Student News & Events

April 3, 2019 Godwin Jabangwe says life’s put him in the right place at the right time, taking him from his native Zimbabwe to an NMC classroom to another in Grand Rapids to Los Angeles. Now the former visual communications student-turned-screenwriter will bring...

November 11, 2015 Lifesaving has been all in a day’s work for Doug Lathrop for more than 25 years. As a helicopter rescue swimmer and advanced helicopter rescue school instructor for the U.S. Coast Guard, Lathrop’s descended to places like...

August 31, 2016 Students returning to classes this week will find construction projects poised on both ends of main campus, as the facilities of NMC’s future learners move from paper to reality. NMC broke ground on a new student residence hall and fitness center...

December 19, 2018 NMC seeks to help each student achieve their personal definition of success. As the fall 2018 semester concludes, enjoy a tale of two very diverse students, each succeeding in her own way. This semester, on the heels of an internship in Seattle and a...

October 12, 2022 The ranks of adult learners attending NMC on the Michigan Reconnect scholarship more than doubled this fall, as the program that seeks to improve the state’s talent pipeline surpassed the $500,000 mark in funds awarded locally. Meanwhile, a new...

February 7, 2018 For NMC Audio Technology students, Picnic at the Opera House is anything but. Under the direction of instructor Jonah Powell (right, foreground), 20-some students are responsible for all set-up and tear-down, changing the stage between each of the...

April 27, 2022 Commencement 2022 means a quadruple celebration for the Myers-Rockwood family, whose four NMC graduates also illustrate the breadth of learning opportunities at the college. Bridget Bernhard, David Myers and Olivia RockwoodOn May 7, the blended Traverse...

April 25, 2018 Reporter Garret Ellison atop the Mackinac BridgeMLive environmental reporter Garret Ellison, a 2006 NMC graduate, has been named the 2017 Michigan Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Ellison, 35, was cited for his “watchdog...

October 9, 2019 NMC today kicked off the public phase of the most ambitious fundraising initiative in its history. Be What’s Possible, the Campaign for NMC, has a goal of raising $35 million in four priority areas. Eighty percent, or $28 million, has already...

February 27, 2019 Brenda Clifton and Scott WilliamsDishwasher is not a job that lands on many top-ten career lists, meaning many hospitality employers, including NMC’s Hagerty Center, struggle to find them. But for someone like Brenda Clifton, it can be...

April 11, 2018 When your summer trip requires putting 98,000 gallons in the tank, you pay attention to fuel prices. NMC’s Great Lakes Maritime Academy recently learned that it can expect full reimbursement of an estimated $196,000 fuel bill for the T/S State of...

February 5, 2020 Aspiring to an optometry degree, Dani Valentine anticipated many years of tuition bills. But thanks to NMC scholarships, in only her second semester she’s finding those bills substantially lower than expected. Valentine is one of a record 964...

April 13, 2022 Entrepreneurship is poised to take a giant leap forward at NMC this year, with five student teams in the final stage of developing products they’ll pitch during Northern Michigan Startup Week. The student pitch competition is one of many events...

November 23, 2021 On Monday, culinary student Michelle Carrizales brought home something besides books and her knife kit to her family in Harrietta — a Thanksgiving meal, courtesy of an NMC business class which organized and executed the meal drive as a class...

August 24, 2022 Entry-level salary: $60,000. Entry-level vacation: Six months. That’s what students who graduate with NMC’s new Culinary Arts certificate with Maritime emphasis, a specialty field with high industry demand, can expect. Approved by...