Adapted in TC: Assistance doesn’t equal abuse
Susan Odgers’ latest Adapted in TC in the Record-Eagle: http://m.record-eagle.com/TRE/
In case you missed it — recent newspaper coverage
In case you missed it, three recent articles in the Traverse City Record Eagle (registration required):
Special reception and presentation with THEM: Images of Separation exhibit curator David Pilgrim
Attend a special reception and lecture with the curator of a new exhibit at the Dennos Museum Center, Thursday, January 17.
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition THEM: Images of Separation from January 13 to March 3, 2013. THEM: Images of Separation is a lead component of a larger initiative in Traverse City called Embrace the Dream, which involves numerous area cultural and educational institutions working in collaboration with the Traverse City Human Rights Commission. (The events surrounding this initiative can be found at www.dennosmuseum.org/tolerance.)
THEM: Images of Separation is a traveling exhibition from the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University. Curated by Ferris State University professor of Social Sciences Dr. David Pilgrim, it showcases items from popular culture used to stereotype different groups. The negative imagery — found on postcards, license plates, games, souvenirs and costumes — promoted stereotyping against such groups as Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and poor whites, as well as those who are “other” in terms of body type or sexual orientation.
The Jim Crow Museum is noted for its extensive collections of racist memorabilia against African Americans and the exhibition includes items demeaning to African-Americans, but that is only a part of the exhibition’s larger picture. “I’m hoping ‘THEM‘ shows discrimination and stereotyping is not just a black/white issue — it’s more pervasive than that,” says Dr. Pilgrim.
Pilgrim says, “For this show, we took our direction from Martin Luther King’s famous quote, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Through 35 separate framed pieces (some with multiple items, such as postcards); “THEM” tackles some of the most contentious, cultural hot-button issues: anti-Arab sentiment, Holocaust denial, “don’t ask, don’t tell” and immigration.
Dr. Pilgrim will speak at a special evening reception for the exhibition on Thursday, January 17 beginning at 5:30 PM that will feature a tasting menu of Soul Food favorites, with the lecture at 7 PM in the Milliken Auditorium of the Dennos Museum Center. The reception and lecture is open to the public free of charge, and is sponsored by DTE Energy, The Michigan Civil Rights Commission and NMC Student Life.
Spring 2013 Opening Conference materials
You can watch a video of the Opening Conference presentation by President Nelson, and his PowerPoint is included here:
Writing and Reading Center
As you gear up for Spring, please remember the services the Writing and Reading Center can offer for you and your students:
- Feedback on Assignments: The best way to know if your assignments will be understood by your students is to first have Readers in the WRC look them over. We’d be happy to provide feedback on anything you are handing out.
- Library WRC Hours: We will be featuring a Reader in the Osterlin Library one night per week. More details to follow!
- Reading Specialist: Victoria Willson will be working in the WRC as our Reading Specialist. Often students who struggle are not comprehending their reading. Send them our way and we’ll help them with reading strategies.
- WRC Resources: We have bookmarks to give to students and a quick video presentation to show them about the WRC’s services, which can be easily included in your Moodle shell. If you want bookmarks, let me know and I’ll send them along. In addition, we have somefunny commercials made by previous Readers. Also, see our website for more instructor resources.
- Share Assignments: Please send copies of your assignments to us, so we can keep them in our files. This helps us immensely with students who forget to bring their guidelines with them.
- Phone Appointments: Students who are unable to make it to campus can schedule a point appointment. See the website for details.
- Classroom Visits: If you would like to schedule someone to come to your class to talk about the WRC or if you want to bring your classes to the WRC for a tour, simply email me and we’ll schedule a time.
- Requiring Visits: We’d be happy to accommodate your students, but if you are requiring a visit for a paper, please let me know, to assure we have the appointments available in the time you need.
- Unique Assignments: If you have anything specific you want us to be aware of, let us know. We can help you in any way!
The WRC will be opening Monday, January 21st.
Mileage rate change
The Business Office would like employees to know that the new mileage rate, effective January 1, 2013 is 56.5 cents.
