{"id":110611,"date":"2022-11-27T00:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110611"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:40:37","slug":"success-story-alumna-parent-volunteer-says-all-facets-of-nmc-shine-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110611","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Alumna, Parent, Volunteer Says All Facets Of NMC Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>May 6, 2015<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barb and Greg Mort\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/25439c27c66cc78d2fb8ad8c844ce559barb-and-greg-mort-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/>First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes a baby carriage, satisfying careers, buffalo burgers, saving money through dual enrollment, and supervising the beanbag toss.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s <strong>Barb Mort<\/strong>&#8217;s story, anyway. The alumna and Traverse City resident has a bird&#8217;s eye view of NMC, having seen the college as a student, parent, volunteer and colleague. Whatever lens she&#8217;s looking through, Mort says the view is always the same: Impressive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just so proud that such a small community has a world-class college in it,&#8221; said Mort, whose story began with a fairy-tale start when she moved into the NMC apartments in 1979. Across the hall lived another student named <strong>Greg<\/strong>, from Charlevoix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was truly love at first sight,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The very first time I met him, I knew I was going to marry him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They tied the knot in 1982, and then bride and groom enrolled in what was called Ferris State University&#8217;s &#8220;off campus program,&#8221; a predecessor to the University Center located in the old Maritime building (now site of the Great Lakes campus.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neither one of us would have the careers we have without NMC and the off-campus program,&#8221; said Mort, who is now donor relations specialist at the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. Husband Greg is the business manager of a tool and die company. &#8220;It literally saved us tens of thousands of dollars in tuition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jackson Mort with his parents, Barb and Greg\" class=\"AlignImageLeft\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/25435e03c66cc78d2fb8ad8c6cd4d7c5barb-greg-and-jackson-mort-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/>Fast-forward a few decades. The couple&#8217;s youngest son, <strong>Jackson<\/strong>, a senior at Traverse City West, is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/admissions\/high-school-services\/dual-enrollment.html\">dual-enrolled at NMC<\/a>. He&#8217;s even had one of the same professors his parents did: Math instructor Ernie East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been the best thing for him,&#8221; said Mort.&#160; &#8220;He loves the independence, how the professors teach. The one-on-one help he&#8217;s been getting is amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mort also sees evidence of NMC&#8217;s value when she goes to work. The Conservancy hired an intern through NMC&#8217;s business department. He went on to earn a staff position, due to his strong performance which NMC supported, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mort&#8217;s latest role at NMC came about thanks to another quirk of proximity. The Conservancy&#8217;s office adjoins Oleson&#8217;s, the grocery store chain whose founders started the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/about\/history-archives\/nmc-barbecue\/index.html\">NMC Barbecue<\/a> in 1956. The third generation of the family now continues that tradition, led by <strong>Brad Oleson<\/strong>, who recruited Mort for the Barbecue Board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw serving on the BBQ board as an avenue to give back to the college that has made such a difference to my family and community. I am also inspired by the Oleson family, who quietly contribute to so many worthwhile organizations in our region,&#8221; Mort said.<\/p>\n<p>Set for May 17 this year, Barbecue Day is the culmination of nine months of work by the Board, and Mort will be busy co-supervising kids&#8217; games. She&#8217;ll make sure to find time to squeeze in her own buffalo burger, though.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a really picky eater but I love the buffalo burgers,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, 2015 First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes a baby carriage, satisfying careers, buffalo burgers, saving money through dual enrollment, and supervising the beanbag toss. That&#8217;s Barb Mort&#8217;s story, anyway. 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