Food Pantry Open
The NMC Food Pantry remains opens for business despite campuses being closed through April 2020. We average about an order a day for food and hygiene staples for our students. They can continue to order online at nmc.edu/food-pantry. Orders are packed and made...
Counseling Available
COVID-19 has certainly impacted the ways in which NMC’s Student Life team carries out our daily operations. We understand that this is a time full of unknowns, and that this can create a significant increase in stress and anxiety for all of us. Students are...
Teaching Psychology during Covid-19
Factors helping me make the transition from face-to-face to online: already using OER text, Moodle, I always text students all semester long , using various technology platforms every semester and in the Winter/Sp. 2019-weather was a good test drive...NMC cancelled or...
Retraining
Luke Southern is a freelance artist and this rendering* of Maslow’s hierarchy depicts so succinctly how I feel about now. Actually, it’s more like I am hanging on by my fingernails, sliding down to safety, scrabbling back up to affirmation, just to slippity-slide back...
Becoming Our Best, Bravest Selves
As a way of making sense of my days, even prior to the coronavirus pandemic, most nights before I retire I do some journaling to help me reflect upon my day and my leadership practice. I ask not only how'd we do today; but also, how might I do better tomorrow. That's...
Trauma-Informed Teaching: Applications to online teaching during Covid-19
I've done a considerable amount of reading on trauma informed teaching over the last two weeks. It is very relevant and pertinent given our new realities. As a writer and reflective practitioner, I've been writing down my thoughts and connecting together my readings,...
Making it FUN – keeping students engaged in uncertain times
My classes have theme weeks. If you're a student in my class, you can guess the theme via facebook (Drcathynmc), twitter (@DrCathyNMC), Instagram (@DrCathyNMC), or just do it old school in our Zoom meetings in Moodle. I've even grabbed the username on YouTube, but...
What I’m reading: articles on equity, trauma-informed teaching, & what our students need RIGHT NOW
I've been doing considerable reading in the evening hours, absorbing the advice and feedback from colleagues in higher ed and K-12. We are all navigating this strange online transition. And we're learning along the way. Here are some of the more thought-provoking...
Terri’s Work From Home Video
I replied to Kristen Salathiel's Work From Home video for the CIE/EMT Newsletter with a video of my own. She suggested I also share widely, so here you go. Stay safe and stay home.
