Try two free Aerobic Dance classes offered by Northwestern Michigan College to credit and non-credit students of all ages. The free classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday, January 7 & 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. in room 120 in the Physical Education building. A semester-long course begins Tuesday, January 14. (more…)
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
This holiday season give the gift of recognition! Nominate your deserving colleagues for Employee of the Semester – fall semester!
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NMC President Timothy J. Nelson was featured in a Bridge Magazine article (also featured on mlive.com) about how community college’s responsiveness to trends in the workforce have made associate degrees and certificates in even higher demand.
Everyone is invited to attend a brownbag lunch meeting, Friday, January 10 to learn more about a professional development opportunity with Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC). Bring your own food, drink and device (BYOFDD) and a friend to learn more about the AP group inviting faculty and staff to enroll in a Harvard University EdX MOOC on Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s “Immunity to Change” that will start on Monday, January 20.
The course will be taught by Kegan and Lahey.
Do you have a personal improvement goal that has proven resistant to your sincerest intentions, smartest plans, and best efforts? Did you make a New Year’s resolution for 2014? This course invites you to take part in a world-wide experiment to see if Kegan and Lahey’s ground-breaking, award-winning approach can be deployed on-line to help tens of thousands of people make lasting changes at work or in their private lives.
To RSVP for the brownbag lunch information meeting, Friday, January 10 at noon in Heath Science (HS) 101, e-mail Sara Hartley at shartley@nmc.edu.
Staff and faculty are encouraged to seek grants to support current programs or new innovations aligned with our strategic directions. (more…)
NMC’s Board of Trustees on Monday approved training agreements with six regional companies that will create 93 new jobs by 2018. (more…)
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the Chicago based blues group Mississippi Heat on Saturday, January 11, 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.
Mississippi Heat has recorded ten albums and taken its brand of the blues from Chicago to the four corners of the world. They play heartfelt vintage Chicago Blues, led by world-class harmonicist Pierre Lacocque and lead singer Inetta Visor, a powerhouse vocalist in the Etta James tradition.
Mississippi Heat bandleader and blistering harmonica player Pierre Lacocque came to Chicago from Brussels, Belgium, where he was the only non-Jew ever to attend the Athenée Maimonides school—his Christian minister father felt that he should learn about the suffering of the Jews. As a teenager in Chicago, where his father was teaching theology, he heard a concert by harmonica player Big Walter Horton, and, he recalls, “I was absolutely stunned and in awe.” With that, his future as a blues musician was set.
Check out what was happening at NMC 25 and 50 years ago! (more…)
Here is an informal account of the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees meeting, Monday, December 16, 2013.
Here is an informal account of the Northwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees meeting for November 25, 2013.
Kudos to the following individuals! (more…)
Student Health Services will be closed December 21 through January 5, and reopen on Monday, January 6. (more…)
Words cannot express my gratitude for all of the support and kind words from the NMC Family during the illness and passing of my father, Ken Berry. Those of you who knew him from his 20 years of working here at NMC know we lost a gem! The plant is beautiful and sits in my house as a reminder of him and all of the kindness he shared with those around him. Remember his gentle smile and the twinkle in his eye, as I do. Thank you everyone.
As a collaborative series of programs in its second year, Embrace the Dream brings together many institutions throughout the Grand Traverse region to provide free or low-cost programming for the public to experience in early 2014. This year’s partners include Dennos Museum Center; Northwestern Michigan College Student Life; History Center Traverse City; Building Bridges With Music; Great Lakes Children’s Museum; State Theater; Traverse Area District Library; Traverse City Human Rights Commission; and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. As its mission, Embrace the Dream is a collaboration founded upon the values of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., engaging the whole of our community through programming that inspires social justice and equality for all people. (more…)
Are you a new member of the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for 2014? Don’t forget that HR needs written documentation of your Health Savings Account (HSA) account number and routing number by Friday, 12/27/13, in order to be ready for the 1/10/14 deposit from NMC. You can scan this information and send it to HR electronically, mail it, or drop it off at HR’s office at the UC. If you will not have your account set up in time or if you cannot set it up because your Flexible Spending Account still has money in it on 12/31/13, please contact HR by emailing Kelly Westphal or Carol Kasper so we can put your deposit on hold.
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College has been gifted a selection of seven original screen prints by the noted American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987). The prints date from 1970-1986. (more…)
Happy Holidays from the Dennos Museum Store! Appreciation days have begun at the Museum Store. NMC staff, faculty and students will receive 20% off all items except consignment (this is always ONLY 10%) through the end of December. Please tell the Museum Store clerk that you are staff or student before they ring the sale.
Museum Store hours are Monday-Saturday 10-5, open till 8 Thursday, and Sunday 1-5.