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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)
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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
    • 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 Athletic/SCRC Bldg Rm#536
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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
    • Thu, October 24, 2024
    • 6 sessions
    • NCMC - CCE Rm#536 SCRC building
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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.
    • 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.


    • Mon, September 30, 2024
    • Mon, October 21, 2024
    • 4 sessions
    • NCMC's Iron Horse Cafe
    • 5
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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