Why do NMC Instructors like Moodle 2 4U ?
“I find the downloading of files and pictures to be so much easier in Moodle 2. The students have been able to follow the course with no issues and no confusion.”
-Andrea Gerring, speaking about her experience teaching ART 112 fully online in Moodle 2.
Moodle 2 4U Training & Demos Starting April 5; details coming soon.
Susan Odgers’ article, Service dogs become members of the family,
appeared in the Record-Eagle on Saturday, March 10, 2012.
Congratulations to Forest Wortman who is the first winner of a Best Buy gift card ($150 value) for having completed the NMC Employee Engagement Survey. He is an adjunct instructor in the Aviation program.
Thank you to the 306 employees who have completed the survey thus far. If you have not yet taken the survey, please do so by Monday, March 19, in order to be included in our second gift card drawing valued at $75.
If you have questions or concerns about the survey, please contact Karen Ruedinger in the Office of Research, Planning and Effectiveness at 5-1032 or kruedinger@nmc.edu.
The MLA Board of Directors appointed Stephanie D. Davis, Library Instruction Coordinator, Northwestern Michigan College, to serve as ACRL Representative for a one-year term from June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013, at their February 10, 2012 meeting. Scott Garrison, Associate Dean for Public Services and Technology, Western Michigan University will serve as Chapter Representative-Elect for a two-year term from June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2014.
Stephanie’s work experience, education and involvement in MLA qualify her to serve as the ACRL chapter representative. As a seasoned academic librarian, she understands the need for MLA’s affiliation with ACRL as a means of strengthening the services MLA provides its membership. ACRL represents the interests of the academic library community nationally and a strong connection between MLA and ACRL offers the most effective means for helping academic librarians stay up-to-date on national issues. She is ready to fulfill the obligation to serve as a bridge between MLA and ACRL to improve communication, providing membership with information about relevant national issues as well as opportunities for service and participation in ACRL. Keeping ACRL informed about the activities and needs of MLA’s academic community would be an essential function of this role as well.
She also understands the requirements for membership in both organizations and the need for attendance at the ALA Midwinter and Annual meetings. She is knowledgeable of both MLA and ARCL and can successfully complete the duties of writing meeting reports and presenting information from the ACRL meetings to the MLA membership and board. She is of aware of the need to advocate for MLA at ACRL and to act as ambassador between the two groups on behalf of MLA’s academic membership. She is comfortable and experienced with the liaison role and welcomes the chance to serve MLA’s academic membership, bolstering the role of MLA in the academic library community.
Remember to set your clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time that begins at 2am this Sunday, March 11.
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ay, March 17, 2012 8:00 PM
Born and raised on the Louisiana bayou, this self-proclaimed “new kid from the old school” has been the standard bearer for a new generation of Cajun blues musicians – a traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, grafting elements of rock and soul to the indigenous sounds of the bayou.
With the purchase of a ticket to this performance, concert goers are invited to visit the museum’s galleries one hour before the concert and attend a post-concert reception with the performers.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $28 at the door, $22 for Museum Members. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Museum Box office at 231-995-1553 or online at www.dennosmuseum.org.
The Dennos is proud to host a free screening of the documentary “Banished: American Ethnic Cleansing” on March 18, 2012 at 2:00pm in conjunction with the exhibition We Don’t Want Them.
A hundred years ago, in communities across the U.S., white residents forced thousands of black families to flee their homes. Even a century later, these towns remain almost entirely white. Banished tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn their shocking histories.
For more information on the Museum and exhibition, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1055.
The Dennos Museum Center, in collaboration with the Traverse Area District Library and Interlochen Center for the Arts has been selected to serve as a community host for the Great Michigan Read traveling exhibit, We Don’t Want Them, during the month of March. We Don’t Want Them will be on exhibit at the Dennos Museum Center March 11-18, 2012.
Focusing on race and housing in metropolitan Detroit, We Don’t Want Them examines the realities African Americans faced from 1900 to the present. A prominent feature of the exhibit is the Ossian Sweet trials which is documented in this year’s Great Michigan Read selection, “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age” by Kevin Boyle. “Arc of Justice” is the true story of Dr. Ossian Sweet, an African American physician, and the events that followed after he purchased a home in an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925. Through reproductions of historic documents and photographs, viewers of We Don’t Want Them will learn about the causes and effects of residential segregation.
More information available here >>
From February 29–March 31, Northwestern Michigan College is conducting an online survey about what you watch on TV, what you listen to on the radio, what you read in print or online, and the ways you prefer to be contacted with new information. The survey instructions say that it takes 15-20 minutes to complete, but smart people like you will probably finish it in 10 minutes or so. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a drawing to win a $150 Amazon.com gift card. Not bad for 10 minutes of work, right?
So what is NMC going to do with the information?
Well, we’re not going to share it with other colleges or businesses or anybody else. So you don’t have to worry about filling out this survey and getting a bunch of junk mail or e-mails because of it. What we are going to use it for is to do a better job of reaching people like you. It will help us learn more about what you watch and where you hang out and if you’d rather receive e-mails or texts or stuff in the mail.
