Nov 12, 2018
We are committed to the lifetime of learning mantra. I started taking classes at NMC in 1978, taking a BASIC computer programming class in the basement of Scholar’s Hall. After 40 years, this is likely my final semester as a full-time student. In 2008, I retired...
Nov 12, 2018
Tonight I will walk through areas of downtown Traverse City with my colleagues Lisa Blackford and Brandon Everest and we’ll be accompanied by about one hundred of our students from 5 different classes, their friends and family, and members of the community. We’ll be...
Nov 12, 2018
I would like to share with you a poem titled “Horizon.” It is from a book of poems by Rudy Francisco titled: Helium. I came across the book during a Read Harder challenge. I hope I haven’t already driven past my greatest moments. I hope there is something beautiful on...
Nov 12, 2018
Nov 12, 2018
Last year, when my daughter was a freshman in college and having a really hard time, she would complain to me about everything. She was unable to see anything good about her college, her new city, her life far from home. So I pulled out a strategy I used to use when...
