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Upcoming events

    • Sun, September 01, 2024
    • 12:01 AM
    • Tue, March 25, 2025
    • 11:59 PM
    • Hybrid, Online and in-person (TBD)
    • 0
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    Hybrid EMS Instructor-Coordinator Course

    Initial IC Course Admission Criteria:

    • 3 Years field experience at any level--EMR (MFR), EMT, Specialist (AEMT) or Paramedic (This is required to become licensed as a Michigan EMS IC.)
    • Two Letters of Support from active Michigan ICs (Instructor Coordinators) or your employer in Public Service (to be emailed to dsmith10@ncmich.edu by September 1, 2024)
    Course Format: Hybrid classroom with required weekly student online activity. Real time in-person online attendance requirement as described below:

    Virtual welcome meeting and learning platform overview (recommended, but optional) via “Zoom” on September 4, 2024 at 5 pm. Information on how to join will be provided to course registrants.

    Weekly online course activity (weekly student activity is required)

    • Coursework will include an online orientation to North Central Michigan College’s Learning Management System (Brightspace) and the course syllabus during Week 1. This will give access to future weeks’ information.
    • Weekly content will include learning and lecture material, quiz/exam, discussion and interaction with peers & course instructor(s) and online assignments per course schedule. Optional weekly in-person meetings will occur on Mondays at 5pm via “Zoom.” (Day of the week may be adjusted based on student needs).

    Required "real time” sessions (online is via Zoom or Microsoft Teams)

    • November 1, 2024 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm (students will do a 7-10 minute practice presentation and evaluate peers)

    • Week of December 1 - Required MDHHS Presentation (date TBD)

    • December 13, 2024 - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm (students will do a 10-15 minute practice presentation and evaluate peers)

    Student Teaching: A minimum of 30 hours of student teaching will be completed by each IC candidate during the period of December 22 - March 25, 2025. Each IC Candidate will be responsible to arrange approved teaching experiences and submit paperwork for each session taught. Teaching experience must include both MDHHS-approved EMS CE programs AND Initial EMS Education programs.

    Course Dates: Starts September 1, 2024  

    Course ends with student teaching experience (no later than March 25, 2025)            

    Cost: $1,510.00 (your non-refundable $50 registration fee goes toward this total)    

    Questions about the program? Contact the instructor, Dena Smith at dsmith10@ncmich.edu

    Note: Your candidacy to take the EMS IC licensing exam to become licensed as a Michigan EMS IC is contingent on the successful completion of the coursework and student teaching in the time periods listed. As with your provider license, a criminal history could negatively affect your ability to obtain an IC license in the State of Michigan.

    • Mon, September 16, 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • NCMC SCRC Bldg - CCE Room 536
    • 5
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    BLS Full Provider Course

    The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

    What does the skills testing evaluate?

    • High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
    • The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
    • Important early use of an AED
    • Effective ventilations using a barrier device
    • Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
    • Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants.

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.


    Megan Mainland is an Adjunct Faculty member of North Central Michigan College that has been teaching CPR for over 15 years. She currently monitors other instructors to assure their skills are up to date.

    • Mon, September 16, 2024
    • Mon, October 21, 2024
    • 6 sessions
    • NCMC - Iron Horse Cafe Conf. Rm 4
    • 0
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    This 6-week course is for guitarists seeking an introduction to, and exploration of, the acoustic guitar’s most common role: that of accompaniment to song. Participants will learn basic chords, a variety of strumming styles, and some finger style patterns, using familiar songs as course material, with the goal of achieving a wide enough core knowledge of chords and styles to be able to learn songs quickly and to play them reliably in a group, social, or solo setting. Acoustic guitars are preferred, but electric guitars are welcome. Electric guitarists must provide their own amplifiers. There is a six student minimum and twelve student maximum for this course. Minimum 16 years of age.


    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.



