Strategic Planning update: 10/29/21
Dear NMC Community — Thank you for your continued active and engaged participation in our ongoing strategic planning process. Initiated in April, the Strategic Planning Steering Committee has reached a milestone: Completion of draft mission, vision, values, and...
Walk for Health and Housing
Join the NMC community on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in a guided tour of downtown Traverse City from the perspective of people experiencing homelessness and the providers who serve them. The walk starts at NMC's Great Lakes Campus parking lot. Ryan Hannon,...
DEIB in just 4 sentences!
Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance. — Verna Myers Equity is having an accessibility ramp to the door. Belonging is deciding the music for the party. — Jeff Hutchinson Please fill out this DEI Intercom Post Feedback Form to be...
Welcome Our Newest Hires
Christa Abdul-Karim, Extended Education Services Program Coordinator, and Tracy Welch, Experiential Learning Institute Office Manager. Welcome to NMC!
Kudos!
Kudos to Gary Schetteck and his ongoing drywall efforts to help make the newly built portable exhibit walls at the Dennos Museum look a lot better than they are. We learned a lot with our first construction effort, and the number one thing to remember is to have a...
Internal Promotions
Troy Kierczynski was recently promoted to Vice President of Finance & Administration, Lindsey Lipke was recently promoted to Controller, and Lisa Cooper was recently promoted to Strategic Initiatives Office Manager. Congratulations on the promotions!
Sad News
Longtime NMC faculty member Mary Pierce passed away on October 16, 2021. Mary served as a faculty member in the English departments of several colleges and universities, but she spent most of her career at NMC. In 1999, she won NMC's Imogene Wise Faculty Excellence...
President Nissley: Giving Thanks
Dear NMC Students, Faculty and Staff: I hope you are having a successful fall semester! As we head into November, I am looking forward to spending time with friends and family over a meal this Thanksgiving. To make sure we can all share in this important tradition, I...
Research buoys deployed to GT Bays in NMC-MTU collaboration
TRAVERSE CITY — For the first time ever, Great Lakes researchers have a monitoring buoy on East Grand Traverse Bay, one of three placed this fall in an NMC-Michigan Technological University collaboration. Purchased with a $48,804 grant NMC received from the...
Research buoys deployed to GT Bays in NMC-MTU collaboration
TRAVERSE CITY — For the first time ever, Great Lakes researchers have a monitoring buoy on East Grand Traverse Bay, one of three placed this fall in an NMC-Michigan Technological University collaboration. Purchased with a $48,804 grant NMC received from the...
Success Story: New course culminates in Startup Week
October 27, 2021 After helping students to incubate two viable companies, technical area instructor Keith Kelly is seeking to build on that success by making 2022 the year that startups take a giant leap forward at NMC. Students discuss ideas for startups at a Startup...
Success Story: New course culminates in Startup Week
October 27, 2021 After helping students to incubate two viable companies, technical area instructor Keith Kelly is seeking to build on that success by making 2022 the year that startups take a giant leap forward at NMC. Students discuss ideas for startups at a Startup...
Health & Science Building atrium will be a city polling place
The Health & Science Building's first-floor atrium on NMC’s main campus will be used as a city polling place for Precinct 9 voters again this year, including on Tuesday, Nov. 2 between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Some parking in the Cedar lot will be set aside for voters at...
Performance Evaluation of President Nick Nissley
The NMC Board of Trustees completed a performance evaluation of President Nick Nissley at the October 25, 2021, Board of Trustees meeting. The evaluation with President Nissley was held in closed session, pursuant to his request and in compliance with the Open...
NMC Jazz Lab Band Concert
The NMC Jazz Lab Band will present a swinging concert of big band music in conjunction with the Jeff Haas Trio featuring Laurie Sears at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Grand Traverse Circuit, 225 W. 14th St. in Traverse City. Suggested donation of $10, complimentary...