Did you know? Sunday, May 18 is International Museum Day! This is also our NMC Barbecue. So join us at the BBQ and be sure to stop by the Dennos Museum Center to see all the wonderful things happening there! And don’t forget, admission to the Dennos on BBQ day is FREE!
For more information about National Museum Day click here! (more…)
A social science instructor and a math instructor were named the 2014 winnners of NMC’s annual Faculty Excellence awards at commencement ceremonies May 3. (more…)
Intern with the 2014 Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign. The campaign is looking for bright, energetic individuals who want to learn the nuts and bolts of how a campaign works and help elect Democratic candidates across the state. The MDCC will be working on the U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial, and a host of other exciting races up and down the ballot here in Michigan.
Hours are completely flexible with a small requirement, and the coordinated campaign team is a lot of fun. No experience necessary. You will walk out the door at the end of the internship knowing how to run a local field program, as well as having met some really great friends.
The Dennos Museum Center is offering art patron’s an opportunity to purchase original art work by Northern Michigan’s creative artists, in the museum’s 6th annual Small Works art sale from May 15-18, 2014.
All art work is no larger than 5” X 7” and affordable with prices ranging from $5-$50. Artists will bring in work in all 2D media, paintings, prints and photography plus 3D work in media of fiber, wood, ceramics and sculptures. Last year’s sale represented 80 artists who brought in over 800 works of art. (more…)
Northwestern Michigan College Great Lakes Maritime Academy Engineering Department Head Michael Hochscheidt was presented the Merchant Marine Outstanding Achievement Medal at the GLMA’s graduation ceremony, Saturday, May 3. (more…)
NMC is proud to be a tier 1 sponsor of Startup Weekend Traverse City. Startup Weekend is Michigan’s premiere entrepreneurial event, featuring hundreds of engineers, designers, and business hustlers gathering together in beautiful Traverse City to turn innovative ideas into reality. Learn more about this event by clicking here!
Monday, May 5, the Moodle homepage will be updated just in time for summer courses. Based on both student and faculty feedback, the new format aims to increase the functionality and usability of the Moodle homepage. The new homepage will include the following features:
NMC is changing emergency text alert systems, and in order to successfully move your cell phone number to the new system we need you to do one easy step.
After you log into NMC Self Service choose “Text Message Opt In” under the Personal Information menu, and select your phone service carrier.
That’s it. See, how easy it is?
Until you select your phone carrier on that menu NMC will be unable to send emergency text alerts to your phone.
If you haven’t signed up for emergency text alerts, follow the same instructions and enter all of the requested information.
Northwestern Michigan College and Western Michigan University have received formal approval to offer joint curriculum that leads to both an associate’s degree in freshwater studies from NMC and a bachelor’s degree in freshwater sciences and sustainability from WMU.
This program creates a single pipeline where students can complete all of their degree requirements in Traverse City.
Join Central Michigan University’s Global Campus for a Lunch and Learn presentation on connecting government to citizen and government accountability on Thursday, May 29 at noon in the University Center, room 204.
The NMC Fitness Centers partnership with the American Council of Exercise (ACE) allows NMC to offer a three credit hour course in Personal Trainer Certification. At the core of that instruction, once competency is met, ACE students are placed with NMC Fitness Center clients to assist in their training.
A recent student, Audry Shankland. was commended for her outstanding support assisting fitness center client Murphy Drury who has some challenges due to a form of autism. Audrey’s care, compassion, and exercise regime were readily assimilated by Murphy. Murphy’s mother reported her delight and appreciation for Audrey’s interaction with Murphy. ACE Instructor Zack Light stated “Audrey’s performance was exemplary”.
To find out more about the NMC Fitness Center, call 995-1379 or search fitness center on the NMC homepage.
The Food Court and the University Center Simply to Go Outlet will be closing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.
The Parsons-Stulen, Beckett Building and Osterlin Library’s Simply to Go Outlets will be closing at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.
The Northwest Grind will be open May 2 from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. (May 2 is the last day for students, staff and faculty to use their meal plans.)
GVSU offering The Idea of Nature class this summer semester. This is a unique course available to anyone as a guest student which provides a very exciting learning opportunity at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Boardman River and other natural areas. Interested individuals can call Kate Fairman at 231.995.1842 or email fairmank@gvsu.edu to learn more. (more…)
There is still time to register for the summer semester!
Payment due date for summer is Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
For information on how to make a payment or set up a payment plan, please go to: https://www.nmc.edu/financial-aid/payment-options.html (more…)
The Dennos Museum Center will present the Great Lakes Pastel Society’s 2014 National Juried Exhibition April 13 – May 25, 2014.
The exhibition is being presented in Traverse City in association with the Society’s annual convention which will be held at the Park Place Hotel from May 16-18, a 3 day educational event filled with presentations and demonstrations designed especially for amateur and professional pastel artists.
The exhibition features 70 works by artists from across the USA, and one from Spain, that were selected by exhibition juror, Desmond O’Hagan, from 254 works submitted by 97 artists for consideration by the juror.
The Great Lakes Pastel Society seeks to promote the use of pastels and increase the public awareness of creative pastel painting as a fine art medium. The juror awarded a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and 17 additional awards of merit and sponsored awards which will be presented to the artists at a Pastel Society Members and Guests Reception, Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7-9 PM at the Dennos Museum Center. (more…)
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped, May 4 – September 7, 2014.
The Dennos Museum Center is pleased to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the works of Seungmo Park of Seoul, Korea featuring his meticulously cut MAYA imagery and aluminum wire wrapped sculptural forms.
The MAYA (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit) are created by layering slightly out of line and separated sheets of wire mesh. After sketching the outline of the image on to the mesh, he cuts thought the layers to varying depths to create more or less density of wire cross hatching, which when lit from behind results in images that may look transparent, illusory, or shadowy. (more…)
The end of the semester is approaching, but don’t forget to get your classes for fall (and summer, too).
Here are handy checklists to follow to make sure you are registered:
Checklist for fall registration
Checklist for summer registration
And you can check out what courses are offered when through our searchable online schedule.
NMC performance ensembles will present two upcoming concerts… (more…)