Kudos!
Kudos to the following people and departments! (more…)
Welcome to NMC Joy!
Joy Evans joined NMC as the Executive Director of ORPE on May 11, 2015. Darby Hiller-Freund previously held this position. She can be reached at (231) 995-1084 or jevans@nmc.edu. (more…)
May NMC Scan available
The May NMC Scan is now available on the ORPE employee pages (https://employees.nmc.edu/gov/processes/planning/nmc-scan/index.html). Please take time to review this document which provides important context for what is happening in the environment around us. This issue focuses on demographics including population trends, educational attainment, median income, unemployment, the fastest growing and largest industries and occupations and more.
As always, ORPE is interested in your feedback regarding the Scan. Please contact Karen Ruedinger at kruedinger@nmc.edu with questions or comments. (more…)
Summer exhibitions open at Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College presents two summer exhibitions sure to spark the interest of summer tourists and the local community. Sideways: Exploring Skateboard Art + Culture and Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan – Photographs by Kevin J. Miyazaki will be on exhibition May 31 – September 6, 2015. More details on events and programming are available online at dennosmuseum.org. (more…)
NMC employees can golf at a special price
You are cordially invited to play in the 2015 NMC Scholarship Open on Thursday, August 6, at Grand Traverse Resort. This day of fun and friendly competition provides vital support for Honors, Presidential, Founders, and Academic Area Scholarships at NMC.
Golfer fees are $200 per golfer for the public, but NMC employees and retirees will receive a special price of $175! (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Congrats to the winners of the April Lunch Challenge
Congratulations to our April Lunch Challenge winners: Lisa Rollin & Maureen Carlson! (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Benefits corner: Setting up a Blue Cross Blue Shield account
Did you know the best way to access information about your Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan account is by setting up your own account? (more…)
Kudos!
Kudos to the following people and departments! (more…)
Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Nursing Instructor – Mental Health
Maritime Engineering Instructor – Department Head
President’s Office Assistant
Supplemental Nurse for Student Health Services
Supplemental Digital Content Specialist (more…)
Employee anniversary
The following employee is celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating her! (more…)
Congratulations to students who made the spring Dean’s List
Published at the end of each term, the Dean’s List recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of full-time and part-time students. These students have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above out of a possible 4.0 while taking twelve or more credits (full-time) or between six and eleven credits (part-time). Follow the links below to view the Dean’s Lists for Spring 2015.
Spring 2015
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discriminationSuccess Story: Alumna, Parent, Volunteer Says All Facets Of NMC Shine
May 6, 2015
First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes a baby carriage, satisfying careers, buffalo burgers, saving money through dual enrollment, and supervising the beanbag toss.
That’s Barb Mort’s story, anyway. The alumna and Traverse City resident has a bird’s eye view of NMC, having seen the college as a student, parent, volunteer and colleague. Whatever lens she’s looking through, Mort says the view is always the same: Impressive.
“I’m just so proud that such a small community has a world-class college in it,” said Mort, whose story began with a fairy-tale start when she moved into the NMC apartments in 1979. Across the hall lived another student named Greg, from Charlevoix.
“It was truly love at first sight,” she said. “The very first time I met him, I knew I was going to marry him.”
They tied the knot in 1982, and then bride and groom enrolled in what was called Ferris State University’s “off campus program,” a predecessor to the University Center located in the old Maritime building (now site of the Great Lakes campus.)
“Neither one of us would have the careers we have without NMC and the off-campus program,” said Mort, who is now donor relations specialist at the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. Husband Greg is the business manager of a tool and die company. “It literally saved us tens of thousands of dollars in tuition.”
Fast-forward a few decades. The couple’s youngest son, Jackson, a senior at Traverse City West, is now dual-enrolled at NMC. He’s even had one of the same professors his parents did: Math instructor Ernie East.
“It’s been the best thing for him,” said Mort. “He loves the independence, how the professors teach. The one-on-one help he’s been getting is amazing.”
Mort also sees evidence of NMC’s value when she goes to work. The Conservancy hired an intern through NMC’s business department. He went on to earn a staff position, due to his strong performance which NMC supported, she said.
Mort’s latest role at NMC came about thanks to another quirk of proximity. The Conservancy’s office adjoins Oleson’s, the grocery store chain whose founders started the NMC Barbecue in 1956. The third generation of the family now continues that tradition, led by Brad Oleson, who recruited Mort for the Barbecue Board.
