NorWester - Fall 2009

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Annual Campaign ...................

My NMC Story ........................

New degrees oered ..............

Plan ahead calendar ..............

A Publication

Alumni & Frien

o Northweste

Michigan Colle

Fall 2009

River of Goldat The Dennos. See p. 2.

Mapping GT Bay

Tis summer, NMCs Water StudiesInstitute spearheaded the first effort tomap the bottom of Grand raverse Bayin 80 years.

Confirmation of a 1980 shipwreck nearSuttons Bay and a depth map of EastBay were among the initial results of ahydrographic survey of both arms.

Assisted by Michigan Sea Grant, the firstphase of underwater research, conductedwith side-scan sonar equipment aboardthe NMC research vessel Northwestern,collected data over 41 nautical miles inJuly and August. Next summers second,larger phase will consist of tens ofmillions of soundings.

Te survey equipment is being donated atno cost to NMC by Kongsberg Underwa-

ter echnology, Inc., a Norwegian com-pany. Te data is collected in a 1,000-footswath from the movingNorthwestern.

Basically its a motion picture of thebottom, said Hans VanSumeren,director of the Water Studies Institute.

Since existing data dates to the 1920s,the survey project will provide impor-tant updated and expanded informationrelevant to environmental impact assess-ments, commercial navigation chartsand supporting fisheries.

Te project will constitute a major por-tion of the curriculum of NMCs newFreshwater Studies degree, the first suchassociate degree program in the nation.(See story p. 6) In addition, Great LakesMaritime Academy cadets like CoreyHumphrey, pictured at right withVanSumeren, will have the uniqueopportunity for hands-on training withthe hydrographic survey technology.

Hans VanSumeren, oreground, director o NMCs Water Studies Institute, and Great Lakes

Maritime Academy cadet Corey Humphrey conduct research in West Grand Traverse Bay in


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New at The Dennos

The NorWester is published by the

NMC Office of 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 of Trustees:

K. Ross Childs, Chair

Robert T. Brick, Vice-Chair

William D. Myers, Secretary

Douglas S. Bishop, Treasurer

Cheryl Gore Follette

Walter J. Hooper

Susan K. Sheldon

NMC President

Timothy J. Nelson

Timothy J. Nelson

NMCs story is your story

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NMCs all 2009

enrollment was the

highest in its history.

In the short term,

enrollments are

expected tocontinue to climb.

From the President

Ive never taught a writing class, but I have someideas about what makes a good story.

Good stories are personal and meaningful.Tey inform and inspire.

At NMC, stories like that abound.

One of the best parts of my job is being on the receivingend of countless NMC stories. I hear almost daily fromstudents, alumni, faculty, staff, patrons and communitymembers about what NMC is doing for them. With thisedition of NorWester we are kicking off the My NMC

Story project, a large endeavor to capture and share a wide range of NMC experi-ences from as many people as possible.

Often a story revolves around someone at NMC whos made a difference, likeInstructor Al Hart, to use one recent example.

Jim Dawson, while completing a teaching internship at NMC for his graduate pro-gram, was offered an adjunct teaching position by Al. Te opportunity Al gave me

has exposed me to the NMC staff and the training to improve my teaching ability tothe students, Jim writes.

Jim also credits staff members Cindy Duby, Kristal Nolf and Cheryl Bloomquist,who are always helpful.

His story is simple, but common: NMC people going out of their way to help.

We know the people, programs and services of NMC are important to you. Nowwere inviting you to tell us who, how and why. Please take a minute to share yourNMC story online at www.nmc.edu/mystory. It might be a few sentences or even afew words, but it will add considerably to our legacy.

Just as it takes all of us from friends to faculty, donors to docents, students to staff to make NMC possible, so too will it take all of us sharing our experiences to writethe complete story of this remarkable place.

I look forward to hearing your story.

Visually stunning and historically compelling, this exh

running through March 28 presents more than 120

exquisitely crated pieces o Precolumbian goldwork

They were recovered rom the University o Pennsylv

Museums 1940 excavations at the ancient cemeteryo Sitio Conte in what is now central Panama.


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Winterlielong

learningclasses

Tis winter, warmup your brain withone of hundreds ofpersonal enrichmentor professional development classes.

Visit www.nmc.edu or call (231) 995-1or more inormation. Classes are held

January, February & March.

Alumni giving:Exponentiallyimportant

Te last time many alumni thought aboutthe power of 10 was likely in a long-agomath class.

Te NMC Foundation hopes to getyou thinking about it again. As a theme

within the 2009-10 Annual CommunityCampaign, the Power of 10 aims toencourage first-time alumni donors togive $10 toward the $365,000 goal.

