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Dr. Carter Wilson discusses the establishment of Black History Month by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Drawing from the works of a long list of scholars--including Carter G. Woodson, Basil Davidson, WEB DuBois, Barbara/Karen Fields, Peter Linebaugh, Toni Morrison, Gary Nash, J.A. Rogers, and many others--Dr. Wilson demonstrates that neither world history nor American history can be understood without an understanding of the roles and contributions of Africans and African Americans. 

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A presentation by Forensic Biochemistry major, Paige Weber. She interned at the Michigan State Police Crime Lab here in Marquette this fall semester. Paige will give a presentation on what that experience entailed for her. 

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The Winter Semester Job Fair is an opportunity for companies and organizations to discuss full-time jobs, part-time jobs, summer employment, and internships with all majors.  There is no cost for students and alumni to attend this event.

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Join us for the third annual Engineering Technology & Manufacturing Career Fair. This concentrated recruiting event is geared specifically towards students choosing engineering technology, manufacturing and other related majors. This Fair will allow you to visit with students and alumni who are seriously considering the challenging careers related to these fields. 

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On Monday, November 10, 2025, we will hold an on-campus and virtual information session for NMU's Master of Science (MS) in Psychology graduate program. Our two-year program combines coursework with research/clinical opportunities to prepare you for various careers in psychology or for additional graduate studies (e.g., PhD/PsyD). Graduates of our program have gone on to be therapists, professors, and industry leaders! 

These sessions will provide an overview of the program curriculum, opportunities, the application process, funding, and much more! We will discuss the different tracks of the program, including the new 4+1 option that allows current undergraduate students to begin the program early (in their senior year) and count those credits toward their BS in Psychology and MS in Psychology degrees simultaneously. 

We will also hold a Q&A period with current faculty and graduate students. We invite prospective or future applicants (deadline Feb 1 each year) to attend and learn about the program and how to strengthen their applications.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/aPYVFyxQyd74wP2t8

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NMU Faculty, Staff, and Student Colleagues – WNMU-TV is hosting a preview screening event, with a panel discussion around THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new Ken Burns six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence.  The screening is open to all and takes place in the Northern Center Ballrooms on the campus of Northern Michigan University, on November 5, 2025, at 7pm.

This opportunity to learn about the founding of the United States' democracy is brought to you as part of NMU's commitment to expand opportunities for civic learning and community engagement by staff, faculty, and students. You can learn more about Strategy 2.2 and its related tactics by reading Our Compass, NMU's strategic plan.

Hosting the event for WNMU-TV is Jim Koski, and the three panelists leading the discussion and question segment are:  Carter Wilson, Ph.D. - Professor and Department Head, Northern Michigan University Department of Political Science & Public Administration; Emily Romeo, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University History Department; and Justin Schapp, LL.M. - Assistant Director of KCP Grant Administration & Faculty/Staff Initiatives, Northern Michigan University Office of Opportunity, Empowerment, & People.  This screening event gives a preview of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION with time for a panel discussion and questions.

The much-anticipated series, which has been in production for eight years, was directed and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and written by long-time collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward and will premiere on Sunday, November 16, and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21st at 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET on WNMU-TV. 

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe.  “The American Revolution is one of the most important events in human history.” said Ken Burns. “We went from being subjects to inventing a new concept, citizens, and set in motion democratic revolutions around the globe.  As we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding, I’m hopeful that people throughout the country will come together to discuss the importance of this history and to appreciate even more what our ancestors did to secure our liberty and freedoms.”

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Buzz Sessions at NMU are a platform for faculty and students to quickly present their research in three slides or five minutes. The event also provides a brief overview of the Office of Sponsored Programs and the College of Graduate Studies & Research. This event is designed to allow attendees, including the presenters, to come and go as schedules require. Light refreshments are provided.

This session's presenters are:

• Josh Carlson - Psychology
• Diana Lafferty - Biology
• Jason Schneider - Art & Design
• Emily Lanctot - Art & Design
• Jes Thomspon - Sustainability

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The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is proud to announce a special historical performance, Storm, featuring maritime historian Ric Mixter and musician Dan Hall. The concert will take place on Friday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Jamrich Hall 1100 on the campus of Northern Michigan University. The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be encouraged and greatly appreciated. 

Gordon Lightfoot turned the Great Lakes’ largest shipwreck into a legend, but his version of the story is more fiction than fact. Historian Ric Mixter has spent thirty years interviewing people who built, sailed, and searched for the “Mighty Fitz” when it vanished 100 miles from Marquette on November 10th, 1975, and his findings have led him to become the most viewed expert on the disaster.

Mixter returns to his hometown of Marquette on October 24th with musician Dan Hall to tell the Fitzgerald story in a most unique way- with Dan’s custom music on key characters in the storm and with Ric’s exclusive interviews from those who were eyewitnesses to the search and discoveries made 550 feet below Lake Superior.  Why didn’t the Fitz make it to Whitefish Point? Ric separates the myths of the loss with data and interviews while narrating incredible new songs about the most famous ship to sail the lakes.

Mixter was the media coordinator for the controversial Delta dive to the shipwreck in July of 1994, and he will share behind the scenes information on the discovery of a lost sailor who was wearing a lifejacket when lost. His frank discussion is done tastefully and the entire event is suitable for the entire family.

Ric and Dan have toured extensively with their concert series STORM, being featured on Mackinac Island, Cheboygan, Traverse City and a half dozen other concert venues. Ric has toured two countries and even NASA telling stories of the Great Lakes, after a 30-year broadcast career that began at WMQT Q-107 and WLUC TV6 back in the early 1980s. He was born at KI Sawyer and even flew the last B-52 from that base when it closed Air Force operations in 1995.

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Come celebrate Open Access Week with Olson Library! We will answer the following questions during this session:

• Why is Open Access important?
• What’s the difference between Gold, Diamond, and Green open access levels?
• What’s an APC? 
• How can NMU faculty and graduate students take advantage of Olson Library’s Cambridge University Press and American Chemical Society (ACS) Read & Publish agreements?

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The Northern Woodshed Project is an interdisciplinary initiative on campus that is working to examine the feasibility of transitioning from fossil fuels to locally harvested woodchips at the Ripley Plant. As part of this initiative, we invite students to participate in a Working Forest Workshop, co-led by our partners at The Nature Conservancy. 

On Friday, October 17, we will travel to the Slate River Forest in Baraga County to learn about different forest management practices, including harvesting to produce old growth characteristics, coppicing of aspen stands for pulp markets, traditional hardwood cuts for saw timber, managing forests for their carbon potential, “land back” initiatives with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and more. 

We will depart in vans from NMU at 8:30 am, explore the Slate River Forest from 10-12, eat a free lunch by a waterfall, with more field experiences in the afternoon. We will return to campus around 4:30 that afternoon. It will be a full day, but an amazing experience on some very special land! We hope you will join us to learn about forest management as NMU considers woody biomass as an alternative to heat campus. 

We need to cap this field experience to 34 participants. 

Please be sure to register and let us know your lunch preferences using this form by 5pm on Friday, October 3. 

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Sarah Mittlefehldt at smittlef@nmu.edu.