NorWester - Fall 2007

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Learn.Grow.Give...................

Alumniupdates......................

Studentsearnscholarships....

Aninspiringinstructor...........

APublication

Alumni&Frien

ofNorthweste

MichiganColle

Fall2007

NMCalumni:MakingadifferenceAs an alma mater, NMC has much tobe proud o some 17,000 alumni living,working and helping to improve theircommunities around the world. Whereverthey call home, NMC alumni are leadingmeaningul lives using their personal talents

and gits. In this issue, we meet our.Lois Beardslee, 1974: As a student,Beardslee was the rst woman to joinNMCs then-mens cross-country team.oday an adjunct Communications acultymember, her ormer coach, John Pahl, isher colleague, and shes still trying newthings. A Native American writer and artistwho lives in Leelanau County, Beardsleedebuted a course in Native Americanliterature this year and will teach it

again in spring 2008.Teres a need in the community. NativeAmerican literature just barely creeps intostandard literature courses, she said.

Communications Chair Bronwyn Jonessaid the course ts NMC well.

NMCs service area is home to the largestNative American population east o theMississippi River; so it makes sense weoer the best Native literature class

possible, Jones said.Beardslee also teaches introductoryEnglish and keeps up with her ownwriting. Shes pictured at right with ABroken Flute, the 2006 American BookAward winning reerence guide to Nativeliterature to which she contributed. NotFar Away, a semi-ctional memoir, waspublished this year. A novel, Te Wom-ens Warrior Society, is on tap or 2008.

Call (231) 995-1175 or inormation on

the Native American literature course.For more alumni profles, see page 4.

Papa comesto the DennosMuseum Center.You and a riendcan, too. Seepage 6.

Lois Beardslee


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ProudFact:

Forthelastthree

years,morethan

90%ofNMCgrad-

uatesandtransfer

studentsreport

accomplishing

theireducational

goalandsaythat

NMCisagood

valueforthe

money.

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:

Walter J. Hooper, Chair

K. Ross Childs, Vice-Chair

Robert T. Brick, Secretary

Elaine C. Wood, Treasurer

Douglas S. Bishop

Cheryl Gore Follette

William D. Myers

NMC President

Timothy J. Nelson

Timothy J. Nelson

Howimportantareformerstudents?

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At NMC we proudly tout our great aculty, small classes,aordable tuition, world-class cultural oerings, and thevast array o services and partnerships that benet ourcommunity. We know that our work each day is important

As important, though, is the work that occurs afterwesend a learner on his or her way.

In this NorWester youll see many examples o meaningulwork by ormer NMC students. We could ll volumes witthe success stories and good deeds. With more than 80percent o our alumni staying in or returning to the regionlive and work, we have a proound impact on our commun

Can you tell that we are proud?

I youre a ormer student or justa an and want to share the pride,please tell us. We ask or alumniupdates because your successinspires others. Please go online towww.nmc.edu/alumni orsend in theKeep in touch orm on p. 7 o thisNorWester.

Your support matters, too. Our aculty and students take great pride in seeing thmany NMC and alumni stickers on vehicles and in businesses around the area.Its a small gesture that speaks volumes.

Dont have a sticker yet? Just e-mail [email protected], and well gladly send oneyour way. Better yet, come to an NMC event or just visit. Wed love to see you!

Withmorethan80

percentofouralumni

stayinginorreturn-

ingtotheregiontolive

andwork,wehavea

profoundimpacton

ourcommunity.

RevvingupforautomotivestudentsThis 1950 Mercury owned by Larry Knight o Suttons Bay was one o 117 vehicles entered in thesecond annual Mike McIntosh Memorial Classic Car and 4x4 Show held in September. Entries wemost double 2006 numbers. Thanks to generous donations and community participation, the eve

memory o the ormer NMC automotive instructor netted more than $10,000 to beneft the departm

From the President


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Fromthearchives

A DJ at WNMC spins 45s at the radio stationin this image rom NMCs 1969 yearbook. Thestation turns 40 years old this year. Originallybroadcasting only on campus, this all WNMCwill begin broadcasting on a new, more reliabletransmitter. The transmitter was purchasedwith unds rom the NMC Barbecue as wellas the Grand Traverse Band o Ottawa andChippewa Indians. Go to www.wnmc.org ormore inormation on the station.

