The library’s finals studyfest returns! Encourage your students to join us on Thursday, April 27 from 4 p.m. to midnight for a night of camaraderie and commiseration and get the fuel and support they need to knock out your final assignments and exam prep. Librarians,...
Thank you to those that attended the CIE Coffee Club on Friday, February 17th, to discuss ChatGPT and how it should be used at NMC. During our discussion we shared several resources that can be found below: Create an OpenAI account and try ChatGPT Adapting Your...
Understanding LGBTQ+ students is one thing. Being an effective ally is another. Strategies for supporting our LGBTQ+ community were the focus of a productive discussion at the January Coffee Club led by Christine Mac and Denny Nguyen. Christine and Denny, advisors for...
Have you already done your faculty service work? Has your January service been pushed over into February? Are you still waiting for the right opportunity to show up on the United Way app? It’s all good! That is, it’s all good in our opinion. We want to know what...
I stepped away from my formal responsibilities at the college in 2018-2019 and took a year’s sabbatical. Doing so provided an opportunity to immerse myself in a period of planned reading, researching, thinking, and writing. The experience was invaluable. What did I...
Days before the holiday break, my news and listserv feeds blew up with headlines about a new service from OpenAI called ChatGPT. If you are unfamiliar with OpenAI this New York Time article gives you some background information about ChatGPT. For those without access...
POLICY MAP. This is a teaser for all of you looking for ways to integrate data in an easy and meaningful way into your classroom activities and assignments. Check out the next issue of Owl Pellets for Three Ways to Use Policy Map from Nicco, coming to your inbox soon!
Curiosities returns this semester with a star-studded cast of guest facilitators and a mix of in-person and virtual programs. As always, we'll explore each topic for four consecutive weeks, meeting weekly for a freewheeling discussion on a curated set of articles,...
Thanks to all the faculty and staff who presented and otherwise helped out at the October Conference! It was a great day of learning, sharing, and camaraderie, from the presentations by our guest speaker, Todd Zakrajsek, to the First Annual Staff/Faculty Kickball...