{"id":160124,"date":"2024-12-18T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=160124"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:12:22","slug":"success-story-apply-for-michigan-reconnect-by-dec-31-start-spring-or-summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=160124","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Apply for Michigan Reconnect by Dec. 31, start spring or summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>December 18, 2024<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mi-reconnect-graphic.jpg\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d6d8d28f0a0a00b85fbc5fb088bb2a2emi-reconnect-graphic.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/>For two more weeks, 21- to 24-year-olds can join the 325 NMC students who already have saved more than $750,000 in tuition through Michigan Reconnect.<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 31 is the deadline for that age group to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/landing\/adult-students.html\">apply for Reconnect<\/a>, which offers free in-district tuition to adults who don&#8217;t already have a college degree. They can start in spring or summer 2025 semesters, and continue to receive the scholarship until they complete. But Jan. 1, Reconnect eligibility reverts to ages 25 and up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mitchell Mosley\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d6df68b70a0a00b85fbc5fb013a61563mitchell-mosley.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/>Current Reconnect student <strong>Mitchell Mosley<\/strong>&#160;(right) urged eligible students not to let that window of opportunity close.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it&#8217;s even on your mind, you might as well<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/landing\/adult-students.html\"> put the application<\/a> in. It&#8217;s quick, it&#8217;s easy, it&#8217;s responsive,&#8221; said Mosley, 27, who stepped back in an NMC classroom this fall for the first time in eight years. In the interim he discovered his lack of a degree hindered his job advancement. Now he has a drive he didn&#8217;t have before.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really want it now. I want to be educated,&#8221; said Mosley. In just one semester he said he&#8217;s learned business math skills, like paying payroll taxes, that will help him better run his business, Swabbies, a yacht cleaning business, but also self-discipline and collaboration skills.<\/p>\n<p>Combining the credits he earned at NMc after high school graduation in 2015 plus others from an Oregon community college, he&#8217;ll only need to attend for a year before earning his associate degree in business next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Education is bigger than a diploma. There&#8217;s a lot more to it,&#8221; said Mosley, who has organized study groups for his classes, and attended on-campus and professional events like the regional Economic Summit (pictured).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want more out of life and NMc has kind of helped me,&#8221; he said, adding he plans to continue his studies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t end here, I can promise you that,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Students 21 to 24 can start their journey to a tuition-free degree at NMc by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/landing\/adult-students.html\">applying online<\/a> by Dec 31. They must have lived in Michigan for at least a year and not have previously earned a degree. They can start classes in spring or summer 2025 semesters. Reconnect eligibility continues until the degree is completed, as long as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/reconnect\/community-college\/stay-reconnected\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\">requirements are met<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, 2024 For two more weeks, 21- to 24-year-olds can join the 325 NMC students who already have saved more than $750,000 in tuition through Michigan Reconnect. Dec. 31 is the deadline for that age group to apply for Reconnect, which offers free in-district tuition to adults who don&#8217;t already have a college degree. 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