Completion of 32 credits at NMC, rather

than formal graduation, confers alumnistatus. NMC has more than 10,000alumni who meet that criteria. Powerof 10 was favorably received during the2008-09 annual campaign, and so isbeing repeated this year.

Te Annual Community Campaignsupports student scholarships as well asother NMC needs. Donors may directtheir contribution to a scholarship orprogram area of their choice.

Give online: www.nmc.edu/give

I/We will be a contributor to NMCs Annual Community Campaign with a gift of:

$

PaymentOptions:

A check is enclosed (payable to NMC Foundation)

Please charge to: Visa MasterCard Discover

Card Number:

Expiration: CCV Code:

Signature:

DonorInormation:

Name/s:

Address:

Email:

Phone:

Please return to:

Yes!

Give online: www.nmc.edu/give

NMC Foundation

1701 East Front StreetTraverse City, MI 49686(231) 995-1021

Read the NMC stories

o Annual Campaign

co-chairs Bonnie Alonso

and Paul Maurer, p. 5

2009 Faculty Excellence winners

Economicsinstructor Dr.Amjad Khanand account-ing instructorGary Sanbornare NMCs 2009

Faculty ExcellenceAward winners.

Khan, who joinedthe faculty in 2006,received the Imogene Wise award for full-time faculty. Sanborn, whos taught since2002, received the adjunct faculty award.Chosen by a student selection committee,award criteria includes teaching excel-

lence, rapport withstudents, innova-tion in the class-room and a senseof dedication.

First bestowed in

1971, the Imo-gene Wise awardwas initiated by acontribution fromlongtime NMC

benefactors Harold and Imogene Wise.Te Adjunct Faculty Excellence Awardwas created as a companion in 1999.

Read more student comments about thewinners: www.nmc.edu/cie

Dr. Amjad Khan Gary Sanborn

(3-digit code on back of card)


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Whats yourNMC story? As part o the Grand Traverse community or 58 years, NMC stories are

everywhere: A teacher who cared. Lielong riends made. Scholarships that helped. Alumni who

gave back. Volunteers who dedicated hours. Here are stories rom just a ew o the 50,000 people NMC

serves every year. You can read and watch many more stories rom alumni, business owners, community

members, Dennos Museum Center patrons, WNMC listeners and others online at www.nmc.edu/mystory

Enjoy and while youre online, dont orget to share yourNMC story.

Hettie MolvangPauline Baver Dan Karlskin

Pauline Bavers NMC story

starts at the very beginning:

She was one o the frst fve

original aculty members

when the college opened

its doors in 1951.

We started out at the airport and then we had

those kind o makeshit buildings that the Navy

let. Then we began to get buildings o our

own, she said.

She taught business and English in those

buildings or 25 years. Now 94, she still enjoys

coming to events held or retired aculty

and sta.

I was proud to be part o it, the college. I eel

proud and happy that its grown and that its

become what it is.

Though hes only 20, Dan

Karlskins NMC story goes

back almost hal his lie.

As a seventh grader in the rural Forest Valley

school district, he was selected as an NMC

Commitment Scholar. The program selects

promising potential frst-generation college

students to receive ull scholarships upon high

school graduation, and provides mentoring and

other activities during their high school years.

A Commitment trip to Chicago his frst to a

big city frst opened Karlskins eyes to the

opportunity o education. Hes now president

o both the NMC and Michigan chapters o PhiTheta Kappa, the national community college

honor society. Hes studying business and

plans to transer to a our-year university

ater graduation.

At NMC I learned more about mysel and

how to become more creative. Its been an

amazing experience.

In her 25 years in ront o

an NMC classroom, nursing

instructor Hettie Molvang

made it her business to

know her students stories.

The student population was changing then,

in the mid-1960s, 70s and 80s. More were

divorced, older, single parents and men. In

order to help them succeed, Molvang believ

she had to become engaged with them as

individuals, not just as students.

They may need a little help, a little push

along the way, some counseling, a little monand a little orgiveness, said Molvang, who

went so ar as to make about 75 personal loa

to students.

Times were tough. (Students) would come a

say, I cant come back next semester becau

I dont have the money. Id say, Ill give you

money. Ill lend you the money.

Only one went unpaid.

Im proud to have been part o NMC, she s


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Bonnie Alonso Francis Hartsu

Ready to share your story?

Visit www.nmc.edu/mystory

Thank you!

Paul Maurer

As one o Michigans 2009

Fity Companies to Watch,

a state award to celebrate

small business and economic

development, Alfe, Logo Gear

or Work and Play, is a

success story.

