Jun 1, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
A STEM Exploring Post has been established that is a collaboration between NMC, Scouting, Newton’s Road and the Chamber of Commerce. Monthly events are organized and led by members of this group with NMC taking a lead role. The goal is to bring exciting, hands-on STEM experiences to youth ages 14-19. Programs have included Heath Care, Agriculture, Engineering, Manufacturing, Audio Technology, etc. This June’s program centers on Space and includes a wide array of STEM technologies and career opportunities.
The Mission One STEM Expo will take place Saturday, June 9, noon-4 p.m. at NMC’s Parsons-Stulen Building. Exploring Career STEM Expo and Launch Day will feature leading STEM professionals, former NASA astronauts, college faculty and experts, as well as state and local business showcasing STEM activities and opportunities in related fields. Besides engaging in fun, hands-on programs, events of the day will inspire our students that with preparation, hard work and determination, anything is possible. We will also create awareness of opportunities and pathways for students to achieve a meaningful and successful career in a STEM field. One of the key highlights of the STEM Expo will be the launch of a CanSat mini satellite to an altitude of over 100,000 feet.
In addition, various other STEM technologies of NMC (robotics, drones, etc) as well as others like Inland Seas will be on display. The Expo is free for all and requires no registration.
High Altitude Satellite Launch
The Magnitude I.O. CANSAT space exploration program involves about 30 youth who have been receiving online training for months in the design of experiments that are conducted in a high altitude (100,000’) environment reached through the use of balloons. Three Cansat satellites will be launched at 2 p.m. at the Parsons-Stulen Building. The rest of the day will be spent with the student “engineers” recovering their satellites and their data. The emcee for the launch will be Greg Johnson, ret. Air Force Colonel and a recent NASA Shuttle Astronaut.
Johnson will also give a presentation Saturday evening at the Dennos Museum Center discussing his experiences in space and where the space program is headed in this country. The 7 p.m. presentation is open to the public and free of charge. Registration is required and can be made at: eventbrite.com/emission-one-lecture-tickets-46161394975
Jun 1, 2018 | Intercom
Read about what our Training Services team is up to including upcoming classes that you may be able to take for free using the tuition reimbursement benefit: https://mailchi.mp/nmc/nmc-training-services-june-2018-newsletter
This month’s topics include Industry 4.0, Higher Grounds Coffee, trade tariffs, upcoming workshops and more!
May 29, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — More than 500 young anglers are expected at the thirteenth annual Kids Free Fishing Day, set from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus.
Kids accompanied by an adult are invited to join in the free fishing fun. Under the supervision of the Department of Natural Resources, 750 rainbow trout 10 inches or longer will be stocked in the campus harbor for the event. Fishing rods, reels, and bait are all provided. Children may also bring their own fishing gear. Experienced volunteers will help with baiting hooks and fishing instruction, and clean the fish.
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum will host a free fish painting activity for kids waiting to fish. The Northern Angler will give fly casting demonstrations. There will also be a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue demonstration. Free pizza, courtesy of Little Caesar’s and Orchard Creek Senior Living and Healthcare, will be also provided. Parking is available at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, located just east of the Holiday Inn on U.S. 31.
Free Fishing Day is sponsored by Traverse City Rotary Clubs, Rotary Camps & Services, NMC’s Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, Grand Traverse Area Sport Fishing Association, and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City.
Release Date: May 29, 2018
For more information:
John Noonan, Program Director
Rotary Camps & Services
jnoonan@rotarycamps.org
(231) 941-4010 x 210
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
May 29, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
May 23, 2018
In just two years, a unique NMC programming partnership has turned three culinary interns into three highly paid cook-mariners, filling a critical need in the shipping industry and expanding opportunities for graduates.
Abbey Kasuske is the latest. The 2018 Great Lakes Culinary Institute graduate launches her career as a mess cook for ConocoPhillips’ Polar Tankers fleet next week. She’ll work aboard one of five vessels operating in the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System, carrying crude oil from Valdez, Alaska, to ports along the West Coast and Hawaii.
