Jan 18, 2016 | Intercom, Tech Tips
Tech Tips is presented by our Technology Help Desk and will provide you with simple explanations to tech troubles you may come upon in everyday technology use. These posts will occur regularly and will include a wide variety of topics. If you have further questions regarding the Tech Tips, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020.
The following is important information for staff and faculty for the start of the spring semester.
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Jan 18, 2016 | Intercom
NMC faculty and staff are invited to request funding support from the 2016 NMC Barbecue for an NMC special project.
Last year the BBQ awarded more than $40,000 for nine deserving projects. Read more about projects that have been funded by the BBQ here.
Funding proposals are due by noon on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. The funding proposal form and more information is available here! (more…)
Jan 18, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here or click here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the lobby of the library’s lobby. (more…)
Jan 15, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
College formalizes water partnership with Chinese institution
TRAVERSE CITY – In a move that affirms Northwestern Michigan College’s leadership in water studies, NMC on Thursday signed an agreement with a Chinese technical school that takes the institutions one step closer to faculty exchanges and co-enrolled students.
Signed by NMC President Timothy J. Nelson (at left in image) and Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute President Liu Guoji (at right), the agreement seeks recognition from the 
Chinese government of the Sino-US Northwestern Michigan International Institute, to be located at Yellow River in Kaifeng, China. The two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding in 2014, and formal recognition of the partnership is the next step necessary for NMC’s coursework to be recognized as valid toward a Yellow River diploma.
Once formally recognized, NMC instructional teams will begin preparing college coursework for delivery to up to 40 students studying water conservancy engineering, civil engineering, surveying and mapping engineering. Instruction will be offered in English and students would earn a diploma from Yellow River and a corresponding credential from NMC, such as a certificate or associate’s degree.
“Today’s agreement is testimony to the expertise and leadership NMC has built in water and related marine areas,” Nelson said. “Yellow River realizes our faculty and facilities are second to none, and we’re pleased to take this next step together.”
Nelson added that the relationship gives NMC access to additional water facilities that NMC could not afford on its own. Located on the Yellow River, the third-longest in Asia, the Institute dates to 1929 and provides academic training in support of large, river-based, hydroelectric dams in China.
NMC opened the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute in 2004. In 2009 it launched the first associate degree for Freshwater Studies in the United States. Collaborating with NMC’s technical division, an associate degree in engineering technology-marine technology was offered in fall 2012. In 2015 a bachelor’s degree with a marine technology major was added. Hans Van Sumeren, director of the Water Studies Institute, and Ed Bailey, director of the technical division, both visited Yellow River last November.
NMC faculty could begin teaching in China a year from now, said Marguerite Cotto, vice president for lifelong and professional learning. Eventually, NMC students could also enroll at Yellow River.
As part of its strategic goal to ensure that NMC learners are prepared for success in a global society and economy, NMC has been working to forge partnerships with multiple Chinese institutions since October 2012, when it hosted officials from six Chinese colleges as part of the American Association of Community Colleges’ Vocational Education Leadership Training.
Release date: January 15, 2016
For more information:
Marguerite Cotto
Vice President for Lifelong and Professional Learning
mcotto@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1775
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discrimination
Jan 14, 2016 | Intercom, Welcome to NMC
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Jan 14, 2016 | Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Jan 14, 2016 | Intercom
Kudos- Praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved. (defined by Merriam-Webster.com)
Kudos to the following people and departments! If you know of co-workers who are going above and beyond, nominate them for kudos here! (more…)
Jan 12, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Published at the end of each term, the Dean’s List recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of both 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).
Fall 2015 Dean’s List- Part Time
Fall 2015 Dean’s List- Full Time
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Jan 11, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present Christine Lavin and Don White’s comedy performance of On the Funny Side of The Street: A Night of Brighter Laughter on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $27 advance, $30 at the door and $24 for museum members plus ticket fees. Tickets may be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling the box office at 231-995-1553 or My North Tickets at 800-836-0717.
