Academic - NMU Events and Announcements

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Join us for the March Climate @ Noon seminar to hear from presenters Dr. Matt Van Grinsven (NMU EEGS) and James DeDecker (Michigan State University Extension). They will be sharing the methodology and findings from their reduced-tillage agriculture research project conducted last summer at 2 local farms!

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Join us for the February Climate @ Noon seminar! We will be hearing from a group of graduate students from the University of Michigan who recently conducted research about the socioeconomic impacts of ice decline in the Great Lakes. Learn how communities in our region have been affected, and how this research lays the foundation for future studies!

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Please join us for the first monthly Climate @ Noon seminar of the new year! Isabelle Honkomp (NMU '25) will be sharing key takeaways from her Sustainable Business study abroad course last summer, during which she studied a French art exhibition depicting 100 images of climate change. Using this display as inspiration, she will outline 3 recommendations for integrated, interdisciplinary climate communication.

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Join us on Friday, February 20th, for a Circle of Being Seven Gradfathers workshop with Marlene Syrette. 

Marlene Syrette is an Ojibwe Anishinaabekwe of the Wolf Clan from Batchewana First Nation. A cultural educator grounded in Anishinaabe Aadziwin, she actively participates in ceremony and cultural teachings across Anishinaabe-Akiing. Her background includes Visual Arts, Therapeutic Crisis Response, and extensive work in cultural education and child welfare.

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Join the NMU WellBeing team for a Lunch and Learn! Lunch and Learn events are geared towards faculty and staff and include a presentation with an integrated discussion about a topic pertaining to general health and wellbeing. This month's discussion will focus on the importance of spending time outside in the winter months.  Feel free to bring your lunch to enjoy during this time. 

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Middle and high school Science Olympiad teams from throughout the Upper Peninsula will create designs, solve problems, and learn the importance of teamwork by competing in different STEM-related events at the annual regional tournament. The top-placed teams will advance to the State tournament hosted by Michigan State University in late spring.

If interested in volunteering at the event, please contact Renee Jewett, the event coordinator.

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Drop in to TSB 2702 whenever it works for you:

Monday, January 19th from 11a-12p

Friday, January 23rd from 9-10a

Tuesday, February 3rd from 10-11a

Thursday, February 5th from 1-2p

Wednesday, February 25th from 9-10a

Learn more about the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (URFP), which provides paid research experience for any undergraduate student in any major. Applications for the Program close Monday, March 9th.

Be one of the ten student researchers in our new cohort! Accepted researchers will complete their research project any time between summer '26 and summer '27, and will be paid a minimum of $2,000 as they work.

The only requirement of the program is that students must commit to completing their research as outlined in their proposal and will present at the Celebration of Student Scholarship. There are no workshops or other requirements beyond research completion and presentation.

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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.