Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Annual Giving Specialist
Chemistry Instructor
Nurse – Student Health Services
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
| Bob Rodriquez | Culinary Arts Instructor | 18 years |
| Dean Haselton | Beverage Manager/ Great Lakes Campus Purchasing Coordinator | 12 years |
| Nick Pupel | Adjunct Welding Process | 6 years |
| Uriah Peterson | Adjunct Marketing | 1 year |
New books at the Osterlin Library- October’s highlights
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.
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Student Life sponsors Sexual Assault Awareness Week Nov. 9-13
TRAVERSE CITY — NMC’s Office of Student Life will host three free events Nov. 9-13 as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
The week aims to connect students to resources and help they or their peers may need in the face of sexual assault, as well as provide a safe place for students to learn about sexual assault and become empowered to take action against it.
Nov. 10: Day of Art, Awareness and Action – The Health and Sciences Building lobby will be set up with stations and spaces for students to bring awareness and education around campus sexual assault. In addition to an information booth on campus and community resources, there will be interactive activities including learning-based games and collaborative artworks for creative expression. 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Health & Science Building Lobby
Nov. 11: “The Hunting Ground” film screening – A documentary about sexual assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. The film focuses on Andrea Pino and Annie E. Clark, two former University of North Carolina students who were raped while enrolled in school and led a campaign to file a Title IX complaint against UNC. Lady Gaga recorded “Til It Happens to You” for the film. Discussion and candlelight vigil to follow the film. 6 p.m., Scholars Hall Auditorium, Room 109. Watch trailer »
Nov. 12: “Climbing PoeTree” – Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman comprise the Climbing PoeTree duo. Their award-winning performance is composed of dual voice spoken word poetry, hip hop, and multimedia theater that dissolves apathy with hope, exposes injustice and helps heal inner trauma. 7 p.m., Hagerty Center
Release date: October 22, 2015
For more information:
Mara Penfil
Office of Student Life
mpenfil@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1118
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-discriminationChoral Invitational
TRAVERSE CITY — More than 250 high school choir students will be at Northwestern Michigan College Thursday, October 29, participating in the fourth annual NMC Choral Invitational.
Nine choirs from area high schools including Benzie Central, Elk Rapids, Kingsley, Leland, Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s, Glen Lake, St. Francis, Gaylord, and Grayling will spend the day on campus. They will rehearse together, tour campus and attend performances of NMC faculty, music majors, and audio tech students.
The day culminates in a free informal performance, known as an “informance,” open to the public at 6 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium.
Release date: October 21, 2015
For more information:
Jeffrey Cobb, Director of Music Programs
Northwestern Michigan College
jecobb@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1338
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-discriminationFlu Clinic Oct. 27
Student Health Services will hold another Flu clinic Tuesday, October 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
No appointment necessary! Flu clinics are offered in the Student Health Services office, Biederman Building, room 106. CALL 995-1255 with questions.
Holiday Art Fair at the Dennos Museum Center
Katie Chichester Mester oil painting
The annual Dennos Museum Center Holiday Art Fair will open Thursday, October 22, 5-8 p.m. and continue through Sunday, October 26, throughout the museum. Fine arts and crafts from 50 Michigan artists, Christmas and Chanukah gifts, arts and crafts kits and more are just a few of the enticements for holiday shoppers. Hours will be Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
NMC staff, faculty and students receive 10% discount by showing staff or student ID. Please present to museum staff before paying for purchases.
The Holiday Art Fair has become well known for featuring fine arts and crafts by Michigan artists. The Art Fair is an invitation-only event and each year guests can find their favorite artists from past years and many new artists to keep the sale fresh and exciting. Artists are encouraged to bring original art in all price ranges but especially priced art below $30. This gives customers lots of choices for choosing original art as holiday gifts. The fair is well balanced with artists representing the mediums of blown glass, soft and metal sculptures, pottery, prints, printings, photographs, jewelry, fibers and much more. Read more »
Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Supplemental Banquet Server
Supplemental Banquet Bartender
Nurse – Student Health Services (more…)
Benefits corner- Walk-In Clinic
Did you know that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has a Walk-In Center right in Traverse City?
The Traverse City Walk-in Center is located at 202 E. State Street in downtown Traverse City. There’s free, off-street parking for customers, making it convenient to pop in to get questions answered. Here’s what you’ll find when you visit: (more…)
Kudos!
