Feb 7, 2012 | Intercom, Student News
Northern Michigan College students, faculty, and staff will have a unique opportunity to become lifesavers on Wednesday, February 8, when the college is hosting a “Be The Match” marrow donor registry drive from Noon to 6 p.m. in the lower level of West Hall on NMC’s campus. Staff from Michigan Blood’s Marrow/Stem Cell program, which is affiliated with the Be The Match Registry of the National Marrow Donor Program, will conduct the special donor registry drive.
Any person between the ages of 18 and 60 years old may be eligible to become a prospective marrow donor. Donors will be asked to fill out a form for contact information, provide a brief health history, and then provide a
blood sample for tissue-typing, which is required for all prospective donors. To encourage students to join the Registry at the Northern Michigan College drive, Michigan Blood will
waive the $25 fee that prospective donors normally are asked to pay to help cover the costs of tissue-type testing.
“Donors between the ages of 18 and 44 are ten times more likely to be chosen as matches for patients who need transplants,” said Kona Kenny, Be the Match representative at Michigan Blood. “These donors generally have
more active stem cells and their donations are more likely to be accepted by the patient’s body. We want to educate young people about the need for marrow donors, and also provide special opportunities, such as this event at Northern Michigan College, for them to join the Registry.”
Each year approximately 35,000 Americans are diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia or any of 60 other life-threatening diseases that potentially can be treated with marrow transplants. Of that number, about 10,000 become transplant candidates but only about half are able to receive the possibly lifesaving procedures – and fewer than 1,000 are likely to have a family member who can provide a close tissue-type match. The Be The Match Registry helps meet the need for unrelated marrow donors by providing an international database of prospective donors.
Learn more about marrow donation
For more details visit www.miblood.org.
Feb 7, 2012 | Student News
- Have you ever put off telling an instructor how much you appreciated all you learned in class?
- Have you let your instructors know how much you value the help you received during office hours?
- How about the class you HAD to take and assumed you wouldn’t like BUT ended up enjoying it?
- Are you just now realizing how great an instructor from last year really was?
- Has one of your instructors been able to “put the pieces together” for you?
You have the opportunity to do all of these things and more by submitting an online nomination for instructors who have helped you along the way. LINK: www.nmc.edu/cie/awards
Students are invited to submit nominations for NMC’s 2011-2012 Imogene Wise Faculty Excellence Award and Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award recipients. This web link will be available between now and March 12, 2012. Your nomination, along with nominations from other students, will be reviewed by a Student Selection Committee to determine the 2011-2012 Faculty Excellence Awards recipients. Award recipients will be announced at Commencement on May 5.
If the instructor(s) you nominated is not one of the award recipients, the instructor(s) will still be notified that they were nominated, along with anonymous comments from student nominations. You may nominate more than one instructor, but you cannot nominate an instructor more than once.
So give it some thought, don’t delay, go to the website now to submit your nomination(s)!
Feb 6, 2012 | Student News
Get help filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) from NMC’s Financial Aid staff through February.
NMC Locations
February 11, 1-4 p.m., Fabulous FAFSA Saturday, Beckett Building, Main Campus
February 14, 2-6 p.m., University Center room 206
February 15, 2:30-6:00 p.m., Aero Park Campus, Parsons-Stulen Lab
February 16, 2-6 p.m., Great Lakes Campus, room 210
February 22, 3-8 p.m., Center for Learning, Osterlin Building (Library), Main Campus
If available, bring your 2011 tax returns and/or W2s, Social Security card and driver’s license.
For more information contact the NMC Financial Aid Office at (231) 995-1035 or financialaid@nmc.edu.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Attend a wellness event or make a lifestyle change and be entered for a chance to win a weekly drawing for a $20 gas card.
