{"id":5,"date":"2011-12-08T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=5"},"modified":"2012-01-12T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:09:01","slug":"student-news-update-for-dec-8-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Student News Update for Dec. 8, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last edition of the semester (where has all the time gone?):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Russia Study Abroad Information Session TODAY<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t let the Flu Season Ruin Your Holiday Season<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Upcoming Nursing Information Session<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Important News Coming To Your NMC E-mail<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Book Buyback Is Next Week<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Final Payment Deadline January 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Alternative Spring Break<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Nominate Someone For The NMC Faculty Excellence Awards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">A reminder, NMC will be closed the week of December 26-30, and offices will reopen on Monday, January 2.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Russia Study Abroad Info Session<br \/>\n<\/strong>TODAY! Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5pm in Scholars Hall (SH) 109<br \/>\nEarn credit for your travels, use financial aid, see the world!<br \/>\nContact Jim Coughlin, 995-1270 for more information<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t let the Flu Season Ruin Your Holiday Season!<br \/>\n<\/strong>FREE Influenza Vaccine for uninsured students\u00a0in Health Services located at LB 106.\u00a0 Just walk in or call 995-1255.\u00a0 Limited supply, first come, first serve.<br \/>\nYoung women between the ages of 19-26 may be eligible to\u00a0receive\u00a0FREE Gardasil, the vaccine that prevents HPV which causes cervical cancer.\u00a0 To find out if you qualify, stop by Health Services at LB 106 or call 995-1255.<br \/>\nComing Soon!\u00a0 Student Wellness program &#8220;Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0Earn chances to win free gas cards weekly and an end of semester bonus prize while getting healthy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Nursing Information Session<br \/>\n<\/strong>Please join us for a Nursing Information Session for current NMC pre-nursing students on December 13th\u00a0from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Oleson Center.<br \/>\nThis session will better acquaint you with our Nursing program, review admissions criteria and discuss program policies and procedures.<br \/>\nIf you are interested in attending the Nursing Information Session check the Advising Center webpage (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/advising\" target=\"_blank\">www.nmc.edu\/advising<\/a>) for information on how to RSVP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important News Coming To Your NMC e-mail<br \/>\n<\/strong>Watch your Self-Service and NMC e-mail over the next several weeks!\u00a0 Fall grades will be finalized and Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) will be calculated.\u00a0 You will be notified by email if there is a change in your SAP status and financial aid funding.<br \/>\nYou can also check your eligibility status, grades, account balance, and pending financial aid on your NMC Self-Service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Buyback Is Next Week<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bookstore hours are 8:30 a.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday,\u00a0 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Payment Deadline January 3<br \/>\n<\/strong>Final payment day is Tuesday, January 3, 2012, for Spring semester. Any students registering after that date should expect to make payment when they register.<br \/>\nGrades for Fall 2011 should be available through the student&#8217;s Self-Service account by the end of the day December 23.<br \/>\nGraduation is not automatic. \u00a0If you plan to graduate at the end of Fall 2011, Spring 2012, or Summer 2012, apply now! \u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/student-services\/records-registration\/forms\/application-for-degree.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0for the application.<br \/>\nConvenient ways to pay for your spring semester and avoid long lines:<\/p>\n<p>ONLINE:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/selfservice\" target=\"_blank\">www.nmc.edu\/<wbr>selfservice<\/wbr><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; always available for viewing financial aid status, balances, setting up a payment plan and paying with Visa. You can also authorize others to make payments and set up ACH (direct debit) transactions from your bank.<\/p>\n<p>IN PERSON:\u00a0 To better serve you, Cashier&#8217;s, Financial Aid, and Records &amp; Registration will have extended hours on these final payment days and first week of class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 2\u00a0and 3 &#8211; 8 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>January 16-19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; 7 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BY MAIL:\u00a0 NMC, ATTN: Business Office, 1701 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI\u00a0 49686<\/p>\n<p>Questions?\u00a0 Call the Cashier&#8217;s Office (231) 995-1085 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:billing@mail.nmc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">billing@mail.nmc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternative Spring Break<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alternative Spring Break is Back! NMC and The United Way have partnered to bring this amazing experience back to you. Are you interested in volunteering in New Orleans over Spring Break? Please apply today so you can join us in planning, fundraising, and getting ready! Contact Michelle Gallagher, 947-3200 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:michelleg@unitedwaynwmi.org\" target=\"_blank\">michelleg@unitedwaynwmi.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominate Someone for the NMC Faculty Excellence Awards<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sometimes in the everyday rush of being a student and handling other obligations, it doesn&#8217;t occur to students until after they&#8217;ve left NMC that they should have said &#8220;Thank You&#8221; to a particular instructor.\u00a0 The NMC Faculty Excellence Awards nomination process is an opportunity to do that NOW.<\/p>\n<p>CIE is hoping that you will help us spread the word regarding the Imogene Wise Faculty Excellence Award honoring a full\u2011time instructor and the NMC Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award honoring an adjunct instructor. \u00a0Can you take a few minutes this semester to nominate that instructor who has made sense out of chaos\u201d for you and to encourage others to do the same?<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomerang.com\/Survey\/WEB22DWZGJCJDS\" target=\"_blank\">nomination form is online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last edition of the semester (where has all the time gone?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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