Over the more than four decades that Marquette has had a Sister City relationship with Higashiomi, Japan, Northern Michigan University’s president has sponsored one student from there to attend NMU each year. Now, for the first time, a Northern student is a reciprocal Sister City scholar. ...
Great Lakes Scuba Diving & Lake Preservation is a non-profit organization with a goal of cleaning the underwater environment throughout the Great Lakes watershed. The group’s journey started in Marquette where many hours were spent Scuba diving on Lake Superior and witnessing first hand ...
Finlandia University Press release The artist reception for Finlandia University’s 2023 International School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibit has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 23. The event will coincide with Finlandia Art Night and will include the 2023 Faculty Exhibit, a ...
U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation Press release The U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Beverly Matherne to serve as the 2023-24 U.P. Poet Laureate. Matherne is professor emerita of English at Northern Michigan University, where she served as director of ...
LANSING, MICH. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 19-25 as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is calling on residents to act by participating in a voluntary statewide tornado drill at 1 ...
You are invited to a community rally opposing the unfair tax avoidance by Walmart against the city of Houghton and our community. WHAT: A demonstration against Walmart about the ongoing tax dispute with the city of Houghton. Walmart thinks they deserve special treatment with reduced taxes. If ...