Get your flu shot today!
Be healthy for the holidays! Get your flu shot at Health Services! Just $15! Walk In: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Located in the Biederman building. (more…)
International Affairs Forum presents: “Diplomacy in an Election Year: What’s at Stake?”
Join the International Affairs Forum as they present Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, America’s legendary diplomat as he leads the discussion Diplomacy in an Election Year: What’s at Stake? The event will take place Thursday, Nov. 19 from 6:00- 7:15 p.m. in the West Hall Conference Room with a reception prior to the presentation at 5:15 p.m. This event is FREE to all current students and educators. (more…)
Special prices for educators and students at National Writers Series event
A Conversation with Susan Casey will be held November 18 at 7 p.m. at the City Opera House. Special ticket prices are $10 for educators and $5 for students! Bestselling author Susan Casey talks about the mysterious life of dolphins. “What if nature spoke to us in music, and the dolphins were her chorus? What if we stopped talking, and joined their harmony?” ~ Susan Casey
The event will feature guest host Doug Stanton who is a founder of the National Writers Series and the author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers.
For Tickets: Stop by the box office, call 231-941-8082 or go to nationalwritersseries.org. (more…)
NMC Technology Help Desk- Tech tips: Connecting to Wi-Fi – iOS device
Tech Tips is presented by our Technology Help Desk and will provide you with simple explanations to tech troubles you may come upon in everyday technology use. These posts will occur regularly and will include a wide variety of topics. If you have further questions regarding the Tech Tips, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020.
The following is information regarding connecting to Wi-Fi from an iOS device. (more…)
Nominate an Instructor Today! The Faculty Excellence Awards Deadline is December 19
Have NMC instructors made a difference in your life? Could “dedicated,” “innovative” and “excellent” be used to describe them? If you are looking for a way to recognize the impact an NMC teacher has had on your learning journey, please consider nominating him or her for an Imogene Wise award.
This is the highest teaching honor awarded at NMC and nominations can only come from students. Nominations are due by December 19 and can be submitted here ».
The award was initiated by a contribution from longtime NMC benefactors Harold and Imogene Wise in 1970 and first awarded to a faculty member in 1971. Recipients are chosen by a student selection committee, and award criteria includes teaching excellence, rapport with students, innovation in the classroom and a sense of dedication.
Student jobs
Student jobs can be found on the Student MyNMC page under “Jobs On Campus.”
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Lab Assistant – Biology
Security Officer
White Pine Press Staff (more…)
Success Story: Making Uncle Sam proud
November 11, 2015
Lifesaving has been all in a day’s work for Doug Lathrop for more than 25 years.
As a helicopter rescue swimmer and advanced helicopter rescue school instructor for the U.S. Coast Guard, Lathrop’s descended to places like Washington’s Olympic Mountain Range (left) where he plucked a climber who had fractured a knee and cracked ribs in a fall. He worked in nine states, including Alaska, and was certified as an EMT.
So when he started thinking about life after the Coast Guard, nursing seemed like a natural path. And Lathrop, 50, knew right where he wanted to start that second career: NMC.
At 25, Seth DuMoulin is on the opposite side of his Coast Guard career. But like Lathrop, he, too, attends NMC using military benefits, fitting in classes around his active duty schedule at USCG Air Station Traverse City in pursuit of an engineering degree.
Lathrop and DuMoulin are among the 5 percent of NMC students who are veterans or active-duty military. They share an academic distinction, too: Both are on the dean’s list.
Traverse City station
A California native, Lathrop and his family were first stationed in Traverse City from 2000 to 2004, and his youngest son was born here. Other stations followed, and then the family of five returned for a second stint in 2009. In 2013 Lathrop left for his last Coast Guard post, in North Carolina. He rejoined his family in Kingsley in 2014, and started classes at NMC that fall.
While he credits the Coast Guard for instilling his work ethic, the pre-ADN student said it’s NMC faculty and staff who have inspired an enthusiasm for learning that didn’t exist the first time he tried college.
“They definitely set veterans up for success here at the college,” said Lathrop, who aspires to earn a master’s degree and teach nursing himself.
Writing instructors Janet Lively and Jennifer Witt were especially significant, he said, so much so that he’s now employed in NMC’s Writing & Reading Center.
“I wasn’t a very good writer the first time,” he said. “NMC really allowed me to take off with my writing.”
College support ‘critical’
DuMoulin (right) agreed college support has been critical to his persistence. An avionics electrical technician for the Coast Guard, he started in fall 2013 and almost every semester, duties and deployments have prevented regular attendance.
“NMC has been really good at working around it,” he said. In spring 2014, for instance, the Coast Guard sent him to two different out-of-state trainings held mid-semester.
