Kudos!
Thank you, Keith Overbaugh and Nick Roster, for your willingness and flexibility as we work collaboratively to improve the nursing program.
Employee anniversaries
EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARIES
The following employees are celebrating anniversaries soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Jack Berman Science/Math Instructor 37 years
Alison Collins Health Occupations Instructor 34 years
Adam Dwyer Training Specialist 3 years
Nicholeen Frusti Outreach Services Coordinator 3 years
Rob Hamilton Communications Instructor 26 years
Lucy House Culinary Arts Instructor 22 years
Sherry Howard-Spreitzer Business Instructor 27 years
Georgenia Hromada Financial Aid Specialist 11 years
Bronwyn Jones Communications Instructor 25 years
Gary Klotzbach Business/Humanities Instructor 25 years
Greg LaCross Science/Math Instructor 22 years
Mark Nelson Science/Math Instructor 26 years
Sonja Olshove Social Sciences Instructor 22 years
Keith Overbaugh Science/Math Instructor 26 years
Linda Racine Director of Program Advancement 24 years
Mark Ross Communications Instructor 29 years
Stephen Siciliano Vice President for Educational Services 28 years
Linda Walter Health Occupations Instructor 23 years
Becky Wooters Health Occupations Instructor 11 years
Position vacancies
Current job postings can be viewed on NMC’s website at https://jobs.nmc.edu/ Information on internal regular postings has been emailed.
NMC to hold 8th Annual Mike McIntosh Memorial Truck & Car Show
A September tradition at NMC’s Automotive Service Technology Building on Aero Park Drive, the memorial show is named for the late NMC Automotive instructor Mike McIntosh, who retired in 2004 after 34 years of service. McIntosh organized the first car show for the Automotive Program in 2004.
Owners are invited to enter their classic cars, 4X4s, dragsters, sports cars, modified late models, motorcycles and more. There is a $10 entry fee per vehicle. Trophies are awarded for best of show in each class. Admission is free and the public is invited for food, a silent auction — including program vehicles — and door prizes for entrants. Proceeds benefit NMC’s Automotive Program. Sponsors include Canteen Services.
Student projects and vehicles will be displayed in the Automotive Technology facility. The Michigan Community Blood Center will also be on site with its blood bus for those eligible and willing to donate.
For general information about the show, please call Wayne Moody at (231) 995-1316 or e-mail wmoody@nmc.edu.
Remembering Tom Priest and Jim McIntyre
Tom Priest and Jim McIntyre died in August 2013.
Both of these men worked on behalf of NMC for many years.
Tom took great care of the grounds at NMC. The plants, flowers, trees and the natural environment were his thing.
For many years, Jim was part of the creative team at Knorr Marketing. Jim’s voice was heard in many of the ads for NMC.
All of us at NMC benefited from the contributions both of these men made. A big thank you and our thoughts are with their families.
— Susan Odgers
Welcome to NMC Cindy!
Cindy Weaver joined NMC in the position of Medical Office Manager in Health Services on September 3, 2013. She can be reached at 995-1255 or cweaver@nmc.edu.
Cindy recently moved to the area from Kansas City with her husband Doug and their two dogs. They have vacationed Up North for the last 30+ years and after their daughter Meghan married, and son Zach graduated college, they finally realized their dream of moving up to Traverse City. Cindy has worked the last eight years in a pediatricians office but has also worked for antique auctioneers, home builders and banks. In her spare time she likes to hike, read, and she is currently looking for some folks that want to play Asian Mah Jong. Anyone who is interested should let her know!
Adapted in TC: In many ways growing older has its perspectives
NMC’s Susan Odgers’ latest column in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
NMC instructor Caroline Schaefer-Hills launches children’s book on Kickstarter
NMC Humanities instructor Caroline Schaefer-Hills proudly wishes to announce the launch of her children’s book, The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children on Kickstarter.
“The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children is a beautifully whimsical, yet contemporary, surreal children’s book that opens the alphabet by using exceptional words that stress a language revival while encouraging word play and poetry. A romping prose style features advanced words for a child’s alphabet book, exposing the reader / listener to the pearls our language has to offer, instead of the “A is for Apple” treacle that has become the traditional artifact of this genre. Paired with modern graphic design and daring oil paintings as illustration, this book brightens and deepens the classroom experience or your child’s library and is at home on the coffee table, in gallery, or with modern design readings.
With at least three complex words used on each page, annotations (as tear-off bookmarks) provide definitions and linguistic classification, usage and word origin for each. A primer introducing pronunciation, etymology and poetry structure would be included as well as extra words to encourage active word play and hands-on classroom or home activity.”
To learn more about her book, see The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children on Kickstarter.
