Position vacancies
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at https://jobs.nmc.edu. Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary. Please join us in congratulating them!
Ed Bailey Director of Technical Academic Area 11 years
Kelly King Operations Manager – Aviation 6 years
Vicki Rumbach Assistant – Training and Research 11 years
Matt Schwarz Great Lakes Maritime Academy Instructor 7 years
Mitchell VanderKam Coordinator for Data Reporting and Analysis 1 year
Congratulations 2013 Graduates!
Order your cap/gown/tassel package now through March 15th at the NMC Bookstore.
Package price:$32.75 plus tax. Items also sold separately.
Questions? Call the bookstore at 995-1286.While you are there, check out our selection of diploma frames, alumni apparel and nursing pins.
Adapted in TC: Author, retiree inspiring
NMC instructor Susan Odgers’ latest Adapted in TC column for the Record-Eagle is about a recent encounter with a group of inspirational people.
Nominate a great instructor for the Faculty Excellence Awards
- Has one of your instructors made a real difference in YOUR educational journey?
- Have you told an instructor how much you appreciated all you learned in class?
- Have you let your instructors know how much you value the help you received during office hours?
- How about the class you HAD to take and assumed you wouldn’t like BUT ended up enjoying it because of an excellent instructor?
You have the opportunity to do all of these things and more. Submit an online nomination for an instructor for the Faculty Excellence Awards.
Your nomination, along with nominations from other students, will be reviewed by a Student Selection Committee to determine the Faculty Excellence Awards recipients. The award recipients will be announced at the May 4th Commencement Ceremony.
If the instructor(s) you nominated is not one of the award recipients, the instructor(s) will still be notified that they were nominated, along with anonymous comments from student nominations. You may nominate more than one instructor, but you cannot nominate an instructor more than once!
So give it some thought and submit your nomination(s)! Nominations will be accepted until March 11th, 2013 at this link: Click here to take a survey.
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://nmcir.qualtrics.com/
Passport Student Lecture Series – Mali- Feb. 21
The Passport Student Lecture Series is a chance to explore other cultures through the experiences of NMC students.
Bring your lunch and hear international student Fatoumata Hanne speak about her native Mali.
Mali
Thursday, February 21, 12:15 pm
Founders Hall, room 110
Nursing information session – Feb 27
Nursing Information Session
Wednesday, February 27
4 – 6 p.m.
Oleson Center, NMC’s Main Campus
Please join us for a Nursing Information Session on February 27, 2013 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Oleson Center. This session will better acquaint you with our Nursing program, review admissions criteria and discuss program policies and procedures. If you are interested in attending the Nursing Information Session please complete the registration form available on the Advising Center webpage (www.nmc.edu/advising).
NMC concert band presents Portraits, March 1
Portraits, a rich and colorful mixture of painting, poetry, music, and literature will unfold in Milliken Auditorium on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College on March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, The Potato Eaters, La Bercueuse, The Zuave, and Self Portrait of the Artist were the inspiration for a dramatic work composed by Aldo Rafael Forte in 1996 for the Heritage Air Force Band of America. The work is entitled Portraits. The four paintings will be projected during the NMC Concert Band’s performance of the suite.
A virtual tour of the great French museum, the Louvre, will be accompanied by a descriptive piece by Norman Dello Joio entitled, “Scenes from the Louvre.” Originally the Dello Joio piece was the sound track for a 1950’s prize winning television special. It depicts several characteristic galleries as experienced by the viewer.
Dylan Thomas’ well known poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” inspired composer Elliot Del Borgo to compose a musical companion piece bearing the same title. It reflects the struggles, doubts, and eventually the peace experienced by the subject in the poem.
“Elegy for A Young American” was composed by Ronald Lo Presti shortly after the death of President John F. Kennedy. Following the traditional three part poetic form of the elegy. It guides the listener through a lament for the departed, praise and adoration for the idealized life and deeds, and consolation and solace. Texts from John Kennedy’s speeches and writtne work will accmpany the presentation.
