{"id":159685,"date":"2024-11-26T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=159685"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:20:53","slug":"happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=159685","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">Folks,<\/span><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thanksgiving always gives me pause, offering an invitation to reflect on all that I have to be thankful for\u2014and to say thanks to you. An attitude of gratitude seems to be woven into the fabric of our NMC culture. Just this past week, I saw it expressed by students, faculty, and staff alike.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I saw thankful student mentors offering friendship to the Blair Elementary mentees and others engaging in the Walk for Health and Homelessness, showing compassion for those experiencing housing insecurity. I saw Kristy McDonald\u2019s service-learning class handing out Thanksgiving meals, providing members of our community\u2014including NMC students and their families\u2014an opportunity to enjoy a Thanksgiving celebration. I also saw our faculty and staff welcoming TCAPS 5th graders to explore our campus and learn about health occupations. These efforts help young students begin to imagine themselves at NMC and perhaps in a future career in health care.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Day in and day out, students enter our doors. By choosing NMC, they are making an investment in a college education, believing that their time, effort, and resources will pay off in the form of greater opportunities and improved lives for themselves and their families. They trust us to help them move from where they are today to where they hope to be tomorrow. There\u2019s no more meaningful and fulfilling job than ours: to support that hope and help ensure they succeed in that investment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An added benefit of our community college mission, as you know, is that we not only transform students&#8217; lives but also enrich our community. Community and regional prosperity are central to our work. We have the privilege of serving as leaders in fulfilling this mission: transforming lives and enriching our community.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lastly, while many issues may divide people today, at NMC, we remain united by our shared values: Learning, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, Inclusion, Innovation, Stewardship, and Excellence. I am deeply grateful for how our NMC family exemplifies these values. It\u2019s one more reason to give thanks this season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Nick<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks, Thanksgiving always gives me pause, offering an invitation to reflect on all that I have to be thankful for\u2014and to say thanks to you. An attitude of gratitude seems to be woven into the fabric of our NMC culture. Just this past week, I saw it expressed by students, faculty, and staff alike. 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