{"id":64000,"date":"2021-04-21T08:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=64000"},"modified":"2021-04-21T08:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:49:57","slug":"be-whats-possible-campaign-gift-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=64000","title":{"rendered":"Be What\u2019s Possible Campaign Gift Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear NMC Community,<\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled to announce that Richard and Diana Milock have just made a gift of $3 million to NMC. This gift will support the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/programs\/academic-programs\/audio-technology\/index.html\">Audio Technology Program<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/programs\/academic-programs\/culinary-arts\/index.html\">Great Lakes Culinary Institute<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennosmuseum.org\/\">Dennos Museum Center<\/a> through a combination of current and planned gifts.<\/p>\n<p>This gift is the culmination of many years of the NMC Foundation and many of you across our campuses working with the Milocks to understand how their philanthropic goals best align with college priorities. Thank you for all that you have done to build trust and confidence in NMC to make this gift possible.<\/p>\n<p>This is the largest single gift from a living donor in the college\u2019s history. Richard and Diana Milock have now given more than $5.3 million to the NMC Foundation as part of the current Be What\u2019s Possible campaign, making them the lead donors in this effort.<\/p>\n<p>With this gift, Richard and Diana join you in supporting student success as well as the sustainability of the Dennos Museum Center, a treasured cultural asset. This gift makes much possible for the entire community as it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commits a planned gift to create an endowed fund to support the greatest needs of the Dennos Museum Center with $1.5 million;<\/li>\n<li>Commits a planned gift to create an endowed fund to support students at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute through scholarships and the greatest needs of the program with $1 million;<\/li>\n<li>Supports the current needs of the Audio Technology Program and the Dennos Museum Center, including key equipment updates to the Milliken Auditorium and support for the Audio Tech program to encourage student success with $500,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your dedication to student success and the arts have inspired the Milocks to support the Dennos Museum Center and NMC\u2019s Great Lakes Culinary Institute for nearly two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relationships that you build every day at NMC not only help our students succeed, but also inspire others to trust NMC to make a difference with their philanthropic gifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>\nNick<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Nick Nissley, Ed.D.\u00a0|\u00a0President\u00a0| Northwestern Michigan College<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Northwestern Michigan College\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/img-nmclogo-small.gif\" alt=\"Northwestern Michigan College\" width=\"280\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Join the conversation about NMC on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/icons\/icon-facebook-md.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Follow NMC news and events on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmc_tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/icons\/icon-twitter-md.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Connect with NMC students, staff and alumni on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/northwestern-michigan-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/icons\/icon-linkedin-md.png\" alt=\"LinkedIn\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Watch NMC videos on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/icons\/icon-youtube-md.png\" alt=\"YouTube\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"View NMC photos and videos on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nmc_tc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/images\/icons\/icon-instagram-md.png\" alt=\"Instagram\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear NMC Community, I am thrilled to announce that Richard and Diana Milock have just made a gift of $3 million to NMC. This gift will support the college\u2019s Audio Technology Program, Great Lakes Culinary Institute, and Dennos Museum Center through a combination of current and planned gifts. This gift is the culmination of many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[68,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-presidents-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Be What\u2019s Possible Campaign Gift Announcement - NMC Communiqu\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=64000\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be What\u2019s Possible Campaign Gift Announcement - NMC Communiqu\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear NMC Community, I am thrilled to announce that Richard and Diana Milock have just made a gift of $3 million to NMC. 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