From the time I began learning about World Religions as an undergraduate at Western Michigan University (GO BRONCOS!), the teachings of H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama have struck a chord with me. In particular, since March 13th, 2020 (Friday the 13th to be exact), his...

I have been teaching online economics classes for NMC from the time they started this format I think. I can remember using Blackboard as the course management software. In all these years I'm not sure there is a perfect way to present any class online, but I find that...

The Michigan Student Success Summit In lieu of our typical annual in-person Success Summit, the Michigan Center for Student Success is pleased to be offering a schedule of dynamic virtual sessions over the course of two weeks in September (16-18th and 23-25th) as...

Remember that as part of the college-wide belt tightening this year, CIE’s budget has not been funded. Instead, we are using the money that we have left over from last year to fund our needs for this year. As a result, we will need to think about and do things a bit...

Time may have become a flat circle abstraction in the age of COVID-19 and distance learning, but the fall semester approaches to remind everyone that time indeed does march on. Below you’ll find important Moodle dates relevant to the upcoming school year: Once Upon a...

I have been thinking a lot recently about assessment. First, I've been thinking about it because, you know, it's a lot of what we do as teachers--we try to figure out what students are learning and what they are struggling with. Second, I was part of Nick Roster's...

As part of the college-wide belt tightening this year, CIE's budget has not been funded. Instead, we are using the money that we have left over from last year to fund our needs for this year. I do not think this will be as bad as it sounds. Because of the pandemic,...

For the past three years, the CIE- and PDI-sponsored NMC October Conference has been a wonderful day of collaboration and engagement for all faculty and staff. However, due to the pandemic, we are not able to collaborate in the same way this year. And I think we all...

The August Conference has traditionally been held on Monday afternoon right after Opening Conference, but because this year will be very different both in terms of meetings and teaching, CIE has decided to take a different approach. Rather than spending an afternoon...