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From the President ................
Lunch at Lobdells ..................
Alumni updates ......................
Plan ahead calendar ..............
A Publication
Alumni & Frien
o Northweste
Michigan Colle
Spring 2011
Now at The Dennos. See p. 4.
Advancing NMCsstrategic directions
Lie at NMC, as on most campuses,
has a regular rhythm. But mixed into
the everyday grind o taking and
teaching classes, homework and the
hunt or a parking space, some special
projects are underway.
Undertaken as part o NMCs
recently-adopted strategic directions,
these projects are happening in
classrooms, laboratories, oces and
o-campus. Teyre engaging tra-
ditional and non-traditional NMC
students, aculty and sta. And theyre
sharing a commitment to NMCs
recently-adopted strategic directions.
Here we spotlight three projectsthat advance one o those directions:
Establishing national and international
competencies in select areas (see p. 2)
connected to the regional economy.
Hybrid Dune Buggy
Pull the engine out o a oyota
Prius, drop it into the rame o a
dune buggy, and what do you get?
A road-worthy vehicle that allows
students to install, test and observehybrid systems in preparation or
careers in the automotive industrys
ast-growing hybrid sector.
Under the direction o instructor
David Bajema, the work-in-progress
buggy eventually will allow students
to install and test the electric battery
pack, computers and associated wiring
under actual driving conditions.
Top: NMCs hybrid dune buggy team consisted o students Tohosa Hunter (drivers seat) anlet to right, Adam Parzych, Steve Hubbard, Tom Smith, Doug Seeley, Brian Vanderwall-Arno
instructor Dave Bajema (green shirt), Nate Goddard and Ricky LeaBottom: NMC Automotive instructor Dave Bajema, second rom right, and hybrid automotivtechnology students installed a Toyota Prius hybrid engine in a dune buggy.
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NMC congratulates the
ollowing employees who
retired in 2011, and than
them or more than 400years o combined servic
Duane Barber
Cashier/Bookkeeper-AccountsReceivable
Kathleen Guy
Vice President or InstitutionalAdvancement
Cathy Jarvi
University Center Manager
Sally King
Assistant Director o Financial Aid
Karen Sabin
Executive Assistant to the President
Marty Trapp
Communications Instructor
Debbie Willson
General Merchandise Supervisor
NMCs enrollment,
fnancial aid applications
and und-raising eorts all
broke records this spring,
underscoring the need
or and value o higher
education in northernMichigan
The NorWester is published by the
NMC Ofce o Institutional Advancement.
Alumni news and updates may be submit-
ted online at www.nmc.edu/alumni or by
e-mailing [email protected]
For correspondence and address updates:
1701 E. Front Street
Traverse City, MI 49686
(231) 995-1021 (877) 922-1021
Editor: Paul HeatonWriter: Cari Noga
NMC Board o Trustees:
Robert T. Brick, Chair
William D. Myers, Vice-Chair
Douglas S. Bishop, Secretary
Susan K. Sheldon, Treasurer
K. Ross Childs
Cheryl Gore Follette
Walter J. Hooper
NMC President
Timothy J. Nelson
Timothy J. Nelson
The importance o partnering
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NMC Strategic Directions
EnsurethatNMClearnersare
prepared or success in a globasociety and economy
Establishnationalandinterna-tional competencies and providleadership in select educationaareas connected to the regionaeconomy and assets
Deliverlearningthroughanetworked workorce
Establishlifelongrelationshipswith learners
Transcribemostlearningtoestablish credentials o value
From the President
Te NMC Boardo rustees thisyear adopted vestrategic directionsor the college.Te cover storyo this edition o
NorWester eaturesprojects ocusingon one o thosestrategic directions:
Establish national and internationalcompetencies and provide leadership inselect educational areas connected to theregional economy and assets.
AdvancedManufacturing
ArtsandCulture
EntrepreneurshipandInnovation FreshWater
HealthCare
RenewableEnergyandSustainability
Value-AddedAgriculture
Troughout these stories, youll notice acommon thread: Partnerships.
NMC has always been a collaborativeinstitution. We have a 60-year historyo engagement with partners in theGrand raverse region, in Michigan andworldwide to improve the learning oppor-tunities or the communities we serve.
Our University Center is just one o ourmany proud and successul partnerships.Someofthemostcurrentincludethesponsors o our extraordinary newBodies Human exhibition at the DennosMuseum Center, with the Oleson amily,who continue to generously partner withus to provide the annual NMC Barbecue,set or May 22 this year, and the manycollaboratorswhowillbringusKidsFreeFishingDayJune18.
We are ortunate to be able to work withso many people and organizations who arecommitted to providing lielong learningopportunities to our communities.
You, however, are our most importantpartner.Itsbecauseofyouthatwehaveengaged in these new directions. Please let
us know how were doing, and let us kno opportunities where we can collaborwith others to achieve these directions.You can write to me any time [email protected].
