NMU Board Appoints Presidential Search Advisory Committee

Students Receive Provost Travel Funding

May. 29, 2025 —
Six Northern Michigan University undergraduate students and six graduate students each received up to $2,000 for travel expenses to present their research or creative work at various conferences, beginning last semester and continuing through fall 2025. NMU Provost Anne Dahlman, in alignment with the university's Our Compass strategic plan, elected to use donor funds to support student travel. 

NMU Dance Team Places at Nationals for First Time

May. 28, 2025 —
The Northern Michigan University Dance Team recorded a historic achievement by advancing to and placing in national dance competition finals for the first time. The team took 9th place in Pom and 14th place in Jazz at the Division II level at the 2025 College Classic National Championship in Orlando, Fla., in April. Members built on the success of last year's noteworthy milestone of qualifying for national competition for the first time in NMU history.

Cho Receives Magnaghi Grant to Study Yooper Dialect

May. 22, 2025 —
Northern Michigan University graduate student Jenny Cho has received a $1,300 Grace H. Magnaghi Research Grant from NMU to explore the “history of the Yooper dialect and its role in the English language.” The project combines her previous master's degree in anthropology from Seoul National University with her current pursuit of a master's degree from NMU's English Department in TESOL, or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

NMU Center for Rural Health Hosts High School U.P. Future Health Leaders Camp

May. 20, 2025 —
The Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health will host an Upper Peninsula Future Health Leaders Camp this summer for regional students who will be freshmen and sophomores this coming fall. The camp is dedicated to health education and health career exploration. It is scheduled July 20-25, with options to either stay on campus for the duration or commute from home to camp each day. There will be a limit of 75 participants.