Go Global! International Fair & Expo Feb. 12

Want to find out more about study abroad, travel clubs, language clubs as well as meet members of Traverse City’s international community? Come to the Hagerty Conference Center at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus from 1-4 p.m. for an afternoon filled with global opportunities Sunday, Feb. 12.

NMC and TCAPS are hosting Traverse City’s first-ever global fair and expo to showcase the number of international learning opportunities available in our community. Northern Michigan may be geographically isolated, but with advances in communications and technology, connections to the broader world are happening every day.

Expo highlights include:

  • Area language clubs and conversation groups
  • International travel clubs
  • Youth exchange programs
  • Study abroad opportunities
  • NMC International Club
  • International Affairs Forum

The event is aimed at families with middle school age students up through retirees. For more information, please contact Lindsey Dickinson at  ldickinson@nmc.edu or (231) 995-1082.

“Against All Odds: Women Around the World Demand Justice”

Photographer Paula Allen will be at NMC, February 20 at 7 pm to give a speech, “Against All Odds: Women Around The World Demand Justice.”  Tickets are free, and can be picked up in the Student Life office.

She has been an ‘activist with a camera’ for more than two decades (www.paula-allen.com). She has concentrated on photographing women around the world in their courageous and often invisible confrontations with violence and oppression. From a ‘safe house’ in Kenya where girls escape female genital mutilation to a village in Kosovo in which only the women and children survived the war; from the streets of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico where women march to demand investigations of the murders of young female factory workers, to Asia, where ‘comfort women’ break silence by telling their stories of military sexual slavery by Japan during World War II — Allen has documented women’s determination in the pursuit of freedom, truth and justice.

What makes Allen especially unique is her long-term approach to her subject matter. As much anthropologist as photographer, she has documented many of her subjects for almost two decades, traveling back year after year to people and plights around the globe.

Vagina Monologues auditions, February 13 and February 17

Student groups VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood and PRIDE are partnering with Student Life and Third Level to bring a production of the Vagina Monologues to Traverse City.

  • Auditions will be held Monday, February 13 from 5-7 p.m. in the West Hall Conference room as well as Friday, February 17 from 6-8 p.m.
  • The main event will be at the Milliken Auditorium April 30 at 7 p.m.

For more information on the Vagina Monologues auditions contact Nichole Wheelock at Third Level, at nwheelock@thirdlevel.org.

More info on the V-Day and the Vagina Monologues: http://www.vday.org/about

NMC Career and Employment Fair, March 7

NMC Career and Employment Fair
Wednesday, March 7
3-5 p.m.
Hagerty Conference Center, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus

It’s never too early to start planning for the upcoming Career and Employment Fair.  Resources for preparing your “Elevator Pitch”, creating a top notch resume and asking the right questions to employers all take time and preparation.  Go to the Advising Center’s website to use the tools to create a successful Career Fair experience. https://www.nmc.edu/student-services/advising-center/career-fair/resources.html

You’ve started. We’ll help you finish.

Persistence is important.

  • Avoid dropping classes. Students who complete a higher percentage of their attempted courses have more success overall.
  • Maintain momentum. Enroll continuously without stop-outs.
  • We’re here to help you. Seek academic support quickly. Don’t wait until you feel overwhelmed by challenging coursework to get some help. Meet regularly with advisors and register on time for courses. Students who wait to register often find the courses they need have already filled.

And…don’t forget to apply to graduate if you are within two semesters of completing your degree.

Sign up now for Intramural Basketball

NMC Recreation and Intramural Sports intramural basketball tips off Monday, February 20.  Sign up now.

The season is five weeks long.  Teams will play two games per week, with tipoff times at 2:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., or 4:10 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

Sign up sheets are available at the Intramural Sports Office in room 102 of the Rajkovich Building, or at the East Hall front desk.

A mandatory captain’s meeting will be held Thursday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the West Hall cafeteria.

All players must be a regular student at NMC enrolled in at least one course during the current semester.

For more information contact Tom Kasper, Recreation and Intramural Sports at (231) 995-1199 or tkasper@nmc.edu.

