Here is an informal account of the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees meeting, Monday, March 23, 2015.
Details on the actions items and reports are contained in the Board Packet available online. (more…)
Spring fever is in the air… we hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break! Before we can catch our breath the 60th annual BBQ will be upon us! This year the BBQ will be held on Sunday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The NMC Barbecue board would like to invite you to take part in putting on our annual community picnic.
Here’s how to sign up in 4 easy steps:
Would you like to get $50 worth of Qdoba coupons for just $10? NMC Students for Life will be hosting a Qdoba coupon fundraiser in the Health Science Building on Monday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by for a great deal! (more…)
Recently, the Public Relations office loaned out a general NMC pull-up banner (available for events, etc.) for an event off campus. In transporting the banner, it fell off the back of a truck. When this was realized, the renter of the banner went back in search of it and could not locate it. It is believed the banner fell off somewhere in the Cedar parking lot (located outside the Tanis, Biederman and Health Science buildings.) If you found the banner (which is held in a black case like the one pictured) the Public Relations office would love to have it back…no matter what condition it’s in! Please return it to LB 104 or contact Anne Varga in Public Relations at (231) 995-1020. Thank you!
Reminder to Adjunct and Supplemental Employees-
Please plan on attending one of the following scheduled information sessions regarding a possible partnership with EDUStaff. (more…)
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Supplemental Nurse for Student Health Services (more…)
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Do you want to be “in the know” on the latest wellness information at NMC? Sign up to receive emails about upcoming events by contacting Marcia Talicska at mtalicska@nmc.edu. (more…)
Congratulations to our March Vegetable and Fruit Challenge winners: Hillary Voight & Michelle Schneider! (more…)
The students from NMC’s Art Department who recently went to Cuba will be doing a recap presentation with some insight into their trip through the video and photos they shot on Sunday, April 26 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Bijou by the Bay.
To join the Facebook event click here! (more…)
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
The 5th Annual community event – TEDx Traverse City – will take place again at NMC’s Milliken Auditorium on Wednesday, May 13. This event will also be simulcast to the State Theater. Tickets for both venues will go on sale Wednesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. (more…)
The Sack Lunch and Learn Session for the month of April called the Brown Bag Upgrade will take place April 17 from noon to 1 p.m. at the James Beckett Building, room 136.
Do you want to spice up your noon hour? Want to win the April Pack Lunch Challenge and dazzle your co-workers with five star lunches? Join Cole Thornton, Executive Chef for the Hagerty Center, as he teaches you how to make easy meals at home with fresh ingredients, then use those leftovers to create a healthy lunch the next day. You will save money (passing up the fast food), have more time to enjoy your lunch break, eat healthier and feel fabulous. (more…)
Have you thought about completing a 5K race but did not know where to start? Maybe you have done a few in the past and have “rusty” running skills. No worries. This program will help you get started or back on track with running.
How far is a 5K? A 5K is equivalent to 3.1 miles. Because the distance is relatively short (in runner terms), 5K races are very popular and well attended. This program is for beginners so seasoned runners need not apply. The goal is to finish the race feeling fabulous. We will ease into a training plan consisting of alternating walks and easy jogs. Over the course of ten weeks you will build the strength and endurance needed to complete the National Cherry Festival 5k on July 11. Of course you can pick any race you want or forego racing altogether – the choice is yours. (more…)
The third annual Auto & Diesel Career Fair will take place Wednesday, April 15 from 4-7 p.m. at the Parsons-Stulen Building on Aero Park campus (2600 Aero Park Drive, Traverse City.)
For more more info: nwm.org/autojobs. (more…)
The NMC Children’s Learning Center is participating in a fundraiser through Flower Power. We are planning on using the funds to install some things for a natural playground. We would like a sandbox, an outdoor music wall, raised garden beds for growing veggies and flowers, an outdoor art area, natural blocks for building outside, and lots of other fun things! Please consider supporting this project! The NMC Children’s Learning Center will receive 50% of all orders. If you are interested in ordering, you can stop by the Oleson Center and fill out an order form, or you can order online at http://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/i/t/471360/dnQ8X5W4n9qf (more…)
Michigan Campus Compact (MiCC) is pleased to announce five students from Northwestern Michigan College will be awarded for their dedication and commitment to community service during the 19th annual Outstanding Student Service Awards Celebration, April 18, 2015, at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, MI. (more…)
Every industry offers pinnacles. Entertainers aspire to Oscars and Grammys, doctors and diplomats to Nobels, and chefs to Michelin stars.
Great Lakes Culinary Institute graduate Leslie Farrer has barely begun her career and has already helped collect one of those coveted stars. The Traverse City native, 27, is a pastry sous chef at Trump Hotel in Chicago. One of its restaurants, Sixteen, just earned its second Michelin star.
“It’s excellent. You don’t get that just by being good,” said one her NMC mentors, Chef Mike Skarupinski. “That’s something to be very, very proud of. It’s a great reward.”
Farrer discovered her interest in pastry while working at a restaurant as a student at Traverse City West High School, and toured Chicago’s renown French Pastry School. But she didn’t want to move at age 18. Enter the Great Lakes Culinary Institute.
She found the culinary curriculum, from knife skills to purchasing to menu planning, second to none. She also took her first pastry classes with Skarupinski, who remembers her as an excellent student. In contrast to savory cooking, pastry is technical.
“Pastry attracts more people who are good at math. Our recipes are very specific, they have to be very precise to get the result you want,” Farrer said.
After graduating in 2008, it was on to Chicago where she first attended and then interned at the French Pastry School. Next, she moved to Vanille, a small patisserie owned by an instructor, where she worked for four years, the last two as executive pastry chef.
She took an entry-level pastry chef position at Trump in 2013 and has already been promoted to one of two pastry sous chefs. The position offers a variety she enjoys. She might spend her work day baking bricks for a holiday gingerbread house, dipping strawberries for Sunday brunch, or planning the dessert menu for Sixteen, now one of only three restaurants in Chicago to boast two Michelin stars.
Farrer’s married to her high school sweetheart, Brian Farrer, who also attended NMC for a year and a half before transferring to DePaul University. He’s a mergers and acquisitions consultant in Chicago.
While the couple is comfortably settled in the Windy City now, Farrer remembers NMC fondly.
“It gave me a couple years to grow up,” she said. “I learned a lot about myself and how I handle situations and stress and work with other people in stressful situations.”
Skarupinski said Farrer’s success should inspire future culinary students, too.
“Having her start at NMC is another very good accomplishment for our future students as well,” he said.