Kasuske’s route to her galley gig started as an intern aboard the T/S State of Michigan, cooking for Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadets fulfilling sea time requirements on their 2017 summer cruise. That was the second year of what one industry manager described as a “trailblazing” Culinary-Maritime collaboration, created by GLCI Director Fred Laughlin and GLMA Superintendent Jerry Achenbach.
That industry manager, for Crowley Maritime, the world’s third-largest shipping company, hired both 2016 interns. (Read more about them here.) Meanwhile, the 2018 cruise departed last week with the first of three culinary students in the galley. (See a map and itinerary here.)
The position marries Kasuske’s childhood with her passion and her education. In the marina, her favorite duty was running the companion deli. As a Petoskey High School student Kasuske, 21, enrolled in the culinary program at the Traverse Bay Area ISD’s Career Tech Center, and then the GLCI in 2015. When she learned of the internship opportunity in the galley of the T/S State of Michigan, the training ship of NMC’s Great Lakes Maritime Academy, all the pieces clicked together.
“It was a dream,” she said. “When I stepped on this ship, I had this feeling come over me, ‘this is home.’”
Only 15-25 people will be aboard her tanker, much smaller than the State of Michigan’s 70-strong crew. But Kasuske will also have to work her way up. As an entry-level mess cook she’ll do a lot of cleanup, dishes, stocking and storage. She can help the cook/bakers and chief steward — if granted permission.
“I’m definitely looking to make an impression,” she said. “I want to be a cook-baker so bad.”
She’ll work about 70 days on and then 60 days off. She expects to make New Orleans her new home base after her boyfriend, whom she also met aboard the State of Michigan, graduates from the Texas Maritime Academy in December.
Wherever she sails, Kasuske will take the lessons she learned at the marina and at neighborhood potlucks in her hometown of Oden: Food nourishes more than the body.
“Food can be so powerful,” she said. “They come in, they’re having a bad day, they take a bite of your food, and it makes their day.”
May 25, 2018 | Intercom, Welcome to NMC
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff, and congratulating current NMC staff on their new positions!
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May 23, 2018 | Intercom, President Updates
Thank you all for everything you do in pursuit of “Keeping Learning at the Center.”
Notable Accomplishments provided by Faculty and Staff
This section recognizes the good work being done and linkages to the Strategic Directions (SD) and Institutional Effectiveness Criteria (IE) are provided where possible. (more…)
May 21, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
Open Rec Basketball times are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon-2 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 8-10 p.m.
FEES:
- CURRENT NMC Students and Employees = Free
- Adult Community Members = $6.00/play
- Punch card available = $4.00/play
May 21, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
The library has purchased many new books so far this year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.
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May 19, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Alumni from the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s have been named NMC’s Outstanding Alumni for 2018.
The award recognize alumni with significant professional achievements and/or exemplary leadership in the local or global community. The three recipients named at NMC’s 2018 Commencement ceremony are:
Ed Reynolds, 1973-78: Reynolds is the president and CEO of Quantum Sails, the world’s second-largest sail maker with headquarters in Traverse City and operations internationally, including a high-tech sail manufacturing plant in Malaysia and plant, designers and engineers in Spain. Reynolds turned heads and broke into the elite sailing market in 2008 when on the starting line of the MedCup Circuit, his was the only boat without the then-dominant competitor’s sail. His team dominated the series and won the overall championship sailing under Quantum sails. The company has grown and prospered ever since, achieving double-digit growth from 2007 to 2015.
Dr. Robert Tanis, 1958-59: The son of NMC’s first president, Tanis at first floundered in college. With encouragement, however, he achieved a turnaround in his second year and embarked on a career in sciences. Highlights include serving as a researcher at the University of Michigan; as Director of Biochemistry at Michigan State University; at the National Institutes of Health and at Harvard Medical School, where his 27 years with the administrative team included serving as director of Harvard’s Genetics Department. In 2015 Tanis established the President Emeritus Preston N. Tanis Scholarship, a $100,000 endowment providing scholarships for NMC students studying the sciences.
Trevor Tkach, 1995-97: Tkach is the president and CEO of Traverse City Tourism, a position he began in 2016. Prior to that he spent a decade at the National Cherry Festival, including five years as Executive Director. During his tenure with the Cherry Festival, he earned wide respect for managing the event in a way that was respectful of local concerns while also serving the tourist population who are a lifeblood to the region. Tkach was named to the Traverse City Business News’ 40 under 40, an award recognizing the region’s most influential professionals under the age of 40, for eight consecutive years.