THEM: Images of Separation opens Sunday
THEM: Images of Separation, is a traveling exhibition showcasing items from popular culture used to stereotype different groups. The negative imagery–found on postcards, license plates, games, souvenirs and costumes–promoted stereotyping against such groups as Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and poor whites, as well as those who are “other” in terms of body type or sexual orientation.
This exhibit opens at the Dennos Museum Center on Sunday, January 13, and was inspired by the words of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere … Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” The goal is to use objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and offer opportunities for dialogue and action.
COMMUNITY EVENT RECEPTION
The DTE Energy-Foundation invites you to a reception for this compelling exhibition, Thursday, January 17, 2013, 5:30pm at the Dennos Museum Center
Presentation (immediately following): 7pm, Milliken Auditorium: Dr. David Pilgrim, exhibit curator
This exhibit is the first in a series of related events spearheaded by groups in the community under the auspices of the Traverse City Human Rights Commission associated with observances of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month.
UPCOMING MILLIKEN AUDITORIUM EVENTS
Prom Night in Mississippi by Paul Saltzman
January 24, 2013, 7pm, free
The Powerbroker by Bonnie Boswell
February 7, 2013, 7pm, WCMU Community Cinema, free
Leslie McCurdy & The Spirit of Harriet Tubman
February 28, 2013, 7pm, all seats $10 (Tickets: dennosmuseum.org or 231.995.1553)
For a calendar of community events in this series: dennosmuseum.org/tolerance
Parking enforcement starts January 21
Just a reminder, parking enforcement on campus resumes on Monday, January 21.
Thank you for supporting the 2012 United Way Campaign!
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED
THE 2012 UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN!
Kudos
Kudos to Scott Herzberg and other NMC Outreach Services employees who have worked diligently to establish and make positive relationships with our local military veterans. Their hard work and dedication to those individuals is commendable. The NMC Outreach Services work with military veterans was recently highlighted in the Traverse City News and Events, The Ticker. Read the story here: http://www.theticker.tc/story/local-vets-learning-the-way
Kudos to Megan Ward who is an excellent and dedicated instructor. Ms. Ward was my instructor for ENG 111 for Fall 2012 and I was very impressed by her professionalism and subject matter knowledge. She did a great job of mixing interesting assignments with thorough and thoughtful feedback to create a very fluid and helpful learning environment despite the inherent difficulties this class presents by being conducted online.
Employment opportunities
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at https://jobs.nmc.edu/ Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Survey Opportunity for Transportation Choices – Win $50 gift card!
The Michigan Land Use Institute and its partners invite you to participate in a Commuter Choices Survey. The survey will take take approximately 4-8 minutes and will help local organizations understand commuter needs in the Grand Traverse region.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CommuterChoices
The survey is designed to gauge your needs and your opinions about your daily commute. Your information will be anonymous, however, the results will be shared with community partners in an effort to improve our transportation system.
For your participation, you may choose to enter your name in a drawing for one of four $40 shopping gift certificates to downtown Traverse City. Results will remain anonymous.
Thank you for your participation. Your opinion counts!
Welcome Melissa Lande to NMC
Melissa Lande has joined NMC in the position of Technology and Program Support Specialist on January 10, 2013. She can be reached at 231-995-1703 or mlande@nmc.edu.
Melissa lived in Minneapolis her whole life until vacationing in Glen Arbor last summer. During her vacation, she fell in love with TC and two weeks after vacation she packed her bags, moved to Michigan, and bought a house. Sh worked at Hagerty as a Graphic Designer before she found NMC. Melissa has a German Shepherd/lab named Esmay and she is a self proclaimed “crazy bunny lady” since she owns 13 bunnies. On the side, she is also a wedding photographer around the Traverse City and Petoskey area. Her hobbies include photography, hiking and painting.
Welcome Ashley Horak to NMC
Ashley Horak has joined NMC in the position of Coordinator for Student Success on January 3, 2013. She can be reached at 231-995-3021 or ahorak@nmc.edu.
Ashley grew up in Leelanau County and is happy to return to Northern Michigan after six years away. Previously, Ashley worked as an Assistant Professor of Developmental Writing for Kankakee Community College, just south of Chicago. Her hobbies include cooking, reading, traveling and spending time on the water.