An architectural drawing by Viktor Hartmann provided Modest Mussorgsky a somewhat tangible musical model for “The Great Gate of Kiev,” the finale of the NMC concert. Mussorgsky’s larger work, from which the “Great Gate” is taken, was later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and given its American debut by the Boston Symphony in 1919. It is the Ravel version which has made the piece a classic.
Mr. David Parrish, well known musician and Humanities Teacher in the Traverse City Area Public Schools, will assist the NMC Concert Band in this multi media presentation. Mr. Parrish’s multi media presentations at NMC’s Life Academy programs are very popular.
Tickets are available at (231) 995-1553 or at the door.
$10.00 adults, $5.00 seniors and children, NMC students free with ID
NMC bachelor’s degree authorization focus of The Ticker feature
“The Ticker” featured an article, Tuesday, on NMC’s recent work to get the process of offering a bachelor’s degree in maritime technology started. In December, state lawmakers passed a bill that authorizes Michigan’s 28 community college to offer four-year degrees in these select areas: maritime technology, energy production, culinary and cement technology.
The Ticker offers a free daily e-newsletter featuring area news and events.
Dennos Museum Center featured in Grand Traverse Insider
The Dennos Museum Center was the focus of a recent feature in the Grand Traverse Insider about a recent visit to the museum by 51 Chinese high school students, teachers and their TCAPS chaperones.
Need Snow Day proof assignments?
Beat the snow day schedule disruption by following our tips on how to get assignment submissions from students anytime, anywhere. Not sure what assignment type to use? We have the scoop in the Moodle Fashion line of assignment types. Need a break from endless snow days? Test your thinking abilities with one “simple” multiple choice question or join us in a classroom exercise. We have the scoop.
Assignments: Anytime, Anywhere
Did a snow day fall on a day assignments were due for students? Get the scoop>>
Available in Small, Medium, & Large: Assignments
Assignments in the Moodle Fashion Line are available in numerous sizes, colors, and textures. Get the scoop>>
How difficult can a multiple choice question be?
If you worry the endless snow has slowed your thinking, test your abilities with the following question. Get the scoop>>
Team Building 1: Comfort, Growth, & Panic Exercise
This is part one of a series of exercises you can use to build genuine community in your classroom. Get the scoop>>
Next week: look for NMC assignments in the spotlight.
The E-team
Educational Media Technologies
231.995.1070
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the library. Go on a blind date, with a book
Students,
There is a book. It’s wrapped in brown paper and it’s waiting for you. It just might be the book of your dreams. Find out today!Stop by the library to pick out your potential biblio-soul mate. You won’t know your date’s ‘identity’ until you check it out. None of our books enjoy long walks on the beach, but we do provide tantalizing hints to help you pick your perfect match.
Waiting at the front of the library circulation desk from now until February 17th!
President’s Update: February 8, 2013
Thank you all for everything you do in pursuit of “Keeping Learning at the Center.”
Activities of Note: Faculty and Staff
This section recognizes the good work being done and linkages to the Strategic Agenda, Strategic Directions and Goals are provided where possible. (more…)
Kudos
Kudos to Steve Kellman for doing such a good job with making changes to the NMC web site. He has shown over and over that he can solve problems and do it quickly. He comes up with ideas on how to make changes even when the task is hard to explain. I can always count on him to be quick and efficient.
Position vacancies
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at https://jobs.nmc.edu. Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary. Please join us in congratulating them.
| Shayrrl McCready | Assistant – Parsons-Stulen Welcome Desk | 16 years |
| Cheri Paul | Office Manager – Human Resources | 9 years |
Welcome Michelle Autry to NMC
Michelle Autry has joined NMC in the position of Media Technology Specialist on January 28, 2013. She can be reached at (231) 995-1075 or mautry@nmc.edu
Michelle has lived in Traverse City most of her life. She is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Ferris State through the University Center. She has two older children Shawn and Nicholas. Michelle loves volunteering and spending time with her grandson Liam. Her previous positions here at NMC have been as a student employee at the Technology Help Desk, she changed departments in August 2012 to Educational Media Technologies as a supplemental employee before taking the Media Technology Specialist position.
