In this week’s scoop we have gathered up different perspectives on assignments.
The Tightrope and the Slackline: Making Effective Assignments
“What do I need to do to get an A?” is a common student question. Get the scoop>>
What Students Want…. A Students’ Perspective
One of the things I appreciate the most in an instructor is when they are passionate about helping me learn. Get the scoop >>
Simulation and The Art and Practice of Medical Moulage meet NMC’s “Room of Horrors”
Kathy Fischer, NMC Nursing Faculty and Simulation Coordinator, sat down to share her simulation secrets. Get the scoop>>
How do you move your students toward success?
We want YOUR assignments! Help us create a list of “go-to” assignments to share! Share your assignment
Leelanau Montessori Public School Academy and Suttons Bay Public Schools are sponsoring An Evening With Chick Moorman, Thursday, February 21 in the Suttons Bay High School auditorium from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Cost is $5 per person, open to the public and advance purchase of tickets is recommended. Tickets may be purchased at the Leelanau Montessori main office or at www.leelanaumontessori.org.
Chick Moorman is a nationally recognized author who provides practical, entertaining, and thought-provoking workshops and coaching for parents and educators.
When Chick Moorman speaks, people do more than listen. They put his ideas to use in their lives.
Chick has over 40 years experience as an educator and parent. The ideas he presents are functional, and can be put to use immediately. His ideas produce results.
Chick’s work adds great dimension to the language of parenting, especially for those parents who want to build self-esteem.
Chick gives useful advice on how to communicate with your children that helps them claim responsibility for how they behave.
TRAVERSE CITY — Auditions for the 2013 production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will be held from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 6 and 13 in the West Hall conference room on NMC’s main campus.
A script will be provided. Rehearsals for selected cast will be held Feb. 20 and 27 and March 6 and 13. The performance is set for 7 p.m. March 14 in Milliken Auditorium. The production is sponsored by NMC’s Office of Student Life.
For more information:
Emily Magner
NMC Office of Student Life
(231) 995-1118 emagner@nmc.edu
Congratulations to Constanza Hazelwood, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Education and Outreach Coordinator. She had the winning ticket in the Phi Theta Kappa Hot Spot parking spot raffle.
The proceeds from the raffle will help fund the group’s trip to the Phi Theta Kappa Annual Convention in San Jose, California in early April.
More than 300 high school choir students will be on campus next Wednesday, February 6 participating in the first ever NMC Choral Invitational.
Nine choirs from area high schools (Elk Rapids, Kingsley, Leland, Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s, Glen Lake, Benzie, Gaylord, and Grayling) will spend the day on our campus – learning and rehearsing music together, touring our campus, and attending performances of NMC faculty, music majors, and audio tech students.
The day will culminate in an “Informance” at 6 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium.
The public is invited to attend to our informal performance, or come listen to rehearsals during the day.
This is a wonderful opportunity for these students to take part in a collaborative music festival while learning more about what NMC offers!
Kudos to our Facilities, Safety and Security staff members. The recent 40 degree temperature swings provide daily problem-solving opportunities. These people rise to the challenge every time. We appreciate all that goes on behind the scenes. Thanks for all you do!
A big thank you to Gail Reeves, Krissy Steinbach, and Lisa Boike for working on a snow day in order to meet important deadlines for the College, as well as to Joe Berry and Ali Thornton for their wonderful support from the Helpdesk. Thank you for your dedication and teamwork!
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.
This section of the document outlines procedures for alerting, evacuating, or sheltering persons with disabilities located on campus during an emergency. Every member of the College community has a responsibility to facilitate the safe evacuation and sheltering of persons with disabilities by adhering to the following guidelines. (more…)
Take a break from winter weather to join us in exploring the world’s most famous shipwreck, and its connections to Michigan and the Nautical Archaeology program at NMC! The Northwestern Michigan College Archaeology Society will host two evening lectures – the first on Friday evening, February 8, 2013 entitled Michigan Connections to the RMS Titanic, and the second on Saturday evening February 9, 2013 titled The Titanic Mapping Project.
