Feb 23, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — More than two dozen Great Lakes Culinary Institute students were awarded $74,000 in scholarship money at last week’s A Taste of Success fundraiser event.
The 2016 scholarships were awarded from dollars raised at the 2015 Taste, a strolling dinner of international cuisine with local wine and craft beers, all prepared and served by culinary students. This year’s event, attended by more than 300 people Feb. 19, netted $87,000, which will be awarded to students in 2017.
The top scholarship recipient was BreLynn Ross of Grayling. She received $5,000 in a scholarship awarded in memory of Lucy House, a longtime culinary instructor who died last December at the age of 59.
“I would like to thank all the supporters of the Taste of Success who made it possible for me to receive this award,” Ross said. “This scholarship will make it possible for me to continue my studies at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute.”
GLCI Director Fred Laughlin said the funds raised by the event are vital to many students.
“The event goes a long way to showcase the talent of our student and providing them with needed funds to continue their education,” he said.
The Great Lakes Culinary Institute at Northwestern Michigan College is designed to provide rigorous and concentrated study for students planning careers in the rapidly growing food service industry. The program’s main emphasis is to prepare students for entry-level chefs and kitchen management positions. It is accredited by the American Culinary Federation, one of fewer than 200 U.S. colleges to receive that distinction. Students are eligible to become ACF Certified Culinarians upon graduation.
First held at the Park Place Hotel in 1994 as the Tasters Guild Auction, A Taste of Success is the largest fundraiser for culinary students. The 2017 event will be held February 18, 2017.
Release date: february 23, 2016
For more information:
Shannon Friedgen
Great Lakes Culinary Institute
sfriedgen@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1080
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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
Feb 22, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
This exciting event is organized by and is a benefit for the cadet groups at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. On April 16 join us for an evening that includes a chef prepared dinner at Lobdell’s followed by a behind the scenes tour with cadets aboard the T/S State of Michigan and the Academy including our state of the art ship simulators. Guests may also bid on local and maritime inspired silent auctions items during the evening. Tickets are $55 each. There are two dinner seatings to select from, 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Tours start an hour prior to the dinner seating. Festival seating is planned for this event.
Sponsorships are available and include the ability to reserve an entire table with a fabulous view of Grand Traverse Bay. This event does sell out, so purchase your tickets early! For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: nmc.edu/captains-dinner
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Feb 22, 2016 | Intercom
The ACE Regional Women’s Leadership Forum is coming to Michigan this spring. The forum will be held in Detroit,April 13-15, 2016, and hosted collaboratively by the Michigan ACE Women’s Network, Wayne State University and Wayne County Community College District.
This 3-day leadership program is for mid-level women administrators (typically department chairs, directors, and assistant/associate deans) with high potential for advancement in higher education administration. Click here for information, including early bird registration, which ends February 26. (more…)
Feb 21, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Honor your hardworking colleagues by nominating them for a Foundation Excellence Award.
The NMC Foundation Excellence Awards promote exemplary service to students and clients and recognize the outstanding demonstration of NMC’s values. Multiple awards are granted annually and the recipients are announced at the annual service awards reception in April. All college employees are eligible for this award — regular and adjunct faculty, as well as full time and supplemental staff. (more…)
Feb 19, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Our minds are always considering every possibility: what if? This semester NMC Magazine explores hypothetical changes in major societal events and ideas: political, historical, technological, religious, cultural, etc. What if Einstein was never born? What if cars could fly? What if the written word could transform the course of history? Through your art, what if you could visually alter the human perspective? (more…)
Feb 19, 2016 | Intercom
Thank you to Marcia Talicska for her great work on the Employee Wellness Program for the past year along with her other responsibilities. Marcia has been able to keep the program going in the absence of our previous Wellness Coordinator with informative newsletters, articles, and engaging monthly challenges. We wish her well in her new position in her new career field. (more…)
Feb 19, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College, in partnership with NW Michigan Food and Farming Network and Oryana Natural Foods Market, presents a free screening and panel discussion of In Defense of Food, the documentary film based on the #1 New York Times bestseller book of the same name. Join author Michael Pollan on a fascinating journey to answer the question: What should I eat to be healthy? Busting myths and misconceptions, the film reveals how common sense and old-fashioned wisdom can help us rediscover the pleasures of eating and at the same time reduce our risks of falling victim to diet-related diseases. In Defense of Food is made possible by the National Science Foundation and PBS. More information about the film can be found here: http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/in-defense-of-food. (more…)
Feb 18, 2016 | Intercom
Single-stream recycling is alive but not yet thriving at NMC so we need your help!
