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Curbside Pick-up is available during our open hours, Sunday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
The NMC Pride group meets every Sunday at 7 p.m. We discuss a range of LGBTQ+ topics and provide support for members.
The group is a safe and inclusive space for all members of the LBBTQ+ community.
For more information, email riccobn@mail.nmc.edu.
The 2020 electronic IRS 1098-T forms are now available. To download yours, log in to NMC Self-Service, go to Student Billing and select 1098-T Tuition Statement for Taxes. Enter the Tax Year 2020 and select submit.
Have questions? Check out the IRS Publication “Why Form 1098-T is important to you“.
Students and families looking for help paying for college are encouraged to attend a Virtual College Financial Aid Night provided by the MI Student Aid team. Sessions will be available every Tuesday and Thursday evening during the month of February from 6:30–8 p.m. EST.
Participants will be able to gather information on the following financial aid topics:
All sessions are open to the public and participants are encouraged to sign up for one session only due to limited space.
Pour a cup of your favorite beverage and join us for entertaining virtual Coffee Chats each Friday. Treat yourself to personal stories from interesting people in the community each Friday at 10 a.m. From travel to health and arts to global issues, each virtual interview is followed by a live zoom Q & A session. Next up:
Public price is $15 each or $99 for all. Those enrolled in the “The Whole Carafe” will receive a link to each recording before AND after each event, so if you miss it, you may watch it later!
Offered by NMC Extended Educational Services.
TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will appear Feb. 19 at a virtual event commemorating the centennial anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
“A Discussion on Elections and Voting” will be hosted by Rachel Wilczewski, NMC sociology instructor, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 on Zoom: https://nmc.zoom.us/j/96362184978
Secretary Benson will share information and her expertise on issues surrounding voter access in Michigan. A live Q and A will follow Benson’s presentation. The 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment was marked in 2020.
Elected in 2018, Benson is the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process, the first major book on the role of the secretary of state in enforcing election and campaign finance laws.
Diana Fairbanks
NMC Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
(231) 995-1019
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
The Hawk Owl Café dining area will reopen Monday, Feb. 1 in compliance with Michigan’s Jan. 22 epidemic order.
Learn more about NMC Dining Services at nmc.edu/dining.
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College will offer an associate degree in engineering beginning in the fall 2021 semester, making that degree more affordable to students.
NMC’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new degree at Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. It builds upon work NMC has already done to smooth transfer pathways for engineering students, particularly with Michigan Technological University. It also enables students to qualify for federal financial aid for the higher number of credits — 73 instead of 58— required by four-year universities to transfer with junior status.
“This new degree better reflects the curricular needs of our pre-engineering students,” said vice president for Academic Affairs Stephen Siciliano.
Engineering instructor Jay Smith said the new degree is another way NMC offers value to students.
“Our program allows students to enter most engineering programs with full junior-level status, which represents a tremendous cost savings in addition to the benefits of staying close to home and having much more one-on-one interaction with their instructors,” Smith said, noting NMC’s average class size is 20 students.
In addition to the financial benefits, the new associate degree also provides tangible evidence of a student’s accomplishments on the road to a bachelor’s degree in engineering. This can be particularly helpful for students who need to take time off from college before completing their bachelor’s, allowing them access to engineering-related positions minimally requiring an associate degree.
Michigan has the third-highest level of engineering employment in the United States, paying a mean average wage of $86,000 annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering is a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and consistently pays higher than average entry-level wages.
“The future is STEM, and those jobs are growing quickly, especially in this region,” said Science Department Chairman Jerry Dobek, noting that Camp Pugsley south of Kingsley is in the running as the location of the Michigan Space Launch Command Center.
Read more about NMC’s engineering program. NMC also offers an engineering technology degree.
Dr. Gerald O. Dobek, FRAS
Sciences Department Chair
jdobek@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1271 (office)
(231) 342-4545 (mobile)
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College will offer an associate degree in engineering beginning in the fall 2021 semester, making that degree more affordable to students.
NMC’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new degree at Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. It builds upon work NMC has already done to smooth transfer pathways for engineering students, particularly with Michigan Technological University. It also enables students to qualify for federal financial aid for the higher number of credits — 73 instead of 58— required by four-year universities to transfer with junior status.
“This new degree better reflects the curricular needs of our pre-engineering students,” said vice president for Academic Affairs Stephen Siciliano.
