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A Portrait of Love, Loss, and Coming Together
WINNER OF THE 2021 PANOWSKI PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
Written by John Mabey
Join us for the world premiere of our 2021 Panowski Playwriting Award winner! Marie and her daughter, Rose Marie, are left adrift after their husband/father, Michael, passes away, leaving a shocking secret behind him. Arnie, Michael’s boyfriend, yearns to heal those who’ve been hurt and unexpectedly discovers a family of his own. Mirroring the erratic path of grief itself, this beautiful play flashes between the moments in time that change us all. A Complicated Hope explores the challenges of both finding a family of choice and letting yourself be found.

Wednesday, June 8th at 8:00pm - Opening Night Party
Thursday, June 9th at 8:00pm
Friday, June 10th at 8:00pm
Saturday, June 11th at 2:00pm - THEATRE FOR ALL PERFORMANCE
Saturday, June 11th at 8:00pm
Sunday, June 12th at 2:00pm

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A new episode of Lynn Domina's Webinar is coming out April 15 at 1pm! She will be talking with Katie Booth, author of "The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness". The biographical book tells the stories of Bell’s world-changing invention of the telephone and his dangerous ethnocide of deaf language. It also charts the rise of deaf activism and the deaf community reclaiming the once-forbidden language.

Listen to the webinar by clicking the following link: https://nmu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ob4iD76QTGyZoP2pkSmO1A

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A panel discussion:

Carter Wilson, moderator

Panelists:

Jonathan Allen

Petra Hendrickson

Steven Nystrom

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Hosted by Jon Sherman, Anna Zimmer, and Catherine Oliver

Join three NMU Faculty in a lively and informative discussion of graphic novels and effective teaching practices. Refreshments will be provided!

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Historian, educator, and former First Lady of Northern Michigan University (2004–12) and San Francisco State University (2012–19), Phyllis Michael Wong, will be hosted by the Lydia M. Olson Library in Room 224 at 2:00 p.m. on Apr. 14, 2022.

The Phyllis Michael Wong Event will highlight Wong’s research and writing process during the creation of her novel, We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Discussing the influence of the H.W. Gossard factory on female workers within the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wong shares the stories of the Gossard Girls who fueled the local economy and challenged societal expectations throughout the 20th century.

This event will be preceded by a presentation at the Marquette Regional History Center on Apr. 13, where Wong will discuss her novel in further detail.

Copies of We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will be available for purchase at both the Lydia M. Olson Library and Marquette Regional History Center events. Audience members will also have the opportunity to engage with Wong in live discussions.

To register for the event or to learn more about Wong's novel, please visit The Hub.

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The 26th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship will be a hybrid event, with both virtual and in-person formats. In-person event will take place on Thursday, April 14, 2022. The Celebration of Student Scholarship is an annual event to celebrate the scholarship and creativity of both undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines. You can share your work with the NMU and Marquette communities by presenting a poster, delivering an oral presentation, sharing a visual artwork, and/or submitting a scholarly or creative writing work.

Abstract submissions are open now until Friday, March 25 at 11:59PM ET. Submit here. Questions should be submitted to studentcelebrate@nmu.edu. Visit our website for more information on the event.

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Vonda Burnsting will lecture on ways of creating a just transition in climate change policy. She is the director of Harvard University's Initiative for Responsible Investment. She specializes in innovative ways of using responsible investments to promote progressive climate change policies. 

This live, in person lecture will be livestreamed through YouTube and Zoom. It is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan and presented in cooperation with NMU's Department of Political Science and Public Administration. It is an hour and 15 minutes lecture. 

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MS Thesis Seminar

"Effects of annual thermal regime on growth trajectories of native age -0 brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

 Chase Daiek

MS Candidate

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In conjunction with the UNITED conference, the Latinx Student Union will be hosting a story time at the Lydia M. Olson Library, featuring material from diverse authors around the globe.

To those who have young children (or those who are young children at heart) we invite you to join us at the Olson Library at 5:30 p.m. on March 8th to enjoy stories of diversity and inclusion.

For more information about this event, please visit https://cglink.me/2eb/r1541206.

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Rick Rossow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, will discuss the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (or Quad Alliance among Australia, India, Japan and the U.S.), with a special focus on India and escalating tensions between the Quad Alliance and China.