“I had to complete the semester load in two weeks,” DuMoulin said of his intermediate algebra class. Instructor Jim Szczechowski let him take the final a month and a half early and DuMoulin earned a 4.0.
He missed the fall 2014 semester altogether due to an international deployment. He was enrolled and expecting to resume classes in spring 2015 when yet another deployment forced him to miss the first week. Even back in Traverse City, his shift scheduling meant he missed another two classes per month. DuMoulin still landed on the dean’s list.
Like Lathrop, DuMoulin said the Coast Guard helped cultivate him into a student. He enlisted in 2010, after an unfulfilling post-high school graduation year working in a Youngstown, Ohio, Pizza Hut. “My study habits weren’t the best from high school,” he said.
Now, he prides himself on his academic reputation. His instructors know that if duty calls, he won’t use it as an excuse.
“They know I’m going to try on my part to stay caught up,” he said.
DuMoulin also tries to visit his two-year-old son back in Ohio as often as he can, and is thinking ahead to summer 2017, when his commitment at Air Station Traverse City will expire. He’d like to find an engineering job in Colorado, where he could snowboard. Whether military or civilian, his advice for student success is simple.
“I realized all I needed to do was care. That went a long way,” he said.
Success Story: Making Uncle Sam proud
November 11, 2015
Lifesaving has been all in a day’s work for Doug Lathrop for more than 25 years.
As a helicopter rescue swimmer and advanced helicopter rescue school instructor for the U.S. Coast Guard, Lathrop’s descended to places like Washington’s Olympic Mountain Range (left) where he plucked a climber who had fractured a knee and cracked ribs in a fall. He worked in nine states, including Alaska, and was certified as an EMT.
So when he started thinking about life after the Coast Guard, nursing seemed like a natural path. And Lathrop, 50, knew right where he wanted to start that second career: NMC.
At 25, Seth DuMoulin is on the opposite side of his Coast Guard career. But like Lathrop, he, too, attends NMC using military benefits, fitting in classes around his active duty schedule at USCG Air Station Traverse City in pursuit of an engineering degree.
Lathrop and DuMoulin are among the 5 percent of NMC students who are veterans or active-duty military. They share an academic distinction, too: Both are on the dean’s list.
Traverse City station
A California native, Lathrop and his family were first stationed in Traverse City from 2000 to 2004, and his youngest son was born here. Other stations followed, and then the family of five returned for a second stint in 2009. In 2013 Lathrop left for his last Coast Guard post, in North Carolina. He rejoined his family in Kingsley in 2014, and started classes at NMC that fall.
While he credits the Coast Guard for instilling his work ethic, the pre-ADN student said it’s NMC faculty and staff who have inspired an enthusiasm for learning that didn’t exist the first time he tried college.
“They definitely set veterans up for success here at the college,” said Lathrop, who aspires to earn a master’s degree and teach nursing himself.
Writing instructors Janet Lively and Jennifer Witt were especially significant, he said, so much so that he’s now employed in NMC’s Writing & Reading Center.
“I wasn’t a very good writer the first time,” he said. “NMC really allowed me to take off with my writing.”
College support ‘critical’
DuMoulin (right) agreed college support has been critical to his persistence. An avionics electrical technician for the Coast Guard, he started in fall 2013 and almost every semester, duties and deployments have prevented regular attendance.
“NMC has been really good at working around it,” he said. In spring 2014, for instance, the Coast Guard sent him to two different out-of-state trainings held mid-semester.
“I had to complete the semester load in two weeks,” DuMoulin said of his intermediate algebra class. Instructor Jim Szczechowski let him take the final a month and a half early and DuMoulin earned a 4.0.
He missed the fall 2014 semester altogether due to an international deployment. He was enrolled and expecting to resume classes in spring 2015 when yet another deployment forced him to miss the first week. Even back in Traverse City, his shift scheduling meant he missed another two classes per month. DuMoulin still landed on the dean’s list.
Like Lathrop, DuMoulin said the Coast Guard helped cultivate him into a student. He enlisted in 2010, after an unfulfilling post-high school graduation year working in a Youngstown, Ohio, Pizza Hut. “My study habits weren’t the best from high school,” he said.
Now, he prides himself on his academic reputation. His instructors know that if duty calls, he won’t use it as an excuse.
“They know I’m going to try on my part to stay caught up,” he said.
DuMoulin also tries to visit his two-year-old son back in Ohio as often as he can, and is thinking ahead to summer 2017, when his commitment at Air Station Traverse City will expire. He’d like to find an engineering job in Colorado, where he could snowboard. Whether military or civilian, his advice for student success is simple.
“I realized all I needed to do was care. That went a long way,” he said.
