Increasing Student Success is the theme for the first-ever college-wide professional development day for all faculty and regular staff. Set for Tuesday, Oct. 18 beginning in Milliken Auditorium, the event is hosted by the Center for Instructional Excellence and the Professional Development Institute.
This day is a chance for the college community to come together to talk about effective practices, share ideas, and learn from each other.
Each employee at NMC is important in helping our learners succeed. It takes every person in every position on campus to assure quality experiences and outcomes for our students. This day gives us the opportunity to invest in each other.
An appointment has been sent to your Google calendar. We hope everyone will all be able to attend this day by having supplemental staff and student employees provide office coverage.
THANK YOU to the 50+ volunteers who made 2016’s move-in for East Hall students a huge success! Because of your commitment and dedication, this year’s move-in was the best yet—WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!
Kudos to Beckie Wooters for regularly traveling to exam sites in Michigan to act as an examiner for the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) exam through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs – Board of Dentistry.
Recognize your colleague for a job well done! Nominations are being accepted for Employee of the Semester!
Please take a few minutes to show appreciation and to honor an NMC employee who has gone above and beyond. Nominate your colleague for Employee of the Semester-Summer Semester.
Submit a nomination electronically at nmc.edu/kudos. List “Employee of the Semester-summer” in your online nomination.
Respond to/Click the NMC values that relate to the employee’s outstanding performance for spring.
Send your nominations to Human Resources by Wednesday, October 5. Please provide details to help the Committee identify outstanding performance for the semester. All nominees will receive a letter of recognition if they are not selected.
Thank you!
The Employee Recognition Committee
Lori Hodek, Co-chair
Hollie DeWalt, Co-chair
Marcus Bennett
Cathryn Claerhout
Miku Crouch
Kim Gourlay
Constanza Hazelwood
Scott Herzberg
Rita Kucera
Paul Martin
Susan Odgers
Pam Palermo
Nancy Parshall
Amanda Woodruff
Nurse George Bullard has a ready reply when patients at Munson Medical Center tell him fear of falling makes them reluctant to get out of bed and move around, a standard pre-release recommendation.
“ ‘You’re a piece of cake. You’re not going to fall,’ ” said Bullard, a 2013 graduate of NMC’s nursing program and, most recently, qualifier for 2017 U.S. Strongman national competition.
The muscles and tattoos beneath Bullard’s scrubs initially belie his profession. But he says patients love hearing stories and seeing pictures of his competitive weightlifting life outside the hospital. And their roads to recovery and his own in the gym actually run parallel.
“It’s all about achieving goals,” said Bullard, 30. Patients have the goal of getting better, and he helps them achieve it. In doing so Bullard earned an achievement himself earlier this year, winning the Daisy Award, a national award for nurses who provide extraordinary, compassionate and skilled care.
At Munson Bullard is also a preceptor — teacher — for both nursing students and newly hired nurses. They shadow him to get a better understanding of how the general medical floor works.
“The biggest thing we have to teach them is how to advocate for the patients,” he said.
In the case for which he received the Daisy Award, Bullard argued against a physician’s discharge recommendation, believing the patient wasn’t strong enough yet. The doctor agreed to a walk test. The patient didn’t fall, but did become short of breath and his oxygen level dropped. Subsequent tests revealed two liters of fluid on the man’s lung. Had he been released, Bullard said, he could have drowned.
“It’s one of the biggest roles we have as a nurse,” Bullard said of the advocacy role. “Sometimes, I spend more time with the patient than the family does.”
Bullard’s floor at Munson sees the most patients with the most varied conditions of the entire hospital. He says his NMC education equipped him well for the challenge.
“I had such a variety when I was a student. I was confident when I got there,” said Bullard, a Flint native who was drawn to a nursing career after moving up north to take care of his aging grandmother.
Next year, in addition to training for the national strongman competition, Bullard plans to advance his career by enrolling in Ferris State University’s BSN program at the University Center. He ultimately hopes to become a nurse practitioner.
Nurse George Bullard has a ready reply when patients at Munson Medical Center tell him fear of falling makes them reluctant to get out of bed and move around, a standard pre-release recommendation.
“ ‘You’re a piece of cake. You’re not going to fall,’ ” said Bullard, a 2013 graduate of NMC’s nursing program and, most recently, qualifier for 2017 U.S. Strongman national competition.
The muscles and tattoos beneath Bullard’s scrubs initially belie his profession. But he says patients love hearing stories and seeing pictures of his competitive weightlifting life outside the hospital. And their roads to recovery and his own in the gym actually run parallel.
