deadline is Nov. 15, 2024 and students must start classes by the fall 2024 semester.
NMC estimates between 400–450 current students will be eligible, and the expansion could also draw in new students.
“NMC is so excited that the opportunity Michigan Reconnect presents is now available to younger adults,” said NMC President Nick Nissley. “We know from decades of data that education beyond high school is the surest way people can improve their future incomes. Michigan Reconnect now makes that education much more affordable for many more people.”
A 2021 study by Traverse Connect, the region’s economic development agency, showed that the largest chunk of northwest Michigan’s jobs, 43 percent, require more than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree. 2021 Georgetown University research shows that over an earning lifetime, associate degree graduates earn an average of $400,000 more than high school or GED graduates.
At NMC, Grand Traverse County residents are considered in-district. Those who live elsewhere still receive significant discounts, paying only the difference between the in district and out of district rates. Other aid can also offset some of those costs.
This fall, NMC saw a 20 percent jump in Reconnector enrollment by the original 25+ population. Some 278 students are receiving the Reconnect scholarship, with an average award of $1,561. Nearly 80 percent of those students have tuition and fees covered in full between Reconnect and Pell grants.
Students have used Reconnect to enroll in virtually all of NMC’s 60 programs.
David Hipolito, 25, is enrolled in Computer Information Technology. Many of the courses he takes in the CIT program are online and he appreciates that format because it allows him to balance school and a full-time job. Hipolito also endorses NMC’s instructors, substantial student support services, and campus vibe. “NMC is a small community; you feel like you’re at home,” he said.
Hannah Ramsby, 28, is enrolled in Culinary Arts. Reconnect is a huge relief because it means she doesn’t have to take out loans. She encourages others to take advantage of it: “I often struggle asking for help. The money is there to help. I love that it is helping those who may think that they’re too old to go to school or don’t deserve it.”
The Reconnect expansion to 21–24 is funded by a $70 million appropriation from the Michigan Legislature.
In 2019, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer established Michigan’s 60 by 30 goal of having 60 percent of adults have a college degree or skills certificate by 2030. It’s now 50.5 percent.
TRAVERSE CITY –Some 450 area middle and high school students will have a chance to “try a trade” when NMC hosts the annual Building Tomorrow event Thursday Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6 at the Aero Park Laboratories building.
Set for 9 a.m.–2 p.m. both days, the event is a hands-on experience for students to explore a career in the skilled trades. Students will rotate through several stations including carpentry, electrical, HVAC, automotive, welding and excavation site work.
Aero Park Laboratories is located at 2525 Aero Park Dr. on NMC’s Aero Park campus.
There is strong employer demand for skilled trades workers. A 2021 regional skills gap study found that it faced the greatest hiring challenges of any labor segment, with a third of northwest Michigan employers reporting difficulty hiring people with necessary skills.
NMC offers both degrees and certificates in automotive technology, construction technology, engineering technology, manufacturing technology, renewable energy technology, surveying and welding technology. In all technical programs, enrollments are limited to maximize students’ access to the most current technology and industry-knowledgeable instructors. Technical curriculum is reviewed and approved by local advisory committees.
Carolyn Andrews
NMC Technical Division
(231) 995-2803
candrews@nmc.edu
Dear Students,
I am pleased to inform you of an important opportunity you will be offered in the coming days to participate in a survey of the institutionalization of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belongingness on our campus. Participation will entail completing a 15-minute web-based survey; your unique link to the survey will be emailed to you from Surveys@srs.brooklyn.cuny.edu in the coming days.
This survey was designed to determine the state of your sense of belonging on our campus. Your views are especially important to us as we strive to increase the satisfaction of all students and to make NMC a great place to learn.
The survey is completely confidential and will be handled through the survey provider’s project team.
We welcome this opportunity to learn from an independent and research-driven study. We believe that NMC has the potential to be one of the best places for our students to thrive. However, data from the DEII study will be meaningful only if we have broad participation.
Within a week, you will receive an email from surveys@srs.brooklyn.edu, directing you to the online survey. The survey is easy to complete. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Dr. Marcus Bennett at mbennett@nmc.edu or Surveys@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
Thank you in advance for helping us through participation in this study.
Sincerely,
Drs. Nick Nissley and Marcus Bennett
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Nick Nissley, Ed.D. | President | Northwestern Michigan College | 231.995.1010
The NMC Jazz Bands will join the Jeff Haas Trio for two upcoming shows at The Alluvion this month as part of the “Jazz For All” series.
The Jazz Big Band members includes players from multiple local groups who come together to form one of the best big bands in the area. The Jazz Lab Band is a mixture of experienced community members and NMC students who come together to play a variety of traditional jazz ensemble staples that define the genre.
$1-20 honor cover at the door (no presale). Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The Jeff Haas Trio starts at 6 p.m. and the big bands go on at 7:15pm.
The Alluvion is located at 414 East 8th Street, second floor, Traverse City, MI, 49686.
