Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit not only the Cherry Festival Foundation, but also the Northwestern Michigan College’s School of Aviation. Did we mention there will be a meet and greet with the Air Show Pilots? Pilots are slated to be at the breakfast from 8am to 10am so come early, grab breakfast, meet the performers and find a great spot for the Air Show!
Michael Dennos, 1920-2012, namesake of the Dennos Museum Center, died June 28 in Traverse City. He was 92.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
A Memorial Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at the First Congregational Church.
A memorial service and dedication of commemorative portraits will be held at the Dennos in August.
Heather Somero joined NMC in the position of Academic Office Manager – Technical Division on June 4, 2012. She can be reached at 995-1300 or hsomero@nmc.edu.
The most current listing of employment opportunities at NMC is available on the Web at: https://nmc-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.allpositions&company_id=16443&version=1
Susan Odgers’ Record-Eagle column titled: Adapted in TC: Awkward and winning times
http://record-eagle.com/features/x1437857669/Adapted-in-TC-Awkward-and-winning-times
To submit an innovation grant click here » or check out the “quick links” on the NMC Foundation’s new home page at www.nmc.edu/foundation
Innovation has been a hallmark of Northwestern Michigan College since before we were founded. Community leaders, seeking a new model for higher education, obtained legislation that helped make NMC the first community college in Michigan.
Innovation remains central to how we operate today, and was formally articulated in our Values by the Board of Trustees in 2007: “We will continuously improve the learning experience and its relevance to those we serve through innovation, agility and thoughtful risk-taking.”
To help encourage and support innovation, the NMC Board of Trustees asked the NMC Foundation to establish Innovation Grant Funds for faculty, staff and students.
The innovation grant program was established to fund innovative initiatives – ideas and opportunities that emerge during the year and occur outside of normal NMC budget sources and processes.
When: Saturday, July 14
Where: Downtown Traverse City
What: Cherry Royale Parade
Who: NMC Employees, alumni, students and fans.
Why: Show your NMC pride by participating in NMC’s entry!
Sign up now by contacting Kay Hall in Auxiliary Services: 995-1119 or khall@nmc.edu
Debra Patterson has joined NMC in the position of Event Scheduler – Central Scheduling on July 9, 2012. She can be reached at 995-1113 or dpatterson@nmc.edu.
Patterson has been with NMC 25 years. Her previous position was Program Assistant for Extended Educational Services. Please welcome Debra to her new position!
Were you unable to attend this year’s TEDx Traverse City event? Did you attend but wish you could revisit one or more of the talks you heard? Well, it’s a good day for you because the videos from this year’s event are now available on the event website and on the NMC TEDx Traverse City webpage. Check them out and share them with others who might find them inspiring and beneficial.
Event website: tedxtraversecity.com/videos
NMC webpage: https://www.nmc.edu/
Be sure to mark your calendars for next year’s event – Wednesday, May 15, 2013!
Five featured new arrivals at the NMC Osterlin LIbrary.
Title: On Course : Strategies for Creating Success in College and In Life (Study skills plus ed.)
Author: Downing, Skip.
Call number: LB2343.3 .D69 2011
Pub date: 2011
COURSE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND IN LIFE, STUDY SKILLS PLUS EDITION will engage you with the tools you need to take charge of your success in college and in life.
Title: The Resilient Gardener : Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
Author: Deppe, Carol.
Call number: SB324.3 .D475 2010
Pub date: 2010
Winner of About.com’s Reader’s Choice Award: Best Garden Book Since 2010 Selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top 10 Books of 2010 in the Home and Gardening Category! CREATIVE, PRODUCTIVE GARDENING FOR GOOD TIMES AND BAD.
Title: South of Superior
Author: Airgood, Ellen.
Call number: PS3601 .I74 S68 2011
Pub date: 2011
A debut novel full of heart, in which love, friendship, and charity teach a young woman to live a bigger life. When Madeline Stone walks away from Chicago and moves five hundred miles north to the coast of Lake Superior.
Title: Wolf Hall : A Novel 1st U.S. ed.
Author: Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
Call number: PR6063 .A438 W65 2009
Pub date: 2009
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political powerEngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster.
Title: The Best 376 Colleges 2012 ed.
Author: Franek, Robert.
Call number: REFERENCE L901 .P75 B47 2012
Pub date: 2012
What makes The Best 376 Colleges the most popular college guide? *DIRECT QUOTES FROM STUDENTS that give insight into each school’s unique character, classes, financial aid, social scenes, and more.
A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir by Elena Gorokhova, 2010, 350pp
Elena Gorokhova’s A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir is the moving story of a Soviet girl who discovers the truths adults are hiding from her and the lies her homeland lives by. Elena’s country is no longer the majestic Russia of literature or the tsars, but a nation struggling to retain its power and its pride. Born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, Elena finds her passion in the complexity of the English language—but in the Soviet Union of the 1960s such a passion verges on the subversive. Elena is controlled by the state the same way she is controlled by her mother, a mirror image of her motherland: overbearing, protective, difficult to leave. In the battle between a strong-willed daughter and her authoritarian mother, the daughter, in the end, must break free and leave in order to survive.