Two of the funniest entertainers on today’s music scene. – The Boston Globe
Listen to Lavin and White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwRwZ7j3C4
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Jan 9, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Electronics instructor Jason Slade and Veterans Services POC Scott Herzberg have been named NMC’s recipients of annual excellence awards.
Slade, at right, an electronics instructor since 2014, is the 2015-16 recipient of the NISOD award for teaching excellence. Affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, NISOD is committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership at community and technical colleges. Criteria include professionalism, relationships with students and colleagues, and commitment to learning
Herzberg, at left, is the recipient of a 2015 John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College. The award celebrates outstanding contributions and leadership by community college faculty and staff. Herzberg has been an NMC staff member since 1996 and in 2012 was assigned to his current position to ensure NMC’s compliance with the post 9/11 GI Bill. NMC is currently ranked the fifth-best community college in the nation for its services to veterans, who comprise about 5 percent of the student body.
Release date: January 28, 2016
For more information:
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discrimination
Jan 7, 2016 | Intercom
Congratulations to the following nominees for Employee of the Semester- Spring Semester: (more…)
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom
Do you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) from 2015?
You must submit your claims to Meritain Health to receive your funds. Here is the link to the Meritain FSA guide. Their customer service number is 1-800-566-9305. (more…)
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Director of Maritime Admissions (more…)
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom
January 6, 2016
When Aiden Voss graduates from Traverse City Central High School in June, she’ll simultaneously be just a few credits shy of an NMC culinary degree, thanks to dual enrollment.
The 18-year-old also discovered something even more valuable than the thousands of tuition dollars she saved by dual-enrolling: the confidence to forge her own opportunities.
While dual enrollment at NMC has increased rapidly the last three years — up almost 30 percent this semester vs. spring 2015 — Voss is the first dual-enrolled student in NMC’s culinary program. (Most students take general introductory classes like English, sociology or psychology, which transfer widely.) She had to get special permission from both her high school counselor and Culinary Institute director Fred Laughlin.
“To have that experience of asking for what I want, and pursuing it, and having these people count on me for quality product and quality grades, that’s been huge,” she said.
Voss had the chops to make the ask. At 13, she walked into the Cook’s House, one of the most acclaimed restaurants in Traverse City’s strong restaurant scene, and started staging, or apprenticing. From dishwashing to salads to food prep to the hot line, she learned her way around the entire kitchen.
Academically self-motivated as well, Voss tested out of several classes by the time she entered high school, leaving a gap in her schedule. Armed with her Cook’s House experience, she decided to see if she could dual enroll in the culinary program. Laughlin, who taught Voss in Introduction to Baking, called her an excellent student.
“She is inquisitive, hard-working and always has a smile on her face. She was a joy to have in class,” he said.
Voss kept pushing the bar for her internship credit this past summer, She worked at Chez Panisse, the venerable Berkeley, Calif. restaurant that pioneered the farm-to-table trend of showcasing fresh, local ingredients that has heavily influenced the Traverse City restaurant scene.
Whether it’s in the kitchen or the classroom, Voss looks for one thing.
“It’s the passion that’s important,” she said. She’s seen it outside the culinary program, too. Her Spanish instructor, Charles Fleis, can go on for half an hour on the etymology of a particular word.
“To see such passion, it just shapes you, I think,” she said. “It’s all about the people you’re around.”
Fleis said that phenomenon is circular. Voss and several other dual-enrolled students took his class in the evening, when they could have chosen other activities, and demonstrated curiosity and excitement about the subject.
“That puts fuel in my fire. They then help to motivate me,” said Fleis, who dual-enrolled himself more than 25 years ago, before it was an established practice. As a Kingsley High School senior in 1988-89 he took French at NMC. He went on to earn a PhD and teaches both Spanish and French now.
“I kind of relate to Aiden in that regard. I was impassioned about language and wanted to do something with it,” he said. “It’s not only a good thing economically for NMC, but it’s wise. It gets students motivated about higher education and what it can do for them.”
Voss’ post-high school plans are still fluid. She’d like to earn a business degree at a small, four-year liberal arts school. She wants to study abroad — Thailand and India are among her top destinations. Eventually, she’d like to return to Traverse City to finish up the culinary degree.