Release Date: May 7, 2018
For more information:
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director, NMC Public Relations
(231) 995-1029
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
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
May 18, 2018 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College will host the 63rd annual Barbecue, one of the Grand Traverse region’s most popular spring traditions, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 20 on main campus.
The late Gerald W. Oleson and his wife Frances, founders of Oleson’s Food Stores in Traverse City, started the annual fund raiser picnic in 1956. Under the leadership of the third generation of the Oleson family, Oleson’s Food Stores continues to donate the food. Several thousand people attend every year, raising $1.5 million for college programs and equipment over the years.
What does it take to put on a picnic that size?
- 500 volunteers
- 1,400 pounds of carrots and celery
- 3,000 pounds — each — of potato salad, coleslaw and baked beans
- 8,400 ice cream cups
- 4,500 cartons of milk
- 3,000 pounds of buffalo burgers and hot dogs
In addition to the traditional picnic lunch, the schedule of events held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. includes:
- 10:45 a.m. – Presentation of the Colors, National Anthem
- Free admission to the Dennos Museum Center, bonsai display
- Live entertainment outdoors in front of the Osterlin Building
- College displays and classroom demonstrations
- Invitational car show
- Children’s games (Ticket purchase necessary) including the popular Cake Walk
- Chip, NMC’s life-size faux buffalo, and the Buffalo cam
- Alumni tent including prizes
- Art department pottery sale – Osterlin Fine Arts Building
- Osterlin Library open, children’s book readings
- East and North halls open for tours
Services available to attendees include a baby care station and veterans’ tent, as well as compostable utensils and plates and composting of food waste, as part of an effort towards making the Barbecue a zero-waste event.
Barbecue tickets are $6 in advance (plus a $1.25/ticket fee for online purchase and $8 on Barbecue Day. Tickets are available online at nmc.edu/bbq until noon Friday, May 18, on campus, at Oleson’s Food Stores and most local financial institutions.
For more information, call (231) 995-1020 or visit nmc.edu/bbq.
Release date: May 15, 2018
For more information
Diana Fairbanks
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
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
May 17, 2018 | 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 Justin, Mark and Ryan in Educational Media Technologies- they went over and above to help me-frequently answering my questions by walking over to my office on their lunch or even on the weekend. Of course, when I had a concern, it was often due to a mistake I made, or put me in a state of “emergency.” These three gentlemen helped me not only fix the problem, but to understand it. I appreciate their patience and am grateful for their kind help.
Kudos to the NMC Grounds Team: A very special Kudos to all on the NMC Grounds team that have responded (sometimes in very short order) to assist us at the Museum with moving heavy crates or installing heavy sculptures on a number of occasions so far this year. We could not do it without your support and we thank you for responding to our requests for help.
May 17, 2018 | Intercom
What an amazing showing by NMC employees for the 2nd Annual step challenge! Congratulations to every person who took the time to participate!
- 62 Employees participated over the course of about 5 weeks
- Team with the highest average of steps is Cold Cuts and Mayo– Scott Herzberg, Jason, Smith and Kevin D’Alessandro- Average for the team is 554,742 steps! Each member will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card! Congratulations!
- 54 Employees reached the challenge goal of an average of 5,000 steps per day. They were entered into a random drawing for a $50 Visa Gift Card and the following 4 names were drawn- Kristi Hallett, Cathy McCall, Shannon Friedgen & Laura Schmidt
- Top 5 Teams:
- Cold Cuts and Mayo (Scott Herzberg, Jason Smith & Kevin D’Alessandro)- Average 554,742
- Low Motivation 1 forward 2 back equals 3 (Trisha Strahan, Dave Weaver & Chad Schenkelberger)- Average 486,945
- The Walkers (Rochelle Hammontree & Alison Thornton)- Average 370,894
- Running Mammas (Heather Hess, Kristy Jackson & Nancy Gray)- Average 363,564
- An Object in Motion (Meg Young & Caroline Schaefer-Hills)- Average 342,245
- Top 5 Individuals:
- Scott Herzberg- 769,044
- Jason Smith- 696,310
- Trisha Strahan- 647,703
- Deb Pharo- 469,788
- Amy Trouslot- 458,318
May 17, 2018 | Intercom
Are you currently one of the few eligible employees who haven’t taken advantage of the online Health Assessment?