How many times can I take the survey?
You can take it as many times as you want, but the survey’s pretty smart, so no matter how many times you take it, you’re only going to be entered to win the gift card once.
What if part of the survey doesn’t apply to me?
You don’t have to answer every question, but you do have to make it to the end of the survey to be entered to win. So if there is a question that doesn’t apply to you, you can just move on to the next one.
Where do I go to take the survey?
Just follow this link and use michigan as the password. It’s just that easy.
So thanks in advance for taking the survey, and good luck on winning the gift card!
In case you missed it: MyNorth.com did a feature on Dick Flowers, a tree-climbing instructor here at NMC.
“The Future of Turkey” is the topic of the next International Affairs Forum lecture, set for 6 p.m. March 15 in Milliken Auditorium.
Speaker Dr. Zeynep Devrim Gürsel, a native of Turkey, is a cultural anthropologist who has recently completed postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan. She is the director and co-producer of the film, Coffee Futures. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology with a designated emphasis in film studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently completing a manuscript, Image Brokers, on the production, distribution, and circulation of international news images.
She will address what it means to be Turkish today, Turkey’s role in the Middle East, and whether secularism is losing out to Islamists in Turkey.
The program begins with a reception in the Sculpture Court of the Dennos Museum Center at 5:15 p.m. and is followed at 6 p.m. by the lecture and a discussion period in Milliken Auditorium.
See the complete 2011-12 speaker schedule »
Individual lecture ticket are $10. All current educators and students are admitted free. For tickets or more or information, call NMC Extended Educational Services at 231-995-1700.
To Pam Palermo who worked closely with the Maritime Academy to improve cadet access to available maritime scholarships by creating a new scholarship page on the Financial Aid website. This site has been linked to our Cadet Intranet and may be accessed by all cadets–even those at sea. Her collaborative efforts have made the process of applying for scholarships easier to understand and will have a positive effect on our group of learners.
NM faculty and staff – you are invited to the 1st Annual NMC Faculty/Staff Coffee House next Friday, March 16 from 1-3pm in Fine Arts Rm 115. Enjoy beverages from the complimentary Coffee Bar while listening to music provided by NMC faculty.
Come join us for an afternoon of music in a relaxed environment, and an opportunity to connect with your NMC colleagues.
Hope to see you there!
Beef up your skills with half-day classes in March and May on the most popular Excel topics: formatting worksheets, charts, graphics, sorting, filters, pivot tables, macros, tips & tricks, and list management. Employee tuition waivers apply. Call Extended Education at 995-1700 to register. Read course descriptions here »
On Thursday, March 15 at 2 pm, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission will hold a regular business meeting at the Hagerty Center, Room B, on the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan College, 735 Front Street in Traverse City.
Following the business meeting, a public forum will be co-hosted by Northwestern Michigan College and the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. The forum will be held in the same room, from 4 to 7 pm. It is the fifth in a series of public forums held in Michigan on bullying, its effects on victims, bystanders, families, workers and educators.
Michael Zelley, commission chair, said, “As we’ve traveled the state and learned more about bullying and harassment and its life-changing long-term effects, the commission has become even more committed to hearing people’s stories and using what we learn to foster change in Michigan.” The Commission and attendees will hear from invited speakers and the public.
Anyone who has had an experience with bullying, is welcome to testify at the hearing. Written testimony may be e-mailed to millerj31@Michigan.gov by March 13. Those who wish to give verbal testimony may send a note to that email address. In addition to these events, a community-based conference on bullying prevention will take place at the Hagerty Center, Friday, March 16.
Visit http://www.thirdlevel.org to learn more, and to register. The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, please visit www.michigan.gov/mdcr.
Any student planning on graduating in the next couple of semesters needs to apply to graduate now.
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Sue DeCamillis Director of Business Division & NMC Academic Affairs 24 years
Paul Martin Analyst – Network Systems & Data Communications 1 year
Laura Mashburn Custodian 1 year
Eileen Vaughn Programmer 1 year
Following are positions currently open at NMC. For detailed information on externally posted positions, please visit NMC’s web page at www.nmc.edu/jobs Information on internal postings has been emailed.
OPEN POSTINGS
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Instructor – Clinical Nursing (38-443)
Professional Staff (Full time)
Annual Giving Specialist (67-443)
Coordinator of Major Gifts (68-443)
Student Employee
Financial Aid-Office Assistant-Student Employee (62-443)
Tutor (30-443)
White Pine Press Copy Editor-Student Employee (65-443)
White Pine Press Photographer-Student Employee (64-443)
White Pine Press Writer-Student Employee (66-443)
Supplemental Staff
Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (41-443)
CLOSED PENDING OUTCOME
Support Staff – Full time
President’s Office Assistant (45-443)
Support Staff – Part time
Administrative Assistant – Center for Instructional Excellence (40-443)
Technical/Paraprofessional Staff – Full time
Academic Office Manager – Technical Division (56-443)