Success story: Students fit in classes any which way they can
March 16, 2016 Credits in early childhood development were all that stood between Karin Cooney and advancement to the director position at Traverse City’s Angel Care child care. Yet Cooney needed to be at work Monday through Friday. NMC’s child development...
Success story: Transfer student Maddy Jenner is Dean’s Research Scholar at MSU
April 12, 2017 MSU Dean's Research Scholar Maddy JennerPhoto by Harley Seeley You might say it was chemistry when Maddy Jenner sat down in NMC instructor Blake Key’s classroom in 2014. The Traverse City West High School graduate hadn’t chosen a major...
Success Story: Legislation advances to allow community colleges to award BSNs
December 8, 2021 Legislation to allow Michigan community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing moved forward Tuesday, putting NMC another step closer to helping fill hundreds of staff shortages at Munson Medical Center, among other hospitals. The BSN...
Success Story: Grad helps shrink Michigan talent gap
May 1, 2019 It’s never too late to finish what you started. Marilyn Dear, 70, (right) will exemplify that truth Saturday, when she accepts her associate degree at NMC’s 2019 commencement ceremony, finishing what she started more than 50 years ago....
Success Story: Mother and daughter both attending NMC
December 20, 2017 Kathy and Stella Young personify the “like mother, like daughter” axiom — both petite, dark-haired, glasses-wearers who appreciate a good cup of coffee — and attend NMC together. Kathy, 47, is returning to complete a degree...
Success Story: Students’ gratitude spans a decade
November 23, 2016 Students are to NMC as turkey is to Thanksgiving — front and center. On this Thanksgiving eve, we talked to a past and present student a decade apart to find out how NMC figures in what they’re thankful for. Matt Harting, 2006 alumnus,...
Success story: Maritime alumna leads Beaver Island Boat Co.
April 6, 2016 By the calendar, spring arrived two weeks ago, but for Great Lakes Maritime Academy alumna Margo Marks, it sailed in today. This morning the Emerald Isle picked up passengers at Charlevoix for the Beaver Island Boat Co.’s first voyage of the...
Success Story: Education executive chosen as next NMC president
October 14, 2019 Nick Nissley, an education executive with 25 years experience in leadership roles, will become the 11th president of Northwestern Michigan College following unanimous approval of a two-year contract by the college’s Board of Trustees today....
Success story: Goal-setting keeps RN alumnus focused on and off the job
September 28, 2016 Nurse George Bullard has a ready reply when patients at Munson Medical Center tell him fear of falling makes them reluctant to get out of bed and move around, a standard pre-release recommendation. “ ‘You’re a piece of cake....
Success Story: Retooled Career Fair debuts
March 4, 2020 More than a year’s worth of efforts to ramp up student employment readiness and meet area employer needs will debut at a retooled Career Fair Thursday. It’s the first fair since Employment Readiness Specialist Lisa Baldyga (right) joined...
Success Story: Students awarded $1.33 million; new diversity scholarship available
March 9, 2022 When Hailey Greimel graduates from NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute this May, not only will she transfer to the Ivy League of culinary schools, she’ll do so without debt, thanks to NMC scholarships. (download a high-resolution version...
Success Story: Auto repair skills in high demand
December 21, 2016 After a couple years as a ski bum out west, Jackson Pierce felt the tug of home. The former NMC automotive technology student’s timing was perfect for his skills. Pierce traded ski groomers for cars, and has spent the last two years working at...
Success Story: College-Long Lake community partnership
March 22, 2017 Later this spring, NMC students will begin working to insure that one of Grand Traverse County’s most popular inland lakes continues its long legacy as a clear, clean, recreational and residential oasis. Great Lakes Water Studies Institute interns...
Success Story: NMC pilots to compete in historic Air Race Classic
April 17, 2019 Hannah Beard and Jessi Martin (click for high-resolution version)NMC’s aviation program will get a lofty showcase before a national audience this summer when a pair of student pilots fly across North America in the Air Race Classic, the oldest air...
Persistence + grit = Success Story
September 26 2018 Thirteen years ago, Becca Richardson calculated that her desire to stop waiting tables was greater than her fear of math. Today she’s a living example of both facing her fears and calculating correctly. The former developmental math student is...