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...

September 28, 2022 As a first-generation college student attending NMC, Alex Walsh had a lot of company. As an NMC graduate, he became one of a rarified few who transfer to an Ivy League college. Now, with his 2022 Harvard University diploma adorning the wall of...

January 20, 2021 Comprehensive student support and the value of community colleges within higher education overall are topics NMC faculty and staff believe might come up during dinner conversation in the White House starting today. Photo courtesy NOVA Community...

September 12 2018 In another effort to remove barriers to student success, NMC this week launched Transfer Tuesdays, a drop-in advising opportunity aimed at the 25 percent of full-time students who will start their degree path here, but finish elsewhere. “Our...

June 12, 2019 As a pastry chef, petit fours and artisan breads are Les Eckert’s favorite things to bake, but as the new director of the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, she expects to focus on numbers and people. Eckert, 51, (right) began her tenure at GLCI last...