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Northwestern Michigan College shares a connection with the Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, through the recently established Kevin and Linda O’Meara Fund for Arts Education that will support programs here at NMC’s Dennos Museum Center.

The opening of the Festival of the Arts is inspired by the late Linda O’Meara, a beloved dancer and teacher, on Friday.

For much more on special opening to Grand Rapids’ Festival of the Arts read this from M-Live.

Spoiler alert: Here’s how Festival of the Arts 2014 will open Friday

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A delegation from Northwestern Michigan College consisting of President Timothy J. Nelson, Vice President for Lifelong and Professional Learning Marguerite Cotto, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services Chris Weber and Executive Director of the the Dennos Museum Center Gene Jenneman visited China from March 8 – 19.  On Friday, March 14, Nelson, Cotto and Weber visited Wuhan Weiming Senior High School.  Here’s a report, in their words, from Weiming about that portion of the trip. 

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Active Learning Classrooms at NMC

Active Learning Classrooms at NMC


Posted on Jan 13, 2014

Northwestern Michigan College has begun converting more and more of our classrooms to those that encourage “active learning.”  Studies show students learn better in collaborative settings, and in groups.

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