This easy, 10-minute lifestyle survey is accessible through your Blue Cross® Health & Wellness website, powered by WebMD®. Once you’ve completed your assessment you’re one step away from a $50 gift card. Just log in to bcbsm.com or the Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan mobile app and click Health & Wellness to get started.
NMC teammates that elected our Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan insurance and complete the online Health Assessment and submit the Physician Health Screening form before May 31, 2018 will receive a $50 gift card.
Don’t wait too long! Time is running out to complete these two steps.
Call the Blue Cross Engagement Center at 1-800-775-2583 if you need help with your Health Assessment or to check on you Physician Health Screening form. You can always contact our Wellness Coordinator, Chris Barr, at cbarr@nmc.edu should you have a question.
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to be rewarded for being healthy!
May 17, 2018 | Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
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May 15, 2018 | Intercom
The Dennos Museum Store invites you to share in an exciting opportunity to support artists from around the globe. Visit the Dennos Museum Center on May 18, 19 and 20 during the NMC BBQ to see exciting work from six countries representing media of wood carving, textiles and painting.
Hamilton Banda is a wood carver from Malawi. His work comes to the Dennos via his friendship with Dr. Terrie Taylor of Traverse City. The Dennos is the only U.S. site to sell his work. His work is carved from beautiful native woods. Hamilton uses some of the proceeds from his sales to teach skills to disabled people so they will not have to beg. He has also worked to build a residential facility for disabled so they have a warm, dry place to live.
Red Dirt Road designs are lovingly created by women in their remote Cambodian village from hand loomed, richly textured Cambodian silk. Each item is precisely constructed by hand using treadle sewing machine and a coal heated iron. Profits from sales are returned to the women.
On the walls of the gallery will be an impressive collection of Pictorial Korhogo mud cloth from the Ivory Coast. This cloth is produced by the Senufo people and is named after their village. The hand woven cotton cloth uses striking imagery and symbolism to tell stories.
From Ecuador the sale will feature hand-woven tapestries with wild life scenes and geometric patterns. Beautiful hand painted wood plates by artisans Olmedo and Delfina who have worked as a team since they married and are now teaching the craft to their children.
After two past Dennos exhibitions featuring Cuadros of Peru they seemed a natural addition to the sale. The pieces are embroidered and appliqued fabric pictures made in Pamplona Alta, a shantytown south of Lima. The making of Cuadros has become a way for women to support themselves and their families. Proceeds from the sale are sent back to Peru to support the women and their families.
Sale hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday during the NMC BBQ from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.. There is no admission charge. For additional information call (231) 995-1586.
May 14, 2018 | Intercom
June 4-8, 2018
Smart Commute Week is an annual celebration held during the first week of June. The week consists of events that promote cycling, walking, taking the bus and carpooling. Smart Commute is for everyone. Free daily breakfasts are hosted at various locations around town for smart commuters.
Every year community members challenge each other to a friendly competition known as the Smart Commute Week Challenge. Last year NMC came in 7th and we hope you join the team this year and help us reach the top!
To join, fill out the brief Google Doc form here.
May 14, 2018 | Intercom
Join Chris Barr for a brisk walk around your campus- only a 15 minute commitment!
Monday, May 21, 2018:
10 a.m.- Main Front Street Campus– meet in the lawn in front of Founders Hall
12 p.m.-Parsons Stulen– meet in front of the main entrance to the building
1 p.m.- University Center– meet at the front entrance door under the green sign (Business Office, Human Resources, Extended Ed)
2 p.m.-Great Lakes Campus– meet in front of the main entrance to the building
May 14, 2018 | Intercom
Although the challenge wraps on Friday, May 11, you have until May 16 to be sure all of your steps are entered and accounted for! It is recommended to log into you Blue Cross site to be sure the automatic counting is correct. Those using the Google Tracking Sheet should finalize their information by May 16 as well.
Winners will be announced by the end of the week!