Fingers & Toes Before It Snows winter clothing drive
This event is being put on by the Ferris State University social work students. Come to the Chum’s Corners’ Culver’s on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 2-4 p.m. and donate an article of new or gently used winter clothing and receive one free custard per person, per donation! All donations will be given to Goodwill of Northern Michigan’s Street Outreach program. Street Outreach locates and engages homeless adults and families living on the streets of the Grand Traverse area. Street Outreach provides emergency assistance and/or referrals to community based support services. (more…)
Early bird gets the worm!
Hey all you Early Birds — starting Monday, November 16 the Osterlin Building (including the Student Success Center) will be open weekdays during the semester starting at 7:30 a.m.
Print your papers, get in some last minute online math homework, or research in the warm comfort of the Library before your 8 a.m class.
Mondays-Thursdays: 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
Fridays: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Irish Christmas in America comes to perform at the Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present an Irish Christmas in America, Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 7 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $27 advance, $30 at the door and $24 for museum members plus ticket fees. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling the box office at 231-995-1553 or My North Tickets at 800-836-0717. (more…)
NMC named among top 5 “Best for Vets” community colleges nationwide
TRAVERSE CITY — NMC this week achieved its highest ranking yet for veterans services, named as the fifth best community college nationwide on Military Times 2016 “Best for Vets” list.
Military Times, an independent print and online newspaper that reports on military issues, said it used a 120-question survey to evaluate schools. In addition it reviewed data from the Veterans Affairs Department, Defense Department and Education Department for information on everything from veteran-related policies to average salaries after graduation. Last year Military Times ranked NMC 68th on a list of four-year schools, since the college does offer one bachelor’s degree.
Besides Military Times, NMC has also been recognized and ranked as a military-friendly college by GI Jobs and Military Advanced Education for the last four years.
About five percent of NMC students are veterans. The college will honor student, staff and faculty veterans on Wednesday, Veterans Day, beginning with a free breakfast for veterans at 8:30 a.m. in the Hawk Owl Cafe in West Hall.
At 9:20 a.m. the Traverse City Central High School drumline will lead veterans in a Walk of Honor from West Hall to the flagpoles west of the Tanis Building. The NMC campus community is invited to line the sidewalks to support veterans participating in the walk. A flag raising ceremony including a three-volley salute to deceased veterans will be conducted by the VFW Post 2780 Color Guard at 9:30 a.m.
From 10 a.m. to noon the entire campus community is invited for coffee and cake served in West Hall in honor of veterans.
Also Wednesday, NMC’s chapter of the Student Veterans of America will hold a silent auction fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. at Right Brain Brewery, 225 E. Sixteenth St., Traverse City.
Find out more about NMC’s military and veteran services at nmc.edu/veterans.
Release date: November 9, 2015
For more information:
Scott Herzberg
POC, Military & Veteran Services
(231) 995-2526
sherzberg@nmc.edu
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discriminationWalk-In flu clinic
Unfortunately, the flu has arrived early in Traverse City. If you have not had your flu vaccination yet, please stop in Tuesday, November 10 from noon to 2:00 p.m. in LB 106. Students $15, Faculty and Staff $20 (Free if you have NMC insurance) (more…)
Celebrate freedom- A thank you to those who served our country
On Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2015, NMC will pay tribute to enrolled and employed veterans with the following programming: (more…)
Great Lake Swimmers to perform at the Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present Great Lake Swimmers, Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $27 advance, $30 at the door and $24 for museum members plus ticket fees. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling the box office at 231-995-1553 or My North Tickets at 800-836-0717. (more…)
NMC Jazz Bands at the Workshop Brewing Co.
The Northwestern Michigan College Jazz Big Band will be appearing at the Workshop Brewing Co. on Wednesday, November 4th from 7:00 -8:00 p.m. FREE admission!
The Northwestern Michigan College Jazz Lab Band will be appearing at the Workshop Brewing Co. on Wednesday, November 11th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. FREE admission! (more…)
Thanksgiving special at West Hall cafeteria Nov. 18
JOIN US ONE AND ALL…
at a special Thanksgiving event!
All Day All You Can Eat – $8.99
Get $1.00 off if you bring in a canned good.
Our celebration begins on Wednesday November 18 at 11 a.m–6 p.m. in the West Hall cafeteria.
Interested in studying abroad? What you need to know
We are glad you are interested in expanding your learning by participating in a unique opportunity in another part of the world! Time and again, research has shown how beneficial and rewarding it is to engage, to question, and to understand a culture different from your own. Employers value those who have gained international experience. They understand how much it adds to the intricacies of partnerships, business interactions, team building, and the acceptance of those different from one’s self. As you consider your academic plans for spring and summer, take note of how you can participate in one of ten study abroad opportunities offered in Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Austria, South Africa, Germany, Russia and Switzerland.