President Bonnie Alonso shares the credit or

that success with her team at Alfe, which works

out o a buzzing ofce south o Traverse City.

Many on that 15-member team share something

else: About two-thirds attended NMC them-

selves or sent a amily member here.

That means NMC is part o Alfes success story,

too. Now Alonso is co-chairing NMCs 2009-10

Annual Community Campaign because she

believes that a thriving interdependence be-

tween the college and business community

s key to more regional success stories.

Education and economic development

are partners. In order to have one, you must

have the other, and NMC flls that niche or

our region, she said. NMC makes such a

dierence in our business community in that

education really drives economic prosperity, and

having such a great resource right here is critical

or us to support so that it can continue.

Ask Paul Maurer, Class o 72,

about his NMC story and youll

get a one-word answer:

Relationships.

Relationships with teachers like Walt Beardslee,

whom Maurer was thrilled to bump into at this

summers NMC Scholarship Open gol outing.

Relationships with riends like the three guys

he rented a house with in East Lansing, ater

they all transerred to Michigan State University.

Now scattered across the country, they sched-

ule at least an annual reunion to reminisce about

NMC and update each other on their lives.

Theres also relationships with the 55 employ-

ees o his Traverse City contracting frm, Paul

Maurer General Contracting, now in its 30th

year. Provided employees maintain at least a

B average, Maurer will pay or their tuition

and books at NMC.

We believe in NMC and what it brings to the

community, said Maurer, who is also co-chair-

ing the 2009-10 Annual Community Campaign.

Were proud o that. We have had several o

our employees take advantage o it, and we

hope that others will continue to do so.

Woven through Francis

Hartsus NMC story is the

sense o community he fnds

on campus, with teachers

and other students as well

as with the greater Traverse

City community.

Hes done just about everything you can do

as an NMC student. A business student, he

commuted rom Lake City or two years. Now

he lives on campus in East Hall. Hes the stude

manager or NMCs ood services contractor,

Sodexo. Hes also president o NMCs Studen

Government Association and is involved with

other student activities as well.

Involvement is what he preaches to other

students, to not only discover community,

but to discover themselves.

We have a lot o programs that set you up or

university, and thats really great, that you have

the opportunity, i you dont know what youre

going or, to get ready or a university.


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New at NMC: Freshwater studies, renewable energy degree

NMC is among the first communitycolleges to offer credentialed programsfor two resources of vital importance

in the 21st century: Fresh water andrenewable energy.

Tis fall, NMC launched the first associ-ates degree for Freshwater Studies in theUnited States. Degree and certificate pro-grams in Renewable Energy echnologywill debut in spring 2010. Both programsbuild on resources and expertise alreadyin place.

Few other community colleges canmatch NMCs unique set of institutionaland human resources in these two vital ar-eas, said Marguerite Cotto, vice presidentof lifelong and professional learning. Wehave the people, technology and experi-

ence that will give incoming studentsan edge.

Te Freshwater Studies degree capitalizeson NMCs Great Lakes Campus on WestGrand raverse Bay. Te campus has anon-site water analysis laboratory and willutilize the /S Northwestern as a float-ing classroom for exploration of Grandraverse Bay. New courses added to thecurriculum include introduction to waterstudies, introduction to GIS (GeographicInformation Systems), a field experience,and internships.

Meanwhile, NMC has offered renewableenergy classes on a non-credit basis since2001, drawing students from across thecountry and internationally. Te new for-credit options give students the option of

short-term training up through a two-yecredential. Te hands-on courses will belimited to 15 students to ensure adequat

individual attention.

NMC is also home to a MichiganEnergy Demonstration Center. Locatedat the Aero Park campus, it offers studenresources including a mobile solarphotovoltaic lab, two wind turbines,a geothermal heat pump lab, a solarthermal system, a grid-interconnected8 kw, solar photovoltaic array and a 1,20square foot building sciences structure.

More Freshwater Studies ino:

www.nmc.edu/water(231) 995-1793

More Renewable Energy ino:www.nmc.edu/technical

(231) 995-2007

At let, these geothermal tubes

at NMCs Parsons-Stulen

Building are one o several

unctioning renewable energy

systems that will serve as a

laboratory or students enroll-

ing in Renewable Energy

Technology programs.

Students in NMCs new

Freshwater Studies program

can choose rom three areas

o concentration: Economy

and Society, Global Policy and

Sustainability, or Science and

Technology.

The Dennos Concert Series Presents...Sones de Mxico (let) Feb. 19, 2010 and Jayme Stones Arica to Appalachia (right) April 9. Tickets and more ino: www.dennosmuseum.org

or (231) 995-1553. The shows are part o the Global Diversity Series sponsored by the Traverse City Area Chamber o Commerce.