    Owen James is a vocalist, guitarist, pianist and music instructor, with over 30 years of performing and teaching experience. In addition to performing in cafés, clubs and concert halls across the U.S., he has offered private and group lessons in voice, guitar and jazz improvisation. No matter the setting, his chief goals are to educate and inspire those around him, to share the love of music and to create opportunities, through music, for personal growth, self-expression and communication.
    • Wed, September 18, 2024
    • Wed, October 23, 2024
    • 6 sessions
    • NCMC Borra Learning Center Bldg Rm# 52
    • 0
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    Preserving our personal histories can be an exciting, cathartic, and daunting task, and one well worth tackling. In this six-week workshop we will explore choices made and gambles taken in our personal writing - not our lives - as we celebrate our unique stories and the characters we’ve encountered. Have you started a memoir? Great! Not yet? Still thinking about it? Great! All stages of progress and skill levels are welcome.

    Prompts used in class and for optional HW (HomeWrite! - roughly 500 words) will generate new writing. Additionally, we will revisit some techniques that all but guarantee greater clarity and “instant style!” Discussions will focus on purpose, goals, forms, revision, and feedback. Please note that given the number of enrollees and time constraints, we may not hear from everyone who wishes to share every time. For those who do share, please know this will be an encouraging environment, and your story will stay in the classroom.

    Please bring your preferred writing tools, either paper or laptop, your work in progress, your hot/cold beverage of choice, and your readiness to write!


    Karen Nemecek is a retired public school teacher who has taught a range of French and English language, composition and creative writing, and theater courses from middle school through the university level. Karen holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Michigan State University; she is fan of Big Ten football, Broadway, Shakespeare, Motown, and Zingerman's Cranberry Pecan bread. She is a published poet, a panel moderator at the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, a past participant in the National Writing Project, and a lifetime member of the Little Traverse Civic Theatre. She and her husband divide their time between Petoskey and Higgins Lake.


    Refunds are unavailable for cancellations made within 48 hours of the class

    • Thu, September 19, 2024
    • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • NCMC Student and Community Resource Center
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    Cobots. 3D printing. Augmented reality. Autonomous carts. Experience these technologies and more at the Re:Making Michigan Technology Showcase, a collaborative event between Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, Automation Alley and North Central Michigan College. Get a firsthand look at how manufacturers and professionals are using advanced technology to enhance their work—from boosting quality and efficiency to mitigating workforce challenges.

    WHY STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEND This event helps manufacturers, professionals, and students strengthen the future of our industry and lead us into tomorrow.

    Students will:

    • Network with industry experts

    • Get hands on with the latest Industry 4.0 technologies available

    • Engage with manufacturers regarding career opportunities

    • Be entered into a raffle to win a 3D printer

    AGENDA:

    9:00-9:30 Welcome

    9:30-11:30 (Drop in anytime) Technology Demonstrations & Manufacturer/College Student Networking

    LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED


    • Thu, September 19, 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • NCMC Borra Learning Center - Room 49B (downstairs)
    • 0

    Sorry, this class date is full.  

    BUT, we've added another class:

    Thu., Sept. 26th  5:30pm PM  Click here for more information on that class


    As we gain comfort with our Tarot cards, one of the ways to put that comfort into practice is through reading. For ourselves, this may involve perhaps a daily card for meditation, or more focused readings to help us problem solve, explore creativity, and the like. Consistent reading also helps us develop even more our comfort with the cards. One of the ways this happens is moving from applying keywords for individual cards we find in books or websites to telling stories across them through their symbols, figures, and scenes—and, as always, with our intuition guiding the way. But how do we make that leap from memorized terms to more fluid storytelling? Join us for an interactive Tarot workshop that offers both strategies and interactive practice to develop those skills. Some basic familiarity with Tarot cards is helpful but is not required. All experience levels are welcome.

    NOTE: You will need access to a Tarot deck for these workshops; a second deck can be helpful but is not necessary. Please feel free to bring a deck you have; if you need to acquire one, Inspired Living (Boyne City) and Poetess and Stranger (Petoskey) have a variety of great options.

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.

