As Traverse City continues to emerge as a leader in freshwater research and innovation, Northwestern Michigan College is accelerating that momentum through the Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge—an annual competition designed to support start-ups, entrepreneurs, and students developing freshwater technology.

Seventyfive years after NMC opened in 1951, the Student Government Association (SGA) hopes to encourage students to continue getting involved on campus to maintain its culture and vibrancy. 

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I would like to join the community in remembering the life of Jack Segal, a veteran and diplomat who left a mark on NMC and Traverse City that will not soon be forgotten.​

The documentary, The Librarians, opened at the beginning of the book-banning trend, when, in 2021, Texas State Representative Matt Krause first put forward an 850-book-long list to investigate for what “might make students feel discomfort…because of their race or sex.” The documentary, which was released in 2025, then followed the effects of that list, how US librarians reacted, and how community members spoke out to committees and fought to maintain the unbanned status of certain books. Following the showing of The Librarian in the Dennos Museum on Feb. 4, local librarians spoke in the Milliken Auditorium on their experiences with book censorship challenges in recent years. 

On Jan 26, after careful deliberation, the Board of Trustees finalized the sale of the Boardman Lake Campus to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians for $27 million. The campus, which was used as the University Center until the summer of 2025, has been property of NMC since 1989.

For many students, high school and college are separated by a clear milestone – graduation. For students in NMC’s Early College program, however, that line becomes less defined.