Our special guest, Kenneth J. Vrana, will share his knowledge and experiences gained from the historical and archaeological study of RMS Titanic. He also looks forward to discussing opportunities for the study of our tremendous Great Lakes underwater cultural heritage. Mr. Vrana served as consulting underwater archaeologist for both Titanic Expedition 2004 and 2010 as well as Carpathia Expedition 2007. He is currently co-director of the Titanic Mapping Project for Premier Exhibitions, Inc. During a 35-year career, Mr. Vrana has recorded nearly 1,000 scientific dives on historic shipwrecks throughout the United States, western Pacific and Caribbean region, including project coordinator for the first civilian expedition to the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1989.
On Friday, February 8 at 7:30 – 8:30pm, Mr. Vrana will present Michigan Connections to the RMS Titanic, followed by a question and answer session. Prior to the presentation (6:00 – 7:30pm), there is a reception in the Dennos Museum Center lobby to meet the speaker. Tickets for this event are $25 per person.
On Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 – 8:00pm, NMC students will present the results of current nautical archaeology research in Northwestern Michigan. Following the student presentations, Mr. Vrana will present The Titanic Mapping Project. The event will last until 9:00pm with time for questions. Tickets for this event are $10 per person.
Tickets are available from NMCAS Members, the Social Science Department at NMC (114 Scholars Hall), and at the door. All proceeds will benefit the Northwestern Michigan College Archaeology Society’s student research trip to Wales in June 2013. For more information visit www.nasnmc.com.
Title: African American women chemists
Author: Brown, Jeannette E. (Jeannette Elizabeth), 1934-
Call #: QD21 .B69 2012
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly received her PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1947. Although she was hardly the first of her race and gender to engage in the field, she was the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States. In this book, Jeannette Brown, an African American woman chemist herself, will prese …
Title: Far from the tree : parents, children and the search for identity
Author: Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
Call #: HV888.5 .S65 2012
From the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the writing, about family. In Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. Solomon’s startling …
Title: The physics of invisibility : a story of light and deception
Author: Beech, Martin, 1959-
Call #: QC406 .B4 2012
The ability is see is fundamental to our very existence. How true our perceptions really are depends upon many factors, and not least is our understanding of what light is and how it interacts with matter. It was said that the camera, the icon of light recording instruments, never lies, and in the day of the glass plate and celluloid roll-film …
Title: Why noise matters : a worldwide perspective on the problems, policies and solutions
Author: Stewart, John, 1949-
Call #: TD892 .S75 2011
Why noise matters — Noise: widespread and worldwide — Hear me now! noise can harm your health! — Noise: the neglected green issue of our age? — Noise in the workplace — Transport noise — Neighbour/neighbourhood noise — Piped music: the music you cannot turn off — Noise and the law — Making change happen.
Title: The science of navigation : from dead reckoning to GPS
Author: Denny, Mark, 1953-
Call #: VK559 .D44 2012
Writing in non-technical terms with a sense of humor, Denny, a physicist who has written other popular science works, charts the history of navigation and explains its role in the history of civilization. The first part of the book outlines key ideas of geodesy and cartography and explains the physical, engineering, and mathematical principles …
One in three billion women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
One billion women violated is an atrocity.
One billion women dancing is a REVOLUTION.
On Thursday, February 14 community members in Traverse City will be rising up and joining the revolution for One Billion Rising. We will gather at the Grand Traverse Mall in Traverse City in the space between Taco Bell and Sbarro at 5:30 p.m. sharp. This will be a flash mob–there will be no check in–just be in the area at this time and prepared to dance!
You will not be alone. We are going to dance our demands into action. Together we will make our voices heard.
One Billion Rising Dance Practices (Only one practice recommended)
Dance practices will be held in the Oleson Center on NMC’s main campus Wednesday, January 30, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday, February 7, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Two new courses were being offered for the first time in any school in northern Michigan in response to numerous requests by businessmen and office workers. They were: Dictaphone Secretarial Practice & Medical Terminology with Dictaphone Transcription. (See photo of Dictaphone as part of the Osterlin Library’s “March of Technology at NMC” display).
5 Years Ago:
2008 Presidential hopeful John McCain headlined a “Get out the Vote” rally at NMC’s Hagerty Center.
This spring, NMC has an opportunity to participate in a national survey focusing on teaching, learning, and retention in community colleges, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). The project is part of the Center for Community College Student Engagement and the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas at Austin.
Research shows that the more actively engaged students are—with college faculty and staff, with other students, and with the subject matter being learned—the more likely they are to persist in their college studies and to achieve at higher levels. Identifying what our students do in and out of the classroom, knowing their goals, and understanding their external responsibilities can help us create an environment that can enhance student learning, development, and retention.
