A survey of Washington state's community and technical colleges was completed at the end of 2017 regarding what college students believe is a reasonable cost for course materials. The data collected led to 6 findings recently published by the SBCTC and WACTCSA....
Educational Media Technologies is excited to welcome Chris Hanna to our team! Chris has joined us as the Digital Media Systems Technician. He and his family have lived in Traverse City for the last sixteen years after living in Chicago for the early part of his adult...
Hello NMC Faculty and Staff! The Advising team and our Student Success team are working to finalize the details for this year’s Career and Employment Fair! We have over 70 businesses signed up so far, and they are hopeful to get a wide range of applicants to learn...
If you find a conference or workshop or other professional development opportunity that you would like to attend, there is an easy process for you to follow. Here it is step by step: Review Travel Procedures to get an overview of college policies related to travel...
From February 26 to March 3, some new "students" will be sitting in NMC classrooms. These students will actually be faculty participating in Open Classroom Week. This is a CIE-sponsored initiative to promote contemplation and conversation about teaching and learning...
Student Engagement Aids Text Comprehension. Try this “Heads-up Questions” Strategy. How many different ways have you tried to prepare students for the class activities? How do you get students to participate in discussions and not always have the same students...
Creating a purpose for reading or viewing focuses students’ attention on important concepts in the text or recorded lectures instructors use to guide them. As academics, instructors readily pull information from sources with confidence while students may not share...
Last semester, one of my students came to me for help with another class. She felt that the tests included material that was never covered in class. And even the stuff that was covered in class she felt she often struggled to understand fully. When I asked her how she...
This year’s Winter Conference focused on the non-cognitive issues that our students face. The NMC Reads book, Paying the Price, gave us the research to support what we have been seeing--our students face many challenges as they make their way through college. Mickie...