Apr 16, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Traverse City: – The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the Cuban music group Tiempo Libre on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 8:00 PM in the Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $25 in advance, $28 at the door, $22 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. NMC Student can attend for free with their student I.D. Tickets for NMC students are available at Student Life or the box office.
The three-time Grammy-nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre is one the hottest young Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues, Tiempo Libre’s Miami-based members are true modern heirs to the rich tradition of the music of their native Cuba. Classically trained at Cuba’s premiere conservatories, today, the group is a hit in the U.S. and abroad, celebrated for its incendiary, joyful performances of timba, an irresistible, dance-inducing mix of high-voltage Latin jazz and the seductive rhythms of son.” The Miami New Times calls Tiempo Libre’s timba a “tribal, joyful, genial vibe that demonically possesses the body from the waist down.”
Tiempo Libre’s appearance in Traverse City and in eight other venues around the state is made possible with a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts applied for and received by the Dennos Museum Center to make the tour possible.
“I was completely blown away by this group when they performed at the Dennos in 2009 for schools in a project made possible by the Wharton Center at MSU,” says Gene Jenneman, Director of the Dennos Museum Center, “I wanted to find a way to bring them back to Traverse City and make them accessible to smaller venues like ours around the State. This grant allowed us to get the group to venues from Canton to Marquette, nine in all, and in doing so the Traverse City community will benefit and the Dennos will impact the state as a whole.” The grant will support part of the performing fees for both public and school programs in each community.
Tiempo Libre will offer a performance for schools on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 9:30 and 11:30 AM in the Milliken Auditorium of the Dennos Museum Center. Teachers may call Jason Dake at 231-995-1029 or e-mail jdake@nmc.edu for information or to reserve tickets for the school performances.
With the purchase of a ticket to this performance, concert goers are invited to visit the museum’s galleries one hour before the concert and attend a post-concert reception with the performers.
The Dennos concert season is made possible with support from the Robert T and Ruth Haidt Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Begonia Foundation with media support from WNMC 90.7, CMU Public Broadcasting and TV 29&8. Housing for our performers is provided by the Cambria Suites and Days Inn.
The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM, Thursdays until 8 PM, and Sundays 1-5 PM. Admission is $6.00 adults, $4.00 for children and free to museum members. For more information on the Museum and its programs, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1055. The Dennos Museum Center is located at 1401 College Dr., Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
Apr 15, 2013 | Intercom
Lean Business Practices have been in the local news! Click HERE to read all about it!
And don’t forget: You can learn to cut waste and cost out of your process while earning certification as a Lean Champion by registering today! Contact Vicki Rumbach at 231.995.2218 or vrumbach@nmc.edu.
For more information read this informative flyer: TS Lean Office Certification.
Apr 14, 2013 | Intercom
Dirt Fest is an all inclusive Earth Day celebration for our dynamic Northern Michigan community. It is a means of communicating how to get involved with a multitude of environmental issues, both locally and globally, through a dialogue with music, art and small interactive workshops. Dirt Fest is a celebration filled with creative expression that plants the seed of environmental consciousness and provides the resources to help it grow.
This free festival begins at 2 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. The event features four bands; Billy Strings & Don Julin (Traverse City), The Crane Wives (Grand Rapids), Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys (Ann Arbor) and Mr. B’s Joybox Express (Ann Arbor).
Workshops will include a Community Gardening & Permaculture Experience, How to Ferment Kim-chi followed by a Fermentation Panel Discussion, and a Composting Panel Discussion. In case not everyone is busy dancing or participating in one of our workshops we will also have various arts and crafts tables set up at the event for folks of all ages to take part in while the music plays.
To commence the festivities, Dirt Fest will be hosting a community bike ride, known as Tour de Traverse, in partnership with two Michigan non-profit organizations.
Use this pledge form to direct funds to these organizations by individuals who participate in our 8-mile community bike ride in Traverse City on April 20th, 2013. The form may also be used by those who want to make a donation without joining in the group ride.
Little Artshram, based in Traverse City, inspires and educates people of all ages to live creatively in harmony with nature through permaculture principles, visual, musical and puppet artistry, service to the natural world and inclusive social activism.
Riding a custom made trike, Mr. B’s Joybox Express hauls their 350-lb piano on community bicycle tours to raise awareness and funds for youth-based art and athletic programs. At the end of these group rides, Mr. B and his band spread the joy by engaging the community with a musical performance.
