Thank you to all at NMC who are helping to lift up Black voices as we celebrate Black History Month, including the library staff who dedicated their most recent book recommendation list to Black voices in fiction and poetry.
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
Enrollment Services at Northwestern Michigan College is pleased to offer a virtual financial aid fair for current college students, prospective students, and parents. This is open to anyone, regardless of which college they are planning to attend.
The fair will consist of three 20-minute virtual sessions with questions and answers following each session. Attendees are welcome to come and go at any time to catch a topic of interest.
The following college events and stories have appeared in the media recently. We want to share your media involvement too. Please send information about your NMC-related interview or appearance to publicrelations@nmc.edu. If possible, please include a link to the piece and information about where and when it was used.
Please note access to some stories may be limited by paywalls set up by the media outlet. This includes the Traverse City Record-Eagle, which limits free clicks to five per month. You may also read Record-Eagle articles in the print edition at the NMC Library.
Northwestern Michigan College partners with Virtual Office Academy
Record-Eagle, Feb. 3 (more…)
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College is seeking nominations for the 2021 Outstanding Alumni awards. Nominations will be accepted through March 1, 2021.
Since 1988, NMC’s Outstanding Alumni award has recognized graduates and former students for their significant professional achievements and/or exemplary leadership on the local or global level. The 2021 recipient(s) will be announced in early summer.
More information and the nomination form can be found on the NMC website at nmc.edu/outstanding-alumni. Nominations may be submitted online. To have a paper nomination form mailed, those interested can call (231) 995-2825 or email alumni@nmc.edu.
The 2020 Outstanding Alumni recipients were Lorraine Beers, George Comden, and David Milarch. A complete list of past honorees may be found online. For more information about NMC’s Alumni program, visit nmc.edu/alumni.
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Northwestern Michigan College is a publicly funded community college that serves more than 50,000 learners annually throughout the Grand Traverse region and beyond. NMC offers associate degrees, professional certificates and bachelor’s degrees. The college is home to the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, the Great Lakes Culinary Institute as well as nationally recognized aviation and unmanned systems programs. For more information, visit Northwestern Michigan College at nmc.edu.
Carly McCall
Campaign Coordinator & Acting Director of Engagement
camccall@nmc.edu
(231) 995-2825
Northwestern Michigan College is seeking nominations for the 2021 Outstanding Alumni awards. Nominations will be accepted through March 1, 2021.
Since 1988, NMC’s Outstanding Alumni award has recognized graduates and former students for their significant professional achievements and/or exemplary leadership on the local or global level. The 2021 award(s) will be announced in early summer.
More information and the nomination form can be found on the NMC website at nmc.edu/outstanding-alumni. Nominations may be submitted online. To have a paper nomination form mailed, those interested can call (231) 995-2825 or email alumni@nmc.edu.
The 2020 Outstanding Alumni recipients were Lorraine Beers, George Comden, and David Milarch. A complete recipients of past honorees may be found online. For more information about NMC’s Alumni program, visit nmc.edu/alumni.
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Read the Being on Time in 2021- Wellbeing Newsletter HERE.
“To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving.” – Deepak Chopra
When we wholeheartedly receive a gift of any kind, we show gratitude, but there’s more to it. A simple ‘thank you’ is nice but learning to cultivate the art of receiving graciously is an emotional paycheck to the giver. Expressing your appreciation in a unique and personal way might look like this: “I have the perfect spot for this picture!”, or “This mug will remind me of you every morning when I drink my coffee”, or “Your hospitality made me feel right at home.” A genuine and meaningful reflection has an energy that uplifts both the giver and the receiver.
Daily Practice: Observe the gift givers and receivers in your life. What do you notice?
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Noon–12:30 p.m.
Please join Wellbeing Coordinator Chrissie Gonzales for this virtual discussion.
HERE is the link to the call. You should have received a calendar invite as well!
Honorees’ Names: Constanza Hazelwood & Marguerite Cotto
Honorees’ Dept./Division: Great Lakes Water Studies Institute
Reason for Kudos: Thank you for presenting the Faculty Report at the NMC’s Board of Trustees meeting! Thank you for taking the time to put together a thoughtful presentation that showcased how you use teaching excellence and experiential learning to engage students in experiences that connect students to the real-world work of Freshwater Studies! Your leadership and program pivots during the pandemic are examples of how NMC Faculty, Staff, and Administrators serve our students, community, and environment!
Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. During our “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!
Dear NMC community,
We’ve undergone significant change during the last year in many aspects of our world and here at our college. Later this year the President’s Office will also face a significant change when Holly Gorton retires from NMC on June 30, 2021. As Chief of Staff to the President and the Board of Trustees she has been instrumental in many critical areas of our institution. While much of her work is done behind the scenes, her warm and engaging personality fills every room she enters and she will be greatly missed at the college. (more…)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 vaccinations at NMC’s Hagerty Center.
The biggest limiting factor at this point in delivering vaccinations is the amount of vaccine available.
To schedule an appointment, and check if additional appointments are available, please visit gtcountycovid19.com/vaccine/.
