Cathryn Claerhout is NMC’s new Director of Admissions.
Cathryn is originally from Trufant, a small danish community in central Michigan. She earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Ferris State University and was also employed by Ferris for over 15 years in the admissions and registrars office. She has worked in admissions for Ferris State, Davenport University and a number of proprietary schools.
Cathryn is married and has two children. Kevin (24) and Katelyn (15). She is a huge hockey fan and has scored NCAA Division I hockey for the past 10 years for the CCHA (Central Collegiate Hockey Association). This past year she was even able to attend the Frozen Four in Tampa, Florida.
Jason Dake joined NMC as curator of education at the Dennos Museum Center on November 7, 2012.
Jason previously worked as Art Education Coordinator for the Flint Institute of Arts in Flint, Mich. He grew up in the Flint area, earned his BS in Art Education at Central Michigan University, and was the first student to graduate with a MA in Arts Administration from the University of Michigan-Flint.
In his spare time, Jason enjoys listening to and playing music, and hopes to perform at your local coffee shop in the near future.
He can be reached at (231) 995-1029 or jdake@nmc.edu.
It’s the last week of the Food for Thought Fill the Pantries food drive, organized by NMC’s Professional Communications class. We know there’s several teams out there collecting food — including Founders Hall, the Dental Assisting program, the Business Discipline and the Osterlin Building. For the rest of you, it’s not too late!
Follow these two easy steps to win the catered meal provided bySpaghetti Jim’s!
1) Between now and Thursday, collect — as a department, academic area, office, etc. — as many healthy non-perishable food items, toiletries and household items as you can.
2) Call or email Ed or Kristy (see below) to have your items counted and picked up by 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. The team with the most items wins the meal.
PS – Can’t do the challenge? You can still donate items by dropping them off in our donation barrels located in most buildings on all campuses. If a monetary donation is more convenient, please donate here.
The delegation of Chinese visitors through the Vocational Education Leadership Training program (VELT) has been touring NMC for a week. Here’s just a small sampling of what they’ve been up to:
With the phone “cut over” on Tuesday, November 6, there could be a period of time when some of the emergency alarm boxes are not functioning. Those areas who have panic alarms might also be affected for a short time. Should you need to report an emergency on Tuesday, November 6, please call 9-1-1 or campus security at 5-1111.
NMC is currently hosting a visit from six Chinese college administrators as part of the American Association of Community Colleges/Chinese Education Association for International Exchange (AACC/CEAIE)’s VELT program. VELT stands for Vocational Education Leadership Training, and the seven visitors are:
Nianyou Chen, President, Huanggang Polytechnic College
Aimin Zhang, Chair of College Council, ZiBo Vocational Institute
Guoji Liu, President, Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute
Wangyun Li, Vice President, Wuhan Polytechnic
YunXia Li, Vice President, Yunnan Jiaotong College
Wei Liu, Program Coordinator/Translator, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic
VELT delegate YunXia Li, Vice President of Yunnan Jiaotong College, presents NMC president Timothy J. Nelson with a gift from her school.
Their stay in Traverse City began on Sunday evening when they arrived at Cherry Capital Airport after getting one of the final flights out of New York City before hurricane Sandy made landfall. The group began their United States visit with stops in Washington, DC and New York.
Their visit at NMC will run through Friday, November 9. While here they will meet with college administrators, faculty, staff and students, Board of Trustees members, members of the NMC Foundation board, representatives from TCAPS, the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce, visit the Dennos Museum, tour all four NMC campuses and get a taste of the sights and sounds Traverse City and the surrounding area has to offer.
The mission of the VELT program is to enhance the leadership of higher vocational colleges in China by providing opportunities for the leaders to absorb new concepts and witness diverse practices in vocational education and training from other countries, to make innovation in light of practical needs of Chinese higher vocational colleges and to explore effective international cooperation. This program has sent 125 leaders to the US, Germany and Australia.
New Voluntary Insurances Available to Regular, Adjunct, and Supplemental Employees
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 January 1, 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, CIGNA will mail more information next week to your home address.
The enrollment period for this insurance is November 9 through November 30, 2012. CIGNA will be holding informational meetings and enrollment opportunities during the following times. If you receive a letter next week that you are eligible for this benefit, please plan to attend one of these meetings. Stop by for coffee and bagels and a chance to learn more!
Kudos to Dave Sexton. Dave went out of his way to shut off dampers and maneuver the air system so that our teeth would stop chattering due to the cold air in our office. We no longer have to wear coats all day!
