NMC's Center for Teaching and Learning

CIE Coffee Club: Q & A with Ready for Life
2026-03-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Library Reading Room and Zoom https://nmc.zoom.us/j/94388438599
Please join us for a Q & A discussion about Ready for Life, a program that offers people with disabilities the opportunity to participate in campus life. NMC will begin hosting Ready for Life students this fall. We will meet with representatives from the non-profit organization, along with faculty who have worked with Ready for Life students at Ferris State and Hope College.

CIE Friday Forum
2026-04-03 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | TJNIC 106/07
Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch and professional development programming on the first Friday of the month. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to help us make an accurate lunch order. If you forget to RSVP, still come!

Friday Forum: Durable Skills
2026-04-10 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | TJNIC 106/07
Join us for a workshop on Durable Skills presented by Kristy McDonald and Brandon Everest of the Experiential Learning Institute. Here’s a summary of their presentation: Durable skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, resilience, and self-directed learning are essential to student success and are consistently identified by employers as critical for long-term career readiness. We will introduce our durable skills framework found in the new strategic plan and guide you through a course and assignment mapping activity. This process will help you identify where you already teach durable skills in your courses and where there may be opportunities to embed them more intentionally. You will leave the session with a completed map and concrete ideas for teaching and strengthening these skills in your curriculum. Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch and professional development programming on the first Friday of the month. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to help us make an accurate lunch order. If you forget to RSVP, still come!

New Faculty Institute
2026-04-10 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | IC 123

CIE Coffee Club
2026-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Library Reading Room
Join us for a preview of 75th Anniversary events with Katharine Marvin and Craig Hadley, chairs of the celebration committee. Hear first-hand about the fun and meaningful events coming our way!

New Faculty Institute
2026-04-17 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Library Reading Room

New Faculty Breakfast
2026-05-04 08:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | The Omelette Shoppe, 1031 E Front St, Traverse City, MI, United States
CIE wants to buy your breakfast! Instead of a New Faculty Institute picnic, we invite you to join us for a year-end celebration with coffee and eggs (or whatever) your way! No agenda, just fueling up to finish grading and head off to summer. Say yes!

New Faculty Institute Orientation
2026-08-12 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Innovation Center Room 123 (computer lab)
The Center for Instructional Excellence, our faculty-run professional development organization, is holding an orientation for new full-time and adjunct faculty on August 12 from 9-3 and August 13 from 9-noon. We will go over logistical information for teaching at the college and some basic teaching tips. New Faculty Institute Orientation Agenda The orientation is the kick-off for the 2026-27 New Faculty Institute, which meets once a month to introduce you to college leaders, discuss pedagogy, and answer logistical questions. We keep the meetings informal, with plenty of time for you to build connections with faculty from across the college. New full-time faculty are required to attend New Faculty Institute Orientation and the monthly meetings. Adjunct instructors are not required to attend, but we encourage you to join us as often as you can. We pay adjuncts a $25/hour stipend and provide food, drink, and good conversation! Contact CIE director Janet Lively if you have questions. I look forward to meeting you soon!

New Faculty Institute Orientation
2026-08-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Innovation Center Room 104/05
Teaching Essentials slidesThe Center for Instructional Excellence, our faculty-run professional development organization, is holding an orientation for new full-time and adjunct faculty on August 12 from 9-3 and August 13 from 9-noon. We will go over logistical information for teaching at the college and some basic teaching tips. The orientation is the kick-off for the 2026-27 New Faculty Institute, which meets once a month to introduce you to college leaders, discuss pedagogy, and answer logistical questions. We keep the meetings informal, with plenty of time for you to build connections with faculty from across the college. New full-time faculty are required to attend New Faculty Institute Orientation and the monthly meetings. Adjunct instructors are not required to attend, but we encourage you to join us as often as you can. We pay adjuncts a $25/hour stipend and provide food, drink, and good conversation! Contact CIE director Janet Lively if you have questions. I look forward to meeting you soon!

August PD: Advisor Training for Full-time Faculty
2026-08-17 12:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Hagerty Center
We’re looking forward to seeing you all on Monday for August PD day! The Advising team will be leading our session to round out your foundational advisor training for Fall. *Please bring your laptop for the afternoon!* Here is our agenda for the day:

Fiesta taco lunch served — lunch starts at 11:45 for early birds
Training begins in the Hagerty Ballroom (everyone together):

Welcome & Introductions
Advising pay reminders
My Success
Working with students on academic probation
Financial aid basics, and Q&A

**Break**
Training Continues:BS/AAS/Cert and Pre-AGS programs in Lobdell’sASA programs in Hagerty Ballroom

Course waivers, substitutions, and catalog years
Statewide transfer pathways
Plans templates for transfer, part-time, spring start students

Teaching Essentials PD workshop for Adjunct Instructors
2026-08-17 12:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Innovation Center Room 104/05
Welcome to an inaugural session of Teaching Essentials! The workshop will cover a variety of pedagogical strategies to consider incorporating into your online and/or face-to-face classes. Teaching Essentials is facilitated by Ryan Bernstein and Mark DeLonge, Ed Tech staff members and adjunct instructors. This is a special session is for adjuncts and new provisional faculty who missed New Faculty Institute Orientation. It runs concurrently with the required student advising training session for full-time faculty. The Center for Instructional Excellence will provide lunch, and adjunct instructors will receive a $25 an hour stipend. Teaching Essentials is not required for adjunct instructors, but we believe this workshop will be helpful for all instructors. Please respond to this invite invitation to help us plan for lunch.

Canvas Camp
2026-08-20 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center & Library (IC), 1701 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686, USA, https://nmc.zoom.us/j/98264364195?pwd=[REDACTED]
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Non-Attendance Survey Due
2026-09-04 23:30 - 2026-09-05 00:00 (America/New_York)

Friday Forum
2026-09-11 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | TJNIC 106/07
Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch, conversation with colleagues, and professional development programming. We usually meet on the first Friday of the month, but we rescheduled Friday Forum this month because of Labor Day. Please RSVP so we can plan on lunch. See you there!

CIE Coffee Club
2026-09-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Library Reading Room (upstaris in the Innovation Center)
Join CIE for coffee, snacks, and an informal discussion of information on teaching and college happenings. Stay tuned for information on presenters.

Friday Forum
2026-10-02 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Detroit), 2026-12-04 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Detroit), 2027-02-05 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Detroit), 2027-03-05 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Detroit), 2027-03-05 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch, conversation with colleagues, and professional development programming. Friday Forums are the first Friday of the month. Please RSVP so we can plan on lunch. See you there!

CIE Coffee Club
2026-10-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Detroit), 2026-12-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2027-01-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2027-02-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2027-03-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Library Reading Room
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Friday Forum
2026-11-06 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Osterlin Building Room 203

CIE Coffee Club
2026-11-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

January PD with CIE
2027-01-06 08:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | TBD

Friday Forum
2027-04-09 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Detroit)
Join the Center for Instructional Excellence for lunch, conversation with colleagues, and professional development programming. Friday Forums are the first (or sometimes second) Friday of the month. Please RSVP so we can plan on lunch. See you there!
