Attend commencement, May 3
Be sure to mark your calendars to attend commencement on Saturday, May 3 at 2 p.m.
Staff should arrive by 1:15 p.m. and go upstairs at Traverse City Central High School.
Phil Power writes about the birth of the Inuit art collection at the Dennos
The birth of the Dennos Museum’s Inuit art collection is told here by Phil Power, son of Eugene, who along with the establishment of Eskimo Art Inc., helped facilitate a gift of Inuit art to Bernie Rink (Library Director) at Northwestern Michigan College in 1960. This gift that would grow into one of the largest museum collections of Inuit art in the USA – now at the Dennos. Eugene’s collection is now a part of the Dennos collection, which exceeds 1,500 works. (more…)
Board of Trustees meeting recap – April 21, 2014
Here is an informal account of the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees meeting, Monday, April 21, 2014.
Details on the actions items and reports are contained in the Board Packet available online at https://www.nmc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/agendas/2014/042114-board-regular.pdf.
Kudos!
Kudos to the following individuals and departments!
Final campus dining hours for spring semester
The Food Court and the University Center Simply to Go Outlet will be closing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.
The Parsons-Stulen, Beckett Building and Osterlin Library’s Simply to Go Outlets will be closing at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 for the semester.
The Northwest Grind will be open May 2 from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. (May 2 is the last day for students, staff and faculty to use their meal plans.)
Thank you…
Jenny Hanrahan would like to thank the NMC family for their support during her difficult time in the loss of her father. (more…)
Grand Valley State University offering nature class in summer semester
GVSU offering The Idea of Nature class this summer semester. This is a unique course available to anyone as a guest student which provides a very exciting learning opportunity at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Boardman River and other natural areas. Interested individuals can call Kate Fairman at 231.995.1842 or email fairmank@gvsu.edu to learn more. (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Welcome to NMC Michael!
Michael Stalker joined NMC as the Registrar on April 16, 2014. He can be reached at (231) 995-1058 or mstalker@nmc.edu.
Michael was born and raised in central Illinois, where he met his wife, Rita. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Music from SIU-Carbondale, Michael continued in the field of education by earning Master’s degrees in both Music Education and Educational Administration. His previous experience includes several years in both secondary and post-secondary levels in the fields of Music, Guidance & Counseling, Administration, and as Registrar. Michael enjoys camping, hunting, scuba diving, designing and installing ceramic tile & related products, Forex currency exchange trading, researching the Hebraic roots of Christianity, and trains. He also is a former member and guest conductor with the Encore Society of Music, locally. Michael and Rita have three grown children. (more…)
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Career Kickstart announces winners of the professional attire clothing drive
Congratulations to the Advising and Learning Services staff who donated the most items of professional clothing for the Career Kickstart! (more…)
Great Lakes Pastel Society exhibition at the Dennos Museum
The Dennos Museum Center will present the Great Lakes Pastel Society’s 2014 National Juried Exhibition April 13 – May 25, 2014.
The exhibition is being presented in Traverse City in association with the Society’s annual convention which will be held at the Park Place Hotel from May 16-18, a 3 day educational event filled with presentations and demonstrations designed especially for amateur and professional pastel artists.
The exhibition features 70 works by artists from across the USA, and one from Spain, that were selected by exhibition juror, Desmond O’Hagan, from 254 works submitted by 97 artists for consideration by the juror.
The Great Lakes Pastel Society seeks to promote the use of pastels and increase the public awareness of creative pastel painting as a fine art medium. The juror awarded a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and 17 additional awards of merit and sponsored awards which will be presented to the artists at a Pastel Society Members and Guests Reception, Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7-9 PM at the Dennos Museum Center. (more…)
Seungmo Park Exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped, May 4 – September 7, 2014.
The Dennos Museum Center is pleased to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the works of Seungmo Park of Seoul, Korea featuring his meticulously cut MAYA imagery and aluminum wire wrapped sculptural forms.
The MAYA (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit) are created by layering slightly out of line and separated sheets of wire mesh. After sketching the outline of the image on to the mesh, he cuts thought the layers to varying depths to create more or less density of wire cross hatching, which when lit from behind results in images that may look transparent, illusory, or shadowy. (more…)
Choral concert on April 25, Band concert on April 29
NMC performance ensembles will present two upcoming concerts… (more…)
Calculus: The Musical! presented free May 2
NMC students, faculty, and staff are invited to a free presentation of Calculus: The Musical! Friday, May 2, from 10-11 a.m. in Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum.
From Archimedes to Riemann, the quest for the instantaneous rate of change and the area under the curve comes to life through song and sketch comedy. The review of the concepts and history of calculus include musical tributes to The Beatles, Gilbert & Sullivan, Petula Clark and Eminem, just a few of the artists who have inspired this engaging and educational lesson that is nothing at all like your high school or college textbooks. Calculus: The Musical! promises to be entertaining to the arithmophobe and the rocket scientist alike. (more…)
International Affairs Forum presents add-on presentation about Ukraine
Join us on Monday, April 21, 6 pm for “Ukraine: A New Cold War?” with International Affairs Forum’s own Jack Segal, former diplomat and Director of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus at the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration. This is a special add-on presentation to the IAF’s regular season! Money raised this evening will be used to send the Traverse City West High School team which won our local Academic World Quest competition last month to the national competition in Washington DC on April 26. Come out to support our winning students – and to learn something about the troubled relations between Ukraine, Russia and the region. (more…)
TEDx TC free tickets gone
As of noon, Monday, April 21 all free tickets at the State Theater for TEDx TC taking place on May 14, 2014 have been claimed. Stay tuned next year to get your free tickets when they become available. (more…)
Administrative Professional Day is April 23
Looking for something nice to do your office manager?
Treat them to lunch!
Email the cafeteria ahead of time and they’ll have a table set for you!
For more information and to reserve your table email Patrick Tesner at ptesner@nmc.edu. (more…)