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Healthycollaborators:CulinaryInstitute,GTPieCompany

As owner o the Grand raverse PieCompany, pie crust is a big deal toMike Busley.

Its the oundation o the raverse City-based companys signature product.But Busley also knew because health-

conscious customers were asking that

he couldnt continue to use shorteningwith trans ats to make the crust.

So earlier this year, Busley looked downthe street, literally, to NMCs Great LakesCulinary Institute.

Its a huge deal or us as a pie company

to change our crust recipe, Busley said.

Grand Traverse Pie Company owner MikeBusley, let, and Great Lakes Culinary InstituteDirector Fred Laughlin in the GLCI kitchen onNMCs Great Lakes Campus.

Having the Culinary Institute andDirector Fred Laughlin to consult withwas like having a ood scientist on call.For culinary students, it also presenteda real-world learning opportunity.

We got the general direction set, and

we did some early-on experimentation in(Laughlins) kitchen and in our kitchen,Busley said.

Te Pie Company has now settled onnew, trans at-ree recipes or its bottomcrust and crumb topping, and is reningthe top crust.

Teyve been rolled out in 11 PieCompany bakery-caes, a number Busleyexpects to double by the end o 2008.Te company recently started ranchis-

ing, and one o the newest owners isNMC alumnus Brent Standest (1997).In June, he and twin brother Mark sonso longtime NMC telephone operatorRosemary Standest opened the rst owhat will be our Pie Company stores inthe Grand Rapids area. So ar, its goinggreat, Brent Standest said.

Learn.Grow.Give.

NMC Foundation Board memberBruce Byl, a 1979 aviation alumnus,and Susan Sheldon are co-chairing theColleges 2007-08 Annual CommunityCampaign. Now underway, the AnnualCampaign is the best time to make a gitto NMC, because gits rom rst-timedonors will be matched by these

generous organizations:

H. Cox & Son, Inc.

Fith Tird Bank

Huntington Bank

Jordan Exploration Company

National City Bank

NMC Foundation board members

Oleson Foundation

Art & Mary SchmuckalFamily Foundation

BA Credit Union

An investment in NMC opens doors todeserving students, broadens horizonsby bringing art and culture rom aroundthe world to our community, andinspires others to give, too. Te 2007-08campaign seeks to raise $330,000 andinspire 55 rst-time donors to NMC.

Makeyourgiftonlineat

www.nmc.edu/foundation

Bruce Byl Susan Sheldon


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Runningforcleanwater

David Christof, 2001: A Czech nativeinvolved in student government whileat NMC, Christo was one o 20international runners chosen or BluePlanet Run, a undraising odyssey orclean water projects worldwide.

Starting and nishing in New York City,Christo and his teammates ran 15,000miles through 16 countries between Juneand September to raise awareness aboutthe 1.1 billion people worldwide wholack clean, sae drinking water. Heldaround the clock, each runnercompleted a 10-mile leg daily.

According toChristos blog,

memorableruns includeda 3:30 a.m.sprint throughthe downtownPrague neighbor-hood where hegrew up, overthe Volga Riverin Russia, and

up to the Continental Divide inColorado, the runs highest elevation.

Te sun was just arising when wearrived. I was standing on the top o theworld, beyond mysel, in disbelie that Ijust ran, with no sleep, 10 miles uphill,into 12,095 (eet) elevation, and thatthis eat could actually help someone getaccess to sae drinking water, he wroteabout the run up Independence Pass.

Post-run, Christo returned to hisposition as a residence hall adviser at

Miami University in Oxord, Ohio.NewcareerviaUC

Dale Dankert, NMC 02, UC 04:About 10 years ago, Dankerts wieencouraged him to take a voraciousreading habit to the next level and enrollat NMC. Just in case it didnt work out,Dankert didnt tell many people.

