125th Stories | NMU 125th Celebration

NMU's 125th Anniversary

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.

Full Name

What is your NMU connection?

example: "I was a student in the 70s" or "I worked for NMU for 20 years"

Your favorite NMU memory or story?

Who is the most influential person you met during your time at NMU and why were they so influential?

Tell us about the significance of any teams, clubs or organizations you were part of during your time at NMU

What is/was your favorite thing to do in Marquette?

Talk about any significant/memorable sporting events, weather occurrences or other on-campus activities?

What is your current or former profession?

How did NMU help you get to where you are today?

We know it's hard to thoroughly convey your NMU experiences in one form, so please check this box if you are willing to expand upon your NMU story and we may reach out.

Photos of you NMU experiences

One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.

Please add descriptions or context to the photos you upload:

I give permission for the University Marketing and Communications department to use my photo(s), quote(s), and/or written content in promotional materials including but not limited to student recruitment, story ideas for Northern Magazine and Northern Today, social media posts and more official university content.