Service Dogs

Service Dogs

Service dogs – a very hot topic on the civil rights listservs I read. In this article I will share some resources to help you understand the difference between a service dog and an emotional support animal and which is allowed in the classroom. Who doesn’t like...

Best Practices for MS Word

The following are some best practices to remember when creating Word documents. Information taken from The Office of Accessibility, mn.gov/mnit/accessibility. Use document styles: Use heading and paragraph styles to structure the document. Add alt-text to images and...
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,...
TRENDS Call for Presenters

TRENDS Call for Presenters

On behalf of the TRENDS in Occupational Studies committee, I wanted to share with you the “Call for Presenters” form.  This online form is used by the various committees (Technical, Health Sciences, IT, General, etc.) to solicit potential presentations for...

Mid-Semester Alerts: A Chance for Students To Reflect

During our December Friday Forum discussion on grading, Communications instructor Dani Garcia talked about how she has students do regular metacognitive grade checks. She makes the grade check an assignment worth points. To do the assignment, students have to go into...