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Besides establishing NMCs competencyin renewable energy and the entrepre-neurial angle Bajema believes the buggyis a rst-o-its-kind vehicle the projectalso aligns with the strategic goal otranscribing learning into credentials.
Tis vehicle and its technology appeal toourstudents,Bajemasaid.Itsbecomeacarrot, motivating them to sign up or theprerequisite classes needed or the hybridelectric vehicle class.
Predictions are or 35 percent o vehiclestobehybridby2014,Bajemasaid.Tanks to the dune buggy project,his students will have an edge in thejob market to service those vehicles.
Iwanttheirresumestogotothefrontofthele.Iwontbetotallyhappyuntilthat happens.
To ollow the dune buggy project,visitwww.hybridperformance.blogspot.com
New Jobs Training Actagreements
By2015,twoTraverseCitymanufac- turers will create nearly 50 new jobsbetween them, thanks to trainingavailable at NMC.
Inthelastsixmonths,thecollegesignedagreementstoprovidetrainingfor13employees at Electro-Optics echnology,Inc.,whichsuppliescomponentsanddiagnostic equipment or manuacturersand users o high power laser systems, and35atCenturyInc.,whichmanufacturesprecision steel components.
Te agreements take advantage o astatewide program that works as aregional economic development tool.
Community colleges oer training thatenables companies to expand and createnew jobs that pay well. raining costs arepaid by a diversion o the payroll taxesgenerated by the new jobs.
NMC has long been committed toworking with local employers to diversiyand improve the economy and workorcein the Grand raverse area, said Margue-rite Cotto, vice president or Lielong andProessional Learning at NMC. Tanks
totheNewJobsTrainingAct,wehavecreated a win-win situation or these twoemployers and NMC.
Advancing NMCs strategic directions
Let: To extract the hybrid engine, studentsrst had to tear down the Prius.
Below: In Costa Rica, Water Studies studentswill work with locals like eld station directorMarcia Carranza, let, and sherman JosEduardoBarrozo,right,toexamineenvironmental issues.
Continued from cover Spanish boot camp/CostaRica internships
Hundirse o fotar.
Sinkorswim.StudentsinNMCsFreshwaterStudiesprogramjoinedbyothersfromU-MandMSUwilllearn
what that means at the end o this montwhentheyheadtoCostaRicaforaninternshipconductedinSpanish.
Beore departure, theyll participate in aten-daySpanishbootcampinTraverseCity.OnceinCostaRica,theyllbechalenged to urther develop their fuencywhile immersed in the internship requiror graduation. Among the issues theyllstudyatEARTHUniversityarehydro-electric power, drinking water
availability and ecotourism.InadditiontoestablishingNMCscompetency in the area o resh water,the trip aligns with another strategic goa
Itsagreatopportunitytodevelopglobcompetencies, said Constanza Hazel-wood,aninstructorintheFreshwaterStudiesprogramwhowillteachtheSpanishbootcampandaccompanythestudents on the trip.
NotingthatstatelawnowrequiresK-12students to have two years o oreignlanguage, Hazelwood said dovetailinglanguage with the water studies curricu-lum will result in more versatile graduate
Insteadoflookingatlanguageasanobstacle, look at it as a necessary set oskills or anybody who wants to work inthis century, she said.
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This extraordinary display o more than 100 authentic human specimens includes whole bodies
and individual organs preserved through a process o plastination, a technique that replaces bodily
fuids with reactive plastics. A unique opportunity to see and appreciate the human body.
More images and info: www.dennosmuseum.org
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Happy anniversary
o mark NMCs 60th anniversary, thenamesofall21,000donorswhosecon-tributions have made the past six decades
possible were printed on a thank-youbanner. Te banner will be on displaythroughout this anniversary year. Look oryour name when you visit the lobby o theWelcomeCenterintheHealth&ScienceBuilding on NMCs main campus.
Findoutaboutmore60thanniversaryevents, including the orthcoming publica-tion o the third volume o NMCs history,Te Tird wenty Years, by local authorMardi Link atwww.nmc.edu/60
College orKids startsJune 20
Stimulate and nurture the
minds o kids ages 4-17 all
summer long with dozens
o classes in art, science,
music, technology,
adventure and more.
Registration is going on
now. See the schedule at
www.nmc.edu/ees
(231) 995-1700.
Lobdells open or lunch this summer
Take your summer guests or yoursel out to lunch this summer at Lobdells, NMCs teaching restaurant. Oering a gourmet mealand an unbeatable view o West Bay, lunch will be served Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays rom June 8-July 29(closed July 4). Reservations are available rom 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call (231) 995-3120. www.nmc.edu/lobdells
NMC names NISOD winners
Fiveindividualshavebeennamedthe2010-11winnersofNISODexcellenceawardsatNorthwesternMichiganCollege:
Dr. Diane Emling,Sociologyinstructor
Linda Rea,secretary,CenterforInstructionalExcellence
Dr Garyn Roberts, Communications instructor
Dr. Stephen Siciliano,VicepresidentforAcademicAairs
Jane Zlojutro, Business instructorNMC is one o more than 700 community college membersofNISOD,theNationalInstituteforSta&OrganizationalDevelopment. Aliated with the University o exas at Austin,NISODnomineesarejudgedoncriteriaincludingcommitmentto learning, proessionalism and relationships with both studentsand colleagues.
