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Kudos to Student Life and Hagerty Center Staff
To the Student Life Staff and Hagerty Center Staff for participating in March’s Anti-Bullying week. The week included two events on NMC’s campus, and were coordinated through our Student Life office and co-sponsored by the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Third Level Crisis Center, TBA-ISD, and the Michigan State Police Dept. NMC also worked closely with TCAPS, the State Theater and the Traverse City Area District Library toward these efforts. Several events were held at the Hagerty Center throughout the week that closed on Friday, March 16, with a Challenge Bullying Conference at the Hagerty Center. Over 350 students, professionals and concerned community members attended for a day of speakers and training. Student leaders attended from as far north as Sault Ste. Marie and as far south as Ludington. We also had great participation from TCAPS, and TBA-ISD high schools and middle schools.
Submit kudos at: www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/kudos.html
Kudos to Kay Hall, Cheri Garvin, Nancy Summers & Jacie Schenk
To Kay Hall, Cheri Garvin, Nancy Summers and Jackie Schenk for organizing a wonderful Professional Development day for the Technical/Paraprofessional and Support Staff groups on March 16. The information presented was useful and the camaraderie was wonderful!
Submit kudos at: www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/kudos.html
Kudos to NMC Magazine Staff
To the NMC Magazine Staff for being nominated for an award at the NMEAC/Bioneers- EOY (Environmentalist of the Year) award celebration. The staff has been invited to attend the awards event at the Park Place Dome. Thank you for creating a marvelous publication!
Submit kudos at: www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/kudos.html
NMC Position Vacancies
Following are positions currently open at NMC. For detailed information on externally posted positions, please visit NMC’s web page at www.nmc.edu/jobs Information on internal postings has been emailed.
OPEN POSTINGS
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Instructor – Clinical Nursing (38-443)
Professional Staff (Full time)
Annual Giving Specialist (67-443)
Coordinator of Major Gifts (68-443)
Student Employee
Financial Aid-Office Assistant-Student Employee (62-443)
Resident Assistant (R.A.)-Student Employee (69-443)
White Pine Press Copy Editor-Student Employee (65-443)
White Pine Press Photographer-Student Employee (64-443)
White Pine Press Writer-Student Employee (66-443)
Supplemental Staff
Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (41-443)
Busser-Hagerty Center (72-443)
Bartender-Hagerty Center (73-443)
CLOSED PENDING OUTCOME
Support Staff – Full time
President’s Office Assistant (45-443)
Support Staff – Part time
Administrative Assistant – Center for Instructional Excellence (40-443)
Technical/Paraprofessional Staff – Full time
Academic Office Manager – Technical Division (56-443)
NMC Employee Anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Vicki Cook Interim Vice President of Finance and Administration 10 years
Brian Lewis Grounds 23 years
NMC’s International Feast
10th Annual NMC International Dinner
Thursday, April 12, 6pm
Get your tickets now for this amazing dinner event to be held at the Hagerty Center. Hosted by the International Club, this annual dinner will feature delicious cuisine from all 10 countries currently represented at NMC by our international student population.
You’ll enjoy conversations with our international students, performances by students from around the globe and a special guest performance by Juan Siddi Flamenco Theater from Spain.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for students (with ID) and $10 for children ages 5-13 and are available in the Admissions Office, the Hagerty Center or by visiting www.nmc.edu/tickets. The event sells out each year — get your tickets early!
Appraisal Day with Don Butkovich
Saturday, May 5 — Reservations required.
Local art appraiser Don Butkovich will be at the Museum on Saturday, May 5, 2012, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. to verbally appraise your hidden treasures.
Each person with a reservation may bring a maximum of two items. The proceeds from the $8 fee (per object) will generously be donated to the Dennos Museum Center’s museum programming fund. Refunds are not available for canceled appointments.
Make a reservation online or call (231) 995-1573
Community Cinema: Hell and Back Again
Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm – Free admission.
U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife, to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home.
This film will be shown captioned and there will be a sign language interpreter for the panel discussion.
Community Cinema is a community outreach project of CMU Public Television and the Dennos Museum Center. These screening events are part of the ITVS (Independent Television Service) Community Cinema program.
Are You An NMC Alumni?
NMC alumni volunteers are needed on Barbecue Day, May 20, to help in the Alumni Quilt Tent.
Can you spare a couple hours? Your efforts to help sell quilt raffle tickets will support the George Comden Alumni Scholarship.
It’s a great way to meet & greet other NMC alumni on BBQ day!
Please contact Sonia Clem: sclem@nmc.edu ext. 51030
Thank You Note from Marie & Jay Hooper
On behalf of the Board, President, Faculty & Staff at NMC, the President’s Office sent a floral tribute to the funeral of Jay Hooper’s mother. We received this note to share with you.
