Kudos to Jim Bensley: Thank you for your presentation to the Board of Trustees for the faculty report! Your Experiential Humanities Portfolio was a great example of faculty innovation! You and your students are creative, brave and exemplify the spirit of academic excellence we continue to see during the pandemic.
Kudos to Lindsey Lipke, Cathy Brown, Kim Gourlay, and Mark West: The Board of Trustees approved a banking contract with Huntington Bank in March 2021. Lindsey Lipke and Kim Gourlay of the Business Office have since worked tirelessly to transition the College’s deposits, investments, and credit card processing functions to Huntington’s new platform, as well as help integrate banking functionality with Banner. Along with Lindsey and Kim, Cathy Brown and Mark West have spent significant time training with the new online banking system. The combined efforts have helped provide a seamless transition that is expected to save the College $25,000 over a 3-year period.
Kudos to Jackie Schenk: Jackie works in the Extended Educational Services office and has spent the last year going out of her way to engage with our lifelong learning students and instructors. The pandemic caused many of our students, especially those who live alone, to be quite lonely. When the pandemic first started, she made countless phone calls checking on many of our students, advisory board members, and instructors. She continues to engage with the community in this way; she knows our students, she knows their stories – some of them for over 20 years. Many of our EES students call specifically asking for her, as she represents their personal connection to the college, and that means a lot to this community. Thank you, Jackie!
Kudos to Katy Knight: Yesterday Katy helped a new student and this was the message that he sent:
Katy,
Thanks so much for your help today with placement testing, computer use, and getting in touch with my advisor. This was my first experience with NMC and you made it an extraordinarily positive one. I really appreciate your thorough and courteous support and look forward to seeing you on campus this semester.
He also wanted this shout-out to go up the chain of command to the head of her department! We want all of NMC to know how appreciative we are of Katy for all that she does at our proctoring desk!
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!