The bike brigade will depart from the NMC Welcome Center at 10 am on April 20th. At 11:30 a.m. the bike brigade will take a short break in the parking lot of Oryana Natural foods where they will join forces with the 24th annual Traverse City Earth Day Parade. The parade will begin at 12:30 p.m.; the bike brigade will end their ride at 2 p.m. at the NMC Welcome Center where Dirt Fest will begin.
Apr 13, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
A big man with a big vision! Come listen to David Milarch discuss the Archangel Tree Project: The Ancient Tree Archive on April 22 at 7 p.m. in Scholars Hall 109. This event is FREE.
For more information about David and the project, click here!
Apr 13, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
Thank you for your participation!
The Employee Engagement Survey closed on Sunday evening, April 7 with 405 total completes. This is up slightly from last year (399). However, because we included adjunct faculty from the three prior semesters, we had a larger population to survey this year. Even with more completed surveys, our overall response rate was lower at 57% (65.5% in 2012). Thank you to everyone who completed the survey and again congratulations to our three Best Buy gift card winners – Dave Wilson, Mike Gillett and Ann Geht.
The Office of Research, Planning & Effectiveness will be analyzing the results and preparing an summary report for the campus that is targeted for release in mid-May.
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
Next week will be a busy week for benefits!
Cigna Voluntary Critical Illness and Accidental Injury Insurances
All regular employees, plus adjunct and supplemental employees who have worked an average of 10 hours per week over a recent 12-month period, are eligible for this insurance. These are the same insurances you received information about last fall, however we will now be offering a reduced rate for nonsmokers who enroll in the Critical Illness insurance! If you have received emails from me, you are eligible and can attend an informational meeting next week to learn more.
If eligible, please RSVP by April 12th to attend one of these meetings if you think this insurance might be of interest to you and your family. You can even enroll online following the presentation, call 1-800-754-3207, or go to http://www.yourbenefitschoices.com/NWMC Cigna will be bringing a Kindle HD to raffle off to anyone who attends these meetings!
Benefits Overview and Refresher
Our regular employees are invited to a 1-hour meeting to learn more about the benefits that NMC offers to them. There are 5 different times that HR is offering this meeting, and appointments were sent out to you this week. Each meeting is the same – just accept one of them and delete the rest if you are interested in catching up on your available benefits. Sorry, no raffle prize but you will be leaving with the gift of knowledge!
Times and Dates
The schedules for these meetings are coordinated, so if you want to optimize your time, plan to attend one of each to get the full picture!
Monday, 4/15/13
12:30 – 1:30 pm – Benefits Overview and Refresher – SH104
1:30 – 2:00 pm – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – SH104
4:00 – 4:30 pm – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – SH104
Tuesday, 4/16/13
10:30 – 11:00 am – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – UC212
11:00 – 12:00 pm – Benefits Overview and Refresher – UC212
1:00 – 1:30 pm – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – O203
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Benefits Overview and Refresher – O203
3:00 – 3:30 pm – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – O203
3:30 – 4:30 pm – Benefits Overview and Refresher – O203
Wednesday, 4/17/13
8:30 – 9:00 am – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – LB105
9:30 – 10:00 am – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – LB105
11:00 – 11:30 am – Cigna Voluntary Insurances – PS226
11:30 – 12:30 pm – Benefits Overview and Refresher – PS226
If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to contact HR at 995-1362. Hope to see you next week!
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
The following employee is celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating her!
Elizabeth Stevens Admissions Specialist 18 years
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
The most important thing that Amanda Woodruff of Records & Registration does is being someone that students can relate to. She has been this way as long as she has worked here. She understands their questions, frustrations and is always willing to go the extra mile for them. She remains calm under pressure. She questions transactions before just doing something that might end up being incorrect. She is willing to take on additional duties as assigned. Amanda is a great asset to NMC as she serves our
customers with the highest respect.
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
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.
Apr 12, 2013 | Intercom
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Apr 10, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
Apr 7, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
The deadline for the NMC in Photos Contest has been extended until April 15 to accommodate Spring Break. This contest is a great way for anyone on campus to become an unofficial NMC photographer. Just snap and submit your candid images of life on campus. A caption is appreciated too!
Submit your photo(s) of people around campus and not only will we post the best ones, but the ones judged to be the top three will win prizes:
- First prize: $50 gas gift card
- Second prize: $25 gift card to the NMC bookstore
- Third prize: $15 for the cafeteria or any Sodexo food stands
All photos submitted before April 16 are eligible to win.
