Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Remembering Anne Gahn
Anne Lowell Graves Gahn, 83, of Traverse City, died peacefully on Dec. 17, 2015 at Cherry Hill Haven. Anne was born to Lawrence and Josephine Graves on June 7, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Faulkner School for Girls, attended Oberlin College and earned a nursing degree from Northwestern University. She worked as a nurse on the Santa Fe Railroad and at Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Chicago. She moved to Traverse City in 1962 to teach obstetric/pediatric nursing at Northwestern Michigan College. In 1969, Anne married Adam Joseph Gahn, III. Read the full obituary here. (more…)
Congratulations to Student Life, winner of the Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest
At the Holiday Party last Friday, we announced the winner of our 2015 Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest. A big congrats to Student Life who walked away with the trophy this year! Thanks again to everyone who participated…start shopping for your ugly sweater for next year now!
Adapted in TC: The special challenges of the sight-impaired
Read NMC instructor Susan Odgers’ latest column in the Traverse City Record-Eagle here. (more…)
December NMC Scan available
The December NMC Scan is now available on the ORPE employee pages here. Please take time to review this document which provides important context for what is happening in the environment around us. This is our annual futures issue. Specific attention was given to changes in higher education funding and credentialing as well as innovation in higher education and the rise of “big data”. All of this and more can be found here. (more…)
NMC staff, faculty and student appreciation days at the Dennos Museum Store
Now through the end of December the Dennos Museum Store is offering staff, faculty and student appreciation with 20% off all items in the store, except consignment art which is only 10%. (more…)
NMC holiday hours by department
The holiday schedule for individual NMC departments is listed below.
Do YOU have an idea worth spreading?
The speaker line up for next year’s TEDxTraverseCity event is almost complete. We’re looking for three more ideas worth spreading, and yours could be just the ticket! The 2016 event theme is Re-Evolution – Community, Contribution, Citizenship, Courage. Do you have something to share on this topic? (more…)
NMC Training Services- December 2015 newsletter
The Training Services December 2015 Newsletter is here! Learn about how Workplace Organization can improve your work, Manufacturing Day 2015, how to improve huddles, upcoming workshops and more. Check it out here! (more…)
More Student Services offering extended Monday hours starting in spring semester
Hey night owls! More NMC Student Services will be open for extended hours on Monday nights until 7 p.m. starting on Monday, January 4, 2016!
Offices that will be open till 7 p.m. on Mondays include:
- Admissions
- Student Financial Services
- Records & Registration
- Academic Advising *NEW!*
Please note: Admissions, Student Financial Services and Records & Registration are currently open till 7 p.m. on Mondays in the fall semester.
Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Student Financial Services Front Desk Assistant – Supplemental (more…)
Kudos!
Kudos- Praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved. (defined by Merriam-Webster.com)
Kudos to the following people and departments! If you know of co-workers who are going above and beyond, nominate them for kudos here! (more…)
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Remembering Alan Vigland
Alan Gudemoos Vigland, Benzonia, 74, cherished husband, father, friend and respected artist passed away on December 13, 2015. Alan taught ceramics part-time at Interlochen Center for the Arts and later at Northwestern Michigan College. Many of his colleagues at ICA and NMC became cherished life-long friends. Alan was a widely-respected potter among peers and customers with artwork in private collections nationwide. A celebration of Alan’s life will take place at the First Congregational Church of Benzonia on Saturday, January 9 at 11 AM. Lunch will be served following the celebration. Memorials may be made to the Northwestern Michigan College Foundation. Gifts will be directed to the NMC Art Department where Alan taught ceramics. To read the full obituary click here. (more…)
Being “green” just got a whole lot easier!
Thanks to your invaluable survey feedback, the NMC Green Team is happy to announce the arrival of single stream recycling on all of NMC’s campuses.
Single stream recycling is an all-in-one approach to recycling—it eliminates the need to sort plastics #1-7, glass, steel, aluminum, cardboard and paper.
As of December 7 the blue bins in all offices and classrooms, and the designated large bins throughout NMC’s campuses, can be used to recycle all of these materials. Instructional single stream recycling stickers will be in place on all recycling receptacles by the start of the 2016 Semester. (more…)
A friendly reminder from catering!
