{"id":162063,"date":"2025-04-28T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=162063"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:07:38","slug":"kudos-363","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=162063","title":{"rendered":"Kudos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kudos to Ali Thornton, Justin Guillard, Chris Little, and Tyrel Stott! <\/strong>Ali, Justin, Chris and Tyrel consistently go above and beyond during orientation, always ready to help with a smile on their face. The first orientation for students entering NMC this summer or fall 2025 brought a unique set of challenges, especially with the added responsibility of ensuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) was properly set up for all incoming students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kudos to Beth Norconk! <\/strong>Beth single-handedly configured the 30+ PCs for the upcoming IT olympics event. This was a massive help and a big load off our plates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kudos to Chelsie Niemi, Liz Celeste and the rest of the Dennos team! <\/strong>The Dennos Museum partnered with Student Success, Up North Pride, Pride Student Group and two stores in town to host and plan a clothing swap for Earth Day. Thank you for not only hosting, but also taking the primary planning role, facilitating the clothing donations and helping sort everything for an amazing event! We were able to have over 300 students and community members attend this free event and make a massive donation of clothing to area non-profit thrift stores.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-style: none; border-top: dotted 5px; color: #008365;\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51670\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AdobeStock_589564120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"71\" height=\"104\" \/>Experts suggest maintaining an &#8220;attitude of gratitude&#8221; increases positivity for yourself and for others. Please encourage your colleagues by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/departments\/human-resources\/kudos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submitting a <strong>KUDOS<\/strong><\/a>. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to Ali Thornton, Justin Guillard, Chris Little, and Tyrel Stott! 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