Kudos

Oct 4, 2017 | Intercom

KUDOS- (praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved) defined by Merriam-Webster.com

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Kudos to Sarah Wangler, Tina Ulrich, and Michele Howard– they all presented at the 2017 Michigan Open Educational Resources Summit on Friday, September 22, 2017. The summit was hosted by Kellogg Community College and Michigan Colleges Online. Sarah’s presentation, “OER as a Pedagogical Tactic in Composition Class,” generated many interesting and beneficial questions from Communications faculty and librarians from around the state. Tina and Michele’s co-presentation, “The Quest! Finding OER, Gov Docs, and Web Resources to Create the Textbooks of Your Dreams,” was offered to an enthusiastic standing-room-only audience. All presenters (and attendees) did NMC proud!

Kudos to Kerry Fulcher- she went above and beyond the last couple very busy weeks at the GLCI. Lobdell’s opened its doors for the fall semester, we hosted the first ever Culinary Medical Conference throughout the September 22-24th weekend and then we hosted the 13th annual Lobdell’s Scholarship Dinner. Kerry put in many, many extra hours to ensure everything ran smoothly for all of these events and when given a task, did it all with a smile on her face.

Kudos to the entire HR Department-  We had a special event that we needed to get a large group of students hired for and also had students and supplemental employees who had job changes that needed to be inputted. The whole department stepped up to move the process along at a much faster pace than usual to ensure we had adequate staffing for the event. Thank you, Thank you for all you do.

Donations sought to new NMC Food Pantry

Oct 4, 2017 | Intercom

Good morning Faculty and Staff,

I am pleased to announce that the new NMC Food Pantry is coming soon! This will be a service for NMC students to supplement their food needs and the needs of their families. It has been a hugely collaborative effort on the part of NMC administration, faculty and staff.

Once we open, students will be able to fill out an online form to request food that will be available for them to discreetly pick up in the library, generally within 24 hours. Watch for information later this month on how to help students access this form.

In an NMC classroom of 40 students, research shows, on average 5 of those students may be food insecure (not having reliable access to sufficient food). Therefore, we are introducing the Minus 5 Project moniker to be used anytime we collect food to stock our food pantry.

In preparation for the food pantry opening this semester, we would appreciate your help in bringing non-perishable food items to Professional Development Day as a generous “entry fee”! Here are some examples of what you could bring:

  • Cereal
  • Canned fruit
  • Mac ‘n’ Cheese
  • Canned tuna or chicken
  • Pasta
  • Pasta sauce
  • Peanut butter
  • Rice/rice packets
  • Soups
  • Canned vegetables

You can drop off your food item(s) at either the Milliken or the Library on October 10th. Thank you for your help and service to our students!

Lisa Thomas
Dean of Students