NMC co-sponsoring Michigan Land Use Institute’s ‘Power of Energy Efficiency’ Sept. 30
The Michigan Land Use Institute proudly presents a brand-new publication: The Power of Energy Efficiency
Monday, Sept. 30, 2012
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
NMC’s Aero Park Laboratories
2525 Aero Park Drive
Please join us for coffee, conversation, and a brief, very positive presentation about our new, in-depth report from the Grand Traverse region.
The Power of Energy Efficiency features colorful, engaging profiles of the people, policies, and projects transforming our community into an efficiency leader.
From the success and renewal of TCSaves, to the progress local firms are making on energy use, efficiency is working its magic: making homes comfortable, saving money, boosting profits, creating jobs, and protecting our environment.
We’ll celebrate the community wide partnerships behind these success stories, the sponsors who made our report possible, and efficiency’s bright future.
Special Guests
State Representative Wayne Schmidt
Traverse City Light and Power Executive Director Tim Arends
Michigan Land Use Institute Executive Director Hans Voss
Sponsors
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
Fifth Third Bank
Public Sector Accountants
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse Area Association of Realtors
Michigan Environmental Council
Odom’s
Cone Drive
Michigan Energy Options
Midwest Refrigeration
Paradigm Energy Services
The Grand Vision
Traverse City Light and Power
SEEDS
Kudos!
Thank you to all the Office Managers, especially those in the Academic Areas, for helping the Advising Center Advisors find last minute solutions for our students. We appreciate all you do! From the Advising Center Staff.
Thanks to quick thinking and tremendous flexibility we were able to serve ice water to students in a very warm Scholars Hall on the first day of classes. With no air conditioning first thing in the morning, and first day jitters running high, it was a great comfort to students and faculty in Scholars Hall to know that NMC was taking care of them. Thank you to Elizabeth Stevens, Roy Bartle and Patrick Tesner for their immediate action, and to Facilities for their quick response.
Kudos to Jeff Send and Jeff Sabins for a great job replacing the carpet in HS110. Because this is a dental lab, it required quite a bit more logistics than an average classroom. Thanks for your quick turnaround and a great job!
Kudos to all of the Facilities staff who have been actively involved in a number of renovation projects this summer. These projects require a great deal of planning, logistics and collaboration between departments and all involved did a great job. Thank you.
Kudos to all faculty and staff for another successful opening week. Special kudos to the front line departments such as Admissions, Enrollment Services, Student Financial Services, Student Life and all Office Managers who go that extra mile during this busy time. Students always appreciate and feel welcomed by NMC faculty and staff!
Kudos to all the Academic Chairs and Area Instructional Leaders for their work in managing the course enrollments this fall. As a result of their hard work, the college has the highest course efficiency rates in the last three years.
Ryan Adams, Student Employee in Residence Life, always has a positive attitude and a welcoming smile. New students often come to NMC to tour the campus, and some specifically the dorms. Even during this hectic week at the beginning of the new semester, Ryan went above and beyond to show new students the dorm rooms. Ryan, we thank you so much for all of your help and always doing any task with a smile on your face. You are a great representative of our school!
New NMC instructor site: teaching @ NMC
A new, one-stop shop for all NMC instructors that includes teaching resources, educational technology, upcoming events, professional development, 21st Century teaching and learning practices, and more. Teaching @ NMC allows faculty to easily find:
This new site should help eliminate the need to search different sites, pages, the S: drive, and the intranet. Links to teaching @ NMC are available on the MyNMC page under Faculty Resources, on the Professional Development Institute page on the intranet, and on the CIE internet page.
Questions or suggestions? Please contact Mark DeLonge at mdelonge@nmc.edu or 995-1962.
Pine Palooza Photo Contest announced
Announcing the first ever Pine Palooza Photo Contest! Take photos during Pine Palooza 2013 and you could win prizes!
HOW TO ENTER
Pine Palooza (September 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on the greens between East and West Halls) is the perfect backdrop for snapping photos of the fun, the food and your friends! During the event, presented by NMC Student Life, take photos and upload them to your Instagram. Filters are acceptable, captions are encouraged and tagging is a must! Use @NMCdotEDU or #NMCinPhotos to tag your photo.
PRIZES
Judging will occur after the event concludes and winners will be announced September 13.
The top three Instagram photos from the event will win: a $50 gas gift card, a NMC priorLife bag, or $15 for any Sodexo food stand.
Good luck and may the best photos win!
(Please note, only photos from Pine Palooza are eligible.)
Call for singers- Auditions for Canticum Novum
Experienced singers of college-age or older are invited to audition for Canticum Novum (kahn’-tee-koom noh’-voom), a new choral ensemble being offered at Northwestern Michigan College. Canticum Novum has several performance cycles throughout the year, with an emphasis on performances in December and late Spring. Because of the challenging literature and the abbreviated rehearsal schedule, only singers with good reading skills should inquire.
