Oct 8, 2019 | Student Events
Amanda Thomashow and Morgan McCaul are the founders of Survivor Strong, based out of Detroit, MI. Amanda and Morgan, both former gymnasts, are survivors of the Larry Nassar abuse and are passionate about ending gender-based violence. They are presenting to three social science classes at NMC on Tuesday, October 22nd from 1-3 p.m. in Scholars Hall 109.
Survivor Strong believes that no survivor of gender-based violence should ever stand alone, and that healing starts by being listened to and believed. LEARNing from Survivors, their latest program, tackles establishing healthy personal practices, identifying and addressing harmful behavior, and options for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence on campuses with an inclusive, trauma-sensitive approach.
“I look forward to sharing LEARNing from Survivors with students and community stakeholders, because it’s the kind of survivor-centric, restorative programming that I believe all students deserve. We’re redefining what advocacy looks like in the real world” says Survivor Strong’s executive director, Amanda Thomashow.
Thomashow will be joined by campus activist, Morgan McCaul, to facilitate the first session of LEARNing from Survivors at Northwestern Michigan College. Thomashow and McCaul are recipients of multiple national awards for their work on behalf of sexual assault survivors, including the Paul H. Chapman Award from the Foundation for the Improvement of Justice and the2018 Humanitarian Award from the Foundation for Global Sports Development, and have contributed to countless national media outlets, including The New York Times, ESPN, CNN and The Huffington Post.
Oct 8, 2019 | Student News
All players must be current NMC students. All teams must be co-ed.
Season Starts Monday, October 28 for six weeks.
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Oct 8, 2019 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) Faculty Association affiliates of the Michigan Education Association (MEA) voted today 56–1 to approve a new collective bargaining agreement. The ratification vote followed a 10-hour negotiation with a state mediator last week in which a tentative agreement was reached on all outstanding issues including salary and organizational flexibility.
The NMC Board of Trustees will now review and vote on the proposed contract at an October 14 meeting.
“We are pleased to have made additional progress toward an agreement, that achieves our goal of securing a contract that supports our faculty and is responsible to our students, and taxpayers,” said NMC Associate Vice President of Human Resources Mark Liebling.
Social Sciences Instructor and NMC Faculty Association President Brandon Everest said, “the faculty look forward to being able to put their full focus on teaching and learning and on other exciting things to come for NMC.”
Bargaining teams reconvened on October 2 for negotiations after the release of a non-binding Fact Finder’s Report from the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) on remaining issues in late August. The contracts expired December 31, 2018.
Release Date: October 8, 2019
For more information:
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
Non-discrimination Policy Notice
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discrimination
Oct 7, 2019 | Intercom, Media Mentions
The following college events and stories have appeared in the media in the past weeks. We want to share your media involvement too. Please send information about your NMC-related interview or appearance to publicrelations@nmc.edu. If possible, please include a link to the piece and information about where and when it was used.
Please note access to some stories may be limited by paywalls set up by the media outlet. This includes the Traverse City Record-Eagle, which limits free clicks to five per month. You may also read Record-Eagle articles in the print edition at the Osterlin Library.
NMC faculty, administration reach tentative agreement
Record-Eagle, October 4
UpNorthLive
The Ticker (more…)
Oct 7, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
Join the Green Team in a brief trash pick-up before the white stuff flies! Bags and gloves will be available on October 16 from 3-5 p.m. in the library lobby and in the Health and Science Atrium by the bookstore. Thanks for keeping us all clean!
Oct 7, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
We have BIG news… and we want to share it with YOU first! Please join us at noon Wednesday, October 9 to help us kick off something extraordinary.
Join students, faculty, staff, neighbors, and friends at a free special event to hear our big news. We’ll celebrate hawk-owl style with NMC swag, cupcakes, snacks, beverages, and music!
Meet us under the iconic pine trees just south of Osterlin Library (parking in the Aspen Lot next to the Dennos Museum Center) OR at one of the satellite events on the following campuses:
- Aero Park Campus in the Parsons-Stulen Building in the Commons (end of Hall of Technology)
- Great Lakes Campus in Rotary Hall
- University Center Campus in the second floor atrium
Can’t make it to one of our campuses? You’ll be able to watch live on NMC’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/NorthwesternMichiganCollege
Inclement weather plan for the under-the-pines location: Meet us at the Dennos Museum Center’s Sculpture Court.