Welcome Kyle Morrison to NMC
Kyle Morrison has joined NMC in the position of Coordinator for Media & Instructional Technology on January 7, 2013. He can be reached at 231-995-1078 or kmorrison@nmc.edu.
Kyle Morrison and his fiance Kristy are from Mio, Michigan and currently reside there. They have two sons ages seven and two-months. Morrison previously held the Instructional Technologist position at Kirtland Community College for the last 11 years. He also owns a technology consulting business Classroom Innovations LLC. Kyle is a big fan of mountain biking, cooking, and all things techie.
Welcome Heather Hess to NMC
Heather Hess has joined NMC in the position of Human Resources Assistant on January 4, 2013. She can be reached at 231-995-2612 or hhess@nmc.edu. Heather grew up in upstate NY and went to school just outside of Boston. She previously lived in Jackson, WY for seven years where she met her husband. Her last position was in Grand Rapids as the Customer Resource Assistant for Life EMS. Heather enjoys being outside, snowboarding, cross country skiing, running with her dog, hiking and camping.
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary. Please join us in congratulating them.
| Amy Braun | Medical Assistant – Student Health Services | 20 years |
| Shawn Burks | Culinary Arts Instructor | 9 years |
| Gale Cook | Dennos Museum Operations Manager | 4 years |
| Cindy Duby | Office Manager – Social Science Academic Area | 15 years |
| Brandon Everest | Social Science Instructor | 13 years |
| Kathy Fischer | Health Occupations Instructor | 12 years |
| Sam Foster | Desktop Computer Support Specialist | 2 years |
| Dan Goodchild | Construction Technology Instructor | 4 years |
| Jo Hendrix | Health Occupations Instructor | 5 years |
| Steve Kellman | Coordinator of Web Content and Online Strategies | 3 years |
| Blake Key | Science/Math Instructor | 13 years |
| Rita Kucera | Student Services Specialist | 35 years |
| Fred Laughlin | Director of Great Lakes Culinary Institute | 21 years |
| Tamella Livengood | Health Occupations Instructor | 17 years |
| Deirdre Mahoney | Communications Instructor | 12 years |
| Dan Murphy | Maintenance Mechanic | 31 years |
| Deb Patterson | Event Scheduler | 26 years |
| Bob Pierson | Business Instructor | 16 years |
| Martha Russell | Humanities Instructor | 8 years |
| Bonnie Shumaker | Office Manager – Business Academic Area | 4 years |
| Mike Skarupinski | Culinary Arts Instructor | 9 years |
| Jeff Straw | Business Instructor | 11 years |
| Neil Streeter | Database Administrator | 15 years |
| Brian VanSipe | Maintenance Mechanic | 17 years |
| Sara Wilk | Nursing Lab Manager | 3 years |
Vote Hagerty Center and Dennos Museum Center
“Michigan Meetings and Events Magazine” is currently conducting their eighth annual Readers’ Choice “Best of Awards”. This years winners will be announced in the Summer 2013 Issue and will be recognized at their industry event at the Frederick Meijer Gardens in May. Traverse City properties and suppliers were well represented and won several of the “Best of Categories” over the past few years because you made your choices known. The Dennos Museum Center has won “Best Cultural Venue, Outside Detroit Metro Area” for the past three years and The Hagerty Center has won “Best Meeting & Event Venue, Outside Detroit Metro Area” for the past two years. Our Northwest Michigan Region has many outstanding properties and venues that should be recognized again in 2013. Recognition of our NMC operations, as well as any of the area properties/venues, enhances the image of Northwestern Michigan College and the entire Traverse City destination.
In order to make our voices heard, we would like to encourage you to complete an online ballot to insure that the Traverse City area is once again well represented in 2013. You can go to the link below to fill out your ballot for the 2013 Best of Industry Awards. A valid ballot must include at least ten completed categories of the 21 categories listed. There is a limit of one ballot per e-mail address and entries must be submitted by 5:00 PM Friday, January 18, 2013.
http://mi.meetingsmags.com/
Thank you!