The NMC Scan is published twice a year in two editions – the demographics edition each May and a futures edition each December. The Scan ties into the Aligned Planning Process by providing key inputs to strategic planning and informing operational planning. (more…)
On Wednesday, May 14 NMC will host the fourth TEDx Traverse City event. This year’s theme is Game Changers: Designing Tomorrow.
The main event location will again be the Milliken Auditorium in the Dennos Museum. That event location is sold out. However, there is another Main Campus venue specifically for NMC students and employees located in Scholars Hall, Rm 217 (the theater). Seats will be available in this location on a first come, first served basis. Come for a session or stay for the day – the choice is yours! (more…)
On the weekend of May 17-18, Northwestern Michigan College will host the first NMC Jazz Festival at Milliken Auditorium. The event will bring together the college’s three jazz ensembles along with professional performers and area high school jazz bands. It will run in conjunction with the annual NMC BBQ, the college’s highest-profile event, which annually brings thousands of people to campus. (more…)
Northwestern Michigan College will host the 59th annual Barbecue, one of the Grand Traverse region’s most popular spring traditions, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 18 on main campus.
The late Gerald W. Oleson and his wife Frances, founders of Oleson’s Food Stores in Traverse City, started the annual fundraiser picnic in 1956. Under the leadership of the third generation of the Oleson family, Oleson’s Food Stores continues to donate the food. About 9,000 people attend every year, raising $1.5 million for college programs and equipment over the years. (more…)
Alumni from three different decades have been named the 2014 recipients of NMC’s Outstanding Alumni award. (more…)
Congratulations to those who made the Dean’s Lists for the spring 2014 semester at Northwestern Michigan College! The lists below are organized by the student’s home county.
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 between six and eleven credits (part-time).
Spring 2014 Dean’s List Full-Time
The NMC Alumni Quilt raffle is back! This year, the grand prize is a gorgeous queen-sized Bargello quilt, handcrafted by Bonnie King and quilted by Marty Beer called “Vines & Branches.” Tickets for the raffle are three for $5 or $2 each. The winners will be drawn at 4.30 p.m. at the NMC BBQ on Sunday, May 18.
The quilt is on display in the Admissions office now and you can buy your tickets in Admissions or Founder’s Hall.
Other great prizes in the raffle include lunch at Lobdell’s, Dennos memberships, NMC swag and more! Proceeds benefit NMC students through the George C. Comden Alumni Scholarship Fund. (more…)
On Thursday, May 8, 65 faculty and staff gathered to support the General Education assessment process. Faculty and staff scored over 600 Communications and Critical Thinking artifacts from 120 different classes. Thank you to all who participated in scoring and in providing the first scores and artifacts for this sample of near-graduate students. Thanks also to Mitchell VanderKam and Karen Ruedinger for helping to plan the day and for providing the data entry from 1200 rubrics. (more…)
myNMC for students is getting a new look starting Friday, May 9. This new student intranet page will still have all of their most needed links, but even more student-focused news, easy links to the NMC Student News page and announcements about campus news and events.
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Did you know? Sunday, May 18 is International Museum Day! This is also our NMC Barbecue. So join us at the BBQ and be sure to stop by the Dennos Museum Center to see all the wonderful things happening there! And don’t forget, admission to the Dennos on BBQ day is FREE!
For more information about National Museum Day click here! (more…)
If you are enrolled in NMC’s dental plan, did you know that in order to get your two preventative visits covered, they must be scheduled no sooner than 6 months apart? As we approach mid-year, this would be a good time to schedule your appointments so that you are sure you can get the full benefit of cleanings paid at 100% during 2014. (more…)
In the event of a major emergency, NMC Information Technologies (IT) staff will be responsible for implementing their response and recovery procedures for data systems, voice networks, and financial systems. (more…)
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
A social science instructor and a math instructor were named the 2014 winnners of NMC’s annual Faculty Excellence awards at commencement ceremonies May 3. (more…)
Get your greeters smile on – we’ve got company!
Tomorrow, Thursday, over 230 young Hemingways/Atwoods along with many teachers and adults will descend on campus to attend the Young Writers Conference hosted by EES. Keynotes Jeffrery Schatzer and Lynne Rae Perkins provide inspiration along with an impressive group of area writers leading workshops. Front Street Writers get in on the action guiding the sharing of original work by the kids.
The learning adventure takes place in the Milliken Auditorium and Scholars Hall. Let’s make them remember that captivating welcome when they return for College for Kids and later to the admissions office.
Many thanks!
Congratulations to NMC staff member Karen Ruedinger who completed her first 5K event on April 26 at the National Trout Festival in Kalkaska. Karen had long desired to participate in a running events and the NMC Fitness Center staff assisted Karen with resistance exercises, cardiovascular training, and dietary/nutritional information. Karen was very diligent in her training pursuit and so can you. Way to go Karen!
Please contact the NMC fitness center at 995-1379 or stop by the Rajkovich Physical Education Building, room 206, for more information. You can also contact Sarah Shimek, (NMC Wellness Coordinator) at 995-1154, if interested in starting a fitness program. (more…)
The Dennos Museum Center is offering art patron’s an opportunity to purchase original art work by Northern Michigan’s creative artists, in the museum’s 6th annual Small Works art sale from May 15-18, 2014.
All art work is no larger than 5” X 7” and affordable with prices ranging from $5-$50. Artists will bring in work in all 2D media, paintings, prints and photography plus 3D work in media of fiber, wood, ceramics and sculptures. Last year’s sale represented 80 artists who brought in over 800 works of art. (more…)