- Northwestern Michigan College
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Northwestern Michigan College Established 1951 Type 2-year community college President Timothy J. Nelson Students 5,100 Location Traverse City, Michigan, United States Website http://www.nmc.edu/ Founded in 1951, Northwestern Michigan College, known as NMC to local residents, is a community college in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Its annual enrollment is around 5,100 (Spring 2010) students. This 2-year college offers professional certificates, associate's degrees, and through the University Center, a nearby campus housing branches of ten state universities, bachelor's and master's degrees.
NMC has a branch campus at Cherry Capital Airport, and it is one of only a few community colleges to have an aviation program. NMC also has an observatory and a technical center, both of which are located outside of the city, and a nursing program at Munson Medical Center. The campus is home to WNMC-FM, a community-supported radio station which broadcasts at 90.7 FM. This station began as a student organization in 1967 and still receives significant funding through student fees.
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Programs
NMC offers Associate in Applied Science degrees in the following fields:
- Aviation
- Business Administration
- Computer Information Technology
- Culinary Arts
- Dental Assistant
- Law Enforcement
- Legal Assistant
- M-TEC: Michigan Technical Education Center
- Maritime Deck or Engineering Officer (Great Lakes Maritime Academy)
- Visual Communications
NMC offers the Associate Degree in Nursing.
In addition, NMC also offers a liberal arts Associate in Science & Arts degree, designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year college.
Dennos Museum Center
The Dennos Museum Center is a museum of fine art affiliated with Northwestern Michigan College. The museum consists of an outdoor sculpture garden, several galleries for temporary exhibits, and the Inuit Gallery. The Museum's signature collection is Inuit art of the Canadian Arctic, one of the largest and most historically complete collections of these distinctive sculptures and prints in the United States.
The Dennos is a museum of fine art affiliated with Northwestern Michigan College. It offers an array of exhibitions and programs in the visual arts, sciences and performing arts.
Opened in 1991, the Museum Center features three changing exhibit galleries and an sculpture court; a hands-on Discovery Gallery and an Inuit Art Gallery; and Milliken Auditorium.
The Museum's signature collection is Inuit art of the Canadian Arctic, one of the largest and most historically complete collections in the United States. A significant collection of outdoor sculptures by international and Michigan artist surrounds the Museum on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
NMC is home to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, one of six State Maritime Academies that receives aid from the federal Maritime Administration¹. As NMC is located on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, a long protected water of Lake Michigan, Great Lakes Maritime Academy is the only U.S. Maritime Academy on fresh water.
NMC's Great Lakes Campus, also showing the Great Lakes Maritime Academy's teaching vessel T/S State of Michigan.
Notable alumni
- Bart Stupak
- Glenn Wolff
- Richard Benedict
- Jim Hay
- John Robert Williams
- James DeLupa
Notes
1. A division of NMC, Great Lakes Maritime Academy is also a partner of Ferris State University. Ferris grants an Academy graduate a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (maritime concentration), while NMC simultaneously grants an Associate's Degree in Maritime Technology. Academy enrollees who have already received a Bachelor’s Degree may choose not to complete the four-year Business Administration Degree, if they so desire.
2. The college has renovated some of the buildings in which classes are conducted and recently built two new buildings. The new Maritime Campus is a striking architectural landmark on West Grand Traverse Bay. The campus also contains a convention center and a culinary arts program.
References
External links
State California Maritime Academy • Great Lakes Maritime Academy • Maine Maritime Academy • Massachusetts Maritime Academy • State University of New York Maritime College • Texas Maritime Academy
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