Success Story: Creating a 21st-century campus
August 30, 2017 North Hall ribbon cutting ceremonyNMC’s fall semester will be bookended by celebrations of new campus facilities, with last week’s opening of the North Hall residence hall and a grand re-opening of an expanded Dennos Museum Center targeted...
Success Story: Trio wins statewide Innovation in Transfer award
November 20, 2019 Updates to NMC’s longstanding engineering partnership with Michigan Technological University designed to increase student success and reduce costs will receive statewide recognition this week. Faculty members Jerry Dobek (seated) Jay Smith...
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: 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...
Success Story: Math 120 builds confidence and skills
February 22, 2017 NMC math instructor Mary Burget and student Lauren HayesDriven to catch the Soviets in the space race of the 1950 and '60s, black female NASA mathematicians solved the problem of putting astronauts into orbit, a story told in Hidden Figures,...
Success Story: Technology brings the world to campus
November 27, 2018 On Tuesday afternoon, Alex Bernier toured the length and breadth of Africa, from Egypt’s pyramids to the east-central Serengeti renowned for wildlife to South Africa’s Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in prison. And he...
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...
Former student, TC-native nurse departs for NYC
April 8, 2020 Over the last few months, in between her nursing shifts in a Kalamazoo hospital’s medical intensive care unit, Karissa Havens (right) followed the worsening COVID-19 epidemic as it swept from China to Europe to the United States. The Traverse...
Success Story: New baking certificate is perfectly done
June 13, 2018 Becky TranchellCulinary students in a new baking certificate program will cap off their studies in delicious fashion, opening the revamped Cafe Lobdell’s at the Great Lakes campus June 19. Customers can enjoy coffee, pastries and breads three...
Success Story: Community leader credits college for achievements
March 7, 2018 Thirty years ago, newly-named Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce chairman Kevin Schlueter was preparing to graduate from NMC. Now, as he embarks on his latest leadership challenge, he continues to credit the college and hopes to illuminate the...
Success story: Gamification of an anatomy class
September 14, 2016 It was just another day in Anatomy and Physiology class, until instructor Nick Roster told students working in groups that the first group to finish a task would win five points. The effect was immediate and obvious. Students leaned in across the...
Success Story: Search firm selected as Nelson sets his priorities for final year
January 16, 2019 NMC's board of trustees: Front row: Rachel A. Johnson, Jane T. McNabb; middle row: K. Ross Childs, Michael Estes, Kennard R. Weaver; back row: Douglas S. Bishop, Chris M. BottFine-tuning the qualities desired in NMC’s next president with input...
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: 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: NMC student seeks to lead international honor society
Adult learner champions inclusion of nontraditional students April 7, 2021 This Saturday, Amber Marsh will find out if she’ll spend the next year as a vice-president of an organization seeking to advance the success of more than 200,000 community college...