Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Welcome to NMC Michael!
Michael Stalker joined NMC as the Registrar on April 16, 2014. He can be reached at (231) 995-1058 or mstalker@nmc.edu.
Michael was born and raised in central Illinois, where he met his wife, Rita. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Music from SIU-Carbondale, Michael continued in the field of education by earning Master’s degrees in both Music Education and Educational Administration. His previous experience includes several years in both secondary and post-secondary levels in the fields of Music, Guidance & Counseling, Administration, and as Registrar. Michael enjoys camping, hunting, scuba diving, designing and installing ceramic tile & related products, Forex currency exchange trading, researching the Hebraic roots of Christianity, and trains. He also is a former member and guest conductor with the Encore Society of Music, locally. Michael and Rita have three grown children. (more…)
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Important notice for summer semester 2014: There is still time to register!
There is still time to register for the summer semester!
Payment due date for summer is Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
For information on how to make a payment or set up a payment plan, please go to: https://www.nmc.edu/financial-aid/payment-options.html (more…)
Career Kickstart announces winners of the professional attire clothing drive
Congratulations to the Advising and Learning Services staff who donated the most items of professional clothing for the Career Kickstart! (more…)
Update on Board of Trustees Communications
Last week NMC President Timothy J. Nelson sent the campus community an e-mail in regard to an issue that would be addressed at last night’s Board of Trustees meeting. As promised here is an update from the president.
Last night the regular April meeting of our Board of Trustees was held at our Parsons-Stulen building, and it was the first meeting to be video recorded. I want to thank Kyle Morrison and Dennis Schultz of our Educational Media Technologies department for their work in creating a very professional and unobtrusive process for recording the meetings. The meeting will soon be posted on the NMC website and that process will be the same for all future regular board meetings.
The college and the Board of Trustees value input from the public, and public input was a key factor in the decision to begin recording the meetings. Transparency is an important factor in keeping the public trust, and we are committed to maintaining that trust.
Great Lakes Pastel Society exhibition at the Dennos Museum
The Dennos Museum Center will present the Great Lakes Pastel Society’s 2014 National Juried Exhibition April 13 – May 25, 2014.
The exhibition is being presented in Traverse City in association with the Society’s annual convention which will be held at the Park Place Hotel from May 16-18, a 3 day educational event filled with presentations and demonstrations designed especially for amateur and professional pastel artists.
The exhibition features 70 works by artists from across the USA, and one from Spain, that were selected by exhibition juror, Desmond O’Hagan, from 254 works submitted by 97 artists for consideration by the juror.
The Great Lakes Pastel Society seeks to promote the use of pastels and increase the public awareness of creative pastel painting as a fine art medium. The juror awarded a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and 17 additional awards of merit and sponsored awards which will be presented to the artists at a Pastel Society Members and Guests Reception, Friday, May 16, 2014 from 7-9 PM at the Dennos Museum Center. (more…)
Seungmo Park Exhibition at the Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will present the exhibition Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped, May 4 – September 7, 2014.
The Dennos Museum Center is pleased to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the works of Seungmo Park of Seoul, Korea featuring his meticulously cut MAYA imagery and aluminum wire wrapped sculptural forms.
The MAYA (meaning “illusion” in Sanskrit) are created by layering slightly out of line and separated sheets of wire mesh. After sketching the outline of the image on to the mesh, he cuts thought the layers to varying depths to create more or less density of wire cross hatching, which when lit from behind results in images that may look transparent, illusory, or shadowy. (more…)
Register today for fall and summer
The end of the semester is approaching, but don’t forget to get your classes for fall (and summer, too).
Here are handy checklists to follow to make sure you are registered:
Checklist for fall registration
Checklist for summer registration
And you can check out what courses are offered when through our searchable online schedule.
Choral concert on April 25, Band concert on April 29
NMC performance ensembles will present two upcoming concerts… (more…)
Calculus: The Musical! presented free May 2
NMC students, faculty, and staff are invited to a free presentation of Calculus: The Musical! Friday, May 2, from 10-11 a.m. in Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum.
