Student jobs
Student jobs can be found on the Student MyNMC page under “Jobs On Campus.”
Summer Conference Crew
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Security
Grounds
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NMC ends consideration of an EDUStaff partnership
Dear NMC Community,
This is an update to let you know that we will no longer be investigating a partnership with EDUStaff.
Last week on May 20, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bill 4052 which if fully adopted could significantly change the relationship NMC would have with adjunct faculty or supplemental staff employed through EDUStaff. I am not interested in pursuing an approach where NMC could not set wages, conditions of employment, evaluation, and provide professional development resources as it currently does. It appears this legislation could prohibit this. (more…)
Global Literature Reading Group Books
The Global Literature Reading Group committee has chosen books for the 2015-16 school year:
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner on November 20, 2015- House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East, by Anthony Shadid on April 15, 2016.
Copies of Telex from Cuba are on order now and available for the subsidized price of $5.00. If you would like one to read over the summer, contact Tina Ulrich in the library (995-1063 or tulrich@nmc.edu.)
Read more about the Global Lit Reading Group here »
Happy summer reading from the Global Lit Group!
Benefits corner: Supplemental retirement plans
If you are interested in establishing a supplemental retirement plan and having payroll deductions routed directly to the plan, please contact one of the four companies to get started.
Consolidated Financial Corporation
(403b and 457 Plans)
28411 Northwestern Highway, Ste. 950
Southfield, MI 48034
1.800.232.2383
Contact: Jerome Garrett or Dave Sawchuk
garretj@consolidated-financial.com
sawchud@consolidated-financial.com
Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund
TIAA-CREF (403b Plans)
2000 Town Center, Suite 2000
Southfield, MI 48075-1120
248.351.1411
1.800.842.2044 ext.251411
Contact: Edward Bolt
ebolt@tiaa-cref.org
VALIC (403b Plans)
2701 Cambridge Court, Suite 115
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
800.892.5558 ext. 87648
248.754.1105
Contact: Ken Smagacz
Thrivent Investment Management Inc. (403b Plan)
625 Fourth Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665
1.800.847.4836
Contact: Mark W. Jackson
Office: 989.356.1330
Toll-Free: 1.866.582.7684
Cell: 989.657.6466
Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Nursing Instructor – Mental Health
Nursing Instructor – Medical Surgical
Maritime Engineering Instructor – Department Head
Lead Accounting Assistant
Supplemental Nurse for Student Health Services
Supplemental Digital Content Specialist
Employee anniversary
The following employee is celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating him!
21st Annual Smart Commute Week – June 1-5
They say there is no such thing as a free lunch… but you can get a free breakfast.
How? Join us for the 21st Annual Smart Commute Week June 1st-June 5th.
What is Smart Commute Week? It’s an annual celebration held during the first week of June consisting of events promoting cycling, walking, taking the bus and carpooling. Free daily breakfasts are hosted at various locations around town for smart commuters. Every year community members challenge each other to a friendly competition known as the Smart Commute Challenge. Register your team and rack up points to win prizes with every smart commute trip you make.
If you want to join the NMC Smart Commute Team, please contact Marcia Talicska at mtalicska@nmc.edu. I will register our team and we will compete for prizes and giveaways throughout the week.
Below is the free breakfast schedule. Drop by on your way to work and let them know you are part of the NMC Team.
Breakfasts are scheduled from 7-9 a.m. and free to Smart Commuters:
Monday June 1st
- Cavallino Café, 131 Lake Avenue, TC
Tuesday June 2nd
- Munson Medical Center, 1105 6th Street, TC
- Munson Community Health Center, 550 Munson Ave, TC
- Harvest, 113 East State Street, TC
Wednesday June 3rd
- BATA Transfer Station, 115 Hall Street, TC
- The Kitchen, 1249 Woodmere Ave #B, TC
Thursday June 4th
- Disability Network, 415 E Eighth Street, TC
- Dennos Museum, 1410 College Drive, TC
Friday June 5th
- Oryana, 260 E Tenth Street, TC – Final awards ceremony
NMC Technology Help Desk- Tech tips: Forwarding Email
Tech Tips: Forwarding emails
A Quick Guide on how to forward NMC emails
If you have too many email accounts and are always forgetting to login and check emails, don’t worry. Here is a quick tech tip on how to forward your NMC email to your chosen email.
Let’s start off with the page you see below. Click on the gear icon on the top right hand corner of your NMC email where the red arrow indicates on the image below.
