FY’15 Operational Plans available

Thank you all for your work in submitting your department level operational plans for FY’15. It looks to be a year positioned for much progress and achievement! All of the Operational Plan A3’s for next year are now available on the intranet along side the A3’s that we’re all still executing on for this year. These plans can be accessed here on the ORPE intranet pages.  (more…)

Attend commencement, May 3

CommencementBe sure to mark your calendars to attend commencement on Saturday, May 3 at 2 p.m.

Staff should arrive by 1:15 p.m. and go upstairs at Traverse City Central High School.

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Phil Power writes about the birth of the Inuit art collection at the Dennos

The birth of the Dennos Museum’s Inuit art collection is told here by Phil Power, son of Eugene, who along with the establishment of Eskimo Art Inc., helped facilitate a gift of Inuit art to Bernie Rink (Library Director) at Northwestern Michigan College in 1960. This gift that would grow into one of the largest museum collections of Inuit art in the USA – now at the Dennos. Eugene’s collection is now a part of the Dennos collection, which exceeds 1,500 works. (more…)

Final campus dining hours for spring semester

The Food Court and the University Center Simply to Go Outlet will be closing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.

The Parsons-Stulen, Beckett Building and Osterlin Library’s Simply to Go Outlets will be closing at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.

The Northwest Grind will be open May 2 from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. (May 2 is the last day for students, staff and faculty to use their meal plans.)

Thank you…

Jenny Hanrahan would like to thank the NMC family for their support during her difficult time in the loss of her father. (more…)

Welcome to NMC Michael!

Stalker, MichaelMichael Stalker joined NMC as the Registrar on April 16, 2014. He can be reached at (231) 995-1058 or mstalker@nmc.edu.

Michael was born and raised in central Illinois, where he met his wife, Rita. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Music from SIU-Carbondale, Michael continued in the field of education by earning Master’s degrees in both Music Education and Educational Administration.  His previous experience includes several years in both secondary and post-secondary levels in the fields of Music, Guidance & Counseling, Administration, and as Registrar.  Michael enjoys camping, hunting, scuba diving, designing and installing ceramic tile & related products, Forex currency exchange trading, researching the Hebraic roots of Christianity, and trains.  He also is a former member and guest conductor with the Encore Society of Music, locally.  Michael and Rita have three grown children. (more…)

Great Lakes Pastel Society exhibition at the Dennos Museum

Contemplative, Debra Van LeenThe Dennos Museum Center will present the Great Lakes Pastel Society’s 2014 National Juried Exhibition April 13 – May 25, 2014.

The exhibition is being presented in Traverse City in association with the Society’s annual convention which will be held at the Park Place Hotel from May 16-18, a 3 day educational event filled with presentations and demonstrations designed especially for amateur and professional pastel artists.

The exhibition features 70 works by artists from across the USA, and one from Spain, that were selected by exhibition juror, Desmond O’Hagan, from 254 works submitted  by 97 artists for consideration by the juror.

The Great Lakes Pastel Society seeks to promote the use of pastels and increase the public awareness of creative pastel painting as a fine art medium. The juror awarded a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and 17 additional awards of merit and sponsored awards which will be presented to the artists at a Pastel Society Members and Guests Reception, Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7-9 PM at the Dennos Museum Center. (more…)

Seungmo Park Exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center

Seungmo Park, MAYA 7624, cut wire meshThe Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped, May 4 – September 7, 2014.

The Dennos Museum Center is pleased to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the works of Seungmo Park of Seoul, Korea featuring his meticulously cut MAYA imagery and aluminum wire wrapped sculptural forms.

The MAYA (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit) are created by layering slightly out of line and separated sheets of wire mesh. After sketching the outline of the image on to the mesh, he cuts thought the layers to varying depths to create more or less density of wire cross hatching, which when lit from behind results in images that may look transparent, illusory, or shadowy. (more…)