Benefits corner- Wellness opportunity

Oct 24, 2014 | Intercom

Attend the “DEMYSTIFIED SERIES” and learn about Nutrition, Resistance Training, and Cardiorespiratory Training- presented in simple “shirt-sleeve” English!

Available to groups (get your co-workers on board) or individuals: Mondays & Wednesdays 5 p.m.-8 p.m. and Tuesdays & Thursdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Meetings will be held in the Fitness Center. (more…)

Rowing Regatta this Sunday will feature four NMC Rowing Club members

Oct 23, 2014 | Intercom, Student News

rowing_crewLake Leelanau Rowing Club is hosting a rowing regatta 8 a.m.-2 p.m., this Sunday, October 26, with over 400 downstate high school rowers, their parents and masters rowers coming up to race each other as well as four Traverse City High School rowers and four NMC college rowers.

All regatta info and race times are on the national regatta calendar website: www.regattacentral.com/regattas. Click on Leelanau Chase for participating schools and clubs, and all race times.

Come on out and watch rowing in action!  What a great activity and great fitness opportunity!  NMC Rowing Club is a new student organization and will train in rowing indoors this winter to compete in some spring regatta’s.    If interested in more information contact Noelle Sieloff at sielofn@mail.nmc.edu  

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Save the date for the NMC Holiday Party, Dec. 12!

Oct 22, 2014 | Intercom

holidaysSave the date for the NMC Holiday Party on Friday, December 12, 2014 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Hagerty Center on our Great Lakes Campus.

Employees and retirees, please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Watch for your invitation to arrive soon with more details.

New this year! Instead of our usual food drive, we’ll be collecting winter clothing at the party (coats, hats, scarves and gloves) to donate to Father Fred Foundation.

To help alleviate hunger in our neighborhoods, please support the Food for Thought food drive by Kristy McDonald’s Professional Communications class. Details can be found in the October 20 Intercom article, “Support Food for Thought, win prizes!” (more…)

Third annual Choral Invitational

Oct 21, 2014 | Intercom, Student News

TRAVERSE CITY — More than 250 high school choir students will participate in the third annual Choral Invitational  Wednesday, October 29, on NMC’s main campus. 

Nine choirs from Benzie Central, Elk Rapids, Kingsley, Leland, Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s,Glen Lake, St. Francis, Gaylord and Grayling high schools will spend the day on campus, learning and rehearsing music together, touring the campus, and attending performances of NMC faculty, music majors, and audio tech students.

The invitational culminates in an “Informance” at 6 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium. The public is invited to attend to the informal performance, or come listen to rehearsals during the day. 

Release date: October 22, 2014

For more information:

Diana Fairbanks
Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019

Joan Belgrave brings Dinah Washington to the Dennos

Oct 20, 2014 | Intercom, Student News

Joan BelgraveThe Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the Detroit based Jazz vocalist Joan Belgrave in Joan Belgrave sings Dinah Washington: featuring the Lisa McCall Dancers on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:00 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $27 advance, $30 at the door and $24 for museum members plus fees. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Museum Box office at 231-995-1553 or on line at www.dennosmuseum.org, also at 1-800-836-0717 or www.MyNorthTickets.com.

Calling herself the “Queen of the Blues” and considered “the most popular black female recording artist of the ’50s,” Dinah Washington, was born Ruth Lee Jones (1924 – 1963). She was recognized mainly as a jazz vocalist, though she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music. Ain’t Misbehavin, Unforgettable, What a Diff’rence a Day Makes, Teach Me Tonight, and Please Send Me Someone to Love were among her many hit songs. (more…)

Support Food for Thought, win prizes!

Oct 20, 2014 | Intercom

FoodDriveFor several years, NMC has supported the Northwest Food Coalition by donating non-perishable food items at the holiday party. This year, the holiday party committee asks NMC faculty and staff to simultaneously support both the Coalition and student learning by filling the pantries through the Food for Thought food drive organized by Kristy McDonald’s Professional Communications class.

Any donations that usually go to the holiday party drive should be donated to the Food for Thought Food Drive, running through Nov. 16. Your department or office also has the opportunity to win prizes. (more…)