Once you have clicked on the gear, a drop down box will appear. Then click on “Settings” which the red arrow below is pointing towards. (more…)
2015 Sack Lunch and Learn Session series- May
When: May 29, 2015 from 12pm-1pm
Where: Elm Parking Lot on Main Campus
WHAT: Basic Bike Maintenance
WHO: NMC Employees
RSVP: mtalicska@nmc.edu by 5/27/15 (more…)
New books at the Osterlin Library- May’s highlights
The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here or click here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the lobby of the library’s lobby. (more…)
Success story: Breaking New Terroir
Collaborative Viticulture Students Reach Beyond the 45th Parallel
May 20, 2015
Kurtis Berry
Like a grapevine twining up a trellis, NMC’s collaborative viticulture program is growing tendrils of its own and is poised for a growth spurt this summer.
Two students in the five-year-old program are breaking new terroir with their summer internships. Kurtis Berry is the first to intern overseas, at Vignamato winery and vineyard in Marche, Italy, while Ethan Baker (below) is the first to head to the Pacific Northwest. He’ll spend his summer at Winemakers, LLC, a vineyard management company in Washington’s Yakima Valley.
Worldwide, the wine industry traces its history back hundreds of years, so those are impressive placements for students from a program that just began in 2010. Viticulture is the newest plant science certificate option offered by Michigan State University at NMC’s University Center. About 28 students are now enrolled, simultaneously pursing an associate’s degree from NMC and an MSU viticulture certificate.
Berry and Baker will complete their internships while on hiatus from their jobs in the regional wine industry, at Brys Estate and 45 North, respectively. The latter is named for the 45th parallel of latitude, which makes both northwest Michigan and Washington suited to grow wine grapes.
“I chose Washington because, parallel-wise, it’s very similar to Michigan,” Baker said. Yet the industry there operates on a completely different scale. Winemakers LLC manages about 1,200 acres of vineyards — equivalent to almost half the wine grape acreage in the entire state of Michigan.
Ethan Baker
“It’s not an experience I could get in this area,” Baker, 22, said.
That’s exactly the point, said viticulture program coordinator Brian Matchett.
“Our industry, the grape and wine industry in Michigan, is going to be stronger if you have experiences in another part of the country, or another part of the world,” Matchett said.
Berry, 25, is equally enthusiastic, even though he doesn’t speak much Italian.
“I’m thrilled. I think it’s going to open my eyes about old world viticulture,” he said. “It’s going to open my eyes to the industry as a whole.”
Both students will return to Traverse City in August. Baker plans to graduate from the viticulture program this December and Berry in May 2016.
Learn more about the NMC-MSU viticulture and other plant science programs »
Kudos!
Kudos to the following people and departments! (more…)
Welcome to NMC Joy!
Joy Evans joined NMC as the Executive Director of ORPE on May 11, 2015. Darby Hiller-Freund previously held this position. She can be reached at (231) 995-1084 or jevans@nmc.edu. (more…)
May NMC Scan available
The May NMC Scan is now available on the ORPE employee pages (https://employees.nmc.edu/gov/processes/planning/nmc-scan/index.html). Please take time to review this document which provides important context for what is happening in the environment around us. This issue focuses on demographics including population trends, educational attainment, median income, unemployment, the fastest growing and largest industries and occupations and more.
As always, ORPE is interested in your feedback regarding the Scan. Please contact Karen Ruedinger at kruedinger@nmc.edu with questions or comments. (more…)
Summer exhibitions open at Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College presents two summer exhibitions sure to spark the interest of summer tourists and the local community. Sideways: Exploring Skateboard Art + Culture and Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan – Photographs by Kevin J. Miyazaki will be on exhibition May 31 – September 6, 2015. More details on events and programming are available online at dennosmuseum.org. (more…)
NMC employees can golf at a special price
You are cordially invited to play in the 2015 NMC Scholarship Open on Thursday, August 6, at Grand Traverse Resort. This day of fun and friendly competition provides vital support for Honors, Presidential, Founders, and Academic Area Scholarships at NMC.
Golfer fees are $200 per golfer for the public, but NMC employees and retirees will receive a special price of $175! (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Congrats to the winners of the April Lunch Challenge
Congratulations to our April Lunch Challenge winners: Lisa Rollin & Maureen Carlson! (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Benefits corner: Setting up a Blue Cross Blue Shield account
Did you know the best way to access information about your Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan account is by setting up your own account? (more…)
Kudos!
Kudos to the following people and departments! (more…)
Student jobs
Student jobs can be found on the Student MyNMC page under “Jobs On Campus.”
Summer Conference Crew
Switchboard
Security
Grounds
Business Office Assistant (more…)
Position vacancies
Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:
Nursing Instructor – Mental Health
Maritime Engineering Instructor – Department Head
President’s Office Assistant
Supplemental Nurse for Student Health Services
Supplemental Digital Content Specialist (more…)
Employee anniversary
The following employee is celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating her! (more…)
Congratulations to students who made the spring Dean’s List
Published at the end of each term, the Dean’s List recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of full-time and part-time students. These students have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above out of a possible 4.0 while taking twelve or more credits (full-time) or between six and eleven credits (part-time). Follow the links below to view the Dean’s Lists for Spring 2015.