Oct 4, 2019 | HR Corner, Intercom
Join us on October 8th at 8 a.m. for NMC’s October Conference
One day to focus on your knowledge and skills!
43 great sessions to choose from + 57 facilitators + one great NMC Community =
A great day of collaboration, learning, and fun!
On Tuesday, October 8, the Center for Instructional Excellence and the Professional Development Institute will be hosting the fourth NMC October Conference. This is a college-wide professional development event for all regular faculty and staff, and adjunct faculty. (more…)
Oct 4, 2019 | HR Corner, Intercom
Please read the October Newsletter HERE
October 21– Well-Being Consultant Marissa Jarrett will be doing presentations on Women’s Health – please watch your email for calendar invites!
- Set up an individual meeting/consultation with Marissa HERE
- Relaxation Techniques for Computer Fatigue HERE
- Office Friendly Stretching Exercises HERE
Oct 4, 2019 | HR Corner, Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Oct 4, 2019 | Student News
Do you want to meet people in a fast, fun way? Try Speed Friending! Here’s how it works: You will be paired up with someone for a few minutes to ask “getting to know you” questions, which we will supply. (Phew, pressure’s off!) When the whistle blows everyone rotates to the next person. This continues until you have the opportunity to meet everyone. Friday October 11, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., NMC Gym located in the Rajkovich Building.
Oct 4, 2019 | Announcements & News, Intercom, Student Events
Free Health Insurance for students who qualify, and most do!
Help Available for Sign up
Qualified representatives from Northwest Michigan Health Agency will guide you through the process
Helpful to bring but not necessary:
- Driver’s License or Birth Certificate
- Most Recent Pay Stub
Tuesday, October 15 ~ 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ~ Osterlin Lobby Room 113
Oct 3, 2019 | Intercom, Student News
The library has purchased many new books so far this year. You can view a handful here along with descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.
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Oct 3, 2019 | Intercom, Student News
TRAVERSE CITY — Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and the Faculty Association affiliates of the Michigan Education Association are pleased to announce they have reached a tentative agreement on all contract issues.
The faculty association members will be advised of the details of the agreement prior to a ratification meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 8.
If approved by association members, the NMC Board of Trustees would review and vote on the agreement in an upcoming public meeting.
Both parties met with a state mediator Wednesday, October 2 to continue negotiations after the release of a non-binding Fact Finder’s Report from the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) on remaining issues in late August. The contracts expired December 31, 2018.
For more information:
Diana Fairbanks
Executive Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications
dfairbanks@nmc.edu
(231) 995-1019
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE
Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. nmc.edu/non-discrimination
Oct 2, 2019 | Student News
Students working on and seeking help on their research and writing assignments: Osterlin Library will be open Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (its regular Tuesday business hours), despite the college being closed for the NMC October Conference.
Because Scholars Hall will be closed Oct. 8, the Writing & Reading Center (WRC) will offer students walk-in appointments with WRC staff in the Osterlin Library reference section during the WRC’s regular Tuesday business hours (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.).
Oct 2, 2019 | Announcements & News, Intercom
Please inform students working on and seeking help on their research and writing assignments that Osterlin Library will be open Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (its regular Tuesday business hours), despite the college being closed for the NMC October Conference.
Because Scholars Hall will be closed Oct. 8, the Writing & Reading Center (WRC) will offer students walk-in appointments with WRC staff in the Osterlin Library reference section during the WRC’s regular Tuesday business hours (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.).
Oct 1, 2019 | Intercom, Student News
No Appointment Necessary
- Tuesday, Oct. 8: 1:30–3:30 p.m.
- Monday, Oct. 14: 10 a.m.–Noon
- Wednesday, Oct. 23: 1–3 p.m.
Clinics held in Student Health Services, LB106 in the Biederman Building (#6 on the Main Campus Map). Call 995-1255 with questions.
Cost:
- Students: $15
- NMC Faculty & Staff: $ 20
- NMC Insured: free
NOTE! All flu clinics subject to change per current CDC and/or GT Co. Health Dept. health recommendations and vaccine availability.