Please call Jeffrey Cobb at 231-995-1338, for more information or to set up an appointment for an audition. More information is available here.
Position vacancies
Here is the list of current job postings. They can also be viewed on NMC’s website at https://jobs.nmc.edu/ Information on internal regular postings has been emailed.
Adjunct Faculty
- Digital Graphic Design Adjunct Instructor (246-443)
- Earth Science Adjunct Instructor (252-443)
- Adjunct Instructor – Clinical Nursing Medical/Surgical and Ob/Peds (38-443)
Custodial Staff
Faculty
Professional Staff
Student Employee
- Student Ambassador (237-443)
- Groundskeeper (233-443)
- Science Lab Assistant – Student Employee (244-443)
- Student Life Office Assistant (192-443)
- Tutor-Student Employee (197-443)
- Financial Aid-Office Assistant-Student Employee (259-443)
Supplemental Staff
- Bakery Assistant (256-443)
- Banquet Cook-Hagerty Center (248-443)
- Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (250-443)
- Bartender-Hagerty Center (251-443)
- Supplemental Student Success Coach (255-443)
Technology Support Assistant/Help Desk – Supplemental (260-443)
Military & Veteran Outreach Services support annual Traverse City Patriot Game for military veterans and fallen heroes
A budding Traverse City tradition will continue this September 13th as the rival high school football teams of Traverse City Central and Traverse City West engage in a game to honor Northern Michigan veterans and to give special recognition to those who have lost their lives in recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. For more information read about the event here.
Attendees are asked to purchase shirts to wear to the game in support of their team. Supporters of Central are asked to purchase blue shirts and supporters of West are asked to purchase red shirts to show the friendly rivalry which supports a good cause. The shirts will be available for purchase around Traverse City, including in the office of Military & Veteran Outreach Services on NMC’s campus. Shirts are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
For more information contact Scott Herzberg by phone at (231) 995-2526 or by e-mail at sherzberg@nmc.edu.
Children’s Choir auditions scheduled
Come join the award-winning NMC Children’s Choir for its 23rd season. Students entering Kindergarten through grade 9 this fall who love to sing and want to improve their abilities are invited to participate in NMC’s award-winning Children’s Choir. Brief auditions for students entering grades 3 to 9 will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 10 & 12 in the Fine Arts Building at NMC. Students will be asked to sing the first verse of “America the Beautiful”. Music and accompaniment is provided.
Interested families should call Extended Education (231) 995-1700 to schedule an audition time. Students entering grades K-3 are eligible for the non-audition choirs, call (231) 995-1700 for enrollment information.
Learn more about the choir here.
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating anniversaries soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
John Berck Director of Enrollment Management – Maritime Academy 13 years
Doug Domine Humanities Instructor 25 years
Diane Emling Social Sciences Instructor 26 years
Robin Fitzgerald Desktop Computer Support Specialist 6 years
Joelle Hannert Library Technical Services Coordinator 3 years
Kim Hanninen Museum Registrar/Exhibit Preparator 22 years
Keith Kelly Business and Technical Instructor 25 years
John Pflughoeft Science/Math Instructor 25 years
Deb Pharo Science/Math Instructor 25 years
Sarah Shimek Employee Wellness Coordinator 1 year
Wellness Corner- Free Fitness Fridays!
Get This:
Introducing FREE FITNESS FRIDAYS in September! Every Friday in September, all employees will have FREE access to NMC’s Fitness Center. Come in anytime during their hours of operation (6am-6:30pm) to check it out and get a great workout in. We also will be hosting Basics Bootcamps for employees!
- Fitness 101: If you are looking to start a new workout routine, shake up your current routine, or learn the basics of designing a routine sure to give you results, attend Fitness 101. Led by Fitness Center trainer Steven Dixon, this 45 minute session will be held September 6th & 20th, at 7am or 8am.
- Nutrition 101: Learn all the basics of healthy eating, meal planning, maintaining a healthy calorie balance and maximizing your households grocery budget. This 45 minute session, led by Wellness Coordinator Sarah Shimek, will be held September 13th & 27th at 12pm or 1pm.
You must register to attend the bootcamp classes. Visit www.tinyurl.com/
REMINDER: To be eligible for this month’s wellness mini challenge prize drawing, you must sign up for the United Way Live 365 Workplace Wellness Challenge by the end of Friday, August 31st OR Nominate a coworker for being a healthy lifestyle role model/success story.
Make This:
A healthy diet allows room for indulgences at special occasions. Make this gluten free, high protein decadent dessert for your Labor Day celebrations this weekend and enjoy it, guilt free! (PS- don’t worry, know one will know you tricked them into eating beans for dessert. Tastes even BETTER than the real deal!!)