The survey will be administered in classes randomly selected by the Center to ensure a representative sample and to preserve the integrity of the survey results. Instructors whose classes are selected for survey administration will receive specific information from the appropriate administrator.
NMC is intent on being a leader in higher education, and this survey can assist us in improving course completion rates, as well as the rate of student persistence to the completion of their educational goals. To learn more about CCSSE visit www.ccsse.org, or contact the Center for Community College Student Engagement at 512-471-6807 or info@cccse.org.
This is an update on the MPSERS Reform election which ended on 1/9/13. All elections were tabulated by MPSERS and sent to NMC so that we could begin the work of incorporating them into your payroll deduction records. The guidelines from MPSERS instructed employers to begin the new deductions on the paycheck where the entire pay period occurred in February, which for NMC will be the paycheck dated 2/22/13.
Just as a reminder, this is what you can expect in your deductions effective with the 2nd paycheck in February dated 2/22/13.
Health Care Election
If you elected the Premium Subsidy Option for healthcare, your contribution will remain 3%.
If you elected the Personal Healthcare Fund Option for healthcare, your contribution will be 2% going into a 457 account, and NMC will match 2% into a 401(k) account, both administered by ING. You may opt out of your contribution, but NMC’s contribution would end as well. You can increase your 2%, but NMC’s will remain at 2%. Your contributions to date to the Premium Subsidy Plan will be deposited in your 401(k) account.
Retirement Plan Election
If you are in the Pension Plus Plan and eligible to make an election, you only had the Health Care Election and your other contributions remain the same.
If you elected Option 1, your pension calculation will remain unchanged at the 1.5% factor, and
Basic Plan members will begin contributing 4%
MIP-Fixed, MIP-Graded, and MIP-Plus Plan members will begin contributing 7%
If you elected Option 2, your pension will be calculated at the 1.5% factor for the years before your attainment date and 1.25% factor for the years after your attainment date of 30 years of credited service, and
Basic Plan members will begin contributing 4%, but will revert back to 0% contribution when you reach your attainment date of 30 years of credited service
MIP-Fixed, MIP-Graded, and MIP-Plus Plan members will begin contributing 7%, but will revert back to your current contributions when you reach your attainment date of 30 years of credited service (see #4 for the current contribution levels)
If you elected Option 3, your pension will be calculated at the 1.5% factor for the years before your transition date (2/22/13 pay date) and 1.25% factor for the years after this pay date, and
Basic Plan members will continue at 0% contribution
MIP-Fixed Plan members will continue at 3.9% contribution
MIP-Graded Plan members will continue at the graded scale of 3% up to $4,999.99 in pay, 3.6% from $5,000 to $14,999.99 in pay, 4.3% for $15,000 and above in pay
MIP-Plus Plan members will continue at the graded scale of 3% up to $4,999.99 in pay, 3.6% from $5,000 to $14,999.99 in pay, 6.4% for $15,000 and above in pay
If you elected Option 4, you will receive a 4% contribution to a 401(k) account administered by ING. You will have no contribution, but can choose to contribute to a 457 account also administered by ING. Whether you contribute or not, the 4% NMC contribution will continue.
If you have elected any of the options which have accounts with ING, you are immediately vested in your contributions and related earnings to your healthcare savings in your 457 account. You are 50 percent vested in your employer’s matching contributions after the equivalent of 2 years of full time service, 75 percent after 3 years of service, and 100 percent after 4 years of service. Your vesting for your employer’s contributions begins with your first day of work, so all of your Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System service counts towards your vesting.
If you elected Option 4 for the Defined Contribution (DC) Plan, you may still be eligible for a pension when you become age-eligible, based on years of service, final average compensation (FAC) and 1.5 percent pension factor as of the day before your transition date, provided you have an equivalent of 10 years of credited service, including both time before and after 2/22/13. You will also be eligible for your state-sponsored 401(k) and 457 accounts, which would include your 4 percent employer contributions (made to your 401(k) account), any personal contributions you made to your 457 account, and any accumulated investment earnings. Vesting rules apply for NMC contributions.
If you are currently purchasing service, these agreements remain in place and are irrevocable, even if you elected Option 4 for the DC Plan, but all time purchased will be added to your current years of service at the 1.5% factor.
Thank you for your participation in the reform election and your attention to the many notices and alerts during this time.