Sep 30, 2019 | Intercom, Media Mentions
The following college events and stories have appeared in the media in the past weeks. We want to share your media involvement too. Please send information about your NMC-related interview or appearance to publicrelations@nmc.edu. If possible, please include a link to the piece and information about where and when it was used.
Please note access to some stories may be limited by paywalls set up by the media outlet. This includes the Traverse City Record-Eagle, which limits free clicks to five per month. You may also read Record-Eagle articles in the print edition at the Osterlin Library.
HBA awards $10,000 in scholarships
Record-Eagle, September 27 (more…)
Sep 30, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
October 17, 2019 marks the second IAF season event with speaker Ambassador James Zumwalt presenting “Asia Rising: Will Japan remain America’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier”?
The event is at NMC’s Milliken Auditorium at 6 p.m.
Tickets are available at the door: $15.00; free for students.
Sep 30, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7:30–9:30 a.m. at the Hagerty Center
Join us as we discuss the national crisis that is impacting our communities in Northern Michigan. Speakers will bring varying perspectives from their fields of expertise regarding the current challenges and resources available to combat this growing epidemic.
- 7:30 a.m. – FREE Breakfast
- 8:05 a.m. – Presentations and Q&A
- 9:30 a.m. – Event concludes
REGISTER: gvsu.edu/hfnorthernmich/reg
VIEW THE FLIER AND SPEAKER LIST
Questions may be directed to dykstrdi@gvsu.edu.
We hope you will join us for this critical discussion.
Hosted by Grand Valley State University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Health and Northwestern Michigan College
Sep 30, 2019 | HR Corner, Intercom
KUDOS- (praise or respect that you get because of something you have done or achieved) defined by Merriam-Webster.com
Submit a Kudos here. (more…)
Sep 30, 2019 | HR Corner, Intercom
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Sep 30, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan
Monday, Oct. 7, Noon-1 p.m.
Health & Science Building Atrium
Currently touring in support of their recent recording, Louise Bichan, Orkney (Scotland) fiddler with appearances on the BBC and at Edinburgh Castle, and Ethan Setiawan (USA) 2014 National Mandolin Champion, present a dynamic collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds. The journey taken winds through Scottish, Old Time and Swedish Inspired music woven with contemporary compositions. Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic foil to Setiawan’s counterpoint and harmonic textures, and the two of them weave in and out seamlessly.
While there, grab an Irish inspired lunch from Hawk Owl Cafe’s Meals on the Move.
Sponsored by NMC International Services & Service Learning, and Student Life
Sep 30, 2019 | Announcements & News, Intercom
The NMC Global Literature Reading Group meets twice a year to discuss a book about life in another culture. The group aims to bring together NMC faculty and staff from all departments and disciplines to stimulate critical thinking, literary pleasure, awareness of global diversity, and cultural interconnections.
This fall’s selection, Blue Label, is a novel by Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles. This is the story of a quest of sorts, as a high school student in Chávez’s Venezuela tries to make sense of love and life—and also tries desperately to leave a country for which she has no affection. Packs a punch on many levels: personal, political, and even mythic.
Copies are available at a subsidized price of $5—contact Nicco Pandolfi at 995-1065 or npandolfi@nmc.edu. You can also swing by the library front desk to request a copy! The purchase of books is subsidized by the Center for Instructional Excellence and the Helen Osterlin Library Endowment.
This fall’s discussion will be held Thurs., Nov. 21, noon-1 p.m. in Scholars Hall, room 103. Save the date on your calendar, pick up a copy of the book, and plan to join us for a brown bag lunch and a great discussion!
Sep 26, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
GVSU Traverse City has partnered with the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation to host a Scholarship Success Workshop at the NMC University Center (2200 Dendrinos Drive) in Room 204 on November 6, 2019 from 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Participants will learn “Tips and Tricks” on how to write a winning scholarship essay. They will also find out more information about local scholarship opportunities. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Seats are limited, so RSVP now at our website.
Sep 26, 2019 | Intercom, Student Events
Wednesday, October 2 from 8-10 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center’s Milliken Auditorium
Open to students & community members, all mediums welcome. Sign up @ 7:30.
Limit: 5 minutes
Questions? Contact nmcmag@mail.nmc.edu
