Get involved in the NMI community
Here, we know that the educational experience you’re looking for is a combination of opportunities to learn remotely, via our online Hive Minds, meet your peers, gain support, and expand your knowledge of Midwifery. Below are resources to guide you as you navigate and experience life at NMI.
NMI Facebook Groups
Enrolled students are encouraged to participate in NMI's private Facebook group. This lively discussion board is a place for students to interact with other students and NMI instructors, with opportunities to share resources, discuss coursework, network, and more.
Our Facebook group is a great place to bounce questions off your student colleagues, who are all completing their work alongside you! The FB group is a great place to ask questions about modules, apprenticeship and midwifery. Students and new grads are supported to post case studies, current research and other relevant midwifery information.
A separate, private Facebook page is also available to NMI graduates.
In addition to the main student group, we have additional Facebook groups that are *student-led:
*Are you interested in being a Student Facilitator for an Affinity Group at NMI? Please check out the requirements and role description in this Job Description document!
Come to the Weekly Virtual Hive Mind Study Group Meeting!
NMI Offers a Virtual Hive Mind gathering via Zoom to talk through different topics and modules in depth with your student colleagues. We cover some basics but also go to some really interesting places in conversation. It is easy to join, fun and informative. By the end of each session you should be able to complete most of a module and have a deeper understanding of complex issues.
If you are not on Facebook, you can use the information below to join each week or check the School Calendar below to see the upcoming topics that have been scheduled.
Sundays at 5:30 pm PST/8:30 pm EST
Wednesdays at 4 pm PST/ 7 pm EST
Google Meet joining info for 2025
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/pdt-xfye-pwk
Or dial: (US) +1 219-386-4299 PIN: 104 394 384#
*The link will be the same every week. Starting January 5th we are switching to Google Meet, (previously we met on Zoom).
Quarters at NMI
Academic and Clinical progress is assessed at the end of each quarter according to the following schedule:
Quarter
QUARTER 1 - WINTER (WI)
QUARTER 2 - SPRING (SP)
QUARTER 3 - SUMMER (SU)
QUARTER 4 - FALL (FA)
Dates of Quarter
January 1 through March 31
April 1 through June 30
July 1 through September 30
October 1 through December 31
Quarterly Review Occurs in
April
July
October
January
Student Calendar - (Events shown in Eastern Time Zone)
Clinical Placement Support
NMI does not place students with Preceptors. However, the NMI Clinical Director can work with a student to identify appropriate potential preceptors, share lists of past preceptors who have worked with NMI students, and otherwise support the student in securing a clinical placement.
NMI also keeps a list of apprenticeship opportunities on our website and shares postings with our students through NMI’s Student Facebook group as we become aware of them.
Social Support Services
As a correspondence/distance education program, NMI is committed to facilitating the integration of student academic learning and community engagement. Please feel welcome to reach out to any of NMI’s Directors, some of whom are midwives, for social support. See the Contact Directors & Staff page for contact and calendar scheduling links.
Students are also encouraged to participate in professional and consumer midwifery and birth organizations at the state, regional, and national level. For listings, contact MANA. For example, students in California can access local chapters of the California Association of Licensed Midwives (CALM) that host regular meetings and social events for practicing and aspiring midwives. In addition, local childbirth and parenting resource centers can help students link with community classes on birth-related topics, investigate part-time employment in the birth community, access childcare, and find support in the area from others who share their interests and concerns.
Please reach out to NMI staff if you seek assistance in identifying these resources in your own community.
Academic Advising and Tutoring Support
Students can reach out to the Academic & Student Services Director for academic advising and support. The Academic Director will assist students in setting goals and creating learning plans to meet those goals in order to complete the midwifery certificate program in a planned timeline. Schedule a meeting today!
Tutoring. After modules have been submitted, and if knowledge gaps remain, the Coursework Instructors may recommend tutoring, and/or students may request tutoring if they need more support. If you need academic support please fill out a Tutoring Request Form and schedule a 50-minute tutoring session, (see scheduling link at the bottom of the Tutoring Request form).
Quarterly Newsletter
NMI publishes a student newsletter each quarter.
Recent Editions of the NMI Newsletter:
Quarterly Town Hall Meetings
Starting in January of 2023 NMI has quarterly Town Hall Meetings for the entire NMI Community, (students, staff, directors, academic faculty, etc). Below are recordings from those meetings when recorded/available:
September 12, 2024 - Academic Team has grown! Meet the Study Group Coursework Instructors.
March 24, 2024 - Curriculum Updates, Transition to Distance
November 16, 2023 - Ethical Uses of Artificial Intelligence & Academic Integrity
August 17, 2023 - Q&A, MEAC Clinical Updates, Skills workshop sign-offs & temporary preceptors, etc.
