Fun as Hell: Matuto’s Seductive Philosophical Trip through Brazilian Beats and Southern Roots on “The Devil and The Diamond” Winter Tour

Click here to listen to streaming tracks from Matuto

Matuto Quintet 1The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the Matuto, Friday, January 31, 2014 at 8 PM in Milliken Auditorium. Tickets are $25 advance, $28 at the door and $22 for museum members are plus fees. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Museum Box office at 231-995-1553 or on line at www.dennosmuseum.org, also at 1-800-836-0717 or www.MyNorthTickets.com.

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Dennos presents Making Paper Dance: The Art of Pop-Up Books beginning Jan. 19

The Pop-up PinocchioThe Dennos Museum Center will present Making Paper Dance: The Art of Pop-Up Books, January 19 – April 6, 2014.

Pop-up books have been engaging readers and non-readers alike for over 800 years. The fact that this form of book art has thrived, speaks to the fascination we have with the art of transforming two dimensional paper forms into a continuing chain of three-dimensional possibilities. Making Paper Dance: The Art of Pop-Up Books is both a nostalgic homage to early movable books and a view into the dynamic and ever-evolving world of pop-ups created in the 21st century.

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Kudos

Kudos, to Michelle Autry for going above and beyond when we were in a pinch by helping a new adjunct faculty member with her online courses. Michelle was extremely helpful and worked on this on her own time.

Kudos and deep appreciation to returning NMC Technology Help Desk (THD) Staff members Joseph Berry, David Ulrich, Teresa Wadysz, and Brian Kindt. These staff members are part of a team that covers 115 hours per week of Help Desk Support answering questions and entering tickets on issues as diverse as Password resets, Wireless access, Virus attacks, and Banner form questions.  Although, it is not their responsibility to know all the answers, these four staff members have worked to develop a broad understanding and knowledge base of many things technical at NMC.  Thank you, team for all your hard work and commitment to the students, staff, faculty and community members of Northwestern Michigan College.  You Rock!

Benefits corner

At Mid-Year Conference this week, we discussed how the start of the new semester can be a stressful time for our students.  But we know that this can also be a challenging time for our staff and faculty as well, especially when we couple work issues with other life issues like finances, the holidays, substance abuse, work/life balance, and family challenges.

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Technology Help Desk Update

Technology Help Desk (THD) is open for Spring 2014 Hours.  Spring hours, contact options, locations, computer lab hours, and “what we support” are available on the THD webpage www.nmc.edu/help

Faculty, please be sure to point out the THD website to your students who may need technology support or computer lab information.

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Start preparing to earn cash for wellness

Wellness at work
Throughout the month of January, Employee Wellness Coordinator Sarah Shimek will be holding sessions on all of the campuses. You will be able to book a 30 minute appointment with her to bring in any/all paperwork/forms as well as your scorecard. Your points will be tallied, and you will get your Visa gift card!

Vagina Monologues auditions Jan 16 and 17

Open auditions for the third annual local production of “The Vagina Monologues” will be held January 16 and 17  in West Hall on NMC’s main campus.

A script will be provided. Auditions are from noon-2 p.m. Jan. 16 and 4-6 p.m. Jan. 17 in the West Hall conference room on the main level. The production of Eve Ensler’s play is scheduled for Feb. 22 in Milliken Auditorium, sponsored by NMC Student Life as well as Third Level Crisis Center

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Cold, Cold North

cold-cold-northNMC’s very own Carolyn A. Drake and Marcia A. Borell have worked together to publish a children’s picture book about Arctic wildlife titled “Cold, Cold North.”  The story is told with informative verse and introduces a variety of animals that are a living part of the Arctic landscape.  The verse encourages the reader and child to express the feeling of the words while introducing some uncommonly spoken words.  The flow of the verse is enhanced by the crayon illustrations.

The book is available at local bookstores and major online booksellers.

Don’t forget, no late registration

New Procedure for Late Registration

1) All new registration for spring 2014 will end at the close of the day, January 9, 2014 for any session that begins on January 11. (NMC staff will be available in their offices until 5:00 p.m. for registration assistance.) Students who have not registered for any classes by that date will not be registered for classes starting in the normal 15 week session.

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Benefits corner

Just another reminder that you need to complete the blue Coordination of Benefits form from your open enrollment packet if you enrolled in the medical or dental plans for 2014.  This form can be sent directly to Meritain Health at the address on top of the form, or sent interoffice to HR and we will send it on.

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