Klohie Roche; Klohie initiated, arranged, and managed the Fall semester Wing Ceremony for the Aviation Division. This ceremony is to celebrate the achievement of the pilots who complete the program. Klohie took on a huge responsibility including scheduling the ceremony, managing all of the attendees and their guests, ordering the food and decorations, and managing a small group of volunteers to make it all happen. She did all of this on her own time outside her normal duties as a Flight Instructor for the program. Today I saw all of the hard work come together as the final setup was completed for the ceremony.

Kaitlyn DeBoer; Kaitlyn was wandering by when a huge order came in for the NMC Food Pantry. She stepped up and helped for an hour to haul, unpack, and shelve various foods and hygiene products for our students. Thank you, Kaitlyn, for your impromptu help!

Records and Registration; Kudos to the Records and Registration department for their work to prepare the Spring and Summer schedules and configure Banner for registration next week. We are ready to go!

Student Government Association; Kudos to the SGA for their work. They are an open and welcoming group that provides opportunities for all students to get involved. We appreciate them.

Frank Jabour; I would like to give kudos to Frank Jabour for bringing home the Aviation Division’s newest airplane. Frank sacrificed his weekend and time away from home to fly to Kansas to bring home our airplane. He and the Assistant Chief Flight Instructor navigated challenging weather and demonstrated safe and effective risk management strategies to help the program grow. Thank you Frank!

Bilal Sheikh; I would like to give kudos to Bilal Sheikh for bringing home the Aviation Division’s newest airplane. Bilal sacrificed his weekend and time away from home to fly to Kansas to bring home our airplane. He and the Chief Flight Instructor navigated challenging weather and demonstrated safe and effective risk management strategies to help the program grow. Thank you Bilal!

Marcus Bennett and Ali Thornton; Thank you to Marcus Bennett and Ali Thornton for facilitating the Book Read: Understanding Jim Crow. The questions and discussions among the group were thoughtful and insightful. I hope NMC provides more opportunities for book discussions like this!


Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!