Learn more about the Hagerty Center vaccination site below:
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College is joining the state in offering Michigan Reconnect, an opportunity for residents over age 25 who do not have a college degree to earn it tuition-free as an in-district student or at a reduced rate if out of district.
For eligible students, the program will pay the in-district tuition rate at Michigan community colleges. NMC’s in-district tuition rate applies to Grand Traverse County residents, who also support the college through property taxes. For out-of-district students from other Michigan counties, Michigan Reconnect will pay the in-district portion of tuition. At NMC, that means about half the tuition cost is subsidized for out-of-district students.
Statewide, more than 4.1 million Michiganders are eligible. Michigan Reconnect is a step toward reaching the state’s Sixty by 30 goal, which calls for 60 percent of working-age Michiganders to have college degrees, industry-recognized certificates or other quality credentials by 2030.
Funding for Michigan Reconnect was introduced in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fiscal year 2020-21 budget proposal. A bipartisan group of legislators approved $30 million in state funding.
Submit applications and find out more at nmc.edu/reconnect.
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director, NMC Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
The Les Biederman Building on NMC’s main campus will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday) after a structural engineer assessed the building and determined it is safe. Restrooms in the building will remain closed for now while facilities make any needed repairs.
Overnight, a custodian noticed an usual situation with tiles in the 2nd floor men’s restroom and alerted facilities. The college closed the building out of an abundance of caution to investigate the cause. The structural engineer did a thorough assessment of the building today and said it is safe and can be reopened to students and employees.
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NMC Public Relations
After two semesters and countless Zoom hours, the most recent issue of the NMC Magazine, Bootleg, is available digitally at https://issuu.com/nmc_
Along with the traditional written and visual pieces, the staff worked with NMC’s Audio Tech department to record many of the lit submissions for an additional media element.
Check out the talented artists, writers, and designers we have in our NMC community!
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College is joining the state in offering Michigan Reconnect, an opportunity for residents over age 25 who do not have a college degree to earn it tuition-free as an in-district student or at a reduced rate if out of district.
For eligible students, the program will pay the in-district tuition rate at Michigan community colleges. NMC’s in-district tuition rate applies to Grand Traverse County residents, who also support the college through property taxes. For out-of-district students from other Michigan counties, Michigan Reconnect will pay the in-district portion of tuition. At NMC, that means about half the tuition cost is subsidized for out-of-district students.
Statewide, more than 4.1 million Michiganders are eligible. Michigan Reconnect is a step toward reaching the state’s Sixty by 30 goal, which calls for 60 percent of working-age Michiganders to have college degrees, industry-recognized certificates or other quality credentials by 2030.
Funding for Michigan Reconnect was introduced in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fiscal year 2020-21 budget proposal. A bipartisan group of legislators approved $30 million in state funding.
Submit applications and find out more at nmc.edu/reconnect.
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director, NMC Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
The Greenspire School board unanimously approved a lease agreement for space at NMC’s University Center on Jan. 25, clearing the way to host its new high school program in seven University Center classrooms for the 2021-22 academic year. The program is an extension of Greenspire’s existing middle school program at the Grand Traverse Commons. it will initially serve students in grades 9 and 10, and will add grade 11 in year two and grade 12 in year three.
Greenspire is a free public charter school sponsored by Grand Valley State University. Greenspire found the UC’s Boardman Lake location near the expanding TART trail to be a good fit for their environmentally-focused school while they grow their new program and decide whether to build their own facility in the future.
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NMC Public Relations
Thank you to the NMC staff who worked through the weekend to bring NMC’s systems and websites back online after what Systems & LAN Management Director Dan Wasson called “the worst outage at NMC that I’ve ever had to deal with.” Technical issues following bad information from a tech support provider knocked multiple systems offline Friday afternoon, including the NMC, WNMC and Dennos Museum Center websites, employee and student intranet sites, Banner, Moodle and the phone system.
Database Administrator Neil Streeter and Network Analysts Paul Martin and Bryce Turner worked through the night Friday and on Saturday to bring most systems back online by Saturday afternoon, Wasson said. Administrative Systems Director Dan Gentry and his team, and Educational Media Technologies Director Terri Gustafson and her team, then had to test the systems to make sure everything worked properly. “We were very fortunate that we had no data loss and no corruption,” Wasson said. Throughout the process, Technology Support Services Coordinator Ali Thornton, who called the outages “unprecedented,” kept the campus informed as individual systems returned to service.
Who’s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at publicrelations@nmc.edu!
The following college events and stories have appeared in the media recently. We want to share your media involvement too. Please send information about your NMC-related interview or appearance to publicrelations@nmc.edu. If possible, please include a link to the piece and information about where and when it was used.
Please note access to some stories may be limited by paywalls set up by the media outlet. This includes the Traverse City Record-Eagle, which limits free clicks to five per month. You may also read Record-Eagle articles in the print edition at the NMC Library.
NMC approves engineering degree
Record-Eagle, Jan. 26
UpNorthLive, Jan. 26
The Ticker, Jan. 27 (more…)
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