Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Our office is committed to professional, workforce development and personal training, delivering opportunities for anyone interested in continuing their education, updating their skills or participating in professional development.

Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU

Continue Your Education

We partner with business and industry throughout the Upper Peninsula. Our primary objective is to create, sustain and retain a skilled workforce that supports current business and industry while considering the future workforce.

Development opportunities in cybersecurity, UPCI at Northern Michigan University

Explore Development Opportunities

Northern Michigan University works with regional companies, entrepreneurs, schools and agencies and industry to meet the current and future workforce needs of the Upper Peninsula and beyond.

Training and Testing

Training & Testing

The NMU Continuing Education and Workforce Development office offers online and in-person training and testing opportunities.

Commercial Driver's License (CDL), truck driving program

Continuing Education

Browse opportunities for continuing your education in the areas of cybersecurity, commercial driver's license (CDL), appraisal, online certifications, online cannabis studies, and more.

Workforce Development

Workforce Development

NMU works with regional companies, entrepreneurs, schools and agencies, and industry to meet the current and future workforce needs of the Upper Peninsula and beyond.

Training & Testing

Training & Testing

NMU Continuing Education and Workforce Development offers online and in-person training and testing opportunities in the areas of customer service, health and safety, test preparation, career exploration, and more.

Upcoming Events

APPRAISAL

All classes will be by Zoom.

May 6, 2021 - Identifying Comparable Properties & Quantifying Adjustments - 8:30 am

May 12 & 13, 2021 - Appraising Manufactured Housing - 12:30 pm

May 21, 2021 - The Past, Present & Future of the Mortgage Appraisal - 8:30 am

June 11, 2021 - Liability & the Mortgage Appraisal - 8:30 am

Classes that are over two days - You MUST attend both days!

See the schedule for a complete listing

Additional classes will be added as available and approved.

CDL - NMU TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL 

Session 1: May 3 - May 28, 2021 - COURSE IS FULL 

Session 2:  June 1 - June 25, 2021

Session 3: July 6 - July 30, 2021

Session 4: August 9 - September 3, 2021

*If you are interested in attending a CDL session, please call (906)227-2103 or email conteduc@nmu.edu

NMU, Jacobetti Complex, Room 103, 2296 Sugarloaf Ave., Marquette

Register today for NMU Truck Driving School

BUS DRIVER SAFETY

Beginning - May 7 & 8, 2021 - (Friday & Saturday) - Escanaba

Continuing Education - June 7, 2021 - (Monday) - Bessemer

Continuing Education - July 21, 2021 - (Wednesday) - Munising

Beginning - August 13 & 14, 2021 (Friday & Saturday) - Crystal Falls

Continuing Education - August 18, 2021 (Wednesday) - Felch

Continuing Education - September 25, 2021 (Saturday) - Marquette

See the schedule for a complete listing of classes

MSHA 

May 13, 2021 - 8 hour Refresher 

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

2021 Registration is now available.

COVID-19 EDUCATIONAL MODULES

Northern Michigan University faculty have produced a series of free self-paced online educational modules on various topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from scientific aspects to impacts to communities, businesses, and families.

CYBERSECURITY ESSENTIALS

Free & live online. For more information or to schedule a course, email upcyber@nmu.edu.

For Educators

Adult students require programs that deliver results specific to their professional needs with course schedules and delivery methods that allow participation outside the traditional semester format. Continuing Education’s goal is to provide these vitally important lifelong learning opportunities to individuals and groups in the Upper Peninsula and beyond.

Contact Information

University Business Hours

University business hours are 8 a.m.–5 p.m. EST during the fall and winter semesters (late August through early May) and 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday during the summer (early May through mid-August).

Campus Location

Continuing Education & Workforce Development is located at 103 Jacobetti Complex, 2296 Sugarloaf Ave. The Jacobetti Complex is located on the Northside of campus. (See campus map.)

Mailing Address

Northern Michigan University, Continuing Education & Workforce Development, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855.

Main (906) 227-2103

Fax (906) 227-2108