Kudos to the following people and departments! (more…)
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Pottery Sale scheduled as replacement to cancelled BBQ Pottery Sale
There will be a Pottery Sale to replace the annual NMC BBQ Pottery Sale which was cancelled this past spring.
The sale will be held in the NMC Fine Arts Building, Ceramics Studio on Saturday November 14, 2015 from noon until 4:00 PM. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support the NMC Art Department Ceramics Area. (more…)
New Art Banner to be installed in Downtown Traverse City
A new large scale art banner featuring the work of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) will be installed by Britten Studios on October 20, 2015 at 10 AM (subject to change) on the Park Street side of the Chase Bank Building in downtown Traverse City.
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) is one of the most iconic images in the art world and certainly in Japanese art. (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Take the Sodexo Customer Loyalty Survey!
Let us know how we are doing! Click the link HERE and take a few minutes to fill out a survey, and fabulous prizes will be revealed to you! (more…)
Success Story: Alumnus now NMC’s first male nursing instructor
October 14, 2015
If it seems like there’s a lot of new faces in classrooms this semester, you’re right.
Eight new full-time faculty members began teaching at NMC this fall, more than double the number of new faculty who started in 2014 and 2013.
Among those eight, Mac Beeker stands out for another reason: He’s the first full-time male nursing instructor in department history. And with NMC’s male nursing enrollment well ahead of national averages, he’s a fitting addition to the faculty.
“It’s a female-dominated profession, and I don’t think that’s going to change,” said Beeker, a 2010 alumnus himself. “(But) it’s not necessarily a female field they’re entering. It’s the nursing field.”
NMC’s associate degree nursing program enrollment is 21 percent male and male enrollment has climbed for the last two years, both in terms of actual students and percentages. National averages for male student nurse enrollment stand at around 15 percent. Among practicing nurses, only about 10 percent are men.
Director of Nursing Laura Schmidt said NMC has had male adjuncts, but Beeker, a medical-surgical instructor, is a pioneer in terms of full-time status.
“I think it’s very positive that there’s a male instructor,” said Brandon Thompson, a Traverse City nursing student. Graduating next spring, Beeker is the first male instructor he’s had.
Beeker, 50, entered nursing after careers in radio and non-profit management. He came to the field at 40, “half-accidentally, half intentionally” after his parents got sick. In terms of their hands-on care, Beeker discovered that nurses were the providers who truly made a difference.
“My own involvement with my parents’ health, it was pretty clear to me,” he said.
As Beeker did, many men find their way into nursing at older ages and after caregiving experiences, often as a parent or for a parent.
“Those barriers really get broken down for men as they get a bit older,” Beeker said. “There’s no way I could have done this at 18.”
Beeker said he’s particularly interested in infusing a human connection to the practice of nursing. When teaching a procedure, for instance, he seeks for students to learn not only how and when to perform it, but to conduct it with care and compassion for the patient. Skill grounded in academic knowledge delivered in a compassionate bedside manner equates to “phenomenal” nursing, he said.
“I felt that was very present in the NMC program, and I want to continue to try and develop that,” he said.
Since graduating, Beeker has earned a master’s in nursing and worked as a medical-surgical nurse providing primarily post-trauma care at Munson Medical Center. He plans to maintain that connection, working a few on-call shifts a month, to keep up his skills. He said Munson’s status as a magnet hospital for nursing, a designation of excellence by the American Nurse Credentialing Center, reflects positively on the quality of NMC’s program.
“That trickles back and is fueled by the NMC program,” he said.
Welcome to NMC, Cindy!
Cindy Dodson joined NMC as a Custodian on September 21, 2015. She can be reached at (231) 995-1111 or cdodson@nmc.edu.
Cindy has two children, Matthew, age 20, who is currently attending college at NMC and Morgan, age 18, who is currently attending college at Ferris State University. Cindy is engaged and plans to be married in the spring. (more…)
15th annual GirlTECH to take place Nov. 13
The 15th annual GirlTECH will take place on November 13. GirlTECH was developed to encourage high school girls (10th grade specifically) enrolled in any Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District school to consider non-traditional careers, defined as those careers in which women comprise 25 percent or less of the workforce. FREE lunch and prizes! Find out more at nmc.edu/girltech and register HERE! (more…)