    Sara Glasgow, Ph.D., Dean of Arts and Sciences, NCMC

    Sara has been practicing and sharing her love of Tarot for over thirty years and Norse runes for fifteen years. Through workshops and consultations, she aims to raise awareness of the diverse ways that these systems nurture creativity, meditation, and personal empowerment. She is also a teacher, scholar, and administrator, and has served as the Dean of Liberal Arts at North Central Michigan College since 2014.

    • Thu, September 19, 2024
    • Thu, October 24, 2024
    • 6 sessions
    • NCMC - CCE Rm#536 SCRC building
    • 0
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    This 6-week course is for guitarists seeking to expand on their core guitar knowledge by adding advanced chords and more complex finger style patterns, as well as pertinent scales for single-note melody playing and improvisation. By applying these acquired skills to familiar songs in a variety of genres, attendees will develop further knowledge of the fretboard, expand their known repertoire, and improve their ability to read music—both standard notation and tablature—enabling them to play with confidence in new settings and situations. Acoustic guitars are preferred, but electric guitars are welcome. Electric guitarists must provide their own amplifiers. There is a six student minimum and twelve student maximum for this course. Minimum 16 years of age.


    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.



    Owen James is a vocalist, guitarist, pianist and music instructor, with over 30 years of performing and teaching experience. In addition to performing in cafés, clubs and concert halls across the U.S., he has offered private and group lessons in voice, guitar and jazz improvisation. No matter the setting, his chief goals are to educate and inspire those around him, to share the love of music and to create opportunities, through music, for personal growth, self-expression and communication.
    • Sat, September 21, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • NCMC - Library Conference Center
    • 22
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    Sponsored by the Little Traverse Bay Beekeepers Guild


    Preparing honey bees for survival during the winter months in Northern Michigan is one of the most difficult challenges beekeepers face.

    This workshop will provide information that will help beekeepers understand what challenges bees go through during the cold months and which techniques can aid bee survival during that time.

    Topics include:

    • The hive in winter. How bees adapt to the cold months
    • The important role water plays in winter survival
    • A short history of overwintering beehives in Northern climates
    • The current scientific research and best practices focused on overwintering bees
    • The three most used strategies to overwinter bees
    • A demonstration of how to modify your hive to help the bees survive winter

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.

    • Thu, September 26, 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • NCMC Borra Learning Center - Room 49B (downstairs)
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    As we gain comfort with our Tarot cards, one of the ways to put that comfort into practice is through reading. For ourselves, this may involve perhaps a daily card for meditation, or more focused readings to help us problem solve, explore creativity, and the like. Consistent reading also helps us develop even more our comfort with the cards. One of the ways this happens is moving from applying keywords for individual cards we find in books or websites to telling stories across them through their symbols, figures, and scenes—and, as always, with our intuition guiding the way. But how do we make that leap from memorized terms to more fluid storytelling? Join us for an interactive Tarot workshop that offers both strategies and interactive practice to develop those skills. Some basic familiarity with Tarot cards is helpful but is not required. All experience levels are welcome.

    NOTE: You will need access to a Tarot deck for these workshops; a second deck can be helpful but is not necessary. Please feel free to bring a deck you have; if you need to acquire one, Inspired Living (Boyne City) and Poetess and Stranger (Petoskey) have a variety of great options.

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.

    Sara Glasgow, Ph.D., Dean of Arts and Sciences, NCMC

    Sara has been practicing and sharing her love of Tarot for over thirty years and Norse runes for fifteen years. Through workshops and consultations, she aims to raise awareness of the diverse ways that these systems nurture creativity, meditation, and personal empowerment. She is also a teacher, scholar, and administrator, and has served as the Dean of Liberal Arts at North Central Michigan College since 2014.

    • Thu, September 26, 2024
    • Thu, October 24, 2024
    • 5 sessions
    • NCMC Borra Learning Center Bldg Rm# 49C
    • 0
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    French Conversation and Culture is a lively five-week course for beginners, but also good as a repeat for anyone who has already taken the class.  The class is  based around integrating and learning the French language and enjoying the culture of France.

    If you hope to  travel to a French speaking country sometime soon, this class will be a fun way to practice conversational French and have an armchair experience to the French way of life.  There is a followup Conversational French II class scheduled in November.

