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NMC Frequency: Season 2, Episode 8: Nicco Pandolfi & Taylor Nash: The Staff Infection
In this episode we explore the budding friendship between Nicco Pandolfi, Instruction Librarian, and Taylor Nash, Academic & Career Advisor. Listen in and learn about Nicco's recent ultimate frisbee championship, Taylor's musical accomplishments, and The Staff...
Students Trying to Complete, Looking for Housing
Traverse City’s first snow of the year occurred the week our winter shelter, Safe Harbor, opened, and we have since had enough snow to cause multiple school closings (including NMC!). Many of us know students who struggle to find and keep stable housing. Comments like...
A Rose by Another Name (Shakespeare)
We’ve heard students discuss tests, of course: "too long, too hard, too often"-therefore I am always surprised when I hear students at the END of the semester bemoaning the fact that there were NOT ENOUGH tests. They state that they want to "be able to prove what they...
How Do You Think Predictions Increase Learning?
My final post about James Lang’s book Small Teaching focuses on using prediction as a way of engaging our students before they learn. Lang explains that by asking students to predict an answer or trend or result before they learn about it, they are more likely to...