The NMC Green Team is in search of Recycling Champions interested in helping to promote NMC’s shift to single-stream recycling! Single-stream recycling is an all-in-one approach to recycling—it eliminates the need to sort plastics #1-7, glass, steel, aluminum, cardboard and paper.
Interested parties should email the NMC Green Team at greenteam@nmc.edu to learn more. (more…)
Feb 18, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College is now offering a one-year law enforcement certificate in addition to a degree, creating a more affordable option for individuals interested in law enforcement careers.
The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, MCOLES, requires a minimum of an associate degree before prospective officers may take a state licensing exam. NMC’s two-year degree program, also known as the Police Academy, was designed as one year of general education credits, and a second year of law enforcement-specific credits.
The new certificate will consist of just the second-year curriculum and serve as an option for students who have already earned some college credits or an associate degree or higher from NMC or any other institution. Five police cadets will have the opportunity to earn the new certificate this spring.
With the creation of the certificate, MCOLES has also agreed to waive the degree requirement for honorably-discharged military veterans with one year of military police officer service. Veterans who meet this criteria can use their GI Bill funding to enroll in the certificate program and become a police officer in two semesters.
The new credential comes as NMC’s law enforcement program approaches its 30th anniversary this fall. Police Academy Director Brian Heffner, said the new certificate is timely in an era of higher educational attainment and more frequent career changes.
“We have many inquiries at NMC from individuals who have degrees in other fields that are wishing to change careers – this creates an opportunity for students to gain their MCOLES certification to become a police officer in two semester,” Heffner said.
Police Academy cadet Nathan Lentz will be among the first to receive the new certificate in May. Lentz graduated from NMC in 2013 with an associate degree in Business Administration. While working in the business environment he returned to NMC to complete the Police Academy in two semesters.
“Offering a certificate for us who already have our degree is not only something else we can add to our resume, it’s something tangible that we can be proud of,” Lentz said.
The certificate was approved by the NMC Board of Trustees Jan. 25.
Release date: February 19, 2016
For more information:
Brian Heffner
NMC Police Academy director
(231) 995-1283
bheffner@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
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom, Welcome to NMC
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Feb 17, 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…)
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
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Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
February 17, 2016
Black Lives Matter. So do women’s lives, LGBT lives, and allies’ lives. And all of those causes might matter, it turns out, to whether the students advocating for them graduate, or even earn a better GPA.
NMC’s Student Life office presently has more groups focused on social issues — including a Black Student Union, a feminist-oriented Students United for Gender Rights (SUGR), and PRIDE, an LGBT group — than Student Life dean Lisa Thomas can remember.
That’s important because research shows engaged students are more likely to succeed in college. (A 2010 Purdue study even showed that student group members earned higher GPAs than non-members. Group officers had higher GPAs still.)
Moreover, Thomas says that when the groups are related to a student’s area of academic interest, it magnifies the connection between engagement and success.
“Seventy-five to 80 percent of the time, the student group they’re in makes sense because of an academic interest they have in their area,” she said. “This kind of engagement leads to student success.”
SUGR founder Kia Schwert exemplifies that. A dean’s list student, she entered NMC intending to study social work. After her sociology instructor gave her a book, “Feminism is for Everyone,” by bell hooks, she decided to start a feminist group.
That instructor, Rachel Johansen-Wilczewski, now advises SUGR. She said the members’ dedication, even meeting over the winter holiday break, impresses her.
“They mean business,” she said.
In addition to on-campus events, SUGR is now focused planning an alternative spring break trip focused on awareness of human trafficking and assistance to victims. Schwert herself is looking ahead to transferring to a school with a women’s studies program.
BSU founder Maya James, who’s believed to be the first dual-enrolled student to start a group, is another example of the activist-success feedback loop. She aspires to law school. Later this month, her group will go to Lansing to attend the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Capitol Day.
