Kudos to Ernie Dunham, for operating the forklift for us when Food for Thought delivered all of that awesome food! We would have never been able to load it without your help. You were patient and friendly. The student’s kept commenting on what great customer service skills you have!
Kudos to Lisa Cooper, Sarah Fuller, Jan Neumann and Rebecca Teahen for helping with the BUS 231 Food Drive project. You made it easy to collect the money and made the tax slips look awesome.
Jan, you went out of your way with helping us with our check and our shopping trip! Thank you!
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary. Please join us in congratulating them!
Crystal Bailey Office Manager - Hagerty Center 2 years Don Cunningham Director of the University center 8 years Ed Steiger Courier 33 years
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at jobs.nmc.edu Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Kudos to Peggy Johnson, for mastering an exceptionally difficult piano score for choir rehearsals, and then also the viola score for the performance of “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
Kudos to Jeff Cobb, for his extraordinary effort in organizing, and his brilliance in conducting the orchestra and choirs in “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” on Veterans Day, as part of the community’s Mel Larimer Concert Series.
TC saves has an offer for NMC employees<
If you live in town, you probably have heard about TC Saves—the city-sponsored program making your neighbors’ homes more comfortable while lowering their utility and heating bills.
All NMC employees, no matter where you live, can take advantage of TC Saves’ comprehensive home energy assessment.
TC Saves is offering their advanced, diagnostic service for just $100—two-thirds lower than their typical price.
The diagnostic service is a thorough, accurate analyses of exactly how and how much energy your house wastes. They also offer access to low-interest loans for insulation, windows, appliances, and other measures the assessment suggests for staying cozy and saving money.
For more info, visit tcsaves.com
To complete the survey, please click on this link/go to this site: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
Thanks so much for your participation,
NMC and The Grand Vision Energy Network
NMC business students held a massive distribution day for area food pantries Friday, Nov. 16, delivering the 18,000 food and household items they collected over the past month just in time for Thanksgiving.
Distribution Day
The Food for Thought Fill the Pantries food drive was organized by Kristy McDonald’s Business 231 students as a semester-long project enabling them to learn how to communicate professionally while also helping the community.
As reported in the Traverse City Record-Eagle, food insecurity has become the region’s largest social issue. From 2007 through 2011, food pantry visits in the Grand Traverse area climbed by 83 percent.
Students invited 30 area businesses to conduct internal food drives, emphasizing the
Dental assisting collected the most on campus.
importance of healthy food. Food was also collected on campus, with the Dental Assisting Program winning the prize for most donations, at more than 900. Students also held collection days at Walmart, two Tom’s Food Market locations and at Family Video locations. Cash donations –totaling $3,000 — were also collected online. The class thanks everyone who donated and sponsored the event. Happy Thanksgiving!
NMC Hip Hop presents Turn up the Music, a free demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Milliken Auditorium.
Hip-hop dance is movement to hip-hop music, allowing an individual to create their personal swagger, instructor Joedy Annis said. NMC hip-hop teaches rhythm and style to create just that. The NMC swagger crew has been on the scene for ten yearsm creating amazing choreography and freestyle movements. Audiences should be prepared for crazy hip hop moves, Annis said.
NMC Hip Hop dance is offered as a for-credit class through the physical education department as well as a non-credit option through Extended Education.
The innovation grant program was established to fund innovative initiatives – ideas and opportunities that emerge during the year and occur outside of normal NMC budget sources and processes.
The next round of innovation grant awards is coming up. Be sure to submit your proposal by December 1.
The innovation grant fund provides approximately $50,000 per year in available funding. Most successful applications are in the range of $500–$5,000. However, applicants are invited to submit proposals for any amount. The Committee may consider multi-year funding, may fund part of your proposal, or may be able to suggest other sources of funding if needed.
The Committee encourages ideas that are innovative based on location, scale, or incorporation of new ideas. We also encourage projects that involve local businesses, community members, and support the community at large.
DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION (PDF) »
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This application can be filled out in your browser or the free Acrobat Reader, saved and emailed to foundation@nmc.edu. It includes a built-in budget guide that you can use to automatically calculate the cost of your project by entering individual item costs.
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NMC joins the community in mourning Helen Milliken, wife of former Michigan Gov. William Milliken, who died at her Traverse City home Nov. 16, 2012. She was 89.
With her husband, Mrs. Milliken was the namesake of Milliken Auditorium at NMC’s Dennos Museum Center, reflecting her lifelong commitment to the arts. She was also known for her strong advocacy of environmental issues and women’s rights. She was named an NMC Fellow, the college’s highest honor, in 1990.
Gene Jenneman, Executive Director of the Dennos Museum said Mrs. Millken’s contributions to the arts go beyond NMC.
“The many tributes that will be made in her honor and recognition cannot begin to capture and express the significance of her contribution to the arts in the state. Perhaps the most notable being Artrain, which brought quality fine art and artists to thousands of people in small communities throughout Michigan. Artrain continues that effort, but now on a national level as well. She was a force for good and inspiration to us all. We will be forever in her debt.”
Mrs. Milliken is survived by her husband and their son, Bill Jr. A daughter, Elaine, preceded her in death in 1993.
From the NMC Archives: Governor and Mrs. Milliken
Arthur M. Schmuckal (1921-2012) passed away, Wednesday, November 14. A longtime supporter of NMC, the building that houses the NMC University Center was named the Arthur M. and Mary E. Schmuckal Building in honor of their many contributions to NMC. Art was a member of the NMC Foundation Board since 1983, and Art and Mary were both named NMC Fellows in 1989.
President Timothy J. Nelson had this to say of Art’s passing:
Art demonstrated the true meaning of friendship in his relationships with NMC and with each of us individually. I have great personal memories of the times Nancy and I have spent with Art. Always able to be funny and serious at the same time, Art could charm anyone. His commitment to family, to community and to people is something not as common as one might think. He was a role model for us all and I will miss him dearly.
The Outreach Services team would like to thank our campus community for the great turnout in honor of our veterans. Thank you for making it such a great event for our service men and women!
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Just a reminder that you can always find the most up to date information about the work being done by the Compensation Review Work Group on the NMC Intranet at: https://intranet.nmc.edu/depts/human-resources/compensation-review (login required.)
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.
And in November, we’re going to have a little contest. Submit your photo(s) and not only will we post the best ones, but the ones judged to be the top three will win prizes.
First prize is a $50 gas gift card.
Second prize is a $25 gift card to the NMC Bookstore.
Third prize is $15 to use in the cafeteria or any of the Sodexo food stands. Grab something to eat, have some coffee, go nuts.
All photos submitted before midnight December 1, 2012 are eligible to win.
Thanks in advance for sharing all that you can find here at NMC.
Giving to United Way is a tradition at NMC, and over the years we’ve supported our community by volunteering on the United Way Day of Caring and giving to the United Way Campaign. Typically our gifts total about $5,000 to the campaign, and that is our goal for 2012 – $5,000 for United Way. Thanks to several generous individuals, we have raised $2,006 so far!
Please consider a gift today. If the rest of us each give just $5 to the campaign, we’ll reach our $5,000 goal! (That’s $5 total for the year, not $5 per pay.)
Remember – you can donate to the NMC Annual Campaign through United Way by simply designating your gift to NMC on the United Way donation form.
Thank you for helping the community that supports NMC!