Tim, Board, Faculty and Staff,
On behalf of the entire family, I would like to thank you for the wonderful flower arrrangement at mom’s visitation and funeral. Having so many friends like you has made it easier to handle mom’s loss.
Thanks,
Marie and Jay
Be Part of the “It Gets Better Project”
The It Gets Better Project is a response to a number of students taking their own lives after being bullied in school, the project’s creators wanted to create a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that, yes, it does indeed get better.
NMC Student Life and NMC Pride is inviting students, faculty and staff to participate in an It Gets Better video. The video will take place in the Student Life Office, lower level of West Hall, and Emily Magner will be project editor. Anyone interested can contact Stephen Krygier at skrygier@nmc.edu or call 231-709-0971 to set a taping appointment.
ItGetsBetter.org, the official web site where the video will be posted, and on select NMC web pages, is a place where young people who are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans can see how love and happiness can be a reality in their future. It’s a place where straight allies can visit and support their friends and family members. It’s a place where people can share their stories, take the It Gets Better Project pledge and watch videos of love and support.
Student Life and NMC Pride is looking for anyone in support of the LGBT community and who is willing to share their own personal stories.
Please call Emily Magner for more information, 995-1118.
Alumni Volunteers Needed
The NMC Foundation office is looking for alumni to greet family and students from 12 – 2 on commencement day, May 5.
Also, alumni volunteers are needed for the alumni quilt raffle tent at the NMC BBQ on May 20.
For more information, contact Sonia Clem (sclem@nmc.edu or 231-995-1030).
Want to be a Curator?
Hello NMC Faculty and Staff,
I would like to invite you to help us create an exhibition from the museum’s art collections and in doing so make some museum history! The exhibition title is Museum Collections: Community Curators.
For over 20 years, the college and the museum have worked to develop an art collection that can be used as a community resource for exhibition and teaching. This collection contains about 2000 works, half of which is Inuit art, and the balance a diverse collection of paintings, sculpture, ceramics, works on paper and other media by artists of state, national and international reputation.
For years we have shown this growing collection by selecting the works to be shown and presenting them in the galleries. This time we would like you to select the works to be shown and write a short paragraph (your interpretation) about the work from your perspective.
During the 2006 Community Curators exhibition, we invited about 50 people, representing a diverse cross section of the Grand Traverse community, to participate. This time around, we are inviting the entire community to participate, not only for the gallery exhibition, but also as a new, online exhibition.
From March 22, 2012 through the end of the exhibition, June 17, 2012, viewers can go online to our website, view the works, and offer their own interpretations of the works.
Selections need to made and interpretations entered by April 3 in order to be included in the physical gallery.
To learn more and to participate, go to this webpage: http://www.dennosmuseum.org/
This is also a great opportunity for your students and family, so feel free to pass on the information.
A special thank you to Steve Kellman for helping to setup the online gallery in SmugMug.
Have fun curating!
Diana Bolander
Curator of Education and Interpretation
Dennos Museum Center
NMC Employee Anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Jim Coughlin Science/Math Instructor 25 years
Tim Nelson President 12 years
Submit kudos at: www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/kudos.html
NMC Position Vacancies
Following are positions currently open at NMC. For detailed information on externally posted positions, please visit NMC’s web page at www.nmc.edu/jobs Information on internal postings has been emailed.
OPEN POSTINGS
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Instructor – Clinical Nursing (38-443)
Professional Staff (Full time)
Annual Giving Specialist (67-443)
Coordinator of Major Gifts (68-443)
Student Employee
Financial Aid-Office Assistant-Student Employee (62-443)
Resident Assistant (R.A.)-Student Employee (69-443)
White Pine Press Copy Editor-Student Employee (65-443)
White Pine Press Photographer-Student Employee (64-443)
White Pine Press Writer-Student Employee (66-443)
Supplemental Staff
Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (41-443)
Busser-Hagerty Center (72-443)
Bartender-Hagerty Center (73-443)
CLOSED PENDING OUTCOME
Support Staff – Full time
President’s Office Assistant (45-443)
Support Staff – Part time
Administrative Assistant – Center for Instructional Excellence (40-443)
Technical/Paraprofessional Staff – Full time
Kudos to Linda Rea
To Linda Rea for helping a fellow employee make copies at the last minute. I appreciate all she does to go the “extra mile!” Thank you, Linda.
Kudos to Bonnie Shumaker
To Bonnie Shumaker for helping fix a formatting issue on an assignment. She did not give up until she got it right. Thank you!