Academy, institute take up shore homes
The newest campus in Michigan is also the newest attraction along Traverse City’s crowded waterfront.
Sandwiched between a Holiday Inn and the shuffleboard courts of the Traverse City Senior Center is the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
The new $18 million complex is home to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, a school for first mates and marine engineers, and the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, a school for head chefs and bread bakers.
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You can check out the radar rooms or see a demonstration of the ship bridge simulator, where seven giant computerized screens allow students to take the wheel of a 1,000-foot freighter and steer it anywhere on the Great Lakes.
