TEDx Traverse City tickets on sale April 8th
The third annual TEDx TC event will take place on Wednesday, May 15 at the Milliken Auditorium with Tim Nelson returning as our event host.
RSVP by Monday, April 8 for the 2013 Retirement & Recognition Reception
Join us as we honor our retirees, co-workers who have reached milestone employment anniversaries, and winners of the 2013 Foundation Excellence Awards!
GED testing available
The Aero Park Professional Testing Center has partnered with Pearson VUE to offer GED testing in English and Spanish for those seeking their high school credential.
Social work honor society hosts benefit at Kilkenny’s April 7
The Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work Students at Ferris State is hosting a benefit concert featuring Shady Hill, Sunday, April 7 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Kilkenny’s Irish Public House. The concert will benefit Safe Harbor. Cover charge is $5 and Kilkenny’s will donate 10 percent of all food sales that night to Safe Harbor. There will be raffles and a silent auction as well.
Fracking 101 with Peggy Case
Come join Peggy Case, Regional Coordinator for the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan, at 1 p.m., April 5, in the West Hall Conference Room for Fracking 101, a free event sponsored by NMC Students for the Environment.
Scavenger hunt
Hunt for a cause is hosting a scavenger hunt with a $500 grand prize, April 5 from 4 – 7 pm. For more info visit facebook.com/huntforacause.
Innovation Grants are due April 1
Apply now for an NMC Foundation Innovation Grant.
Intercom and Student News contributions
Any items you wish to have posted in the Intercom and Student News can be sent to publicrelations@nmc.edu.
Position Vacancies
For information on positions currently open at NMC, please visit NMC’s web page at https://jobs.nmc.edu/ Information on internal postings has been emailed.
Benefits Corner
How would you like to feel like a new employee again? HR will be hosting several 1-hour meetings called “Benefits Overview and Refresher”.
Employee Anniversaries
Congratulate five employees celebrating their anniversaries at NMC.
Book launch April 7
Sparrow Migrations, the new novel by NMC employee Cari Noga, will be available at Brilliant Books, Horizon Books and Amazon.com beginning April, 2013. Cari tells the story of Robby Palmer, a 12-year-old boy with autism, who witnesses the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane crash. He and other crash witnesses and survivors find their lives intersecting and transformed by the extraordinary event–and by each other. Please support Cari and this exciting new book at a Book Launch Party on Sunday April 7, 2-4 pm at Brilliant Books, 118 E. Front St. in Traverse City.
New toll free number makes connecting with NMC easy for prospective students
Learning about and applying to NMC just got easier! The Admissions Team is pleased to announce the launching of a new toll free number for prospective students: 1-855-FIND-NMC.
Take a sleep survey
A group of NMC social work students are working to build awareness of the importance of good sleep hygiene and are trying to educate college students and staff of what good sleep hygiene means, and how good sleep habits and poor sleep habits can affect their education. They have composed a very short survey and need your help.
Welcome Bryan Wurm to NMC!
Bryan has joined the NMC as supplemental staff in the Financial Aid Office on March 25, 2013. He can be reached at (231) 995-1533 or bwurm@nmc.edu.