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.
Save the Date ~ December 14, 2012, 4:30 to 7:00 pm for the Annual NMC Employee Holiday Party
Once again we’ll be collecting non-perishable food items for the Father Fred Food Pantry. Come enjoy some time at the Hagerty Center with your co-workers, and help our neighbors in need.
Kudos to Josh Slabaugh and Sam Foster from SLM, who adapted their schedules and worked through problems to re-image PCs in a teaching lab. It was similar to watching a pit crew – working under pressure, to make sure the lab was back in operation for the class in less than three hours.
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.
Friends (and would be friends) of Jim Crockett take note! Jim will be reading from his book “Exit Wounds” at Horizon Books this weekend: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. 4:00 p.m.
Rumor has it he will also be reading some of his newest work!!
This is what Jim Harrison (author and screenwriter, i.e., Legends of the Fall) said about Crockett: “EXIT WOUNDS is a marvelous book of poems with occasionally stunning details of rural life. Crockett knows whereof he speaks and renders it beautifully. This book is well worth intense reading and study. You’ll be captivated.” – Jim HarrisonEntrance to this reading is FREE and you will probably be able to catch up with your poet friends or meet some new ones. Put it on your calendar!!
Willy Ley, U.S. rocket scientist spoke at NMC’s Celebrity Lecture Series. He said the U.S. and Russia were very close in their race to the moon and “whoever is first on the moon will be followed by the other within a year.”
NMC harriers defeated Alpena and Delta College to remain undefeated in cross country for the 1962 season. (See Photo)
1962 Cross Country team of Bob Rothermel, Larry O’Heren, Paul Steusel, Larry Cummings, Jim Frasier, and Coach Walt Beardslee.
25 Years Ago, October 1987:
NMC proposed an intersection relocation at Munson Avenue in order to make room for a new museum. The college had already raised the $2 million projected as necessary to construct the 25,000 square-foot museum
Check out archival shots of politicians on campus, read about the 2012 Faculty Excellence winners, the latest exhibits and concerts at the Dennos and more in NMC’s most-widely circulated publication for alumni and friends.
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will continue its tradition of exhibiting the Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection now through December 17, with the sale of prints beginning Friday, October 19. A reception for the exhibition, hosted by the Canadian Consulate General begins at 6:00 p.m. with the sale of prints beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the Museum Center.
Sales will be conducted by a lottery, since many of the prints will be in high demand. For the first time the Dennos Museum Center has purchased two sets of pints for the sale, this will enable more collectors to buy prints. Interested buyers may receive a catalogue, price list and lottery number by calling the museum store 231-995-1586 and view the prints on line at www.dennosmuseum.org.
The United Nations has declared 2012 the International Year of the Co-operative, with the theme “Co-operative enterprises build a better world. “In Canada’s north, the craft shop” constructed in Cape Dorset in 1959 led to a pan-Artic co-operative development program that now supports thirty-one community co-operatives across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The 2012 Print Collection is dedicated to the Co-operatives.
In 1960, Bernard Rink, on behalf of the Osterlin Library, was fortunate to become the Michigan distributor of one of the sets of prints. From 1960-1983, Inuit prints were primarily acquired, for the college collection, by hosting an exhibition and sale of the Cape Dorset prints. Through this process, over 275 prints were acquired along with the simultaneous acquisition of an almost equal number of sculptures. Now noted as one of the most historically complete collections of Inuit art in United States, with over 1,400 works in the collection, the Dennos Museum Center has made the commitment to carry on the tradition of collecting Inuit prints by hosting the Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection.
In addition to the Dorset Print Sale the Dennos Museum Center is the host of the Inuit Art Society Annual Conference and Meeting Friday October 19 – Sunday, October 21. The conference will feature artist Andrew Qappik, printmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut and Annie Qappik an Inuit community activist; plus films, lectures and an Inuit art market. Contact the Dennos Museum Store for information.
Andrew Qappik is well-known throughout the Canadian Arctic for his design of the flag for Nunavut as well as the Territory’s coat of arms and official logo. His first prints were published in the 1978 Pangnirtung annual collection when he was only 14 and they have been included in every Pangnirtung collection since. From 1978 to the present he has mastered the printing techniques of stone-cut, stencil, etching, and lithography. Andrew’s favorite subject matter includes animal life, family, and childhood play.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase new work for the Dennos Museum Inuit Collection.
The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM, Thursday’s 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 1410 College Dr., Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
The annual Dennos Museum Holiday Art Fair will be held Friday through Sunday, October 26-28,
2012 throughout the museum. Fine arts and crafts from 50 area artists, Christmas and Chanukah gifts, arts and
crafts kits and more are just a few of the enticements for holiday shoppers. Hours will be Friday and Saturday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
The Holiday Art Fair has become well known for featuring fine arts and crafts by Michigan artists. Artists are
encouraged to bring original art in all price ranges but especially prices below $30. This gives customers lots of
choices for choosing original art as a holiday gift. The fair is well balanced with artists representing the mediums
of blown glass, soft and metal sculptures, pottery, prints, printings, photographs, jewelry, fibers and much more.
Many of the artists have been in the sale for a number of years but each year new artists are added to make the
show fresh and exciting.
In addition to the original works of art, the sale will feature a large selection of Christmas ornaments from
around the world, as well as Hanukkah and Christmas gifts. Items chosen for the show are hand made, unusual
gifts, the kind that make museum stores a special place to shop.
For those looking for special gifts for children there is a selection of craft kits, as well as a variety of books
relating to all the arts, sciences and the Inuit peoples. There are many wonderful small stocking stuffers for kids
and many small gift items children can chose as gifts for family and friends.
Again this year there will be an education benefit raffle to help raise funds to offset the cost of school visits.
Many schools in the region have had budget cuts, which prohibit them from visiting the museum. Schools will
be able to apply for funds to help offset the cost of buses or admission. Last year over 2,000 students benefited
from this fund. The holiday artists have generously donated a piece of art for the raffle. Tickets will be only sold
on site for $2 each and 6/$5.
The holiday sale is staffed by volunteers, and proceeds from this fund-raiser event go towards the museum and
education programs. There is no admission charge for the three days of the sale. For more information you may
call the Museum Store at 995-1586.
The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM, Thursday’s 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 1410
College Dr., Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
Some lucky NMC calculus students arrived for their regular Wednesday lecture this week to find they had a world-famous tutor for the day.
Elvis, a 12-year-old Corgi, and his owner, Tim Pennings, associate professor of mathematics at Hope College in Holland, Mich. stopped in at the invitation of NMC Math department head Jack Berman for a demonstration.
Using the hallway on the second floor of the Biederman Building as a makeshift lab, Pennings threw tennis balls for Elvis to chase, demonstrating how Elvis innately demonstrates concepts of calculus in the way he pursues the ball.
Pennings said he first noticed Elvis’ approach when playing with Elvis on a beach, throwing balls into the water. Elvis didn’t, as most dogs do, chase straight after the ball into water, rather he would run along the beach until he was closer to the ball, then go into the water after it. Elvis was taking the quickest route to the ball, not necessarily the shortest.
Pennings and Elvis have been featured on CNN, where Pennings further explains Elvis’ abilities.
