TEDx Traverse City tickets on sale April 8th

Apr 2, 2013 | Intercom

The third annual TEDx TC event will take place on Wednesday, May 15 at the Milliken Auditorium with Tim Nelson returning as our event host. New this year will be a second venue – The State Theater – hosted by Ron Jolly where TEDx talks will be simulcast from the Milliken. Tickets to the live event are $100, and State Theater tickets will be free. However, you will still need to go online and secure a ticket.

Tickets for the event will go on sale on Monday, April 8 at 10am through the event website. We are expecting strong interest again this year given our outstanding line up of speakers. Do not delay in securing tickets on Monday! Questions can be directed to Karen Ruedinger at 5-1032 or kruedinger@nmc.edu.

RSVP by Monday, April 8 for the 2013 Retirement & Recognition Reception

Apr 1, 2013 | Intercom

Remember to RSVP by Monday, April 8 to 995-1026 or cpaul@nmc.edu for the 2013 Retirement & Recognition Reception on April 17 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Hagerty Center at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus.

Join us as we honor our retirees, co-workers who have reached milestone employment anniversaries, and winners of the 2013 Foundation Excellence Awards!

 

 

Social work honor society hosts benefit at Kilkenny’s April 7

Mar 29, 2013 | Intercom, Student News

The Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work Students at Ferris State is hosting a benefit concert featuring Shady Hill, Sunday, April 7 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Kilkenny’s Irish Public House.  The concert will benefit Safe Harbor.  Cover charge is $5 and Kilkenny’s will donate 10 percent of all food sales that night to Safe Harbor.  There will be raffles and a silent auction as well.

Here’s more information about the concert.

 

Fracking 101 with Peggy Case

Mar 29, 2013 | Intercom, Student News

Come join Peggy Case, regional coordinator for the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan, for “Fracking 101” at 1 p.m., April 5, in the West Hall Conference Room.
Case is also president of Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation. Refreshments will be served and this event is FREE.
Fracking 101 is sponsored by NMC Students for the Environment.

Benefits Corner

Mar 28, 2013 | Intercom

BENEFITS OVERVIEW AND REFRESHER

How would you like to feel like a new employee again?  HR will be hosting several 1-hour meetings called “Benefits Overview and Refresher”.  These are intended to give our current regular employees an opportunity to brush up on the benefits that NMC offers to them and answer questions you might have on how they are administered, tracked, etc.  Topics will include:

  • Leave benefits and how to use them – sick leave, vacation, personal days, and more
  • Voluntary benefit options
  • Changes to MPSERS after the reform election
  • NMC insurances – medical, dental, vision, life, and LTD
  • Employee Wellness @ Work Program

Appointments will be sent for the following times – choose and accept one if you are interested!

Monday, 4/15/13               12:30-1:30 pm              SH104

Tuesday, 4/16/13               11:00-12:00 pm            UC212

Tuesday, 4/16/13               1:30-2:30 pm                O203

Tuesday, 4/16/13               3:30-4:30 pm                O203

Wednesday, 4/17/13          11:30-12:30 pm            PS226

Employee Anniversaries

Mar 28, 2013 | Intercom

The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!

 

Vicki Cook                   Vice President of Finance & Administration             11 years

Brian Lewis                  Groundskeeper                                                                 24 years

Dave Sobolewski       Chief Engineer-Motor-Maritime Academy                 11 years

Alison Thornton       Coordinator of Technology Support Services            11 years

Scott Williams            Sous Chef                                                                                3 years

Book launch April 7

Mar 27, 2013 | Intercom

Sparrow Migrations, the new novel by NMC employee Cari Noga, will be available at Brilliant Books, Horizon Books and Amazon.com beginning April, 2013.  Cari tells the story of Robby Palmer, a 12-year-old boy with autism, who witnesses the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane crash.  He and other crash witnesses and survivors find their lives intersecting and transformed by the extraordinary event–and by each other.  Please support Cari and this exciting new book at a Book Launch Party on Sunday April 7, 2-4 pm at Brilliant Books 118 E. Front St. in Traverse City.

“sophisticated…brimming with humanity and grace.” ABNA Publishers Weekly reviewer

New toll free number makes connecting with NMC easy for prospective students

Mar 27, 2013 | Intercom, Student News

Learning about and applying to NMC just got easier!  The Admissions Team is pleased to announce the launching of a new toll free number for prospective students: 1-855-FIND-NMC. 

This easy to remember phone number will connect callers directly to Admissions where they can get answers to questions about starting college, coming back to college, the application process, or anything else to help students start at NMC.

Share 1-855-FIND NMC today!

Take a sleep survey

Mar 27, 2013 | Intercom, Student News

A group of NMC social work students are working to build awareness of the importance of good sleep hygiene and are trying to educate college students and staff of what good sleep hygiene means, and how good sleep habits and poor sleep habits can affect their education.  They have composed a very short survey and need your help.
By taking this survey it allows you to keep track of the amount of sleep you get each day as well as your sleepiness throughout the day.This also benefits Northwestern Michigan College as it will give insight to the quality of sleep that students receive and provide evidence of a possible need for sleep hygiene related services (i.e, a relaxation lounge  or other sleep hygiene resources) being available to students.
When you click the link below it is very important that you remember the password: survey

http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=sskv3jm2tnn8ucf97970

Welcome Bryan Wurm to NMC!

Mar 26, 2013 | Intercom

Bryan has joined the NMC as supplemental staff in the Financial Aid Office on March 25, 2013. He can be reached at (231) 995-1533 or bwurm@nmc.edu.

Bryan and his wife Janice were both “born and raised” here in Traverse City.  He grew up on the Brown Bridge Dam (no, he has not been back to see the mess they made) and attended Kingsley High School.  He is an avid outdoors-man and he and his wife are into competitive shooting sports.  They love to bike the wilds of Wexford County and photograph the abundant wildlife that roams their back yard.

This Month in History

Mar 22, 2013 | Intercom

50 Years ago

  • Candidates were chosen for the 1963 Campus Queen
  • Record-Eagle staffer Ken Parker editorialized that the city should pave the streets serving NMC since “the enrollment is constantly increasing … and the prospect for even more pressure is great in view of the current construction of a dormitory and science building on the grounds.  In addition, the college being adjacent to the high school property suffers by comparison in the shabby approach it offers.”

25 Years Ago:

  • NMC considered purchasing the Senior High in order to provide additional classrooms for the college’s increasing enrollment.
  • Actor Larry Linville, aka “Major Frank Burns,” detailed the story of M*A*S*H.  (see photo)

Larry Linville

 

From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library