Request a book: The library will coordinate the purchase of books. Copies are available at a subsidized price of $5. If you would like a copy, email Tina Ulrich (tulrich@nmc.edu.) If you are going to find your own copy but want to be included in the discussion, email Tina to be added to the list. We will notify you when copies arrive.
Save the date (book discussion): Friday, Nov. 16 – noon to 1:30pm, Lobdell’s, A Teaching Restaurant (NMC Great Lakes Campus)
Sarah Hemminger joined NMC in the position of Annual Giving Specialist on June 25, 2012. She can be reached at 995-1030 or shemminger@nmc.edu.
Sarah and her husband Aaron Hemminger moved to Traverse City from Jackson, Michigan this month. They have “The love of their life” a 4-year-old Australian Shepherd mix named Jack. Prior to moving here Sarah worked for the American Red Cross as the Emergency Services Director for both the Mid-Michigan Chapter in Lansing and the South Central Michigan Chapter in Jackson. Her hobbies include a love affair with Northern Lower Michigan and the U.P., photography, hiking, beading and now volunteering for the Red Cross.
EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARIES
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Dave Dalquist, Intranet Coordinator, 18 years
Lisa Dohm, Communications Instructor, 5 years
Michael Emerson, Communications/Humanities Instructor, 15 years
Mike Hochscheidt, Maritime Academy Instructor, 33 years
Laura Jaquish, Science/Math Instructor, 13 years
Bob Mason, Maritime Academy Instructor, 33 years
Shelley Rollin, Assistant – Admissions, 21 years
Megan Ward, Writing Center Coordinator , 4 years
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.
NMC’s Hagerty Center has immediate openings for dishwashers. Excellent starting wage. For more information or to apply online visit http://www.nmc.edu/jobs. For assistance call 231-995-1377 or 1-800-748-0566 x51377 or email hr@nmc.edu
OPEN POSTINGS
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Instructor – Clinical Nursing (38-443)
Adjunct Faculty-World Languages (49-443)
Adjunct Faculty – Sociology (84-443)
Adjunct Instructor-Technical Instructor (86-443)
Adjunct Instructor – Manual Mill and Lathe (87-443)
Adjunct Instructor-CNC Programming (88-443)
Adjunct Chef Instructor (89-443)
Adjunct Faculty-Computer Information Technology (97-443)
Adjunct Faculty-Physics Instructor (98-443)
Faculty
HVAC/R Instructor (95-443) (Full time)
Nursing Instructor – Mental Health (91-443) (Part time)
Professional Staff
Master, T-S State of Michigan (99-443) (Full time)
Employee Wellness Coordinator (103-443) (Part time)
Student Employee
White Pine Press Photographer-Student Employee (64-443)
White Pine Press Copy Editor-Student Employee (65-443)
White Pine Press Writer-Student Employee (66-443)
Switchboard Operator Assistant-Student Employee (83-443)
Library Assistant-Student Employee (90-443)
Student Life Office Assistant-Student Employee (94-443)
Residence Hall Front Desk- Student Employee (101-443)
Groundskeeper-Student Employee (104-443)
Supplemental Staff
Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (41-443)
Busser-Hagerty Center (72-443)
Bartender-Hagerty Center (73-443)
Dishwasher-Hagerty Center (81-443)
NMC Bookstore Clerk/Cashier-Supplemental (100-443)
Center for Learning Assistant-Supplemental (102-443)
CLOSED PENDING OUTCOME
Professional Staff
From the May 27 Traverse City Record-Eagle
http://record-eagle.com/local/x728158080/Underwater-archaeology-school-returns-to-NMC
In an effort to better protect your personal information, NMC will be requiring credit card payments for tuition and fees to be processed through NMC Self-Service only – www.nmc.edu/selfservice/.
Effective July 1, 2012, credit card payments made for tuition, fees, and other charges related to for-credit courses will not be accepted over the phone or in the Student Financial Services Office.
Payments by cash, check, or money order can be made in person at Student Financial Services (Tanis Building, main level). Checks can also be mailed to Northwestern Michigan College, Business Office, 1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI 49686.
Credit card payments can be made through NMC Self-Service from any location where you can access the internet. This includes dedicated computers in the Student Financial Services Office, where you can get assistance with how to pay online, and additional computers in the Tanis Atrium provided for your Self-Service access.
These changes are only on the student account payments as described above and will NOT affect any other transactions on our campuses where credit cards are accepted.
Contact:
Student Financial Services
Phone: 231-995-1035
Email: sfs@nmc.edu
50 Years Ago:
• At the annual spring Motel & Resort Association mtg. hosted by the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce, “Preston Tanis, Northwestern Michigan College director, said the decade-old school in Traverse City is a million dollar business for the community through expenditures by 803 students.”
25 Years Ago:
Sherry Sheppard [Howard] was announced in the Record-Eagle as the NMC Employee of the Month for April.
From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library
The NMC Bookstore will be closed Wednesday, June 27 through Friday, June 29 for inventory. The bookstore will reopen on Monday, July 2.