Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center

The Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center project combined state investments of more than $7 million for important renovations and modernizations of the 50-year-old West Hall building with NMC-funded investments of more than $7 million to create a 54,000-square-foot, multi-story library and flexible learning space. It incorporates innovative and transformative learning environments and multiple academic and simulation spaces.The building also houses Campus Safety & Security, Dining Services including the Hawk Owl Cafe and Northwest Grind, Educational Media Technologies, the Technology Help Desk and the WNMC 90.7 FM college radio station. It opened in the summer of 2020 for the Fall 2020 semester.

NMC celebrated the building's opening with a livestreamed ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. View a photo gallery from the ceremony here and a video here.

The project received extensive campus and community input, including 270 comments during a campus-wide opening conference and 17 user group workshops. It also won the support of state legislators including Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, and Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City.