I just didnt think o mysel as collegematerial, said Dankert, who worked or30 years as a arrier, traveling to barns

around theregion shoeingand trimminghorses hooves.

He provedhimsel wrong,

earning rst hisassociates degreerom NMC andthen a BA romGrand Valley

State through the University Center.Next year the 48-year-old Kingsleyresident plans to complete his masters incounseling rom Western Michigan, alsothrough the UC.

Hes now interning with the Womens

Resource Center in raverse City,acilitating group therapy or menconvicted o domestic violence. Atergraduation he hopes to make a majorcareer change, though his arrier experi-ence has been unexpectedly valuable.

Oddly enough, shoeing horses was goodpreparation, Dankert said, noting howbeing attuned to animals helpshim understand his counselingclients nonverbal commu-

nication cues.Dankerts encouraging histwo teenage sons to attendNMC and said he eelsortunate to have therange o educationaloptions NMCoers in ra-verse City.

I didnthave the

option orelocatingmy amilyto get aneduca-tion, hesaid. Itsbeen a verypersonal,wonderulthing.

StartedEWasteRecycling

Shawn Kasner, 2006: Ready to rebooold computer to the junkyard? Send itKasner or recycling instead.

Tis spring, Kasner, 35, launched EWaste Electronic Recycling in raverse

City, a business that strips computers other electronic gear o their componeor reuse.

E Waste grew out o a chance observation on clean-up day at Kasners otherbusiness, Prodigy Graphics. Drawingupon his visual communications studiat NMC, he works with local bands topackage, design and duplicate their CD

We were cleaning up our shop andtaking some junk to the landll, he

recalled. And I saw all o these oldcomputers, right in the landll, beingbulldozed into the ground.

Some online research ollowed. I sawthat people were starting to recyclecomputers separating the parts, like metal, wiring and components, Kasnsaid. He decided to try it, and E Wast

was born. His alma mater was amohis rst clients.

NMC replaces about hal o 1,200 computers every otheryear. Until E Waste, obsolete

equipment was stored until thwas enough to justiy calling a

recycler, which cost up to$3,000 per truckload.

We dont have to storand we dont have to to get rid o it, saidsystems director Da

Wasson. Tey cantake it and dispoo it properly byrecycling it. Itshuge win or tcollege.

ContactE Waste at(231) 947-7436His story was onally publishedNorthern Expreand edited byCari Noga.

David Christo

Dale Dankert

Shawn Kasner

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Inmemory

Dr. George T. Miller, Jr., President o NMCrom 1981-86, passed away on June 7, 2007in Houston, Texas. He was 68.

Among the achievements during his presidencywere the creation o the NMC Foundation,and planning and undraising or the DennosMuseum Center.

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Alumniupdates

Receive the latest alumni news right in your inbox.Go to www.nmc.edu/alumni and click on AlumniE-mail List. Youll receive one or two messagesper month, and NMC does not sell or share yourpersonal contact inormation. Also on the alumniweb page you can submit updates about yourselor send them to alumni@nmc. When you sign upor the e-mail list or send us an update by Dec. 31,youll receive an NMC alumni sticker (at right).

1950s

Marjorie (Underhill) Kerr (1951-53) retired romthe Lansing School System in 1986.

1960s

Mary (Schildroth) Sarar (1959-61) retired in2001 ater teaching or 37 years; served as directoro an art gallery or three years. Mary now lives inTennessee and is engaged in award-winningartistic pursuits.

1970s

Daniel Weiser (1978 graduate) has been aB-767 captain or the past ve years. Now living inLoveland Ohio, he has been an active pilot unionmember, retirement committee chair, and 401(k)duciary trustee.

1980s

Don Adams (1978-80) attained his bachelorsdegree rom Louisiana Tech University prior toserving in the Air Force or more than seven yearsas an F-15 pilot. Working or UPS since 1994, hecurrently serves as a captain and OIE instructor.He lives in Edinburgh, Ind.

Kenneth Andy Repke II (1986-87) is the senior

captain or JW Childs Associates in Boston, Mass.His position allows him to fy a G-IV and LR-60throughout the world.