From Archimedes to Riemann, the quest for the instantaneous rate of change and the area under the curve comes to life through song and sketch comedy. The review of the concepts and history of calculus include musical tributes to The Beatles, Gilbert & Sullivan, Petula Clark and Eminem, just a few of the artists who have inspired this engaging and educational lesson that is nothing at all like your high school or college textbooks. Calculus: The Musical! promises to be entertaining to the arithmophobe and the rocket scientist alike. (more…)
International Affairs Forum presents add-on presentation about Ukraine
Join us on Monday, April 21, 6 pm for “Ukraine: A New Cold War?” with International Affairs Forum’s own Jack Segal, former diplomat and Director of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus at the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration. This is a special add-on presentation to the IAF’s regular season! Money raised this evening will be used to send the Traverse City West High School team which won our local Academic World Quest competition last month to the national competition in Washington DC on April 26. Come out to support our winning students – and to learn something about the troubled relations between Ukraine, Russia and the region. (more…)
TEDx TC free tickets gone
As of noon, Monday, April 21 all free tickets at the State Theater for TEDx TC taking place on May 14, 2014 have been claimed. Stay tuned next year to get your free tickets when they become available. (more…)
Administrative Professional Day is April 23
Looking for something nice to do your office manager?
Treat them to lunch!
Email the cafeteria ahead of time and they’ll have a table set for you!
For more information and to reserve your table email Patrick Tesner at ptesner@nmc.edu. (more…)
Great Lakes Maritime Academy open house
The community is invited to tour the NMC Great Lakes Maritime Academy’s 225’ Training Ship T/S State of Michigan on the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan College at our spring open house on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Academy is located at 715 East Front Street (next to the Holiday Inn) in Traverse City. (more…)
Weather awareness
In light of the past week being Weather Awareness Week, our campus security would like to remind you about weather safety by explaining the following watches, warnings, etc. (more…)
Homelessness in the Grand Traverse community survey
Students of the English 112 and Social Welfare classes have come together to investigate homelessness in the Grand Traverse community. With the growing number of homeless and rising costs of living the students were interested in finding out what their peers thought about this issue. They created this survey to answer some questions about what we think homelessness is, who is homeless, and if people are aware of programs in the community that can help. (more…)
Writing and Reading Center is now hiring for the 2014-2015 school year
Several student employee positions are open in the Writing and Reading Center for the 2014-2015 school year. Students typically work 8-12 hours per week and the pay starts at $7.75 per hour. Training includes two days before the semester, online modules, and one-to-one observation and mentoring. Candidates must complete ENG 112 by the end of the summer semester and have at least 6 credits at NMC for both Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. (more…)
Welcome to NMC!
Please join us in welcoming these new additions to our NMC staff! (more…)
Beneifts corner: Health Savings Account record keeping – Save your receipts!
If you participate in the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA), this message is very important: keep receipts of your Health Savings Account (HSA) spending – this is an IRS requirement. Essentially, any money that comes out of your HSA and is coded as a distribution by your HSA institution must have a receipt showing the distribution was an eligible medical expense. The only exception is when a distribution is rolled over to another HSA and you must account for this on your tax return. (more…)
Kudos!
Kudos to the following individuals and departments! (more…)
Please attend Dystance4Dystonia at the Detroit Zoo this summer
Hello, my name is Madison Williams and I have dystonia. Dystonia is a movement disorder that makes my muscles contract in many painful ways. The reason way I am writing to you today is because on Sunday, June 22 Dystance4Dystonia will take place at the Detroit Zoo supporting the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF). The Foundation provides resources about treatments, specialists and even connections with support groups, to families who have a family member with Dystonia. In an effort to support DMRF’s cause, Dystance4Dystonia spreads awareness, generates donations for DMRF, lets those in attendance show support for their loved ones, and supports their mission to make the freedom to move a reality for everyone by making medical advancements with treatment options and one day finding a cure! (more…)
Registration for June conference, “China: Competitor or Partner?” begins April 30
General registration for the June conference, “China: Competitor or Partner?” convening experts on Chinese-U.S. relations from Beijing, Shanghai, Washington D.C. and New York alongside local Michigan experts, opens April 30 at mynorthtickets.com. (more…)
Employee anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them!
Board of Trustees Communications
Campus Community,
Here’s an update from NMC President Timothy J. Nelson:
As many of you know, at its March 24th Board meeting NMC Trustees approved a videotaping policy in order to archive and record all special and regular meetings of the NMC Board. Trustees began reviewing the benefits and concerns regarding adopting this policy last fall.