{"id":159911,"date":"2024-12-06T13:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=159911"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:55:45","slug":"nmc-aviation-campaign-receives-largest-gifts-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=159911","title":{"rendered":"NMC Aviation campaign receives largest gifts to date"},"content":{"rendered":"

TRAVERSE CITY —  Northwestern Michigan College’s Aviation Division has received two anonymous gifts, one of $150,000 and the other of $100,000, to expand its hangar, purchase additional aircraft and relocate its classrooms. The gifts are the largest received to date by Next Level: The Campaign for NMC Aviation, a fundraising initiative to build the Aviation Division’s capacity and admit more students into the program each year.<\/p>\n

The Next Level project, with a price tag of $14 million, will be funded by a combination of government support, bonding, and private philanthropy. The college has received $3.75 million in support from the state of Michigan and $550,000 in federal funding toward the project. The NMC Foundation aims to raise $1 million in private philanthropy toward the project. The two anonymous gifts bring the Foundation’s fundraising total to $390,000.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled and so grateful to these two donors for supporting the Next Level campaign,” said Alex Bloye, Aviation Division<\/a> director. “As the only two-year flight school in the state, we have the unique opportunity to efficiently train the pilots our world desperately needs. Expanding our hangar and fleet will increase the number of students, and ultimately the number of future pilots, we can admit each year. It’s a win for them, a win for our regional economy and a win for our world, which is relying more and more on air travel every year.”<\/p>\n

Next Level: The Campaign for NMC Aviation will expand the Aviation Division by:<\/p>\n