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Northern's Faculty & Staff Kickoff to the 2026–27 academic year

Buffet Breakfast, 7:45–8:30 a.m.
Convocation, 8:45–10 a.m.

Host: Interim Provost Rob Winn
Featured Speakers:

• Tim Compton, chair, Academic Senate
• Jon Teichman, representative, Union Staff Leadership
• Mikayla Christenson, ASNMU President
• Chris Olsen, NMU President

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Revolve CC is an event supporting our vibrant, supportive, and collaborative community of creatives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Our mission is to energize the sustainable growth of our creative community by centering the exploration of broad creative topics, the vitality of collaboration, and opportunities for quality connections, while having fun. Open to all areas in the community, professional, hobbyist, and just appreciator, including visual art, design, music, performance and more! 

Keynotes this year include Reggie Willliams (Writer, Comedian, Actor, & I/O Psychologist) and Fabiola Lara (Illustrator, Social Media Expert for Artists & Entrepreneur).

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D-2-HG in HD USING ZEBRAFISH TO INVESTIGATE THE INNATE
IMMUNE RESPONSE TO R132 MUTANT GLIOMA

Zoom ID/passcode: 921 0011 5685 / 087120

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The BIPOC Outdoors Summit 5K, led by OEP in collaboration with Lance Woods, co-founder of WeRun313, is a signature event that promotes inclusivity, wellness, and outdoor engagement within the NMU community and beyond. This professionally timed race welcomes runners and walkers of all backgrounds and abilities, combining competitive elements like chip timing and awards with a strong focus on community, representation, and connection to the outdoors.

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This rest retreat is for communities that are underrepresented in environmental justice professionals and community leaders at risk of burnout from combating racial and climate injustice. This three-day retreat will offer several optional low to medium-intensity activities for attendees to choose from each day. Together, attendees will spend time connecting with the outdoors, themselves, and each other. 

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Join us for the BIPOC Outdoors Summit @ NMU — a gathering that brings together outdoor enthusiasts, community builders, and those seeking restoration and inspiration.

While these events center the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in outdoor spaces, everyone is welcome to attend and help create a more inclusive, healing, and joyful outdoor community.

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High school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors during the 2025-26 academic school year are invited to join us to explore cybersecurity in a series of hands-on labs and challenges!

Imagine a week where you're not just learning about technology -- you're controlling it.

At our residential summer camp, you'll hack (legally!), code, and connect everyday objects to the internet in ways that will genuinely surprise you. Want to build a smart device from scratch? Lock and unlock a door with code you wrote yourself? Discover the hidden vulnerabilities in the networks around us — and learn how to defend them? This is the place. 

Surrounded by students who geek out over the same things you do, guided by instructors who work in the real world of cybersecurity and tech, you'll spend five days diving into the skills that are shaping the future — artificial intelligence, IoT, ethical hacking, and beyond. No experience required. Just curiosity, ambition, and the willingness to break things (on purpose) and build them back better. The only question is: are you in?  

Apply Now - application deadline is May 23, 2026, at 5pm

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High school students will visit campus for this unique, week-long summer camp to explore the scenic vistas and natural resources of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula!  Participants will experience firsthand how scientists incorporate technology and field research to study the changing environment by utilizing the facilities and technology of Northern Michigan University. Campers will participate in campus activities and field experiences while learning about a wide variety of environmental topics, facilitated by the Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences Department.

More Details and Registration

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You are warmly invited to a special community event hosted by WNMU-TV and Lydia M. Olson Library.

Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS, WNMU-TV, and Olson Library, will host a free screening of “The Librarians,” followed by a panel discussion featuring Emera Bridger Wilson (Department Head of Olson Library), Dillon Geshel (Executive Director of the Michigan Library Association), and Sarah Rehborg (Youth Services Librarian at Peter White Public Library).

“The Librarians,” directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, follows a courageous network of librarians as they navigate the growing challenges of book restrictions and censorship. The film explores how these policies are shaping library collections and highlights the broader national conversation around intellectual freedom, education, and democracy.

Following the screening, our panelists will lead an engaging discussion on censorship, its impact on democracy, and the role of libraries in supporting access to information and diverse perspectives.

We hope you will join us for this timely and important conversation.

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The OER Working Group will hold a workshop about understanding copyright and Creative Commons licensing for Open Education, including Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy projects, on Monday, March 30, at 2 pm in 214 Harden.

This workshop is designed for faculty, graduate students, and staff who want to know more about how copyright shapes teaching and research, and how open licenses, such as those provided by Creative Commons, can support the sharing of ideas and information. Emera Bridger Wilson (Librarian) and Tom Gillespie (Senior Instructional Technologist) will introduce the benefits and limitations of all rights reserved copyright, how open licensing works within copyright, and facilitate activities to teach participants how to select the correct Creative Commons licenses for their teaching and research.

This is a great workshop for those who are new to Open Education and are looking to understand what makes OER different from other free or low-cost resources.