Here at Sodexo, we take pride in bringing you the culinary treats that fuel your NMC group at meetings, parties and more! To help ensure your experience with our catering team meets and exceeds your expectations, please remember to request our services with advanced notice. This way, we can work together to make your event perfect! For more info about our services click here!
Thank you! -Sodexo catering team (more…)
Success Story: Couple behind $1 million Dennos gift love Inuit art and people
December 16, 2015
Inuit art lovers Dudley and Barb Smith know their collection intimately.
There’s the walrus sculpture in the foyer of their Suttons Bay home, the one they turn around when their youngest grandson visits, so his two-year-old fingers stay safe from the sharp tusks.
In their shared office, there’s the caribou that presides between the desks. On the bedroom wall there’s Barb Smith’s favorite print, of a mother bear and two cubs. On the mantle there’s the transformation sculpture that Dennos Museum Center executive director Gene Jenneman helped their kids choose as an anniversary gift. On the shelves surrounding the fireplace — which they had strengthened to support the weighty stone sculptures — are pieces collected on other travels, to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Santa Fe, over the 30 years since the couple first fell in love with Inuit art at the Dennos Museum.
Now, the Smiths are affording the opportunity for more people to appreciate the art of the aboriginal Canadian Arctic people, with a $1 million gift that will more than double the gallery space for the Dennos’ signature collection of Inuit art.
“It is hard to beat what we have at the museum,” Barb Smith said. “It’ll be nice to see more of it.”
The addition will wrap around the existing Inuit gallery. It will also add space for the Dennos Museum Store and storage for the Inuit collection, which now includes nearly 1,500 works. Started by librarian Bernie Rink in 1960, the growth of the Inuit collection was a driving force behind the creation of the Dennos Museum Center 25 years ago.
“What a fitting way to celebrate our anniversary, by honoring the very artwork that built a reputation for the Dennos as an international leader,” Jenneman said. “This expansion will allow us to grow and refine our collection, securing the Dennos as one of the noted museums world wide for Inuit art.”
Per their estate plans, eventually the expanded gallery will house the walrus, the caribou, and the rest of the Smiths’ collection, which reflects both Barb Smith’s affinity for animal imagery and Dudley’s for the native people.
“I like the primitive nature of the art, the shaman images,” he said.
Construction for the Inuit gallery expansion as well as the addition of two new galleries at the Dennos is expected to begin in 2016.
Success Story: Couple behind $1 million Dennos gift love Inuit art and people
December 16, 2015
Inuit art lovers Dudley and Barb Smith know their collection intimately.
There’s the walrus sculpture in the foyer of their Suttons Bay home, the one they turn around when their youngest grandson visits, so his two-year-old fingers stay safe from the sharp tusks.
In their shared office, there’s the caribou that presides between the desks. On the bedroom wall there’s Barb Smith’s favorite print, of a mother bear and two cubs. On the mantle there’s the transformation sculpture that Dennos Museum Center executive director Gene Jenneman helped their kids choose as an anniversary gift. On the shelves surrounding the fireplace — which they had strengthened to support the weighty stone sculptures — are pieces collected on other travels, to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Santa Fe, over the 30 years since the couple first fell in love with Inuit art at the Dennos Museum.
Now, the Smiths are affording the opportunity for more people to appreciate the art of the aboriginal Canadian Arctic people, with a $1 million gift that will more than double the gallery space for the Dennos’ signature collection of Inuit art.
“It is hard to beat what we have at the museum,” Barb Smith said. “It’ll be nice to see more of it.”
The addition will wrap around the existing Inuit gallery. It will also add space for the Dennos Museum Store and storage for the Inuit collection, which now includes nearly 1,500 works. Started by librarian Bernie Rink in 1960, the growth of the Inuit collection was a driving force behind the creation of the Dennos Museum Center 25 years ago.
“What a fitting way to celebrate our anniversary, by honoring the very artwork that built a reputation for the Dennos as an international leader,” Jenneman said. “This expansion will allow us to grow and refine our collection, securing the Dennos as one of the noted museums world wide for Inuit art.”
Per their estate plans, eventually the expanded gallery will house the walrus, the caribou, and the rest of the Smiths’ collection, which reflects both Barb Smith’s affinity for animal imagery and Dudley’s for the native people.
“I like the primitive nature of the art, the shaman images,” he said.
Construction for the Inuit gallery expansion as well as the addition of two new galleries at the Dennos is expected to begin in 2016.