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at http://jobs.nmc.edu. Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Be aware of your surroundings and alert to strangers
Avoid potentially dangerous situations
Park and walk in well lit, frequently traveled areas
Avoid walking alone at night
Utilize campus escort services provided by security
Learn where emergency telephones are located on the campus
Program campus security numbers into your cell phone
Always lock your vehicle and do not leave valuables in plain view
Do not leave personal items unattended at any time
Steps to take differ greatly and each situation will dictate a different response. The particular circumstances of a given situation will suggest which of, and in which order, the following should occur.
Move immediately away from the danger to a safe location, behind a steel locked door if possible
Report to Campus Security by dialing 5-1111 or 9-1-1 at the safest opportunity
Alert others (signals, codes, alarms)
Secure surroundings, lock doors
If appropriate, evacuate employees/leave the area
Strategies to De-escalate Threatening Behavior
The following conflict resolution strategies may be helpful to de-escalate situations where an individual is exhibiting threatening or intimidating behavior and a means of quick escape is not available:
Get away from the situation if at all possible at any time, to a safe place, and then call 9-1-1, then Campus Security
Do not confront or physically move against the person unless this is a last resort
Adopt a neutral facial expression, relax shoulders, and lower hands to your sides
Introduce yourself by first name, converse as pleasantly as possible even if it is one-sided
Do not lean forward, appear at-ease
Do not block perpetrator or enter a close physical proximity
Observe emergency exits, know where you are, but focus eyes away from escape
Try to sympathize with perpetrator
Attempt negotiation for unimportant personal needs, toilet, sitting down, etc.
Slow down the action by asking for time to perform tasks
If possible, attempt to offer up alternatives, options, ideas
Do not confront, make a quick move of any kind, or attempt to disarm or approach
Here’s a list of new books in the NMC Osterlin Library.
Title: Modernist cuisine : the art and science of cooking
Author: Myhrvold, Nathan.
Publisher: Cooking Lab,
Pub date: 2011.
6 v. :
The authors–scientists, inventors, and accomplished cooks in their own right–have created a six-volume, 2,400-page set that reveals science-inspired techniques for preparing food that ranges from the otherworldly to the sublime.
Title: The best American poetry, 2012
Author: Doty, Mark.
Publisher: Scribner Poetry,
Pub date: 2012.
Mark Doty brings the vitality and imagination that illuminate his own work to his selections for the twenty-fifth volume in the Best American Poetry series. He has chosen poems of high moral earnestness and poems in a comic register; poems that tell stories and poems that test the boundaries of innovative composition.
Title: Don’t stop thinking about the music : the politics of songs and musicians in Presidential campaigns
Author: Schoening, Benjamin S., 1978-
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Pub date: c2012.
In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages.
Title: Chemical engineering : a new introduction
Author: Denn, Morton M., 1939-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Pub date: 2011.
Chemical engineering is the field of applied science that employs physical, chemical, and biological rate processes for the betterment of humanity’. This opening sentence of Chapter 1 has been the underlying paradigm of chemical engineering.
On Thursday, November 8, the Michigan Global Awareness Consortium offers the second presentation of its fall series.
We are pleased to welcome Professor Kerri Finlayson, who teaches anthropology and sociology at North Central Michigan College (NCMC), and Professor Ken Winter, who teaches political science and journalism at NCMC and Ferris State University.
Winter is also a former editor and publisher of the Petoskey New Review and a member of the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Both Finlayson and Winter recently returned from Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Their trip, sponsored by Ohio State University and the Niagara Foundation, allowed them to participate in conversations about revolutionary changes in the Turkish society. Please join us on November 8to hear these distinguished researchers discuss the developing social, economic, religious, and political dynamics in Turkey.
The event (7:00 — 8:30 pm in the Oleson Center, Room A/B) is free and open to the public. Please see the attached poster for more details, and spread word to community members. Thank you.
FREE FRIDAY NIGHT FLICK! Student Life has partnered up with the State Theatre to offer the first Friday night Flick of every month FREE to NMC students with Student ID.
This Friday, Nov. 2, @ 10:45 pm join us at the State Theatre downtown for a FREE SURPRISE FILM! We promise, you have seen it before and you will love seeing it on the big screen!
Come find out Monday, Nov. 5 at 4 pm in Scholars Hall 217, where the film “Iron Jawed Angels” will be shown. Starring Hilary Swank, the HBO film is the true story of how a group of defiant young activists took the women’s suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Sponsored by NMC Student Life, Osterlin Library, and the Department of Learning Services
Hey there. You, with the cell phone. We know you’ve got a camera on it. So let’s have a little fun.
We’re launching NMC in photos, a way for anyone on campus to become an unofficial NMC photographer. Just snap and submit your candid images of life on campus. A caption’s nice, too. Accepted photos will be posted at nmc.edu/photos, where you can also read the fine print about what size photo and more. Thanks in advance for sharing all that you can find here at NMC.
