The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.
NMC’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is hosting a “Great Lakes, Bad Lines” short documentary film. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 1, at the Milliken Auditorium in the Dennos Museum. The event is free and open to the public. Prior to the documentary, Song of the Lakes will be performing. Following the film, a discussion panel will take place featuring representatives from FLOW, GT Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Groundwork For Resilient Communities, NMC Water Studies Students, NMEAC, and Sierra Club’s Clearwater Conservation Committee. Bread with Fustini’s oils and water infused with fruit will be served.
The Traverse City Elks Lodge 323 in a joint effort with the Oleson Foundation will be giving out a holiday food basket to all of the Northwestern Michigan College Veteran Students on Wednesday, December 7 between the hours of 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in the atrium of NMC’s Health & Science Building. This is our way of saying thank you for your service and we appreciate you!
A federal judge has placed a preliminary injunction on the proposed salary threshold changes under the FLSA guidelines effective immediately.
A great deal of good work went into preparing for these changes. Efforts to better understand the way in which time is spent by employees, and to understand the possible impacts of a hard 40 hour week have helped parts of the College streamline processes and plan activities so that work loads can be more level over time. We believe these efforts were well worthwhile and want to give major kudos for the good results achieved.
This focus on economizing the energies and time of our workforce should remain a part of our regular practices, even without these proposed changes as a catalyst to action.
If your FLSA status was changed (effective 11/20) from exempt to non-exempt (hourly), the following applies to you:
We very much appreciate all the time and effort you have put into these changes. Please be assured that we will continue to monitor the progress of these court cases and will keep you updated as developments occur at the federal level.
Please contact Mark Liebling, or Hollie DeWalt with any questions you might have.
Please be sure to read over the communication you receive in the mail from the Office of Retirement Services regarding your MPSERS account. They have a SMALL STEPS campaign going on right now where you will automatically contribute an additional 1% each year until you reach a maximum of 10% in your defined contribution accounts starting January 2017. If you are not interested in participating, you will have to actively contact them to opt out. The correspondence you receive will have your username and authentication code, along with the web address.
Customer Service for MPSERS is 1-800-381-5111.