{"id":56950,"date":"2020-10-05T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=56950"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:46:52","slug":"virtual-stargazing-session-draws-an-international-crowd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=56950","title":{"rendered":"Culinary student found a temporary home thanks to NMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hawk-Owl-Profile-green-logo-only-72.png\" alt=\"Hawk Owl Helper logo\" width=\"76\" height=\"72\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-56951\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sierra-motel-helper-hero.jpg\" alt=\"NMC student and Sierra Motel owner\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sierra-motel-helper-hero.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sierra-motel-helper-hero-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Culinary student Elyce Newcomb (right, on the right) found many helpers and heroes in her first month at NMC, from Chef Les Eckert at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute to the Office of Student Life.<\/p>\n<p>Newcomb, 19, needed short-term temporary housing in September. After an arrangement with a friend fell through, she feared she might have to leave her classes or live in her vehicle until her apartment was available. Eckert and and the Student Life office got her gas cards to go home to Sault Ste Marie for Labor Day weekend. When Newcomb returned, they had found a room at the Sierra Motel, a stone\u2019s throw from main campus.\u00a0Tom\u2019s gift cards helped with groceries.<\/p>\n<p>Newcomb stayed there for 18 days. As a thank-you, she brought lunch from her classes to the motel owners. (Motel co-owner Conie Duimstra, with Elyce in the photo, asked if she could come to Elyce&#8217;s graduation.) Now settled in her apartment, Newcomb is focused on her goal of graduating and working as a cook aboard a ship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really thankful for NMC and my chefs, and the Student Life Center; they\u2019ve literally changed my life,\u201d Newcomb said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Who&#8217;s been a Hawk Owl Helper or Hero for you? Let us know at <a href=\"mailto:publicrelations@nmc.edu?subject=Hawk%20Owl%20Heroes%20and%20Helpers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicrelations@nmc.edu<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culinary student Elyce Newcomb (right, on the right) found many helpers and heroes in her first month at NMC, from Chef Les Eckert at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute to the Office of Student Life. Newcomb, 19, needed short-term temporary housing in September. 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