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom
January 6, 2016
When Aiden Voss graduates from Traverse City Central High School in June, she’ll simultaneously be just a few credits shy of an NMC culinary degree, thanks to dual enrollment.
The 18-year-old also discovered something even more valuable than the thousands of tuition dollars she saved by dual-enrolling: the confidence to forge her own opportunities.
While dual enrollment at NMC has increased rapidly the last three years — up almost 30 percent this semester vs. spring 2015 — Voss is the first dual-enrolled student in NMC’s culinary program. (Most students take general introductory classes like English, sociology or psychology, which transfer widely.) She had to get special permission from both her high school counselor and Culinary Institute director Fred Laughlin.
“To have that experience of asking for what I want, and pursuing it, and having these people count on me for quality product and quality grades, that’s been huge,” she said.
Voss had the chops to make the ask. At 13, she walked into the Cook’s House, one of the most acclaimed restaurants in Traverse City’s strong restaurant scene, and started staging, or apprenticing. From dishwashing to salads to food prep to the hot line, she learned her way around the entire kitchen.
Academically self-motivated as well, Voss tested out of several classes by the time she entered high school, leaving a gap in her schedule. Armed with her Cook’s House experience, she decided to see if she could dual enroll in the culinary program. Laughlin, who taught Voss in Introduction to Baking, called her an excellent student.
“She is inquisitive, hard-working and always has a smile on her face. She was a joy to have in class,” he said.
Voss kept pushing the bar for her internship credit this past summer, She worked at Chez Panisse, the venerable Berkeley, Calif. restaurant that pioneered the farm-to-table trend of showcasing fresh, local ingredients that has heavily influenced the Traverse City restaurant scene.
Whether it’s in the kitchen or the classroom, Voss looks for one thing.
“It’s the passion that’s important,” she said. She’s seen it outside the culinary program, too. Her Spanish instructor, Charles Fleis, can go on for half an hour on the etymology of a particular word.
“To see such passion, it just shapes you, I think,” she said. “It’s all about the people you’re around.”
Fleis said that phenomenon is circular. Voss and several other dual-enrolled students took his class in the evening, when they could have chosen other activities, and demonstrated curiosity and excitement about the subject.
“That puts fuel in my fire. They then help to motivate me,” said Fleis, who dual-enrolled himself more than 25 years ago, before it was an established practice. As a Kingsley High School senior in 1988-89 he took French at NMC. He went on to earn a PhD and teaches both Spanish and French now.
“I kind of relate to Aiden in that regard. I was impassioned about language and wanted to do something with it,” he said. “It’s not only a good thing economically for NMC, but it’s wise. It gets students motivated about higher education and what it can do for them.”
Voss’ post-high school plans are still fluid. She’d like to earn a business degree at a small, four-year liberal arts school. She wants to study abroad — Thailand and India are among her top destinations. Eventually, she’d like to return to Traverse City to finish up the culinary degree.
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Jan 6, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Sampson McCormick is a nationally touring, award winning stand-up comedian, writer and activist who makes audiences double over in laughter whether he’s joking about his wacky Aunt Jackie or homophobia, poverty, and religion. For over a decade, he has been a favorite at LGBT pride festivals and mainstream venues alike. Join us on Friday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium for “What’s Real: Being Gay in Black America” a hilarious stand-up special for a night of riveting, refreshing, and original takes on religion, sexuality, life and politics.
This event is a part of the Embrace the Dream series, and is coordinated by and helps to support the NMC student groups: Black Student Union, PRIDE, and Students United for Gender Rights. The show has a suggested donation of $10, however no one will be turned away for lack of funds. See the all-inclusive Embrace the Dream events page here. (more…)
Jan 5, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Taco Day will be Tuesday, January 12 at the Hawk Owl Cafe! Join us for these great deals on 1, 2 or 3 tacos with a side of rice and beans!
1 Taco & Sides : $4.99
2 Tacos & Sides: $5.99
3 Tacos & Sides: $6.99 (more…)
