New Items at the bookstore: Workout Tees

You don’t have to work out to wear this great tee.

Retail: $ 14.50

Can’t make it to the bookstore? Give us a call. We can charge it to your credit card and get the item delivered to your office.
Don’t forget your 10% employee discount!

Check out our web page www.nmc.edu/bookstore to see more items that we carry at the bookstore.We sell more than just books!

New Items at the bookstore: Workout Tanks

You’ll stand out in the crowd with this tank in green or pink.

Retail:$ 11.95

Can’t make it to the bookstore? Give us a call. We can charge it to your credit card and get the item delivered to your office.
Don’t forget your 10% employee discount!

Check out our web page www.nmc.edu/bookstore to see more items that we carry at the bookstore.We sell more than just books!

New Items at the bookstore: Water Bottles

Water Bottles: Thermos brand 24 oz. BPA free water bottle. Rotating meter lets you monitor your daily water consumption.

Retail: $13.95

Can’t make it to the bookstore? Give us a call. We can charge it to your credit card and get the item delivered to your office.
Don’t forget your 10% employee discount!

Check out our web page www.nmc.edu/bookstore to see more items that we carry at the bookstore.We sell more than just books!

NMC Employee Anniversaries

The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!

Patty Cron-Huhta             Front-of-the-House Coordinator – GL Culinary Institute                  9 years

Darby Hiller-Freund        Executive Director of Research, Planning and Effectiveness         10 years

Wendy Rogers                  Course Materials Supervisor                                                                                           17 years

Kim Schultz                         Advisor – Academic/Career                                                                                           1 year

Terry Tarnow                     Supervisor – Museum Store                                                                                             21 years

Kudos to all of the NMC BBQ Volunteers

Kudos to all NMC Employees who volunteered for the 2012 NMC BBQ.  Your participation on barbecue day supports our many community members and helps ensure a successful barbeque to fund special NMC projects.

Kudos to the Business Office

Kudos to the Business Office who organized a comprehensive training for new staff.  It was very helpful and your hard work is appreciated.

NMC 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.

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, Machining (87-443)

Adjunct Instructor-CNC Programming (88-443)

Adjunct Chef Instructor (89-443)

Adjunct Faculty-Physics Instructor (96-443)

Faculty

HVAC/R Instructor (95-443) (Full time)

Professional Staff

Event Scheduler (Internal Staff Only) (92-443)

Student Employee:

Financial Aid-Office Assistant-Student Employee (62-443)

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)

Tutor-Student Employee (82-443)
Switchboard Operator Assistant-Student Employee (83-443)

Library Assistant-Student Employee (90-443)                           

Supplemental Staff:

Banquet Server-Hagerty Center (41-443)
Busser-Hagerty Center (72-443)

Bartender-Hagerty Center (73-443)

Student Financial Services-Front Desk Assistant (77-443)
                               

CLOSED PENDING OUTCOME

Professional Staff (Full time):

Annual Giving Specialist (67-443)

Coordinator of Major Gifts (68-443)

 

Missy Memorial scholarship night

Magnum Hospitality will hold its eighth annual Missy Memorial Scholarship fundraiser on June 21 at all four of its restaurant locations.

The scholarship fund for NMC Great Lakes Culinary students was created in 2005 in memory of Missy Kamyszek, a manager at Magnum’s Red Mesa Grill in Boyne City. On her birthday, June 21, the Red Mesa Grills in both Boyne City and Traverse City, Pearl’s in Elk Rapids and Cafe Santé in Boyne City will feature some of Missy’s favorite menu items and dedicate sales of the popular “Missy Margarita” to the scholarship fund. In addition, both Boyne City locations will feature live entertainment and a silent auction will be held at the Boyne Red Mesa Grill.

Since inception, the scholarship has awarded $8,000 to eight second-year culinary students.

For more information contact any Magnum Hospitality restaurant.

