Faculty & Staff
Great Lakes Water Studies Institute
Office location:
NMC Great Lakes Campus (#5 on Great Lakes Campus map)
715 E. Front St.
Traverse City, MI
Phone: (231) 995-3333
Fax: (231) 995-1794
Mailing address:
1701 E. Front St.
Traverse City, MI 49686
Contact Information »
Hans Van Sumeren
Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Director
Instructor of Marine Technology and Freshwater Studies
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1793
- Email: hvansumeren@nmc.edu
- Office: Parsons Stulen Building PS104 ML
Constanza Hazelwood
Freshwater Studies Program Coordinator
Faculty
WSI 105 — Introduction to Freshwater Studies
WSI 290 — Spanish for Environmental Sustainability
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1722
- Email: chazelwood@nmc.edu
- Office: Great Lakes GL112D ML
Cathy Jarvi
Freshwater Studies Program Advisor
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-3333
- Email: cjarvi@nmc.edu
- Office: Great Lakes GL112D ML
John Lutchko
Marine Technology Laboratory Coordinator
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1793
- Email: jlutchko@nmc.edu
- Office: Great Lakes ML
Freshwater Studies Faculty
Jim Olson
Faculty
WSI 230 — Water Policy and Sustainability
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1793
- Email: jolson@nmc.edu
- Office: Great Lakes ML
Scott Swan
Faculty
GEO 115 — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-2343
- Email: sswan@nmc.edu
- Office: Parson Stulen 215
Science and Math Faculty
Robb Houston
Faculty
ENV 131 — Oceanography
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-2126
- Email: rhouston@nmc.edu
- Office: Biederman Building LB203Q UL
Mike Jacobson
Faculty
ENV 117 — Meteorology and Climatology
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1229Email: mjacobson@nmc.edu
- Office: Biederman Building LB203M UL
Greg LaCrosse
Faculty
BIO 115 — Cell, Plant and Ecosystem Biology
BIO 116 — Genetics, Evolution & Animal Biology
Contact:
- Phone: (231) 995-1265
- Email: glacross@nmc.edu
- Office: Biederman Building LB203H UL
Supplemental Staff
Ryan Valerio
Captain
Contact Information:
SUPPORT SERVICES
OUR FACULTY AND STUDENTS SPEAK
Why take Water Policy & Sustainability? Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Director Hans Van Sumeren and Jim Olson, a local environmental lawyer whose work is well known around the Grand Traverse region and the U.S., introduce the fundamental principles that guide this course.