 

 

Nursing information session, February 28

Nursing Information Session
Tuesday, February 28
4-6 p.m.
Oleson Center, NMC’s Main Campus

Please join us for a Nursing Information Session on February 28, 2012 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Oleson Center.  This session will better acquaint you with our Nursing program, review admissions criteria and discuss program policies and procedures. If you are interested in attending the Nursing Information Session please complete the registration form available on the Advising Center webpage (www.nmc.edu/advising). Space is limited to the first 100 students that RSVP electronically on the Advising Center website.

IRS tax form 1098-T available on Self-service

IRS form 1098-T, Tuition Statement for 2011 is available on Self-Service.
Please note that you may not receive a 1098-T if you did not have any charges in 2011 or if all of your charges were paid by scholarships or third parties.
You may view the 1098-T or use the print option via:
       Self-Service
            –  Student Billing & Refund Menu
                      –  Tax Notification
                              –  Enter a Tax Year  “2011”
                                       –  Submit
Please contact the Cashier’s Office if you have any questions at (231) 995-1085.
Student Financial Services

Welcome back!

Welcome back for Spring semester!  (Or maybe this is your first time at NMC, and in that case, welcome.)  You’ve made a great choice in continuing your education.  

myNMC: One click access to all of your most used online resources

Starting this semester we’ve launched myNMC, a handy way to quickly access all of your most often used online resources.  It’s an easy way to check your NMC e-mail, look for class cancellations, log into Self Service or e-Learning, check the student activities calendar and much, much more.  You can head straight to nmc.edu/myNMC or there’s also a handy link to myNMC just under the Search NMC bar in the upper right hand corner of every page on our site.

Check your NMC e-mail

As an NMC student you have an @mail.nmc.edu e-mail address (this e-mail was sent to it, for example), and it is very important that you check it regularly.  Why?

Because your @mail.nmc.edu e-mail address is how the college will send almost every official notice to you.  It’s where you’ll get your information about your financial aid, your courses, your grades and just about everything else that you really need to know.

Check it often.  You never know what kind of good stuff you’ll find there.

Sign up for emergency text alerts

Want to be the first to know about weather closings or campus emergencies?  Sign up for the NMC Text Alert System.  It’s easy.  Simply log into Self Service, click on “Personal Information Menu” and you’ll see the option for Text Message Opt In.  Click on it, enter your cell phone number and you’re all signed up.

Transferring to Michigan State University?

The Grand Traverse Area MSU Alumni Association has announced the availability of $1500.00 annual scholarship awards to NMC students transferring to Michigan State University.  To be eligible to apply, an NMC student needs to have graduated from a high school in Grand Traverse, Antrim or Leelanau Counties and be accepted by MSU into a degree program either on campus or through the NMC University Center.  For selection criteria and application materials, please see an Advisor in the NMC Advising Center, Osterlin 118.  Applications are due no later than February 15, 2012.

Intramural sports: Indoor Soccer

1. The four week intramural soccer season begins Tuesday, January 24. Teams will be scheduled to play two games per week with games starting at 2:10, 3:10, and 4:10, Monday through Thursday.
2. Sign-up sheets are available at the Intramural Sports Office located in room 102 of the Rajkovich Building and at the East Hall front desk.

A mandatory captain’s meeting will be held Monday, January 23rd at 5:00 in the West Hall cafeteria. 

3. All players must be a regular student admitted to Northwestern Michigan College and enrolled in at least one course during the current semester. Presentation of a valid student I.D. may be required prior to participating.

INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER GUIDELINES
• Teams will compete with no more than six players on a side. Additional players will be available for substitutions.
• All teams must be co-ed. At least one female player must be on the floor throughout the entire game. Male players may not be substituted for missing females.
• Goals scored by female players will be valued double.

For additional information, please call Tom Kasper in the Recreation and Intramural Sports Office at (231) 995-1199 or email tkasper@nmc.edu.

We need you to be a mentor!

The Muster Project is a program that helps incoming students by pairing them with student mentors.We kick off the mentoring relationship sailing on a 40′ traditionally rigged sailboat. Then mentors meet weekly with their students. This Fall, make a difference in a student’s life, be a mentor. Applications and interviews are happening now. Go to www.nmc.edu/sailing to complete the application. If you have questions, please e-mail Joe Sanok, jsanok@nmc.edu