Upcoming Events:
- Ladies Night: a Discussion on Sexuality, Jan. 31st, 8pm, East Hall Basement. Speaker Renee Jacobson NP
- Eating Health: On the go & on a Budget, Feb 2nd, 3:30-4:30pm, SH217. Speaker Carol Bell, MSU Masters Candidate
- Getting a Good Night’s Sleep in College, Feb. 9th, 3:30-4:30pm, SH217. Speaker Cindy Nichols, Psychologist & Sleep Specialist
- Stress & Anxiety in College, Feb. 23rd, 3:30-4:30pm, SH217. Speaker Deb Maison, LPC.
Studies show students with heatlh lifestyles are more successful in college!
Contact Health Services at 995-1255 or go to www.nmc.edu/student-services/health-services/index.html for more information.
Free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine for qualifying female students 19-26 years old at Health Services LB106.
See the brochure for all of the Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds offerings for Spring:
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Want to find out more about study abroad, travel clubs, language clubs as well as meet members of Traverse City’s international community? Come to the Hagerty Conference Center at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus from 1-4 p.m. for an afternoon filled with global opportunities Sunday, Feb. 12.
NMC and TCAPS are hosting Traverse City’s first-ever global fair and expo to showcase the number of international learning opportunities available in our community. Northern Michigan may be geographically isolated, but with advances in communications and technology, connections to the broader world are happening every day.
Expo highlights include:
- Area language clubs and conversation groups
- International travel clubs
- Youth exchange programs
- Study abroad opportunities
- NMC International Club
- International Affairs Forum
The event is aimed at families with middle school age students up through retirees. For more information, please contact Lindsey Dickinson at ldickinson@nmc.edu or (231) 995-1082.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Photographer Paula Allen will be at NMC, February 20 at 7 pm to give a speech, “Against All Odds: Women Around The World Demand Justice.” Tickets are free, and can be picked up in the Student Life office.
She has been an ‘activist with a camera’ for more than two decades (www.paula-allen.com). She has concentrated on photographing women around the world in their courageous and often invisible confrontations with violence and oppression. From a ‘safe house’ in Kenya where girls escape female genital mutilation to a village in Kosovo in which only the women and children survived the war; from the streets of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico where women march to demand investigations of the murders of young female factory workers, to Asia, where ‘comfort women’ break silence by telling their stories of military sexual slavery by Japan during World War II — Allen has documented women’s determination in the pursuit of freedom, truth and justice.
What makes Allen especially unique is her long-term approach to her subject matter. As much anthropologist as photographer, she has documented many of her subjects for almost two decades, traveling back year after year to people and plights around the globe.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Student groups VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood and PRIDE are partnering with Student Life and Third Level to bring a production of the Vagina Monologues to Traverse City.
- Auditions will be held Monday, February 13 from 5-7 p.m. in the West Hall Conference room as well as Friday, February 17 from 6-8 p.m.
- The main event will be at the Milliken Auditorium April 30 at 7 p.m.
For more information on the Vagina Monologues auditions contact Nichole Wheelock at Third Level, at nwheelock@thirdlevel.org.
More info on the V-Day and the Vagina Monologues: http://www.vday.org/about
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
NMC Career and Employment Fair
Wednesday, March 7
3-5 p.m.
Hagerty Conference Center, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus
It’s never too early to start planning for the upcoming Career and Employment Fair. Resources for preparing your “Elevator Pitch”, creating a top notch resume and asking the right questions to employers all take time and preparation. Go to the Advising Center’s website to use the tools to create a successful Career Fair experience. https://www.nmc.edu/student-services/advising-center/career-fair/resources.html
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Persistence is important.
- Avoid dropping classes. Students who complete a higher percentage of their attempted courses have more success overall.
- Maintain momentum. Enroll continuously without stop-outs.
- We’re here to help you. Seek academic support quickly. Don’t wait until you feel overwhelmed by challenging coursework to get some help. Meet regularly with advisors and register on time for courses. Students who wait to register often find the courses they need have already filled.
And…don’t forget to apply to graduate if you are within two semesters of completing your degree.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Did you know that you can load money onto your NMC ID and use it to pay for food service on campus and buy things at the NMC Bookstore?
