Northern offers its 7,600 students an abundance of opportunities to explore their interests in and out of the classroom. From our brand new residence halls to our groundbreaking academic programs, we invite you to start your story at a school that can offer you the world -- whatever you want that world to look like.
Northern students are deeply involved in real-world scientific and creative research, professional conferences and educational community service from the start. Present at a national conference, travel abroad, or earn a leadership role in a student organization. What will you do at NMU?
Northern's campus is right in the heart of Marquette, MI and stretches all the way to the sandy shores of Lake Superior. Northern has a distinctive sense of place – some refer to it as the upper hand, but we refer to it as "home".
Northern Michigan University, located in Marquette, MI, is a dynamic four-year, public, comprehensive university. Explore our website and see all that NMU has to offer.
To celebrate Northern Michigan University’s 125th Anniversary, we are collecting stories from our alumni, faculty, staff, and the entire NMU community! Stories will be shared throughout 2024 across various NMU platforms including RadioX, Northern Magazine, Northern Today, NMU and NMU Alumni social media channels, NMU Blog, UPlink, WNMU, and more. Please answer in as much detail as you can. Additionally, you do not have to answer all the questions, instead answer the questions that you have the most interesting memories to share!
We would love photos of your time at NMU, you can attach them to the bottom of this form.
If you are interested, you can record some of your answers to the following questions and attach them via the file upload at the bottom of this form. These will be played on NMU's RadioX during the 125th anniversary celebration.
Share your story!