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NMC To Relocate University Partners To Main Campus
April 26, 2025
“It’s been a long time coming,” Laura Oblinger, chair of the NMC Board of Trustees, says of the University Center relocation, which was identified as a top priority in last year's NMC Thrive campus master plan. “For years, we've been hearing from our students about wanting more vibrancy on our main campus. And we've also been hearing for a while from our University Center partners that they want to be on main campus and have that interaction with students that are currently enrolled at NMC.”
An NMC alumna herself, Oblinger finished her associate’s degree at the college before earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees through the University Center. Reflecting on her own time at school, Oblinger is hopeful that relocating and spotlighting NMC’s university partners on the main campus will allow for more visibility of those offerings to NMC’s student body.
“When I was getting my associate’s at NMC, I knew that a bachelor’s degree was important in part because NMC was just building the University Center. And so, the concept of continuing education beyond an associate’s degree – and doing it right here in our backyard – was really front and center at the time,” Oblinger says. “Having the University Center on main campus, I think that’s really going to help our students have a better understanding of the opportunities that are available to them right here in Traverse City. And then that brings more value to our university partners, too, because they have more direct access to this new pool of potential students.”
Read the full article here: https://www.traverseticker.com/news/nmc-to-relocate-university-partners-to-main-campus-consider-new-ideas-for-university-center-building/
By Craig Manning