The SOLUTIONS Scoop – Let’s talk assignments
In this week’s scoop we have gathered up different perspectives on assignments.
The Tightrope and the Slackline: Making Effective Assignments
“What do I need to do to get an A?” is a common student question. Get the scoop>>
What Students Want…. A Students’ Perspective
One of the things I appreciate the most in an instructor is when they are passionate about helping me learn. Get the scoop >>
Simulation and The Art and Practice of Medical Moulage meet NMC’s “Room of Horrors”
Kathy Fischer, NMC Nursing Faculty and Simulation Coordinator, sat down to share her simulation secrets. Get the scoop>>
How do you move your students toward success?
We want YOUR assignments! Help us create a list of “go-to” assignments to share!
Share your assignment
An evening with Chick Moorman
Leelanau Montessori Public School Academy and Suttons Bay Public Schools are sponsoring An Evening With Chick Moorman, Thursday, February 21 in the Suttons Bay High School auditorium from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Cost is $5 per person, open to the public and advance purchase of tickets is recommended. Tickets may be purchased at the Leelanau Montessori main office or at www.leelanaumontessori.org.
Chick Moorman is a nationally recognized author who provides practical, entertaining, and thought-provoking workshops and coaching for parents and educators.
- When Chick Moorman speaks, people do more than listen. They put his ideas to use in their lives.
- Chick has over 40 years experience as an educator and parent. The ideas he presents are functional, and can be put to use immediately. His ideas produce results.
- Chick’s work adds great dimension to the language of parenting, especially for those parents who want to build self-esteem.
- Chick gives useful advice on how to communicate with your children that helps them claim responsibility for how they behave.
7 and 4 report on NMC Aviation’s unmanned aerial vehicles
Students for the Environment next meet Feb. 22
Students interested in everything from environmental nature art to law are invited to attend bimonthly meetings of Students for the Environment.
Meetings will be held every other Friday starting Feb. 8 @ 12:30 p.m. in the West Hall conference room. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact Adam Morrissey, morrisad@mail.gvsu.edu.
Vagina Monologues auditions Feb. 6, 13
TRAVERSE CITY — Auditions for the 2013 production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will be held from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 6 and 13 in the West Hall conference room on NMC’s main campus.
A script will be provided. Rehearsals for selected cast will be held Feb. 20 and 27 and March 6 and 13. The performance is set for 7 p.m. March 14 in Milliken Auditorium. The production is sponsored by NMC’s Office of Student Life.
For more information:
Emily Magner
NMC Office of Student Life
(231) 995-1118
emagner@nmc.edu
Red flag party — Monday, February 11
Monday, February 11th NMC Student Life and Residence Life will be hosting the Red Flag Party at 9:00pm in the basement of East Hall.
All NMC students are welcomed to attend and there will be food and drinks provided as well as up to $500 in door prizes distributed throughout the evening.
West Hall Winter Fest, Feb. 12
Tuesday, February 12
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Join in the fun at West Hall!
The entire building will be one big party to celebrate and show off all of the changes that have been made!
Raffles! Prizes! Food! Music!
Stop in and visit to learn more about Outreach Services, Student Life, Student Government and more!
PTK Hot Spot parking raffle winner
Congratulations to Constanza Hazelwood, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Education and Outreach Coordinator. She had the winning ticket in the Phi Theta Kappa Hot Spot parking spot raffle.
The proceeds from the raffle will help fund the group’s trip to the Phi Theta Kappa Annual Convention in San Jose, California in early April.
Congratulations Constanza!