To submit your photo(s) visit: nmc.edu/photos
Apr 6, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
NMC Hagerty Center, Great Lakes Campus–April 11, 2013, 6:00pm
The NMC International Club (NMCIC) will be hosting the Eleventh Annual International Dinner on April 11th, 2013. It will be a chance for the community to broaden cultural horizons, and taste multicultural cuisine.
Food will be prepared by the Hagerty Center Culinary Team, representing the international student population at NMC. The hosts for the evening, members of the NMCIC, will perform and share their culture with attending guests.
NMCIC is a very active club in the college, participating in many campus events, and often volunteering. The International Dinner will be an opportunity to reach further, educate, and interact with members of the community.
Thank you for your support of the international programs here at NMC! This event is now officially SOLD OUT!
Contact:
Lindsey Dickinson, Admissions Office
231–995–1082
Apr 5, 2013 | Intercom, Student News
At a ceremony in the University Center yesterday, NMC signed “reverse transfer” agreements with seven of our current University Center partners: Central Michigan University, Davenport University, Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, Spring Arbor University and Western Michigan University; and also with Northern Michigan University.
The agreements will formalize the process of “reverse” transferring any credits from the four-year university to NMC that complete requirements for an NMC degree or certificate. Students need simply to initiate the process of transferring the credits with their four-year institution.
A benefit of the reverse transfer process is that studies show that students who successfully complete the associate’s degree are more likely to persist and complete a bachelor’s degree.
Northern Michigan’s News Leader
Apr 4, 2013 | Intercom
Congratulations to NMC’s three recipients of NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) awards this year.
The honorees are:
Communications Instructor Nancy Gray
Communications Instructor Kristen Salathiel
Director of Business Division and NMC Academic Affairs Sue DeCamillis
Background on NISOD
Since its inception in 1978, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has emphasized the importance of teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education. NISOD has worked to serve, engage, and inspire teachers and leaders through our conferences, publications, web services, partnerships, programs, and more. In 1989, in connection with a University of Texas national study of teaching excellence, NISOD hosted its first ceremony, held in conjunction with our annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, honoring and naming the individuals featured in this study as recipients of the NISOD Excellence Award. The response to that ceremony was so positive that we decided to begin what has become a celebratory tradition. We are indebted to NISOD institutions for their continuing support of this annual celebration. The Excellence Awards tradition allows us the distinct privilege of honoring so many of the world’s best in higher education.
Apr 4, 2013 | Intercom
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Apr 4, 2013 | Intercom
Costs associated with an unexpected illness or accident can have a serious effect on your family’s finances. To help increase your financial protection, Northwestern Michigan College is offering eligible employees an opportunity to apply for Critical Illness and Accidental Injury insurance through Cigna effective May 1, 2013. The enrollment period for this insurance is April 8 – 19, 2013.
Critical Illness and Accidental Injury insurance can help you pay out-of-pocket expenses not covered by traditional insurance. These plans provide a lump sum, cash payment directly to you as a result of a covered accident or serious illness. You can spend the money however you choose or use it to help pay for additional expenses such as transportation, room and board, child care, rehabilitation, and more.
This coverage is being offered to regular employees as well as adjunct and supplemental employees who have worked an average of 10 hours per week over a recent 12-month period. It does not replace regular medical insurance or cover medical service claims, but it can supplement you with cash payments should you or your enrolled dependents experience a critical illness or accidental injury. If you qualify for this insurance, you will have received an email from me earlier this week.
CIGNA will be holding short informational meetings at the following times. Please RSVP by April 11th to attend one of these meetings if you think this insurance might be of interest to you and your family. You can even enroll online following the presentation, call 1-800-754-3207, or go to http://www.yourbenefitschoices.com/NWMC
Monday, 4/15/13
SH 104 – 1:30 – 2:00 pm
SH 104 – 4:00 – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, 4/16/13
UC 212 – 10:30 – 11:00 am
O 203 – 1:00 – 1:30 pm
O 203 – 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Wednesday, 4/17/13
LB 105 – 8:30 – 9:00 am
LB 105 – 9:30 – 10:00 am
PS 226 – 11:00 – 11:30 am
Anyone who attends a meeting will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle HD!!!!!!!!!!!
Our regular employees already have access to some additional benefits as part of our life insurance and LTD coverage with Cigna. However, any eligible employees who sign up for the Critical Illness or Accidental Injury insurance will also be able to use Cigna’s valuable programs:
- Healthy Rewards program providing wellness discounts
- Will Preparation online tool
- Secure Travel for emergency assistance while out of town
- Identity Theft assistance
Look for more information to come. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to contact HR at 995-1362.
