{"id":71239,"date":"2021-10-13T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=71239"},"modified":"2022-11-13T00:19:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T05:19:25","slug":"success-story-tuition-for-vaccination-relieves-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=71239","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Vaccination incentives bring relief to students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>October 13, 2021<\/h3>\n<p>Two frontline adult learners got another boost toward their college goals last week &#8212; a semester&#8217;s worth of tuition in NMC&#8217;s Big Win giveaway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sarah Sergent\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/7ad9331f0a0a00b859117f0496154454sarah-sergent-1-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/>&#8220;This has been such a relief. I cried when I first found out,&#8221; said <strong>Sarah Sergent<\/strong>, 37, of Traverse City (right), a first-year student in NMC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/programs\/academic-programs\/marine-technology\/index.html\">Marine Technology bachelor&#8217;s degree program<\/a>. She currently receives the Futures for Frontliners scholarship, which covers in-district tuition toward an associate degree. Since Marine Technology is a bachelor&#8217;s degree, however, some of the classes she&#8217;ll take next year won&#8217;t qualify under Frontliners.<\/p>\n<p>NMC awarded $30,000 in tuition, housing and bookstore gift certificates to students who submitted proof of COVID-19 vaccination as an incentive to do so. Throughout the pandemic, NMC has prioritized student and employee safety while minimizing the disruption to learning.&#160; Students who were vaccinated by Sept. 30 were eligible to enter. More than 900 did.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kelley Nelson\" class=\"AlignImageLeft\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/7ada36dd0a0a00b859117f04cfcf4dbakelley-nelson-1-1.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/>Kelley Nelson<\/strong>, 38, (left) a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/programs\/academic-programs\/computer-studies\/index.html\">Computer Information Technology<\/a> student from Bellaire, won the other tuition prize. Nelson also receives the Futures for Frontliners scholarship. She is taking livestream online classes due to her full-time job in the IT department at Boyne Highlands Resort. That option is the only way she could pursue a degree, and she&#8217;s grateful NMC offers it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just slowly chugging along,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I love it. The teachers are great, everyone&#8217;s super helpful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With a particularly heavy load of 19 credits next semester Sergent&#8217;s also excited that the vaccination prize will allow her to reduce her work hours as a recovery coach at the Traverse Health Clinic and focus on school and maintaining her 4.0 GPA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a lot trying to juggle all this,&#8221; she said, adding that she was very nervous about returning to school as an adult, but NMC&#8217;s success coaching helped her tremendously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I enrolled I was so scared,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It changed to, &#8216;I can do this.&#8217;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the tuition winners, two students were awarded free housing for the spring semester (up to a $3,200 value each), five students received $500 gift certificates to the NMC bookstore, and ten students received $100 Amazon gift cards.<\/p>\n<p>NMC is currently awarding the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/admissions\/michigan-reconnect.html\"> Michigan Reconnect<\/a> scholarship, which provides in-district tuition to students over age 25 without a college degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 13, 2021 Two frontline adult learners got another boost toward their college goals last week &#8212; a semester&#8217;s worth of tuition in NMC&#8217;s Big Win giveaway. &#8220;This has been such a relief. 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