What You Can Do - by Bob Emser

Bob Emser is an international sculptor, with exhibits on 4 continents, 7 countries and 27 states in the U.S. His extensive body of work, dating back to 1978, can be seen in cities and municipalities, sculpture parks, museums and institutions of higher learning.During his 25+ year career he has served as a visiting artist and has taught at several universities, held a tenured professorship, and founded a not-for-profit art center that is still in existence. He has also served as the executive director of Chicago’s international sculpture exhibition, Pier Walk. Currently he is the president of Chicago Sculpture International, the local affiliate of International Sculpture Center, on whose Board of Directors he sits. Emser focuses his full time efforts creating sculptures for public and private spaces.

This nine-foot-tall work entitled "What You Can Do" is located north of the entrance to the Tanis building and west of the Health/Science Building on NMC's main campus.

Hundreds of volunteers help NMC each year in countless ways. They include docents at the Dennos Museum Center, line servers at the annual NMC Barbecue, announcers for WNMC, advisers for occupational programs and assistants for the Rogers Observatory. Area dentists volunteer in NMC's dental labs and alumni of the Maritime Academy make training excursions on the T/S State of Michigan possible for current students. In addition, volunteers help raise resources for the college by serving on groups ranging from the Barbecue Board and Golf Committee to the Foundation Board.

The $40,000 sculpture project was totally funded by Barb and Dudley Smith, longtime NMC volunteers and benefactors, particularly of the Dennos Museum Center's Inuit art collection.