Success Story: Dennos To Debut New Galleries As It Turns Quarter-Century Mark
September 15, 2015 Record donation makes expansion possible It was time for something big, Diana and Richard Milock decided. NMC today announced the largest single gift by living donors in college history, a $2 million gift to expand the Dennos Museum Center. That...
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...
Student Success: Getting girls interested in STEM fields
December 30, 2014 How do you get girls interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields? Consider showing them some stems. Real, live, green ones, that is, with leaves growing. Put the girls — young women, really — in charge, from...
Success story: Breaking New Terroir
Collaborative Viticulture Students Reach Beyond the 45th Parallel May 20, 2015 Kurtis Berry Like a grapevine twining up a trellis, NMC’s collaborative viticulture program is growing tendrils of its own and is poised for a growth spurt this summer. Two students...
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: Cherry Queen Finalist Aims For Scholarship
June 17, 2015 When the National Cherry Queen is crowned next month, Hannah Beaudry will be hoping the luck of the pine tree is on her side. The NMC student is one of four finalists vying for the 2015 crown. If she wins, Beaudry, 19, will become the fifth queen within...
Success Story: Collaboration illuminates green energy solutions
December 6, 2017 Commuters hurrying home along Eighth Street these dark evenings will find a bright spot, thanks to a collaboration between NMC and Roost. NMC’s solar power trailer is lighting up the Roost prefabricated tiny home located at 444 E. Eighth,...
Success Story: UAS Alumni Lead Industry Forward
February 25, 2015 Back in 2012, as one of NMC’s pioneer students in Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Brad Kent found himself with a job offer before he’d even finished his training, and headed overseas for six-figure work as a civilian contractor. Now, as...
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: Costa Rica Study Abroad Experience Marks Fifth Year
June 3, 2015 At five years old, NMC’s Costa Rica study abroad program has many age-appropriate traits: it’s thriving, energetic, and ready to explore. It’s also something most five-year-olds are not: The Central American nation from which a dozen NMC...
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...
Success Story: Movie, panel discussion aims to illuminate impact of war
November 8, 2017 Since 2012, NMC has prioritized the success of student veterans on campus with a host of initiatives led by the office of Military and Veterans Services — from customized orientation to a veterans lounge to efforts to convert service into...
Success Story: Students take on Civil War memorials restoration
October 11, 2017 NMC welding students Andrew DuBois and Michael StolarczykSome NMC welding students are getting a dose of American history on top of this semester’s classes. They’re helping to restore Civil War markers placed on the graves of Union Army...
Success Story: Debt-Free Degrees
April 22, 2015 At just 21 years old, Traverse City native Nick Alpers has checked off a lot of life’s milestones already. He’s earned his bachelor’s degree, married, and is working full-time in his chosen field of mechanical engineering. The 2012 NMC...
Success Story: Alumna doubles day care this fall
November 22, 2017 In this season of gratitude, quality child care is near the top of the list for the young families fortunate enough to have found it. This fall, one NMC alumna took a step toward filling that crucial community need by doubling her home child care...