Student health insurance changes

This year we are sending students this message rather than a mailing to inform you of the health insurance offered to students at Northwestern Michigan College. As you may know, Health Care Reform has created great changes in the insurance industry in the past couple of years.

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Solar Powering Michigan conference is September 12

solar-powering-michigan-logoThings are heating up in Michigan’s solar industry! NMC is co-sponsoring a statewide solar conference in a big partnership effort this fall called – Solar Powering Michigan, taking place on Friday, Sept. 12 at the Hagerty Center. Training will be in August and September to gear up for and in conjunction with the conference.   (more…)

Please note these important NMC Bookstore dates

textbooks4Please take note of the following NMC Bookstore information for the summer and fall semesters.

 

Summer Semester

August 8: Rentals are due back (or before August 8 if your class is done)

 

Fall Semester

July 1 – July 31: Web will be open for book reservations

August 4 – September 12: Financial aid is available for in store purchases

August 4 – September 12: Verba comparison site will be open

 

 

For more bookstore information please click here! (more…)

NMC and Munson to partner for on-campus child care

Day careMunson Medical Center will manage a child care program and provide all related services at Northwestern Michigan College starting this fall.  Space has been identified in the college’s Oleson Center for Continuing Education on the main campus at 1701 East Front Street in Traverse City.

Initial plans are for the service to be provided between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and would accommodate approximately 32 children at a time.  Child care will be available for those aged three or four and early five year olds. (more…)

NMC Soccer Club summer league off to good start

soccer-ballThe NMC Soccer Club is competing in a local summer adult 8 vs. 8 soccer league on Sunday evenings at the Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer fields off Keystone road.  The team is currently 2 wins and 1 loss after this Sunday night’s 5-2 win.

The NMC Soccer Club is for both recreational and competitive soccer players and a great way to meet other students.

To learn more about the NMC Soccer Club student organization please click here! (more…)

Outreach Services: Bringing the world’s game to NMC

World Cup 2014 logoAs part of the international focus at NMC we are offering a fun chance to support your favorite team(s) during the next month as they work to persevere on the pitch and raise the FIFA World Cup in Rio on July 13!

Check out our schedule of matches that will be broadcast in the West Hall Student Lounge and in the Northwoods Café during the next three weeks.

Take your break and join us for some food and fun (no vuvuzelas allowed).

For those looking for a place to grab some lunch on Thursday, June 26, check out the special offer on that day, below!

To get you in the World Cup spirit, stop by the Outreach Services office before June 26 and put your business card or your name with the team you think will win the cup in the soccer ball for a chance to win an official 2014 World Cup t-shirt! (more…)

Changes as a result of the new scholarship system

NMC has launched a new scholarship web page and will no longer look at paper applications. It was previously stated, complete a FAFSA and you are eligible for scholarships. This is no longer the case. However, most scholarships are need based awards and would require a FAFSA to be eligible. (more…)

Bookstore reminders

Bookstore Inventory: 

The bookstore will be closed on June 25, 26 and 27 for a physical inventory. Please plan around these dates as we will not be open to the public for any purchases.

Financial aid:

Financial Aid ends on June 20 for Summer (June) classes only.

Remember: We have lots of new items in the bookstore which are all covered under financial aid.

Enjoy the summer,

NMC Bookstore Staff (more…)

24-hour donor challenge to support NMC set for June 12-13

With a $2,400 presidential incentive at stake, the NMC Foundation is aiming for 100 donor gifts in 24 hours: June 12-13.

The 24-hour donor challenge is a participation challenge that seeks to to inspire gifts from 100 alumni, friends and family who believe in the power of learning at NMC. President Timothy J. Nelson has personally offered the incentive of a matching gift of $24 for each of the first 100 gifts, up to $2,400 total. (more…)

Contemporary Chinese Photography exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center

Adou -  Father and Son Going Home 2006The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition, 如何回How to Return?” – Images by Contemporary Chinese Photographers June 1 – September 7, 2014.

As China reaches the point of its post-boom years, Exhibition Curator, Steven Harris of M97 Gallery, suggests a more contemplative period is setting in. We are entering a time where the general pulse of society has seen through the veil of glittery consumerism and all it promised, and now artists and thinkers are looking, in many ways, how to return to find what’s left of their roots.

This exhibition features the work of seven noted photographers in China: Adou, Huang Xiaoliang, Liang Weizhou, Lu Yanpeng, Luo Dan, Song Chao, and Wang Ningde presenting contemporary images of the Chinese people and environment, reflecting tradition, change and offering social commentary. (more…)

Another BBQ success

NMC BBQ 2014Thank you to everyone who volunteered, attended and helped enjoy a picture perfect day and made this year’s NMC Barbecue such a big success.

Thousands of people spent hours on the NMC campus enjoying a picnic lunch, music on three different stages, kids’ games, program and classroom displays, and much more.

We served 9,040 meals on May 18, up from last year. Included in that number are 359 local residents who received home-delivered meals through the Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging, which operated out of the kitchen in West Hall.

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