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Northwestern Michigan College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• NMC is the country's only college to have a Maritime academy on fresh water. The Great Lakes Maritime Academy is located at the spectacular Great Lakes Campus located on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, a long protected water of Lake Michigan. Maritime is one of six state maritime academies that receives aid from the federal Maritime Administration. The Great Lakes Campus also houses the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, the only culinary school in Northern Michigan.
• NMC is home to the Dennos Museum Center, the Rogers Observatory, the Water Studies Institute, and the Michigan Technical Education Center, which operates one of the few community college Aviation programs in the country. NMC's extensive extended education program offers a vast array of non-credit classes to over 10,000 local residents annually.
• NMC offers one Associate in Science & Arts (ASA) degree: General Liberal Arts & Sciences, that is designed as a degree to prepare students for transfer to four-year schools. This can combine courses from several academic areas. NMC offers several Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees and certificates through these Academic Areas: Aviation, Business, Bridge Program, Communications, Computer Information Systems (IT), Great Lakes Culinary Institute, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Health Occupations, Humanities, M-TEC: Michigan Technical Education Center Physical Education, Science/Math and Social Science.
• The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College is the region's premier cultural facility offering both major exhibitions in the arts and sciences and live performances in jazz, blues, folk and world music by national and international artists. The museum averages 60,000 visits a year, holds one of the largest and most historically complete collections of Inuit art in the United States, and won the Governor's Arts Award for Arts and Culture in 2000.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Well-Being Calendar: 11/19/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:33:41 pm
  The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, 120 W. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
• Lecture focuses on former Soviet bloc (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:32:50 pm
  Former Soviet Republics in Central Asia are worth watching, a former U.S. ambassador thinks. Michael Wygant, 73, will discuss Russia and the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia tonight during an evening lecture at Northwestern Michigan College.
• Hair, clothes, art at 'Glam' show (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:48:47 pm
  Grab your girlfriends and get ready for the season's blowout fashion event. Friday evening's Gals, Glam and Glitz -- Girls Night Out will bring a taste of New York runway style to Traverse City.
• City plans to sue Charter over channels (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:48:26 pm
  Traverse City officials oppose Charter Communications' plans to shake up the access channels and expect to file suit against the cable provider within the next week.
• City to file lawsuit over access stations (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 12:37:50 pm
  Traverse City Commissioners unanimously agreed to file a lawsuit against Charter Communications in a dispute about relocating two of four local access stations.

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