{"id":163992,"date":"2025-09-19T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163992"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:46:36","slug":"q-a-sessions-on-ready-for-life-program-offered-to-faculty-staff-oct-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163992","title":{"rendered":"Q &#038; A sessions on Ready for Life program offered to faculty &#038; staff Oct. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May, NMC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/ready-for-life.html\">announced<\/a> it would become the next site of Ready for Life Academy, joining Ferris State University and Hope College in offering a college experience to students with intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities. The program will begin in fall 2026 with a targeted enrollment of eight students. Grand Rapids-based <a href=\"https:\/\/rflnetwork.org\/\">Ready for Life<\/a> is hosting the first information day for potential students at NMC from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center, room 15.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff are invited to drop-in sessions before and after to find out more about the program and get their questions answered. Options are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9\u20139:50 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>2\u20132:50 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out more about how the partnership developed between NMC and Ready for Life, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1rEFQRhid6WcA7HDIrcduQPtaCGWg6qFPeNCCNNRiQyY\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch this slide show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May, NMC announced it would become the next site of Ready for Life Academy, joining Ferris State University and Hope College in offering a college experience to students with intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities. The program will begin in fall 2026 with a targeted enrollment of eight students. 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