Engineering instructor Jay Smith said the new degree is another way NMC offers value to students.
“Our program allows students to enter most engineering programs with full junior-level status, which represents a tremendous cost savings in addition to the benefits of staying close to home and having much more one-on-one interaction with their instructors,” Smith said, noting NMC’s average class size is 20 students.
In addition to the financial benefits, the new associate degree also provides tangible evidence of a student’s accomplishments on the road to a bachelor’s degree in engineering. This can be particularly helpful for students who need to take time off from college before completing their bachelor’s, allowing them access to engineering-related positions minimally requiring an associate degree.
Michigan has the third-highest level of engineering employment in the United States, paying a mean average wage of $86,000 annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering is a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and consistently pays higher than average entry-level wages.
“The future is STEM, and those jobs are growing quickly, especially in this region,” said Science Department Chairman Jerry Dobek, noting that Camp Pugsley south of Kingsley is in the running as the location of the Michigan Space Launch Command Center.
Read more about NMC’s engineering program. NMC also offers an engineering technology degree.
Dr. Gerald O. Dobek, FRAS
Sciences Department Chair
jdobek@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1271 (office)
(231) 342-4545 (mobile)
See these fiction selections and more displayed in the library lobby. To request titles and find new books, check out the NMC library catalog.
Title: Girl, Woman, OtherGirl, Woman, Other is a celebration of the diversity of Black British experience. Moving, hopeful, and inventive, this extraordinary novel is a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. Sparklingly witty and written in an innovative and fast-moving form, Girl, Woman, Other is a richly textured novel that reminds us of everything that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart. (more…)
TRAVERSE CITY — Employers are invited to register now through Jan. 31 for NMC’s 15th annual Career Fair, to be held virtually March 2-4, at nmc.edu/career-fair.
Held in partnership with Northwest Michigan Works, each day will focus on a different job area, with hours held from 3-6 p.m
There is no fee to register. About 50 employers attended the 2020 fair, which is open to the entire northern Michigan community as well as students. Employers will create a virtual booth with logos and pictures and be available to chat with job seekers via audio or video. Job seekers will also register. When they log on, they will see a homepage for the event showing each employer and what positions they are hiring for. The job seeker can click on their virtual booth to talk to a company representative as they would in person at a traditional event.
Katie Sommer- Ford
Academic & Career Advising Center – Front Office
Phone: (231) 995-1369
ksommer@nmc.edu
TRAVERSE CITY — Employers are invited to register now through Jan. 31 for NMC’s 15th annual Career Fair, to be held virtually March 2-4, at nmc.edu/career-fair.
Held in partnership with Northwest Michigan Works, each day will focus on a different job area, with hours held from 3-6 p.m
There is no fee to register. About 50 employers attended the 2020 fair, which is open to the entire northern Michigan community as well as students. Employers will create a virtual booth with logos and pictures and be available to chat with job seekers via audio or video. Job seekers will also register. When they log on, they will see a homepage for the event showing each employer and what positions they are hiring for. The job seeker can click on their virtual booth to talk to a company representative as they would in person at a traditional event.
Katie Sommer- Ford
Academic & Career Advising Center – Front Office
Phone: (231) 995-1369
ksommer@nmc.edu
Comprehensive student support and the value of community colleges within higher education overall are topics NMC faculty and staff believe might come up during dinner conversation in the White House starting today.
Photo courtesy NOVA Community CollegeWhile her newly-inaugurated husband works in the Oval Office, Dr. Jill Biden (right) will teach English at Northern Virginia Community College, where she’s taught since 2009. Prior to that, she taught at Delaware Technical & Community College. Having a 28-year veteran of community college classrooms as First Lady presents a unique opportunity for NMC and the 1,100 community colleges nationwide over the next four years.
“Dr. Biden will have a nuanced understanding of our open access mission, and she’ll know that our mission is fulfilled when all students are supported, not just admitted,” said NMC instructor Janet Lively (left), who teaches English like Biden. “She’ll know tuition subsidies are helpful but not enough. She’ll know that a community college education is accessible to everyone when everyone has access to childcare, housing, transportation, health care, and healthy food.”
“She has that first-line, real time experience, and she can bring that experience to the White House and advise the president on what should be done,” agreed Stephen Siciliano, NMC’s vice president for academic affairs. “We can look at statistics and we can look at reports, but there’s something really valuable about that experience, which enables our leader to have that connection.”
