How Do We Keep Students Engaged after Break?

How Do We Keep Students Engaged after Break?

We’ve all seen it: when we return from spring break, fewer students are sitting in our classrooms. Those who are there are listless; it’s as if they’ve lost their motivation and focus.  What’s an instructor to do? At the February Friday Forum,...
Faculty Spotlight: Robb Houston

Faculty Spotlight: Robb Houston

Robb Houston has been providing students at NMC an opportunity to gain a rock solid foundation in the geosciences since 2001.  He received his BS degree in geology from Central Michigan University and his Masters from Rice University in Houston, Texas.  After...

Friend or Foe?  Government Documents during Administration Changes

As you can image, there have been lengthy discussion on the Government Documents Listservs about how to teach students about GovDocs right now.  After some partisan comments flying around, most librarians agreed that regardless of who is in the White House, students...
Helping Students Be Successful: Reaching Out

Helping Students Be Successful: Reaching Out

I have begun making appointments with students who are not being successful and compelling them to come to my office to work out an action plan. I give them a written appointment like the one below: If I can get the student to come to my office for this meeting I talk...
Faculty Spotlight:  John Zachman

Faculty Spotlight: John Zachman

John Zachman is our very own political science professor and is part of the Social Sciences department. John has been with NMC for over fifteen years, teaching the majority of our political science classes, serving as part of our union negotiation team this past year,...