    During this course, participants will find themselves immersed in five themes:

    • Week One: General introductions/Family/basic knowledge sur la vie en France
    • Week Two: Cafe Life (food/drink/ordering)
    • Week Three: Traveling to and in France (airport/trains/metro/bus)
    • Week Four: Southern France (Bordeaux, Nice)
    • Week Five: Pronoun sequences for verb conjugations & Paris!

    Refunds are unavailable for cancellations made within 48 hours of the class


    Susan Baker-Smith is an instructor who has been differentiating the learning of French for all ages for over 30 years, and has completed expansive travel in France (and many other countries throughout the world) with students and adults alike.


    • Fri, September 27, 2024
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • NCMC Library Conference Center
    • 60
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    Emmet County’s Medical Care Facility—Bay Bluffs—is an essential safety net for seniors, especially as they near the end of life. Despite strong caregiver-to-resident ratios, workforce capacity challenges have necessitated a reduction in the resident population. Lisa Ashley, Bay Bluffs' administrator, will discuss the new partnership with North Central Michigan College, aimed at training future workers for Bay Bluffs and the broader healthcare community.

    Learn how Bay Bluffs and North Central Michigan College are creating a safety net for our seniors!

    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event.


    Lisa Ashley

    • Sat, September 28, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • NCMC - In the SCRC Bldg Rm 536
    • 11
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    Feeling exhausted from always being everything for everyone else?

    If you’re running on empty and struggling to prioritize yourself, this workshop is for you.  "Root Down to Rise Up" is designed to help you break free from the overwhelm, reconnect with yourself, and build a foundation for lasting peace from within.

    Join us for this transformative workshop, and take the first step toward filling your own cup so you can rise up and thrive in all areas of your life.

    In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll dive into what it means to root down—prioritizing your emotional, mental, and physical well-being—so you’re able to rise up with strength, clarity, and peace.

    Who this workshop is for?

    • Women who feel like they've lost themselves in the daily grind
    • Those who struggle to make time for self-care without feeling guilty
    • Women who are burned out and overwhelmed, ready for a reset
    • Anyone looking to reconnect with their true self and find peace

    What you’ll gain:

    • Release from Guilt: Learn how to take care of yourself without feeling selfish or undeserving.
    • Emotional Balance: Tools to manage stress and feel more grounded, centered, and at ease.
    • Renewed Confidence: Rediscover your worth and strengthen your belief that you deserve the same love and care you give others.
    • Peace & Joy: Step away with more clarity, inner peace, and a deep sense of fulfillment.

    This is your time to root down in caring for yourself, rise up with confidence, and embrace the empowered woman within!

    Limited participants to ensure personalized attention and a supportive environment

    ***Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of this event***


    Jennifer Lovely

    Certified Mastery Transformational Coach and Yoga instructor

    Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge and empathy to guide through transformative processes.  She has been consulting with and advising clients on lifestyle changes and goal-focused initiatives for years and have conducted over 2,700 coaching calls. As a coach, Jennifer specializes in helping you prioritize your well-being, and uncover the steps needed to transition gracefully into the next chapter of your life. 


    • Mon, September 30, 2024
    • Mon, October 21, 2024
    • 4 sessions
    • NCMC's Iron Horse Cafe
    • 10
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    Gentle yoga relieves stress, increases flexibility, calms the mind, and strengthens the body. It's performed at a slower pace, with less extreme positions. This one-day a week, 4-week class is designed with gentle floor-based sequences with some standing positions helping you relax the muscles fully, integrating mind, body, and spirit, bringing ease to the breath, and tuning into the nervous system's healing capacity. Yoga is for every BODY-tall, small, big, tiny, young, old, and gender fluid. It truly is a way to move your body for every person on this planet. The purpose of the class is to create a space for all ages, abilities, and body types to move their bodies in a healthy and safe environment. This practice is open to all levels.


    What to bring:  Yoga mat and water bottle


    Cancellations are non-refundable within 48 hours of the start of this class