“It’s all about achieving goals,” said Bullard, 30. Patients have the goal of getting better, and he helps them achieve it. In doing so Bullard earned an achievement himself earlier this year, winning the Daisy Award, a national award for nurses who provide extraordinary, compassionate and skilled care.
At Munson Bullard is also a preceptor — teacher — for both nursing students and newly hired nurses. They shadow him to get a better understanding of how the general medical floor works.
“The biggest thing we have to teach them is how to advocate for the patients,” he said.
In the case for which he received the Daisy Award, Bullard argued against a physician’s discharge recommendation, believing the patient wasn’t strong enough yet. The doctor agreed to a walk test. The patient didn’t fall, but did become short of breath and his oxygen level dropped. Subsequent tests revealed two liters of fluid on the man’s lung. Had he been released, Bullard said, he could have drowned.
“It’s one of the biggest roles we have as a nurse,” Bullard said of the advocacy role. “Sometimes, I spend more time with the patient than the family does.”
Bullard’s floor at Munson sees the most patients with the most varied conditions of the entire hospital. He says his NMC education equipped him well for the challenge.
“I had such a variety when I was a student. I was confident when I got there,” said Bullard, a Flint native who was drawn to a nursing career after moving up north to take care of his aging grandmother.
Next year, in addition to training for the national strongman competition, Bullard plans to advance his career by enrolling in Ferris State University’s BSN program at the University Center. He ultimately hopes to become a nurse practitioner.
The City of Traverse City will be closing part of East Front Street off Munson Avenue between the main entrance to NMC’s main campus and the Hawk’s Nest for road construction several times during the next few weeks. A detour will be available via Indian Woods Drive, east of the road closure.
The planned closure dates are:
Thursday, September 29
Friday, September 30
Tuesday, October 4
Friday, October 14
Please note these dates are subject to change depending on the weather. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Grand Valley State University — Traverse City Campus
NMC University Center Building Room 09
Learn how you can pursue a degree in primary care and how to make money to pay for your degree. The presentation will focus on how students can get money for loans by putting their skills and abilities to work in communities in need. Topics to be discussed will include the National Health Service Corps and the Michigan State Loan Repayment program.
October 20, 12:15-1 p.m. Location: Founder’s Hall, room 110
The Passport Student Lecture Series is a chance to explore other cultures through the experiences of NMC international students. Bring your lunch and hear Jettarin (Jay) and Jitpanu (Joe) Issaravanich speak about their home country of Thailand.
If you are a Global Endorsement student, please bring your GE passport so that it can be stamped and earn your GE event points!
The next phase of MAP (MyAcademicPlan) is here! Faculty advisors will now be able to use Plans, the digital degree planning tool. Accessed from the MAP portal, Plans will allow Faculty advisors to create a semester-by-semester plan with student advisees, helping them see the pathway to degree completion.
If you missed your department area training and the drop-in training, we recommend attending a session on Plans during the October 18 Professional Development day. If you have questions or would like to schedule an additional area training session, please contact Kim Schultz in the Advising Center or Lisa Wilmeth in Records & Registration.
Over 30 university representatives will be on NMC’s campus on Tuesday, October 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to talk with students, staff and faculty about their programs and the transfer process. The university representatives will be in two locations:
Health & Science Building Lobby – Main Level
West Hall Lobby – Main Level
This is your opportunity to discuss transfer requirements and get information on degrees available at a variety of schools without having to travel to each university. Bring your questions and explore your options! A list of colleges attending and a list of questions to ask at a transfer fair is available here.
Student-led discussion in a comfortable setting. An informal chance to get together each month, share opinions, and open a window on the world!
THANK YOU to the 50+ volunteers who made 2016’s move-in for East Hall students a huge success! Because of your commitment and dedication, this year’s move-in was the best yet—WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!
Recognize your colleague for a job well done! Nominations are being accepted for Employee of the Semester!
Open Recreation Volleyball is now available on Saturdays from 2-4 p.m. in the gymnasium in the Rajkovich Physical Education Building.
Nurse George Bullard has a ready reply when patients at Munson Medical Center tell him fear of falling makes them reluctant to get out of bed and move around, a standard pre-release recommendation.
Nurse George Bullard has a ready reply when patients at Munson Medical Center tell him fear of falling makes them reluctant to get out of bed and move around, a standard pre-release recommendation.
Monday, October 3, 2016, Noon to 1 p.m.
Over 30 university representatives will be on NMC’s campus on Tuesday, October 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to talk with students, staff and faculty about their programs and the transfer process. The university representatives will be in two locations: