Winter has arrived and now is the perfect time to wear a NMC long sleeve shirt to ward off the winter chill. These are available in black and forest green and in men’s and women’s styles Retail for standard sizes are $36.25 (mens) and $32.95 (womens.)
We have new carabiners in 6 colors.Too hard to choose just one! Retail $ 4.50.
Published at the end of each term, the Dean’s List recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of full-time and part-time students. These students have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above out of a possible 4.0 while taking twelve or more credits (full-time) or fewer than twelve credits (part-time). Click on the links below to view the Dean’s Lists for a given term.
FALL 2012
Full-Time Dean’s List
Due to inclement weather, NMC is closed Friday, December 21, 2012.
Stay safe.
If you’re missing anything, make sure to check out the lost and found in West Hall. All manner of items are turned in on a regular basis. So if you’ve lost it, check and see if someone has found it for you.
Please read carefully as there are changes affecting student accounts
Payment due date for spring 2013 is January 3, 2013. For information on how to make a payment or set up a payment plan, please go to: www.nmc.edu/cashier. Payment by electronic check (from savings or checking) is the most efficient option and if saved as a refund option provides the fastest refund possible.
To pay online, log into MyNMC at www.nmc.edu and choose Self-Service
To apply for financial aid, go to: www.fafsa.gov and submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
NMC’s drops for non-payment have changed:
You are responsible for payment of all charges by the payment due date or the due dates on your payment plan. NMC may drop your enrollment in classes if you owe a balance after January 3, 2013. However, there are circumstances where, as a courtesy, we will not drop your classes. You must drop any classes that you do not plan to attend, otherwise, you will be responsible for payment of charges incurred and will receive a grade at the end of the semester. All prior semester balances must be paid before registering for future semesters.
NEW: There will be only one auto-drop for non-payment, scheduled for approximately January 7. Even if you don’t receive a notification as described below, please check and manage your account status and class schedule regularly, especially between now and the 100% refund dates listed on your class schedule for each course.
NEW: Students who are eligible for financial aid do not need to set up a payment plan. If NMC has received your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and it is not flagged as ineligible due to loan defaults, satisfactory academic progress suspension or other issues, you are not required to set up a payment plan. Please monitor your Self-Service and NMC email daily and respond to all requests for information. All students are responsible to pay for any balances not covered by financial aid. You are responsible to manage your own enrollment (for example: dropping classes you do not plan to attend/pay for).
Please understand your federal loan limits and pay for balances in excess of your potential aid:
Click on this link for: Federal Student Loan Limits. Withdrawal or non-attendance can result in loss of financial aid. If your financial aid is completely in place (authorized), you can charge against the available balance at the NMC Bookstore from December 17 through January 24. Contact Student Financial Services for more information on your financial aid eligibility.
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Questions? Contact Student Financial Services at (231) 995-1035 or email:sfs@nmc.edu
HOLIDAY HOURS FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES: We are open 8 am to 5 pm weekdays except:
These hours are subject to change – call first if coming to campus.
Please remember that our office will be very busy the first weeks of January and it may be challenging to reach us by phone during that time. Do not wait until January to work out your payment and financial aid issues!
Need a snuggle?
Love on a Leash™ Therapy Dogs will be visiting the Osterlin Library during finals week to nuzzle the stress right out of you.
Get your unconditional doggy love fix in the Reference Room on:
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Take full advantage of all NMC’s resources as you prepare for final exams and papers. Resources include:
Osterlin Library
Extended weekend hours
Also at Osterlin: De-stress with Love on a Leash Therapy Dec. 11-13. More info:
Writing & Reading Center
Don’t let your instructors be the first ones to see your papers! Come by the Writing and Reading Center and we’ll help you turn your papers in with peace of mind.
Scholars Hall 221
(231) 995-1189
Math Center
The Math Center is a drop-in tutoring resource located in the basement of the Tanis building,,room T 53. Tutors and Instructors are available to help students with homework and general math skills. No appointments necessary,
A free screening of Earth Days, a documentary about the grassroots beginnings of Earth Day and the environmental movement, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 in Milliken Auditorium as the centerpiece of Action! an event sponsored by NMC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
While the film focuses on the environmental movement, the goal of Action! is to empower and inspire young people that their personal action, of any kind, can make a difference in their community and the world, said event organizer Jessica Abfalter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.
“The key to social change is youth movement,” Abfalter said. “As a diverse group of students, Phi Theta Kappa also recognized the many ways an individual could have an impact on their community or even the world. We created ‘Action!’ from our own experiences with volunteerism and popular culture, sharing the inspiration we gained through film and connecting area youth with local opportunities for action in an interactive, artistic setting.”
Doors open at 6 p.m. The pre-show Action! Fair includes free admission to the Dennos Museum Center, now featuring the video art of Chinese artist Miao Xiaochu,n and opportunities to network with local advocacy and activist groups including H.O.P.E. (Helping Owners with Pet Expenses) NMC PRIDE, the Native American Student Association, 4-H Michigan State University Extension and Bay Bucks local currency.
