{"id":76311,"date":"2021-12-03T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=76311"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:36:08","slug":"holiday-festivities-2021-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=76311","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Festivities &#8211; 2021 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Good morning NMC community!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We hope you are having a successful fall semester! As we near the holiday season, we want to update you on our plans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Holiday Party Planning Committee has been discussing a variety of ways we could celebrate safely. However, with the recent news that our local hospital system has moved to a critical \u201cred\u201d level for the first time in Munson\u2019s history because of COVID-19, the committee has decided to not hold the traditional in-person employee holiday gathering in December.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While we will miss that time together, we want to acknowledge the commitment and strong service orientation you have demonstrated since the start of the pandemic. This is why <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=74054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the college is giving employees additional holidays between Christmas and New Year\u2019s Day<\/a> so you can have extra time to rest and recharge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We want to continue the college\u2019s strong tradition of giving and encourage you to support the NMC Food pantry and Student Life\u2019s Stocking Stuffers program by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nmc.edu\/give<\/a>. <em>Monetary donations to the Food Pantry are preferred<\/em>, however non-perishable food items may also be dropped off in-person at any desk in the Osterlin Building from now until December 17.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We also want to continue some of the fun with the annual Ugly Sweater Contest and hot cocoa tradition. Join us on Wednesday, December 15 as we celebrate Ugly Sweater Day at NMC. Please don your most festive holiday attire on this day and submit your contest entry to <a href=\"mailto:publicrelations@nmc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicrelations@nmc.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Also on December 15, stop by the Nelson Innovation Center from 1:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:00 p.m. to grab some hot cocoa and cookies \u2014 a treat that is Santa-approved! We will also have donation bins on-site in West Hall so that you can drop-off goods for the food pantry while you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Bitter\u2019 (for us!) against the sweetness of hot cocoa, cookies and your spirit of giving, is the upcoming retirement of Vickie Cook and Marguerite Cotto, who between them have 60 years helping to form the NMC we know and love. We asked them both to stop by the Innovation Center from 1:00 p.m. &#8211; 1:30 p.m. on December 15 for any who would like to say \u201cthank you,\u201d \u201cfarewell\u201d or \u201chasta la vista\u201d (or will it be \u201chasta pronto?\u201d).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for all you have done to help our NMC community stay safe and limit disruption to learning. Please take some time to reach out to your colleagues to connect and share your appreciation and gratitude as we continue to celebrate the spirit of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Mark<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Liebling<\/strong><br \/>\nAVP of Human Resources<br \/>\n1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI 49686<br \/>\n(231) 995-1342<\/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>Good morning NMC community! We hope you are having a successful fall semester! As we near the holiday season, we want to update you on our plans. The Holiday Party Planning Committee has been discussing a variety of ways we could celebrate safely. 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