NMC Board of Trustees approves balanced budget and sets tuition rates for 2015-16

Jun 23, 2015 | Intercom, Student News

TRAVERSE CITY — During its regular monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees for Northwestern Michigan College unanimously approved a balanced budget and set tuition rates for the fall 2015 and spring/summer 2016 semesters.

General Tuition rates for residents will increase by $5.45 per contact hour, setting the in-district rate at $96.35 per contact hour. A Grand Traverse County student attending full time on average will see a general tuition increase of $130.80 for the academic year.

NMC’s in-district tuition is the 6th lowest of the state’s community colleges and is 75 percent lower than the average public universities in Michigan.

Community college revenue comes from three main sources: tuition and fees, local property taxes and state appropriations. “Historically those funding sources have shared the burden equally. But during the past thirteen years, the share paid by property taxes and state funding has decreased. Students, who once paid a third of the cost, are now paying more than half. We at NMC have worked hard to navigate this shift and have had the lowest average percentage increase in tuition of any community college in Michigan for a decade,” said Timothy J. Nelson, president, Northwestern Michigan College.

For 2015-16 NMC’s revenue will be 20 percent from state aid, 22 percent from local property tax, 55 percent from tuition and fees and three percent from other sources.

All of Northwestern Michigan College general rate tuition categories, their current rates and the rates of fall 2015 through spring/summer 2016:

RELEASE DATE: June 22, 2015

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019

Success Story: Cherry Queen Finalist Aims For Scholarship

Jun 17, 2015 | Intercom, Student News

June 17, 2015

When the National Cherry Queen is crowned next month, Hannah Beaudry will be hoping the luck of the pine tree is on her side.

The NMC student is one of four finalists vying for the 2015 crown. If she wins, Beaudry, 19, will become the fifth queen within the past decade with NMC connections.

“Being able to have a college experience in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan, is such a blessing to me. Hopefully there’s a lucky charm with NMC and cherry queen, but who knows,” said Beaudry, a 2013 Elk Rapids High School graduate who is studying elementary education.

She’ll finish her NMC classes in December and then go on to complete her bachelor’s through Central Michigan University at the University Center.

The Cherry Queen scholarship would cover the remainder of her tuition costs, she said.

“It would be life-changing to earn that scholarship and graduate college debt-free,” she said.

At NMC, Beaudry’s favorite instructor has been history professor Jim Press.

“He made us think in such an amazing way. He really focused on critical thinking,” she said. “The way he lectures is like he’s telling a story, and it just made history so interesting. And I did not love history before that.”

On July 10, Beaudry will hope to make National Cherry Festival history, walking away with the crown first awarded in 1925.

Opportunity for Community Comment Regarding the Dental Assistant Program at NMC

Jun 12, 2015 | Intercom, Student News

Opportunity for Community Comment Regarding the Dental Assistant Program at NMC

TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College’s Dental Assist​ant​ program is undergoing re-accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). As part of that process, the community has an opportunity to provide comments pertaining to the standards ​of the Dental Assistant program or policies and procedures used in the Commission’s accreditation process​.

A copy of the appropriate accreditation standards and/or the Commission’s policy on third-party comments may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, or by calling 1-800-621-8099, extension 4653. For those individuals who are interested in submitting comments, they are to be sent directly to the address above. Third party comments must be received no later than July 2​1, 2015. All comments must be signed; however, signatures will be removed from comments prior to forwarding to the Dental Assistant program at NMC.

Release date: June 12, 2015

For more information:

Alison Collins
NMC Dental Assistant Program Director
acollins@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1250

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE

Memorial service for former adjunct Jo Bullis set for June 3

May 28, 2015 | Intercom, Student News

Memorial services for the late Jo Bullis will be held on June 3, 2015, at the Hagerty Conference Center, on  NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, 715 E. Front Street, Traverse City.

Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the service will start at 5:30 pm.

Rabbi Chava Bahle and Sister Augusta Stratz will serve as officiants.  Questions may be directed to Mary Kavanaugh-Gahn, 231-941-0771.

Bullis died May 15, 2015. She spent 25 years working at the Women’s Resource Center and was also an adjunct instructor at NMC. She taught courses on criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, diversity, civil rights and interpersonal communication, domestic violence nature and prevalence, as well as domestic violence law. Read her obituary here.