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Food for Thought food drive<\/strong> – The fourth annual event organized by NMC business students runs through November 19. Regional pantries have come to rely on the event, which seeks to collect enough non-perishable food and hygiene products to stock more than 45 pantries throughout northwest Michigan through the holiday season.<\/p>\n“It’s not just a blessing for some pantries, it is survival,” said Val Stone<\/strong> with the Northwest Food Coalition.<\/p>\n Donations are accepted on campus and at several community collection sites, including at Technology Exploration Day this Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Parsons-Stulen Building.<\/p>\n Dental X-rays<\/strong> – Dental assistant students began their annual free X-ray project this week. Patients referred by their dentist may receive a free set of complete X-rays, valued at up to $200 per set. Instructor Beckie Wooters<\/strong> expects between 80 and 90 patients to take advantage before it wraps up Dec. 8.<\/p>\n “We get a lot of patients that are returned to us when they’re due for these X-rays, because they enjoy the opportunity to meet our students,” Wooters said. The program has been offered since at least 1995.<\/p>\n Students will also be using new digital equipment in all three screening rooms, enabling them to e-mail X-rays directly to patients’ dentists. The digital images mean less radiation exposure for patients, too, Wooters said.<\/p>\n “We’ll be able to upgrade our tools and have a lot more autonomy to store our own equipment,” she said.<\/p>\n The shed’s green roof and permeable surrounding pavement integrates with an adjacent rain garden, making the whole project a demonstration of the garden’s mission of education and sustainability.<\/p>\n “There’s kind of a cycle that’s happening there with green infrastructure,” said Conaghan, who estimated the value of materials and labor at $25,000.<\/p>\n It’s the second shed students have built; the first went up at the Grand Traverse Conservation District in 2015. NMC alumnus Nate Griswold<\/strong> of green building company Inhabitect assisted with the project, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 9, 2016 In addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, this semester, NMC students are collecting food donations, swinging hammers and X-raying teeth. Service learning projects, which engage the whole class in a project that also benefits the community, have a long history in many academic areas at NMC. Here’s a look at some underway […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Free](\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/4a4300d6c66cc78d2bf3d47d18d4fb7bnmc-dental-x-ray-2.jpg\")
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Garden shed<\/strong> – In October, Construction Technology students finished building an 8-by-12-foot storage shed on the property of the non-profit TC Community Garden, located at the Grand Traverse Commons. Previously, the garden had a small, old shed which didn’t offer sufficient space or security, garden president Kimberly Conaghan<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n