Suzann (Marvin) Rubin (1978-80) lives nearBaltimore, Maryland, and is working as a pediatricnurse practitioner in a high risk nursery at JohnsHopkins Hospital.

Aaron Stoliker (1988 graduate) received a degreein Aviation Technology and Operations Managementrom Western Michigan University in 1992. Sincethen, he has worked or Mesaba Airlines, Northwest

Airlines and Kalitta Air. He is currently a DC-9 rstocer or Northwest Airlines, based at DetroitsMetropolitan Airport. He lives in Ann Arbor.

Jeanne (Finkel) Strathman (1978-80) o Honorstarted a hearing aid business, Advanced HearingCenter, P.C., in 1993 in Benzonia, and opened asecond oce in Traverse City in 2006.

1990s

Chris Garvin(1997-1999) isco-producer andco-writer o WesternNew York Living,airing on WGRZ-TV,the NBC aliatein Bualo, N.Y.

The programshowcasesplaces, productsand events unique towestern New York. Chris lives in Bualowith his wie, Alysha Palumbo, whom he met whenthey worked together in Traverse City at TV 7 & 4.

Lisa Griggs (1988-90) graduated rom the Univer-sity o Michigan in 1993. Now living in Traverse CityLisa is the marketing/administrative manager orKAMARCA, LLC and Artisan Retreat.

Troy Partlo (1997 graduate) few one year orAir Service beore fying a Saab 340 or nine

years with Mesaba Airlines. He is currently withSouthwest Airlines.

Michael Prince (1989-91) fies an Embraer Legacyor a private individual in Las Vegas.

Afamilytradition

When James Kratky (blackshirt) spoke to PresidentialScholarship recipients this all,he welcomed them on behalo all current and ormerPresidential Scholars whoseranks include his ather. JimKratky (foral shirt) was in theinaugural group o PresidentialScholars, and received an

AAS in Design Engineeringechnology in 1985. JamesKratky received an ASA inEducation rom NMC in2003 and a Bachelors Degreerom Ferris State. Te amilysNMC roots go one generationdeeper. James C. Kratky,ather and grandather tothose photographed, alsoattended NMC, startingin 1960.

KnowanOutstandingAlumnus?Gotowww.nmc.edu/alumnibyFeb.22,2008,tonominatethemfortheannualawardpresentedatcommencement.


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Alexey Morozov, right, will use his scholar-ship to continue his engineering studies.

Hayley Avery

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GettwoforoneattheDennosThrough January 6, 2008, bring this edition o NorWester to the DennosMuseum Center and receive two-or-one admission to two abulousexhibits. Above let, Executive Director Eugene Jenneman accepted agit o this Ernest Hemingway photograph rom the Yousu Karsh amilyat the September opening reception. The Karsh exhibit, Portraying

Greatness, eatures 30 black-and-white photographs o world-amousaces in politics, royalty and the arts and sciences. Running concurrentRomancing the Automobile, a nostalgic journey and tribute to the autbile, one o the most powerul design images o our time. Among the exeatured works is this 1956 Buick Centurion concept car, above right.

Studentsearngenerousscholarships

Te NMCFoundation isproud to awardmore scholar-ship dollarsthan any othercommunity

college inMichigan.Were alsoproud thatour students

earn the generosity o elite scholarshipprograms around the country. Here arejust two recent examples:

2007 NMC graduate AlexeyMorozov, an international studentrom St. Petersburg, Russia, was named

one o 51 winners nationwide o a JackKent Cooke Undergraduate ranserScholarship. Te largest scholarshipoered in the U.S. to communitycollege transer students, the awardscan total up to $30,000 per year or upto three years. Morozov chose to use

his scholarship to continue hisengineering studies at Michiganechnological University in Houghton.

Incoming all semester student HayleyAvery o raverse City is one o 100recipients nationwide o a $5,000service scholarship rom Coca-Cola

Enterprises, the companys bottlingdivision and her athers employer.A 2007 graduate o St. Francis HighSchool in raverse City, Avery and ariend started a weekly communitymeal served at St. Francis on Saturdays.Te meal is served to up to 75 peopleon a $100 budget and helps ll theweekend void that existed in theraverse City soup kitchen schedule.Avery also works at a raverse City

veterinary clinic and plans to pursuethe basics at NMC with an eyetoward a medical career.

