Don’t forget, no late registration

New Procedure for Late Registration

1) All new registration for spring 2014 will end at the close of the day, January 9, 2014 for any session that begins on January 11. (NMC staff will be available in their offices until 5:00 p.m. for registration assistance.) Students who have not registered for any classes by that date will not be registered for classes starting in the normal 15 week session.

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Benefits corner

Just another reminder that you need to complete the blue Coordination of Benefits form from your open enrollment packet if you enrolled in the medical or dental plans for 2014.  This form can be sent directly to Meritain Health at the address on top of the form, or sent interoffice to HR and we will send it on.

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Try-me classes offered January 7 and 9

Try two free Aerobic Dance classes offered by Northwestern Michigan College to credit and non-credit students of all ages. The free classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday, January 7 & 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. in room 120 in the Physical Education building. A semester-long course begins Tuesday, January 14. (more…)

An adventure into MOOCs, January 10

MOOCEveryone is invited to attend a brownbag lunch meeting, Friday, January 10 to learn more about a professional development opportunity with Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC). Bring your own food, drink and device (BYOFDD) and a friend to learn more about the AP group inviting faculty and staff to enroll in a Harvard University EdX MOOC on Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s “Immunity to Change” that will start on Monday, January 20.

The course will be taught by Kegan and Lahey.

Do you have a personal improvement goal that has proven resistant to your sincerest intentions, smartest plans, and best efforts? Did you make a New Year’s resolution for 2014? This course invites you to take part in a world-wide experiment to see if Kegan and Lahey’s ground-breaking, award-winning approach can be deployed on-line to help tens of thousands of people make lasting changes at work or in their private lives.

To RSVP for the brownbag lunch information meeting, Friday, January 10 at noon in Heath Science (HS) 101, e-mail Sara Hartley at shartley@nmc.edu.

Traditional electric blues with an unusual background comes to the Dennos

MIssissippiHeatGroupPhoto-ChrisJacobs-thumbThe Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the Chicago based blues group Mississippi Heat on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $25 advance, $28 at the door and $22 for museum members are 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.

Mississippi Heat has recorded ten albums and taken its brand of the blues from Chicago to the four corners of the world. They play heartfelt vintage Chicago Blues, led by world-class harmonicist Pierre Lacocque and lead singer Inetta Visor, a powerhouse vocalist in the Etta James tradition.

Mississippi Heat bandleader and blistering harmonica player Pierre Lacocque came to Chicago from Brussels, Belgium, where he was the only non-Jew ever to attend the Athenée Maimonides school—his Christian minister father felt that he should learn about the suffering of the Jews. As a teenager in Chicago, where his father was teaching theology, he heard a concert by harmonica player Big Walter Horton, and, he recalls, “I was absolutely stunned and in awe.” With that, his future as a blues musician was set.

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Thank You note from Jackie Schenk

Words cannot express my gratitude for all of the support and kind words from the NMC Family during the illness and passing of my father, Ken Berry.  Those of you who knew him from his 20 years of working here at NMC know we lost a gem!  The plant is beautiful and sits in my house as a reminder of him and all of the kindness he shared with those around him.  Remember his gentle smile and the twinkle in his eye, as I do.  Thank you everyone.