Like many of you, I imagine, the past month or so has found me oscillating between cycles of obsessive news consumption and bouts of much-needed info-distancing. Through it all, I’ve been buoyed by a steady current of stories of creativity, collaboration, and...

So, I am a part of Academic and Career Advising. We have been advocating using MAP and PLANS with every student. I know how to use them both. I used them. However .  . . not with every student. I love paper and writing out the student’s progress on their ASA Worksheet...

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Since transitioning to distance learning, Ed Tech has seen a large uptick in help desk tickets requesting assistance with importing tests into Moodle. As we get closer to exam season, we expect these requests to increase further. To ensure everyone receives help in...

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The NMC Food Pantry remains opens for business despite campuses being closed through April 2020. We average about an order a day for food and hygiene staples for our students. They can continue to order online at nmc.edu/food-pantry. Orders are packed and made...

COVID-19 has certainly impacted the ways in which NMC’s Student Life team carries out our daily operations.  We understand that this is a time full of unknowns, and that this can create a significant increase in stress and anxiety for all of us.  Students are...

Factors helping me make the transition from face-to-face to online: already using OER text, Moodle, I always text students all semester long , using various technology platforms every semester and in the Winter/Sp. 2019-weather was a good test drive...NMC cancelled or...

Luke Southern is a freelance artist and this rendering* of Maslow’s hierarchy depicts so succinctly how I feel about now. Actually, it’s more like I am hanging on by my fingernails, sliding down to safety, scrabbling back up to affirmation, just to slippity-slide back...