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Plan aheadMark your calendar or the

ollowing upcoming NMC events.

Nov. 19, Dec. 10

Stories, Scribbles and Wiggles

toddler program.For children ages3 to 5 and their parents or grandparents

11 a.m.-noon, Dennos Museum Center

Reservations requested: (231) 995-1029

Nov. 20, 28, Dec. 4, 12

Free Public Viewing Nights

8-10 p.m., Rogers Observatory

2010 dates: www.nmc.edu/rogersobservatory

November 21

Family Day at the Dennos Museum Center

11 a.m. 4 p.m.

www.dennosmuseum.org

December 9

NMC Chamber Singers8 p.m. Milliken Auditorium

Tickets: (231) 995-1553

December 11

NMC Jazz Band concert

8 p.m., Milliken Auditorium

Tickets: (231) 995-1553

December 18

NMC Community Band holiday concert

8 p.m., Milliken Auditorium

Tickets: (231) 995-1553

2010

Feb. 26

Tasters Guild Auction to benefit

the Great Lakes Culinary Institute

Hagerty Conference Center

Tickets: (231) 995-1376

May 1

NMC Commencement

2 p.m., Traverse City Central High School

May 16

NMC Barbecue

11 a.m. 5 p.m., Main Campus

Visit www.nmc.edu/news or moreevents and details.

Follow NMC on Twitter to fnd ree eventson campus: http://twitter.com/NMCree

From the archivesFity years ago this all students could take an archery class. Teacher Bernie Rink,

a longtime NMC librarian, is standing at ar right.

Alumni Updates1980s

Jeffery DiRosa (1983-1985) went on to earna Bachelor of Science degree from Ferris StateUniversity and Masters degree from CentralMichigan University. He is the current Superinten-dent of Mancelona Public Schools.

1990s

Amanda Lacy (1991-1994) is currentlyliving in Florida. She continued her educationafter attending NMC, earning a Bachelor of Mor-tuary Science from Cincinnati College of MortuaryScience. Amanda has also earned certification asan EPA approved Asbestos Inspector and OSHA511 Occupational Safety and Health Standardsfor the General Industry.

Teresa Robinson (1994-1997) lives in theTraverse City area and is an operating room nursat Munson Medical Center.

2000s

Mai Ze Vang (2007-09) graduated from NMCand transferred to the University of Michigan in f2009. She said NMC empowered her and gaveher the opportunity to learn, to grow, to exploreand to be a change in my community through thhelp and dedication of NMCs faculty, staff and tcommunity of Grand Traverse.

Know an Outstanding Alumnus?Visit www.nmc.edu/alumni to nominat

him or her or the 2010 Outstanding

Alumnus Award. Nominations are invit

in January.

Dr. Warren W. Cline1924-2009

Longtime physician Dr. Warren W. Clina member of NMCs Board of rustees fo20 years, died Sept. 27, 2009 in raverseCity. He was 85.

As a trustee from 1961-1980, Dr. Clinewas a staunch advocate for the beautification of campus and a campus master plaHe also was deeply involved with the

nursing, aviation and Great LakesMaritime Academy programs.

He was named an NMC Fellow, thecolleges highest honor, in 1981.


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Read how NMChas touched peopleslives on p. 4-5.

See more storiesand share yours:www.nmc.edu/mystory

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o Northweste

Michigan Colle

Fall 2009

Five individuals receive NMCs highest honor

Jean C. Howard, Ted and Phyllis Kidd and D. Jerome and Margery Slack were honored as 2009 Fellowsin recognition o and with gratitude or their special contributions to the college including creativecounsel, monetary resources and inspiring leadership.

Jean Howardhas dedicated twodecades of extraordinary service toNMC and the NMC Foundation.She has participated in a leadershipposition for two capital campaigns,played an instrumental role in theFoundations evolution as a boardmember and chair, and continues toadvocate for NMC in the community.

Ted and Phyllis Kiddhave volun-teered and supported the DennosMuseum Center since it opened in1991. Tey have given hundredsof hours of their time training anddeveloping resources for their fellowdocents, playing a vital leadership roleamong the volunteer corps that makesthe Museum such an important part ofnorthern Michigans cultural landscape.

D. Jerome and Margery Slackaretrue believers in higher education.Since 1993 the couples donations havprovided NMC scholarships for abou75 students. Teir scholarship givingextends beyond NMC as well. Teyhave made higher education possiblethrough scholarships to some 200 students, often those from rural areas likthe Mesick/Buckley area, where Jerom

Slack grew up.

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