To set up your ID, go to nmc.managemyid.comhttp://nmc.managemyid.com and register your card by selecting “Click here to sign up”
Your NMC ID can also be used for free admission to the Dennos Museum and half price admission for concerts held in the Milliken Auditorium.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
NMC Recreation and Intramural Sports intramural basketball tips off Monday, February 20. Sign up now.
The season is five weeks long. Teams will play two games per week, with tipoff times at 2:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., or 4:10 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Sign up sheets are available at the Intramural Sports Office in room 102 of the Rajkovich Building, or at the East Hall front desk.
A mandatory captain’s meeting will be held Thursday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the West Hall cafeteria.
All players must be a regular student at NMC enrolled in at least one course during the current semester.
For more information contact Tom Kasper, Recreation and Intramural Sports at (231) 995-1199 or tkasper@nmc.edu.
Feb 2, 2012 | Student News
Nursing Information Session
Tuesday, February 28
4-6 p.m.
Oleson Center, NMC’s Main Campus
Please join us for a Nursing Information Session on February 28, 2012 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Oleson Center. This session will better acquaint you with our Nursing program, review admissions criteria and discuss program policies and procedures. If you are interested in attending the Nursing Information Session please complete the registration form available on the Advising Center webpage (www.nmc.edu/advising). Space is limited to the first 100 students that RSVP electronically on the Advising Center website.
Jan 31, 2012 | Student News
IRS form 1098-T, Tuition Statement for 2011 is available on Self-Service.
Please note that you may not receive a 1098-T if you did not have any charges in 2011 or if all of your charges were paid by scholarships or third parties.
You may view the 1098-T or use the print option via:
– Student Billing & Refund Menu
– Tax Notification
– Enter a Tax Year “2011”
– Submit
Please contact the Cashier’s Office if you have any questions at (231) 995-1085.
Student Financial Services
Jan 17, 2012 | Student News
Welcome back for Spring semester! (Or maybe this is your first time at NMC, and in that case, welcome.) You’ve made a great choice in continuing your education.
Jan 17, 2012 | Student News
Starting this semester we’ve launched myNMC, a handy way to quickly access all of your most often used online resources. It’s an easy way to check your NMC e-mail, look for class cancellations, log into Self Service or e-Learning, check the student activities calendar and much, much more. You can head straight to nmc.edu/myNMC or there’s also a handy link to myNMC just under the Search NMC bar in the upper right hand corner of every page on our site.
Jan 17, 2012 | Student News
As an NMC student you have an @mail.nmc.edu e-mail address (this e-mail was sent to it, for example), and it is very important that you check it regularly. Why?
Because your @mail.nmc.edu e-mail address is how the college will send almost every official notice to you. It’s where you’ll get your information about your financial aid, your courses, your grades and just about everything else that you really need to know.
Check it often. You never know what kind of good stuff you’ll find there.
Jan 17, 2012 | Student News
Want to be the first to know about weather closings or campus emergencies? Sign up for the NMC Text Alert System. It’s easy. Simply log into Self Service, click on “Personal Information Menu” and you’ll see the option for Text Message Opt In. Click on it, enter your cell phone number and you’re all signed up.
Jan 17, 2012 | Student News
Orientation for online learning at NMC is available online (https://elearning.nmc.edu/course/view.php?id=28) or on-campus. An on-campus session is being offered on Tuesday, January 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Osterlin 113. More information is available online (https://www.nmc.edu/programs/online-programs/)
Northern Michigan College students, faculty, and staff will have a unique opportunity to become lifesavers on Wednesday, February 8, when the college is hosting a “Be The Match” marrow donor registry drive from Noon to 6 p.m. in the lower level of West Hall on NMC’s campus. Staff from Michigan Blood’s Marrow/Stem Cell program, which is affiliated with the Be The Match Registry of the National Marrow Donor Program, will conduct the special donor registry drive.