By Barcley Owens As a new century began in summer of 2000, my wife and I were looking for a family adventure, when we heard about the Fulbright program. A month later, after sending in the application, I was given an interview by the selection committee. Then, in...
This fall the Social Sciences department had the extreme fortune to have two brand new full-time faculty join our team. Rachel Johansen-Wilczewski is our new Sociology instructor. If you struggle pronouncing her name, Rachel recommends this cool trick: Will (as in...
Students, like everyone else, love to save money. They are vocal about their support for cheaper college tuition, textbooks and course materials. Who can argue with them on that? With textbooks and materials, faculty have a chance to really help. While not all texts...
This week I was asked to write about disability services for our student veterans. At first I was stuck trying to think of how the process would be any different for this population. Then I realized that qualifying for disability-related accommodations is no different...
Last semester’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Pilot Project was a huge success. The 10 instructors who took part in the project, combined with instructors who were already using OERs, helped to save students over $137,000 in just one semester. A few of these...
Our 10th Annual Career and Employment Fair will be held Thursday, March 3, from 4-5:30 pm, at the Hagerty Center on the Great Lakes Campus. It is free and open to all students, alumni, and community members. Check out the list of employers to do some research before...
teachingSOLUTIONS Boot Camp: May 9th - 13th A week long, face to face boot camp to learn Moodle, web-enhance your course, and learn skills to teach online. Earn your Online Teaching Certificate to be eligible to teach online at NMC. Course Development Institute: ONE...
EvaluationKIT is the new course evaluation system being used at NMC and you’re invited to attend an open workshop/training session to learn how use your EvaluationKIT dashboard. Feel free to pop in at any point during one of the sessions below to learn how to access...
Colleagues, In attempt to better-understand the unique challenges that student veterans face in college, NMC’sStudent Veterans of America (SVA), in conjunction with NMC’s Military & Veteran Services, will be sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, February 25...