An aerial view of Grand Traverse Bay, showing the location of NMC's Great Lakes Campus and Freshwater Studies Program

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

    Email address: glwsi@nmc.edu

Contact Information

John LutchkoJohn Lutchko

Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Director

WSI 106 — Intro to Water Quality
WSI 200 — Great Lakes Research Technologies
WSI 240 — ROV Systems & Operations
WSI 310 — Sonar Systems and Operations
WSI 400 — Marine Technology Capstone
WSI 405 — Marine Industry
WSI 440 — Advanced Marine Platforms

Captain of the RV Northwestern

Ed BaileyEd Bailey

Marine Center Director

WSI 400 — Marine Technology Capstone
WSI 433 — Marine Project Management

Matt HirschMatthew Hirsch

Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Coordinator

WSI 110— OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER
WSI 150— Site Assessment and Remediation
WSI 250— Groundwater Sampling and Aquifer Monitoring

Scott SwanScott Swan

Faculty

GEO 115 — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
WSI 200 — Great Lakes Research Technologies
WSI 210 — Underwater Acoustics and Sonar
WSI 215 — Marine GIS and Data Processing
WSI 300 — Remote Sensing and Sensors
WSI 315 — Advanced Marine Survey and Data

Jim OlsonJim Olson

Faculty

WSI 230 — Water Policy and Sustainability

​Contact Information:

John Lutchko — Director of Great Lakes Water Studies Inst.
Phone: +1 (231) 995-1310
Office: Parsons-Stulen Building
Ed Bailey — Director of Portfolio & Program Development
Phone: +1 (231) 995-1215
Office: Parsons-Stulen Building PS104
Matt Hirsch — Great Lakes Water Studies Instit. Coordinator
Phone: +1 (231) 995-1722
Office: Great Lakes Building GL112
James Olson — Adjunct - Freshwater Studies
Office: Great Lakes Building
Scott Swan — Geographic Information Systems Instructor
Phone: +1 (231) 995-2343
Office: Parsons-Stulen Building PS215
Brad Wortman — Adjunct - Engineering Technology
Phone: +1 (231) 995-2905
Office: Parsons-Stulen Building PS104

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Our Faculty And Students Speak

Why take Water Policy & Sustainability? Hans Van Sumeren, the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute's founding director, 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.

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