“I saw serving on the BBQ board as an avenue to give back to the college that has made such a difference to my family and community. I am also inspired by the Oleson family, who quietly contribute to so many worthwhile organizations in our region,” Mort said.
Set for May 17 this year, Barbecue Day is the culmination of nine months of work by the Board, and Mort will be busy co-supervising kids’ games. She’ll make sure to find time to squeeze in her own buffalo burger, though.
“I’m a really picky eater but I love the buffalo burgers,” she said.
Graphic designer Aaron Draplin returns to Traverse City
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College presents Tall Tales from a Large Man on June 19, 2015 at 7pm, in conjunction with the exhibition, Sideways: Exploring Skateboard Art + Culture, May 31 – September 6, 2015. The event kicks off a weekend of art, skateboarding, and music that will take place at the Museum and Civic Center Skate Park on June 20-21. More details will be available online at dennosmuseum.org.
NMC Alumnus and graphic designer Aaron James Draplin returns to Traverse City on Friday, June 19, 2015 at 7pm for a presentation on his life and work. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for Dennos members, available online at http://www.dennosmuseum.org/milliken/box-office/index.html or by calling 231.995.1573. (more…)
Abandoned bike pick up slated for May 15
Summer is here and the NMC Security Department is asking for your help. Security will be tagging bicycles on campus which appear to be abandoned. Bikes slated for pick-up will have a tag attached to the bike’s chain sprocket. If your bicycle is tagged, simply remove the tag to let Security know that the bike is still in use and not abandoned. Bikes with tags left on them will be picked up after noon on Friday, May 15, 2015.
If you have any questions please contact NMC Security @ 231-995-1111. (more…)
TEDxTraverseCity simulcast location on main campus
The fifth annual TEDxTraverseCity event will take place at the Milliken Auditorium on Wednesday, May 13. This full day event (9am-4:30pm) will be simulcast to the State Theater again this year as well as live streamed to the Web. If you have not secured a ticket for the Milliken or State Theater venues, you can watch the event from the comfort of your office. Alternatively, please join your faculty and staff colleagues in watching the event in the Beckett Building, room 136. (more…)
Three named 2015 Outstanding Alumni
TRAVERSE CITY — Three alumni have been named the 2015 recipients of NMC’s Outstanding Alumni award.
Created in 1988, the award recognizes alumni for professional achievement and community and professional leadership. The 2015 recipients, announced at Saturday’s commencement, are:
Sally Rogers, class of 1981 – Rogers took her first art class on campus at the age of 15, and knew immediately that visual arts were her passion. She graduated in 1981 with her associate’s degree and went on to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art. Her career took her to North Carolina, where she built a studio and still lives and works today, focusing on large scale sculptures of steel, glass, stone and wood. In 2004 her sculpture, “Nexus” was installed on the east side of the Health and Science building. Rogers is also the daughter of the late Joe Rogers, a longtime math and science instructor and the namesake of NMC’s Joseph H. Rogers Observatory.
Gary Seabrook, class of 1972 – After NMC Seabrook attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University medical school. He is now chief of the department of vascular surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Education was a value deeply instilled in Seabrook by his mother, Joanne, and in her memory he has created a significant endowed scholarship for business students.
Al Zelinski, class of 1983 – Zelinski is a member of the commercial lending team at Honor Bank. He has served on the NMC Foundation Board’s Scholarship Open committee since 2005. He chaired the event, the college’s largest single-day fund raiser, for two years, more than doubling its net profit. He joined the Foundation Board in 2014 and has expanded his fund raising activities still further.
Read about past Outstanding Alumni here. Alumni interested in reconnecting should plan to stop by the Alumni Tent at the NMC Barbecue on May 17. Located under the pines in front of Osterlin Library, the tent will include a drawing for a new bike, the traditional quilt raffle as well as other prizes, NMC swag, appearances by nursing alumni seeking to support current nursing students, and by Paul Welch, whose department’s role in shaping the region’s thriving art community is chronicles in the new retrospective book, A Colorful Cast.
Release date: May 4, 2015
For more information:
Betsy Coffia
Director of Alumni Relations
bcoffia@nmc.edu
(231) 995-2825