To establish or donate to an NMC schol-arship, contact the Ofce o InstitutionalAdvancement at (231) 995-1021.


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Honoringaninspiringinstructor

Regional historian Kathleen Firestonetook her rst writing class rom NMCinstructor John Pahl back in 1979.She wanted to write a book.

When the classwas over, the

book wasntnished.So she tookanother class.Ten a third.

Tey Cameto South FoxIsland, Fires-tones history

o the island in northern Lake Michi-gan, was published in 1983. Now out

o print, she updated a retitled version,

Te Fox Islands, North and South in1996. In between came An Island inGrand raverse Bay in 1992.

Tough no longer her instructor,Pahl remained a mentor and editor,reading all o them. In thanks, Firestone

has established the Pahl Literary Prizeat NMC.

I just eel like hes been supportivethrough years o my writing, and Iknow Im not the only one, saidFirestone, adding she and Pahl bothhope the prize will also inspire studentsto write.

I wanted to reward students or goodwriting. I know John appreciates goodwriting and encourages those who want

to do it.

The $100 cash prize will be awarded to onestudent per semester or writing done as aclass assignment, published in the WhitePine Press or in the NMC Magazine.For more inormation, call 995-1175.

Iwantedto

rewardstudents

forgoodwriting.

-KathleenFirestone,author

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Ofce o Institutional Advancement Alumni news and updates may also be1701 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49686 submitted online at www.nmc.edu/alumni

PlanaheadMarkyourcalendarforthe

followingupcomingNMCevents:

Nov. 9

Campus Day or 50+

9:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., University Center

Campus

Nov. 10Mariners Memorial Service

Noon, Great Lakes Maritime Academy

Nov. 15

nternational Aairs Forum lecture

Journalist Richard Halloran speaking

on China

6 p.m., Milliken Auditorium

Nov. 17

Fall Family Day

10 a.m. 3 p.m., Dennos Museum Center

Nov. 17, Dec. 1Free Public Viewing Nights

8-10 p.m., Rogers Observatory

Nov. 28

Free Film Series showing o

American Grafti


Dec. 5

Free Film Series showing o

Tucker: The Man and His Dream


Dec. 7

NMC Jazz Band concert


Dec. 14

NMC Community Concert Band concert


2008

Jan. 12, Feb. 9, 20, Mar. 1

Free Public Viewing Nights

8-10 p.m., Rogers Observatory

Jan. 25

NMC dance perormance


May 3

NMC Commencement

Traverse City Central High School

May 18

53rd annual NMC Barbecue, Main Campus

Visit www.nmc.edu or regular news andcalendar updates. Sign up to receive

customized news and inormation viae-mail at www.nmc.edu/news

John Pahl


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Non-credit classes to enhance your lieare always enrolling. Visit nmc.edu/eesor call 995-1700 or a schedule.

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NMCbestowshighesthonoronOlesonsecondgeneration

Brothers Donald W. Oleson Sr. and GeraldE. Oleson Jr. are the 2007 recipients oNMCs highest honor, the NMC Fellow.

NMC has named Fellows since 1964as a way o recognizing and thanking thosewho have made special contributions to thecollege, whether through creative counsel,monetary resources or inspiring leadership.

Te brothers have carried on the NMCBarbecue tradition started in 1956

by their parents, Gerald and FrancesOleson who were among the rstclass o NMC Fellows in 1964.

Each year, Olesons Food Stores donates allo the ood or the Barbecue. Now retired,the brothers have inspired their children tobecome the third generation to continuethe proud Oleson amily tradition. Teyalso still volunteer every year, and plan tobe on duty again at the 53rd annualBarbecue May 18, 2008.

Jerry Oleson, Jr. let, and Don Oleson, right, pictured here at the 2006 NMC Barbecue, are the2007 recipients o NMCs highest honor, the NMC Fellow.

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