Read more at www.nmc.edu/cie
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Tee up Aug. 4
Scholarships are
supported with unds
raised in NMCs AnnualCommunity Campaign,
as well as special events
ike the upcoming
Scholarship Open,
to be held Aug. 4 at
Crystal Mountain Resort.
To sponsor or play, email
[email protected], or call
(231) 995-1021.
2000s
Patrick H. Symons, law enorcement, 2009,
was hired as an ocer by the Little TraverseBand o Odawa Indians.
Derek Woodruff, 2009, owner o TheFloral Underground, a foral design studio in
Traverse City, took third place in the realityshow The Arrangement, broadcast in 2010on the Logo Nework.
Nicole Gorton, NMC 2000, GVSU-UniversityCenter 2004, is a 2011 recipient o the Kohl
McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awardor her work as special education preschool/
kindergarten teacher working with childrenwith autism in Chicago. The award is presenteto Chicago educators who exempliy the best
practices o quality early childhood teaching:dedication, innovation, leadership, respect or
children and their amilies, and commitment toproessional growth.
1970s
Linda Root, RNC, Nursing, 1975 has been
selected as Vice President, Mission Integrationor Kalamazoo-based Borgess Health. Rootbegan her career at Borgess in 1998 as direct
o OB/GYN services.
1960s
Terry Maurer, 1964: Maurers Grayling-basebottled water company, Ecoviva, won the 2010
medal as Best Bottled Water in the world inthe 20th annual Berkeley Springs Internationa
Water Tasting Awards. Sourced rom his amilyproperty in the AuSable State Forest, and bottin biodegradable containers, Ecoviva is availab
in Meijer stores.
Lets all do the BBQ May 22The 56th annual picnic under the pines will again eature extensiverecycling and composting, striving toward a zero-waste goal.Tickets are just $5 in advance and available online atwww.nmc.edu/bbq, or $6 on Barbecue Day.
EnteryourBarbecueticketinarafetowinafullgeneraltuitionscholarship to NMC, or, new this year, a git certicate or NMCExtendedEducationorCollegeforKidsclasses.
Alumni updates
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Lets all do the BBQ!May 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Win a full tuitionscholarshipwww.nmc.edu/bbq
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Traverse City, MPermit No. 170
A Publication
Alumni & Frien
o Northweste
Michigan Colle
Spring 2011
LaMott, Wol named NMCs 2011 Outstanding Alumni
Breast cancer advocate and NMC retireeRuthAnnLaMottandartistGlennWolaretherecipientsofNMCs2011Outstanding Alumnus award.
Createdin1988,theawardrecognizesalumnior proessional achievement, community andproessional leadership or donations o time,talent and resources to NMC.
LaMott, o raverse City, attended NMC in1965-66andhastakennon-creditclassescontinuouslyeversince.Sheworkedatthecollegeasaninternandbeganherprofessionalcareerin1974.Cumulativelysheworkedformore
than30yearsatNMC,retiringin2009astheocemanagerinthe Humanities Academic Area.
A breast cancer survivor, LaMott is best known in the raverseCity community or her 25 years o advocacy and support orwomen diagnosed and treated or the disease. LaMott has beenrecognized with many local and national awards or her work,which ranges rom personal to public roles. On the personalend, she serves as and trains other Navigators to work one-on-one with newly-diagnosed women. On the public end, sheco-chaired the undraising committee or Munson MedicalCentersSmithFamilyBreastHealthclinic.Openedin2008,
the clinic oers state-o-the art digital mammography.
Wol, also o raverse City, earned hisassociateofartsdegreein1973andwentontoearnaBFAfromtheMinneapolisCollege o Art and Design. Known or histableaux style comprised o a central imagesurrounded by borders and insets, Wolinitially worked as an illustrator, contribut-ing to publications including Te New YorkTimes,SportsIllustrated,SportsAeldandAudubon magazine.
Wol now ocuses on ne art. His commissioned workappearsintheStateeatreindowntownTraverseCityand
the collections o institutions including NMCs DennosMuseum Center, Munson Medical Center, the University oWisconsinArboretum,theInternationalCraneFoundation,theInlandSeasEducationAssociationandtheCentralPark(New York City) Conservancy.
Pro bono clients have included the Dennos, the raverse AreaArts Council, Northern Michigan Environmental ActionCouncil,WingsofWonder,theMichiganLandUseInstituteandtheGrandTraverseRegionalLandConservancy.
Wol is also a bass player who perorms locally with theNeptune Quartet.
Read more: www.nmc.edu/alumni
Ruth Ann LaMott Glenn Wol
1701 East Front Street Traverse City, Michigan 49686
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