Find out more about establishing a scholarship at NMC »

Proud to Manufacture in Michigan: Conference and Celebration

With all the economic focus on job creation, manufacturing is leading the way.  Manufacturing in
Michigan has been through a tough time. Join NMC and Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center in
Traverse City to hear from those companies that are standing strong today, innovating, and competing
across the globe.
August 15-17
Hosted by NMC and Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center
Cost: $199 ($249 after June 15)
Hagerty Center, Great Lakes Campus
For more information or to register, contact Vicki Rumbach at 995-2218 or vrumbach@nmc.edu

Michigan Lean Consortium – Annual Conference

You are invited to the second annual MLC conference at Northwestern Michigan College’s Hagerty
Center. This year’s theme is “Establishing a Winning Culture” and promises to be an insightful conference with nationally recognized speakers and plenty of time for networking. You’ll discover strategies and tools to make Michigan the best place in the country to live, learn, and earn!
August 8-10
Hosted by NMC and Michigan Lean Consortium
Cost: $220 ($245 after June 15) non-MLC members
Hagerty Center, Great Lakes Campus
For more information or to register, contact Vicki Rumbach at 995-2218 or vrumbach@nmc.edu

Tech Update: Microsoft 2010

Microsoft Software Assurance Home Use Program
  • For $9.95, get a licensed copy of the most recent (currently 2010) Microsoft Office Professional Plus: including
    Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Share Point Workspace, Access, Publisher, and InfoPath.
  • Additionally for $9.95 each you may purchase Mac Office 2011, or additional media.
Visit this site on our Intranet for more information:  https://intranet.nmc.edu/depts/help-desk/microsoft/index.html

Marilyn Gray passed away May 28

Marilyn Gray, 76, of Traverse City, passed away peacefully on Monday May 28, 2012 at Munson Hospice House surrounded by her loving family.  Marilyn worked at Northwestern Michigan College in the Social Science Division for 16 years and retired from her position as Office Manager in 1998.  While there, Marilyn earned her Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts. Active, energetic, and always organized, Marilyn could breathe new life into a project or cause and was well known and loved. 

Funeral services will be held in the chapel at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff at 3:30PM on Saturday June 2, 2012.   A reception will follow at the Elks Lodge in Traverse City beginning at 5:00PM.

In lieu of flowers please contribute in Marilyn’s memory to the charity of your choice.  Arrangements are by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.

Sharing Lessons Learned

We’re looking for insights, new understanding, lessons learned from successes and failures. Our planning process calls for an end-of-year review both at the department and individual levels. Many of us will be having meetings with supervisors to review our FY’12 work and discuss goals for next year which will ensure that we achieve our departmental and ultimately college-wide plans. We’ve asked Leadership Group to lead their departments in an end-of-year review of their departmental operational plan. As part of these reviews, ORPE is asking that you identify “lessons learned” over the prior year.

So what are lessons learned? They can be anything from a process insight to a better understanding of student needs to an insight about resources to additional feedback on the planning process. If you feel it’s noteworthy, send it in. I’d rather have too many than too few lessons learned to share!

This feedback will become input into Grasping the Situation for the next planning cycle which begins this summer as ORPE prepares for the Strategy Retreat. A form is available on the intranet to make sending in your lessons learned an easy process. You can send them in as individuals and/or as departments…just send them in! Please find the form here and
send in your lessons learned by June 27. Questions? Contact Karen Ruedinger at 5-1032 or kruedinger@nmc.edu.

This Month in NMC History – May

50 Years Ago:

  • Nearly 6,000 people were served at the BBQ – setting a new record.  Harry Hibbard’s Riverboat Seven provided the entertainment.  Right up to the last minute, the college was asking for more donations of cakes for the Cake Walk.

25 Years Ago:

  • Phillip Runkel (NMC president 1987-89) began his first month on the job (see photo).  Mr. Runkel replaced George Miller, and then he was succeeded by Tim Quinn.

From the NMC Archives at the Osterlin Library

Quilt Raffle Winner!

Cathy McCall, from the NMC Business Office, is the winner of the quilt raffle at this year’s NMC BBQ.  The raffle raised $866
that will go toward offering another $1,250 scholarship this year to a deserving student.
Many thanks for the many hands that made this fundraiser a success again this year!

Kudos to Lori Hodek

To Lori Hodek for taking time out of her busy day to do an onsite orientation session with student employees at East Hall.  The students appreciated Lori’s willingness to come over and assist them in getting acquainted with the necessary processes for student employment.