Wellness

Apr 3, 2017 | Intercom

What is clean eating?

Clean eating is a balanced diet that focuses on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fats and protein. It also encourages you to control portion sizes. It doesn’t ban any food groups.

The Eat-Clean principles are:

• Eat six small meals a day.
• Eat breakfast every day, within an hour of getting up.
• Eat lean protein and complex carbohydrates at every meal.
• Have two or three servings of healthy fats every day.
• Get fiber, vitamins, nutrients and enzymes from fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Control your portions.
• Drink two to three liters of water (about 13 8-ounce cups) every day.

This may seem like a lot. Chris recommends picking one principle a week. For example, choose to drink two to three liters of water per day, each day, beginning April 3 and ending April 7. To be successful, track your water consumption in an app such as myfitnesspal or Fitbit.

Find healthy recipes and informative videos on the Blue Cross® Health & Wellness website, powered by WebMD®, to help you improve or add variety to your diet. You can contact our Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan wellness coordinator, Chris Barr, for help locating these resources. He can be reached at cbarr@bcbsm.com, cbarr@nmc.edu,  or 313-969-8753. Be well.

Employee Anniversaries

Apr 3, 2017 | Intercom

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

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Last Day to Drop- Friday, April 7

Apr 3, 2017 | Intercom

This Friday, April 7 is the LAST DAY for your students to drop regular 15-week classes. Please encourage those students in your classes who may benefit from exercising this option to check with Student Financial Services prior to dropping. Dropping by Friday means the student receives a ‘W’ on their academic transcript instead of a grade for the class. Questions? Contact a professional advisor in the Advising Center at 5-1040. Thank you!

Registration PUSH!

Apr 3, 2017 | Intercom

Join us in promoting Summer and Fall registration this week! Remind your students to see their advisor, make a Plan, and get registered for classes before April 7 (our next New Student Orientation). You’ll see monitor announcements, emails, and banners around campus encouraging students to register. Join in to help make this a big registration PUSH for our students! Contact Advising for more tips at advising@nmc.edu

Kudos!

Mar 23, 2017 | Intercom

KUDOS- (praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved) defined by Merriam-Webster.com

Submit a Kudos here.

Kudos to Mike Torre:  The student art show at the Dennos is stunning!
I took my class and it was a joy to see the art, meet the artists, appreciate the awards and watch the pride on the faces of the artist families/teachers.
Bravo Mike and everyone in the art/vis com depts. at NMC!
This is exactly one of the functions the Dennos was intended for…keep this going.
Thank you for working with the area schools to make this happen Mike.
I can’t say enough about how critical these efforts are to the beauty and strength of our place in the world.

Wellness

Mar 23, 2017 | Intercom

March is National Nutrition Month. Each week, our Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan wellness coordinator, Chris Barr, will provide recommendations for weekly goals to help you improve your diet. Always talk to your doctor before making any changes if you are managing a chronic condition.

Tips for meal planning:

• Pick healthy snacks that are ready to eat and require little effort.
• Get the family involved by asking for their favorite meal.
• Stick to steam bags for veggies if raw storage isn’t an option.
• Reward yourself if you stick to the plan all week.

Find healthy recipes and informative videos on the Blue Cross® Health & Wellness website, powered by WebMD®, to help you improve or add variety to your diet. You can contact our Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan wellness coordinator, Chris Barr, for help locating these resources. He can be reached at cbarr@bcbsm.com, cbarr@nmc.edu,  or (313) 969-8753.

Be well

Training Troubleshooting Tips

Mar 23, 2017 | Intercom

Having difficulty completing FERPA training? Here are some tips:

• Use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
  (This course is not compatible with Internet Explorer or Safari.)
• Course loading issues: try closing out of the training/browser and reopen the browser window. Allow 20-30 seconds for the course to load.
• Pages won’t forward: Be sure to click all tabs/buttons and us scroll bars prior to clicking “Next”
• Training stays in your task list after completing it: Click the browser refresh button. The training should disappear from your Talent Portal “Task List”.

Also:

• Did you know: You can access KnowBe4 Computer and Data Safety training through the NMC Talent Portal? Click on the Learning tile and enroll through the Course Catalog.

Need additional assistance? Contact Human Resources at 995-2612 or hr@nmc.edu.

*Coming soon: Title IX training/refresher training

Received your Retirement & Recognition Reception Invitation?

Mar 23, 2017 | Intercom

Wondering who will be honored this year?

The list exists on the NMC Employee Home Page on the left side under “Announcements” as Save the Date: Retirement & Recognition Reception.

Employee Anniversaries

Mar 23, 2017 | Intercom

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

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Success Story: College-Long Lake community partnership

Mar 22, 2017 | Intercom

March 22, 2017

Later this spring, NMC students will begin working to insure that one of Grand Traverse County’s most popular inland lakes continues its long legacy as a clear, clean, recreational and residential oasis.

Great Lakes Water Studies Institute interns will conduct a water quality study of Long Lake as part of the second year of a partnership with the Long Lake Association, Foundation, Township and the Great Lakes Environmental Center.

“Everybody’s excited about it,” said Rick Kiehle, president of the Association.  “I’m so happy to be working with NMC. It’s just a really good thing to bring the community together.”

Last year, WSI interns Jessica Rhodes (left) and Chelsea Cooper studied adjacent, uninhabited Page and Fern lakes, collecting baseline data with GLEC oversight. In 2017, with Long Lake due for the triennial study that GLEC has conducted since 1997, the paid interns will handle the sampling on Grand Traverse County’s largest inland lake.

“We still have our hand in the scientific part of it, but we allow students to get the real world-training,” said GLEC research scientist Pat McCool.

Water Studies Institute interns Chelsea Cooper and Jessica RhodesThe results will be of keen interest to the 800 property owners who live on Long Lake, Kiehle said. From invasive species like Eurasian milfoil choking boat propellers to pollution from lawn chemicals to swimmer’s itch, vigiliant stewardship is essential.

“You just have to keep up on this stuff,” said Kiehle, who helped pull together the multi-entity partnership to study Page and Fern. “Tell if there’s any potential pollution or bad stuff getting in the lake.”

Over the years, McCool said Long Lake has been “consistent and stable” in its water quality. Rhodes and Cooper’s 2016 study showed that Page and Fern’s water quality is relatively good, too. That data can now serve to benchmark the impact of any development, like improved trails or parking lots, at the Timbers Recreation Area that encompasses both lakes.

“We want to understand what’s going into the lake. What’s the cause and effect of what we’re doing?” Kiehle said.

This year’s interns – Cooper will be back, plus one or two more – will have use of new tool, too: a handheld sonde (probe) upgrade, purchased with funds from the NMC Barbecue. The device allows users to leave laptops shoreside and still be sure the data is being collected properly.

Constanza Hazelwood, WSI education and outreach coordinator, said the Long Lake area studies are providing students valuable work experience. Earlier this month she attended the annual Shorelines & Shallows conference at Michigan State University. Demand for work like what’s being done with Long Lake exists statewide, she said.

“There are so many lakes that are looking for this kind of work to be done regularly,” she said.