Participants are also invited to enjoy complimentary food, local music, and browse entries in the recycled art contest. A $50 downtown Traverse City gift card will be awarded to the middle school, high school, and college student with the highest ranking creation.
The film will begin at 7:30 p.m. followed by the announcement of the recycled art contest winners. To enter artwork, please see submission details online or email nmcptk@gmail.com for submission details.
Among other leaders of the modern environmental movement, Earth Days features NMC communications instructor Stephanie Mills. In 1969 Mills catapulted to prominence when she decried overpopulation and natural resource exploitation in a commencement address and vowed never to have children.
The FLU is here. The first cases of Influenza A diagnosed one week ago at Munson Medical Center. Influenza vaccine is still available at Health Services for $15. Be smart and avoid the flu during final exams. Get vaccinated!
NMC business students held a massive distribution day for area food pantries Friday, Nov. 16, delivering the 18,000 food and household items they collected over the past month just in time for Thanksgiving.
Distribution Day
The Food for Thought Fill the Pantries food drive was organized by Kristy McDonald’s Business 231 students as a semester-long project enabling them to learn how to communicate professionally while also helping the community.
As reported in the Traverse City Record-Eagle, food insecurity has become the region’s largest social issue. From 2007 through 2011, food pantry visits in the Grand Traverse area climbed by 83 percent.
Students invited 30 area businesses to conduct internal food drives, emphasizing the
Dental assisting collected the most on campus.
importance of healthy food. Food was also collected on campus, with the Dental Assisting Program winning the prize for most donations, at more than 900. Students also held collection days at Walmart, two Tom’s Food Market locations and at Family Video locations. Cash donations –totaling $3,000 — were also collected online. The class thanks everyone who donated and sponsored the event. Happy Thanksgiving!
NMC Hip Hop presents Turn up the Music, a free demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Milliken Auditorium.
Hip-hop dance is movement to hip-hop music, allowing an individual to create their personal swagger, instructor Joedy Annis said. NMC hip-hop teaches rhythm and style to create just that. The NMC swagger crew has been on the scene for ten yearsm creating amazing choreography and freestyle movements. Audiences should be prepared for crazy hip hop moves, Annis said.
NMC Hip Hop dance is offered as a for-credit class through the physical education department as well as a non-credit option through Extended Education.
Don’t let the flu get you down this holiday season. Get the flu vaccine before you leave for the Thanksgiving Break.
Statistically, many students contract the flu sitting around the holiday table with loved ones and then bring the illness back to campus to share with friends, co-eds, and faculty. Stop the Flu. Get Vaccinated. Influenza vaccine available at Health Services, LB 106, for $15. Just walk in.
Hey there. You, with the cell phone. We know you’ve got a camera on it. So let’s have a little fun.
We’re launching NMC in photos, a way for anyone on campus to become an unofficial NMC photographer. Just snap and submit your candid images of life on campus. A caption’s nice, too. Accepted photos will be posted at nmc.edu/photos, where you can also read the fine print about what size photo and more.
And in November, we’re going to have a little contest. Submit your photo(s) and not only will we post the best ones, but the ones judged to be the top three will win prizes.
First prize is a $50 gas gift card.
Second prize is a $25 gift card to the NMC Bookstore.
Third prize is $15 to use in the cafeteria or any of the Sodexo food stands. Grab something to eat, have some coffee, go nuts.
All photos submitted before midnight December 1, 2012 are eligible to win.
Thanks in advance for sharing all that you can find here at NMC.
In preparation for the Veterans Day event on campus, Ed Blough, Gary Schettek, Kim Goll, Brian Lewis and student employees, Andrew Durecki, Levi Berlin and Aaron Aldridge did a great job cleaning up our flag pole area on Friday; unfortunately, high winds over the weekend blew a lot of leaves back into that area of campus.
We greatly appreciate the efforts they made on Friday, but were very grateful and impressed with how quickly they responded to our request to clean up the area again (just prior to the event). When our veterans and campus community arrived to the area, the grass looked like carpet… they did an incredible job and literally dropped everything they were doing in order to get the area cleaned up for the event – thank you!
Phi Theta Kappa is raising money for their trip to Annual Convention in San Jose, Calif. by selling pasta! The company even has holiday pasta that will be delivered in time for your holiday parties. If you order online, the product will be shipped directly to you, and Alpha Rho Pi will receive 40% of your purchase. Thank you for your support!
Order your pasta at: http://www.
The NMC Cafeteria is holding a Thanksgiving Luncheon, today, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in West Hall.
Student Life is supplying all students with a $2.00 off coupon for their meal. For all others the luncheon is $7.99.
Students can stop by Student Life and pick up their coupon.
International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Next week at NMC we’ll celebrate with: