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Long known as a smart financial choice, NMC is increasingly simply the smart choice, as determined by students well-positioned to know best.<\/p>\n
So far, 13 valedictorians and 3 salutatorians from northern Michigan’s Class of 2019 have been admitted to NMC for fall. More than 120 students have a grade point average of 3.9 or better, on a 4.0 scale.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had a good run this year,” said Cathryn Claerhout<\/strong>, director of admissions. “We’ve got people who are not (just) looking at us to save money, it’s because we’ve got their program.”<\/p>\n Manton High School valedictorian Isabela Bivens<\/strong> (left) is one. She also received the Founder’s Scholarship, worth $8,000. Bivens is member of the National Honor Society who runs cross country and track and field, has a black belt in tae kwon do and works as an assistant martial arts instructor and on a farm. Her older sister Catherine<\/strong> attended NMC, too, and her positive experience also influenced Bivens.<\/p>\n “I know she was challenged there so I’m pretty excited to go,” she said, adding she plans to take general classes, perhaps focusing on sciences.<\/p>\n “We hang out with them and try to be a good influence on them,” said Dickinson, who will study creative writing at NMC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 29, 2019 Long known as a smart financial choice, NMC is increasingly simply the smart choice, as determined by students well-positioned to know best. So far, 13 valedictorians and 3 salutatorians from northern Michigan’s Class of 2019 have been admitted to NMC for fall. More than 120 students have a grade point average of […]<\/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":[68,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Kevin](\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ffef95710a0a00b81e86fbc7a9606d85success-stories-kevin-dickinson-2.jpg\")
Ellsworth High School valedictorian Kevin Dickinson<\/strong> (right) is likewise following in a sibling’s footsteps. His brother Roger<\/strong> graduated with a degree in visual communications in 2016. Dickinson considered attending a four-year school but decided he’d prefer to stay closer to home. Like Bivens, his favorite subject is math and he’s a member of the National Honor Society. Dickinson also plays basketball and participates in Little Buddies, a mentoring program with the local elementary school.<\/p>\n