“The activism we’ve been doing has been shaping our community,” said James, 17, who holds weekly discussion meetings, monthly black writer book club discussions and curated a display of books in the Osterlin Library for this month’s Black History Month.
James also initiated the January campus performance of Sampson McCormick, a gay black comedian, reaching out to Schwert and Caleb Yorty of PRIDE for help.
“There’s been a lot of student leadership stepping forward,” said Yorty, 20, who’s also a dean’s list student and involved with a grief support group in addition to the social justices causes. He studies psychology.
“I’ve never watched three student groups work so effectively together,” Thomas said of the comedy event. “While they have different missions, they have overlapping values. It was really encouraging.”
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Registrar
Training Specialist (more…)
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom
NMC was awarded a $25,500 grant from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians to continue providing academic services that enhance educational opportunities for Native American students, and to ensure college involvement and academic success. From left, JoAnne Cook, Tribal Council vice-chair; Kari Kahler, NMC associate dean of Learning Services, Tom Shomin, Tribal Council treasurer, and Todd Parker, NMC Native American coach at the award celebration Feb. 10 at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa. (more…)
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
Come join us on February 23 from noon – 2 p.m. at the University Center, room 13 and learn about the GVSU Social Work Program right here in Traverse City. This program will enhance the depth of practice, refine and shape advance practitioners. Students will be prepared to effectively intervene and acquire advanced skills in leadership. (more…)
Feb 17, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
February 17, 2016
Black Lives Matter. So do women’s lives, LGBT lives, and allies’ lives. And all of those causes might matter, it turns out, to whether the students advocating for them graduate, or even earn a better GPA.
NMC’s Student Life office presently has more groups focused on social issues — including a Black Student Union, a feminist-oriented Students United for Gender Rights (SUGR), and PRIDE, an LGBT group — than Student Life dean Lisa Thomas can remember.
That’s important because research shows engaged students are more likely to succeed in college. (A 2010 Purdue study even showed that student group members earned higher GPAs than non-members. Group officers had higher GPAs still.)
Moreover, Thomas says that when the groups are related to a student’s area of academic interest, it magnifies the connection between engagement and success.
“Seventy-five to 80 percent of the time, the student group they’re in makes sense because of an academic interest they have in their area,” she said. “This kind of engagement leads to student success.”
SUGR founder Kia Schwert exemplifies that. A dean’s list student, she entered NMC intending to study social work. After her sociology instructor gave her a book, “Feminism is for Everyone,” by bell hooks, she decided to start a feminist group.
That instructor, Rachel Johansen-Wilczewski, now advises SUGR. She said the members’ dedication, even meeting over the winter holiday break, impresses her.
“They mean business,” she said.
In addition to on-campus events, SUGR is now focused planning an alternative spring break trip focused on awareness of human trafficking and assistance to victims. Schwert herself is looking ahead to transferring to a school with a women’s studies program.
BSU founder Maya James, who’s believed to be the first dual-enrolled student to start a group, is another example of the activist-success feedback loop. She aspires to law school. Later this month, her group will go to Lansing to attend the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Capitol Day.
“The activism we’ve been doing has been shaping our community,” said James, 17, who holds weekly discussion meetings, monthly black writer book club discussions and curated a display of books in the Osterlin Library for this month’s Black History Month.
James also initiated the January campus performance of Sampson McCormick, a gay black comedian, reaching out to Schwert and Caleb Yorty of PRIDE for help.
“There’s been a lot of student leadership stepping forward,” said Yorty, 20, who’s also a dean’s list student and involved with a grief support group in addition to the social justices causes. He studies psychology.
“I’ve never watched three student groups work so effectively together,” Thomas said of the comedy event. “While they have different missions, they have overlapping values. It was really encouraging.”
Feb 16, 2016 | Intercom, Student News
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present Dervish from Ireland on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM in the Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $27 in advance, $30 at the door, $24 for Museum Members. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Museum Box office at 231-995-1553 or on line at www.dennosmuseum.org.
Dervish plays music from the West of Ireland with passionate vocals and dazzling instrumentals. The Sligo Borough Council’s decision to award Dervish the Freedom of the Borough of Sligo cemented the group’s position as preeminent band in Ireland’s wild west. It raised them into the exalted company of poet W.B. Yeats, who was the first person to be awarded the freedom of Sligo. (more…)
