Success Story: Doubling down on veterans’ futures
November 6, 2019 With two new endowed veterans scholarships and a ranking as the No. 2 community college in the nation for veteran’s services for the second year in a row, NMC is better equipped than ever to serve those who have served us. The Staff Sergeant...
Success Story: New hub serves businesses and students
May 19, 2021 After completing a site engineering internship in the Charleston, S.C. harbor last December, NMC marine technology student Rachel Colby’s employer was eager to hire her. But even at the accelerated pace at which Colby (left) is pursuing her...
Student Success: From Dropout to Dean’s List
February 24, 2015 How do you transform a two-time college dropout into a Dean’s List student? Give her a bridge and a foundation. Walk her over and shore it up. In 1998 Lindsey Grice enrolled at NMC, fresh out of Traverse City Central High School and mother to a...
Success Story: Stephen Siciliano Embarks On Fourth Decade At NMC
August 19, 2015 School and Scouts. Back in fifth grade, Stephen Siciliano found two things he liked and decided to stick with them. Since then, he’s climbed to the pinnacle of both worlds. He’s vice president of educational services at NMC, and not only an...
Success Story: Student engagement fosters academic success
February 17, 2016 Black Lives Matter. So do women’s lives, LGBT lives, and allies’ lives. And all of those causes might matter, it turns out, to whether the students advocating for them graduate, or even earn a better GPA. NMC’s Student Life office...
Success story: Studying abroad yields broader perspectives
April 26, 2017 Before Paige Harrigan experienced her first study abroad trip in 2015, she had traveled fairly extensively, to Hawaii, Mexico and Caribbean islands. But that Costa Rica experience, including a home stay with two non-English speaking families and visit...
Q&A with the largest field of NMC board candidates since 1990
September 30, 2020 Six newcomers and one incumbent are vying for three seats on NMC’s Board of Trustees this November, the largest field in 30 years. The top three vote-getters will serve six-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2021. We asked each candidate to answer...
Success Story: Textbook heroes save students six figures in a single semester
October 28, 2015 NMC students pocketed an extra $137,000 this semester thanks to instructors using free and low-cost textbooks. Led by Osterlin Library director Tina Ulrich, NMC is piloting an experiment in Open Educational Resources this semester. Ten instructors...
Success story: Hawk Owls soaring
September 11, 2019 One-third of the region’s 40 under 40 winners have something in common beyond being young professionals who positively influence their community — they’ve attended classes at NMC. Thirteen of the region’s 40 most influential...
Success Story: Writing Center expands to meet student demand
January 25, 2017 From left to right, Writing Center reader Zachary Harrington, coordinator Megan Ward, readers Carrie Dunklow and Diane BairAfter the busiest fall semester in NMC Writing & Reading Center history, students returning to the second floor of Scholars...
Success Story: Aiming to halt veteran suicide with 22 To None
October 26, 2016 Luke Clark and Sherry Trier at the 22 To None hikeFall color tourists to northern Michigan also got a red-white-and-blue view last Saturday, as veterans and supporters organized by NMC’s Student Veterans Association hiked 22 miles to raise...
Success Story: Alumnus now NMC’s first male nursing instructor
October 14, 2015 If it seems like there’s a lot of new faces in classrooms this semester, you’re right. Eight new full-time faculty members began teaching at NMC this fall, more than double the number of new faculty who started in 2014 and 2013. Among...
Success Story: Great Lakes Culinary Institute Grad Finds Sweet Home in Chicago
April 8, 2015 Every industry offers pinnacles. Entertainers aspire to Oscars and Grammys, doctors and diplomats to Nobels, and chefs to Michelin stars. Great Lakes Culinary Institute graduate Leslie Farrer has barely begun her career and has already helped collect one...
Student Success: Study Abroad Program’s Leading Edge
March 24, 2015 A contingent of NMC students, faculty and staff who depart for Cuba Friday are the leading edge of a new distinction for the college: more study abroad students and destinations than any other Michigan community college. The Cuba experience is among...
Success Story: Scholarships show excellence runs wide and deep
March 11, 2015 Four years ago, single mom Kathy Tahtinen wouldn’t have put her name in the same sentence as Harvard University. Now, she’s considering online courses at the Ivy League school this fall. Two years ago, Alan Holcombe was sitting in his...