Beyond her teaching career and a dissertation that focused on community college retention, Siciliano noted that Biden officially promoted community colleges while Second Lady during the Obama administration. Under her leadership, that administration “elevated the image and focus on community colleges,” he said.
“I’m very hopeful that there will be a continued focus on community colleges, and the role of community colleges in rebuilding the economy,” he said.
The American Association of Community Colleges, of which NMC is a member, has enumerated multiple policy priorities for the new Biden administration, from economic and workforce development to financial assistance for students to investing in rural community colleges like NMC. In addition, Jill Biden’s classroom role will be a daily reminder of the essential function of education.
“It is easy, as a leader, to get caught up in crisis or to lose one’s bearings in a sea of endless administrative challenges. But time invested in the classroom can bring clarity and remind you that teachers transform lives and help enable students’ dreams,” said NMC President Nick Nissley. “The First Lady’s investment in continuing to serve as a teacher is a direct investment in our students’ futures.”
NMC English faculty member Dr. Cathy Warner (right) said Biden’s first-hand knowledge of the varied identities of community college students, including non-traditional older students seeking retraining, military veterans, and parents, bodes well for an overdue broadening of college readiness beyond four-year university preparation.
“As a community college, we are able to translate education into the needed skills and certifications our economy needs – and our national economy is going to need these contributors in order to recover from the many concurrent challenges our nation faces,” said Warner, who won NMC’s teaching excellence award in 2019.
Siciliano agreed that President Joe Biden will have “an overflowing plate,” making Jill Biden’s access invaluable.
“To have his partner be able to speak directly to an important part of higher education is going to be really great,” Siciliano said.
Deadline: Sunday, Feb. 28Pandemic got you creating? Share visual and written art from the era of COVID-19, isolation, and resistance with the NMC Magazine! 1000 word limit for fiction/nonfiction, 30 line limit for poetry.
Visit nmc.edu/nmcmagazine for more info and to submit.
The Grand Traverse County Health Department and United Way of Northwest Michigan are partnering to provide volunteers for the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at NMC’s Hagerty Center.
The health department is looking for general volunteers to help with non-healthcare related tasks during the vaccination clinics, running now through at least February. Volunteers will be required to wear a mask and follow all CDC guidelines. Anyone interested in volunteering their time will need to create a volunteer profile, including submitting to a background check, as well as completing a COVID-19 waiver. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Read more here.
Dear NMC community,
During the last year our society and our college have undergone significant changes due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have been so proud of NMC’s ability to adapt while remaining true to our mission. Vicki Cook, Vice-President of Finance and Administration, has demonstrated incredible leadership during this time, not only in managing the operational response to the pandemic, but also limiting the financial implications. Her work has been critical in allowing us to achieve our goals of keeping our students and employees safe, while limiting the disruption to learning as much as possible. We all owe her a tremendous amount of gratitude. Which is why it is difficult for me to share the news that Vicki will be retiring from full-time work at the college beginning in March, so she may spend more time with her family. However, in true Vicki form, we have worked together to create a plan that will ease the impact of this transition while we move toward the future and through this change in leadership. (more…)
The Grand Traverse County Health Department asks community members to visit gtcountycovid19.com/vaccine/ to learn more about the current status of COVID-19 vaccinations, including eligible groups, scheduling, and the proposed timeline for vaccinations. The available supply of COVID-19 vaccinations is limited for now compared to the estimated number of people eligible for the vaccine, and the county is scheduling appointments as new vaccine supplies are received. Current eligible vaccination groups are EMS, medical first responders, healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents, people age 65 and older and some frontline essential workers. If you have questions, please go to gtcountycovid19.com/vaccine/ or grandtraverse.org/2394 for answers.
Dear NMC community,
Today, as we recognize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I encourage us all to take time to reflect on his impact. Lately for me, one of the most meaningful passages is from Dr. King’s 1968 speech at the National Cathedral, just weeks before his assassination. He proclaimed, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”
This is an unparalleled time in our nation’s history. The images from the violence at our nation’s capital on January 6th are still fresh in our minds, and the effects are still unfolding. I want to acknowledge how deeply disturbing it was to see the U.S. Capitol under siege that day, but also how important it was to witness members of Congress complete their constitutional responsibility and certify the vote. (more…)