Supporting Native American students in their academic journey requires a thoughtful, culturally responsive approach that acknowledges their unique backgrounds, challenges, and strengths, states Nathan Bootz, our Native American Student Success Coach. CIE is pleased to...
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Spotlight on Read&Write
Did you know that NMC has a site license to Texthelp's literacy/accessibility support tool Read&Write? It is available to everyone - faculty, staff, and students. Look for the purple puzzle piece icon when using Chrome to turn on the tools. You can also download...
Jim Crow Museum Field Trip, Intense and Important
Thanks to the DEIB team and EES for organizing the field trip to the Jim Crow Museum on Nov. 1. A dozen faculty joined staff and community members on the bus to Ferris State, which hosts the museum in the basement of its library. The museum was...
Canvas Corner Volume 8: Understanding the Canvas Assignments Page
The Canvas Assignments page is where the Canvas gradebook is organized. For any activity to count towards the course total, it must be added to the Assignments page. Instructors do not have to create assignments and quizzes directly on the Assignments page, but...
October Conference presenters share slides and receive praise
Huge thanks to all the faculty, staff, and community members who shared their time and knowledge at October Conference! Our fabulous presenters have shared their slide decks and other resources in the October Conference shared drive. Conference planners...
Canvas Corner Volume 7: Using the Canvas Syllabus Feature
At NMC, all instructors are required to post their syllabus in Canvas. Fortunately, Canvas provides a dedicated syllabus feature in the course navigation panel that includes several helpful elements to enhance syllabus clarity and course functionality. The NMC...
Quick Bytes – Oct/Nov 2024 – It’s not too late to sign up!
Quick Bytes for the end of October and November feature courses on Google Sheets, AI, and Google Forms. Sign up today and learn a new technology skill. Date Course Name October 31 Google Sheets Basics Covering the basics of Google Sheets, this course will advance...
Swoop & NMC Biology Faculty Represent in Wisconsin
Suzanne Bessette, NMC Biology faculty member, recently attended the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE) Annual Meeting at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She also took Swoop with her. Check out the incredible Swoopy's...
OOPs Offering Mini Sabbaticals
NMC’s Office of Possibilities has partnered with academic areas and CIE to provide release time / mini sabbaticals to faculty interested in working on innovation in their areas. We all know that entrepreneurial thinking and development takes time and resources...