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Join us for our NMU TD Kids Workshop - Home for the Holidays Experience, taking place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 7 — before our Home for the Holidays Saturday Matinee!

This workshop is for children of all ages. WPAA’s goal for NMU TD Kids is to provide a fun, interactive introduction to the world of theatre arts, specifically geared toward youth ages 4-12. The workshop will offer educational arts experiences from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tickets are $30.00 per child with an accompanying adult. 

Children will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on activities, including art crafts, games, movement stories, and learning choreography from our Home for the Holidays performers!

To Note: No prior experience in dance, music, or theatre is needed to attend. We simply want youth to have fun while learning more about theatre arts. Children are encouraged to wear their favorite dance attire or a fun holiday outfit that allows them to move and create art!

Event Schedule:

• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Workshop stations and light refreshments will be set up throughout the Forest Roberts Theatre lobby, offering opportunities for youth to engage in ornament making, snowflake creation, gift bag design, and photo ops with our performers!

• 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Movement story time will take place onstage inside the theatre. Youth are highly encouraged to participate! We ask that children wear socks or “inside only” dance-specific shoes for this portion of the event.

• Following the event, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. A very special guest will be available for photo opportunities in the lobby. Families are encouraged to stick around to take photos before the performance.

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Dr. Athar Ata, the Chair of the Chemistry Department at Michigan Tech University, will present the discovery of novel bioactive compounds from natural sources and synthetic organic chemistry. Their structure-activity relationships will be discussed as well. Additionally, a recently developed chemo-enzymatic approach to producing natural products on a large scale will also be presented.

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Join Chef Alden MacDonald CEC ’10 BS, instructor in NMU’s Hospitality Leadership program, on Wednesday, November 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern for a virtual cooking segment highlighting NMU students in the Hospitality Leadership program! Students will prepare dishes representing them as culinarians while showcasing skills they’ve learned throughout their educational journey at Northern. With the guidance of Chef Alden, they will be cooking inside the state-of-the-art kitchen at the Northern Center – the home for the NMU Hospitality Leadership program - and guests will get a behind-the-scenes look at the facility virtually.

Participant questions will be shared live with the chefs. The event is free and registration is required. Once you register, you will receive the link to the live stream.

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For the 24th year in a row, Northern Michigan University will present its annual Sonderegger Symposium on campus. Sponsored by a donation from the Sonderegger family, the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center, and the Center for U.P. Studies, the symposium will take place on Friday, November 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sessions will be held in the Northern Center ballrooms, and lunch will be provided. Admission is free and open to the public; no registration is necessary.

This year, Northern Michigan University celebrates its 125th anniversary, and so the theme for the Sonderegger Symposium will touch on various aspects of Northern’s past. The keynote speaker will be 1956 Northern graduate, L. Sandy MacLean, who received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Northern in 1986. A noted administrator and educator, he has been a highly respected member of the academic communities in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and St. Louis, Missouri. His contributions to his profession include frequent contributions to professional journals, presentations at national and regional conferences, and the develop­ment of innovative programs and techniques to assist universities and the students they serve. Since his graduation from Northern in 1956, he has made numerous contributions to the educational system of our country. This includes service to collegians as Director of Men's Residence Halls at the Universi­ty of Northern Iowa; Head Counselor, at Indiana University; Assistant Dean of Students, at the University of Missouri-Columbia; Dean of Students, and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Eastern Michigan University; Dean of Students, University of Missouri-St. Louis; and, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Missouri-St. Louis. 

Complete Event Schedule for November 8, 2024

8 a.m. - Welcome Remarks 
Leslie Warren, Dean of Library and Instructional Support

8:10 a.m. - Early Female Faculty and their influence on Northern
Daniel Truckey, Director/Curator, Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center

9 a.m. - Glimmers and Reflections: Recalling nearly thirty years of NMU’s Center for Native American Studies
April Lindala, Professor, Center for Native American Studies

10 a.m. - Well-Read Wildcats: A History of the NMU Honors Program
Michael Joy and Anna Zimmer, Honors Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and International Studies

11 a.m. - Northern in the 1950s and Today
Sandy MacLean, 1956 NMU Grad, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, 1986

12 p.m. - Lunch

1 p.m. - Remembering the God Father of Climbing Research
Lanae Joubert, Professor of Nutrition, School of Health and Human Performance

2 p.m. - Blood on the Table: The Fight for Shared Governance at NMU, 1967-1976
Marcus Robyns, University Archivist, Central Upper Peninsula, and Northern Michigan University Archives.

3 p.m. - African Americans at Northern
Russell Magnaghi, Professor Emeritus, History, NMU

4 p.m. - The Lyceum Series and Community Arts Series at NMU
Daniel Truckey, Director/Curator, Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center

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Get in the holiday spirit at the Holiday Craft Show at the Superior Dome.  Visit over 250 booths of local artists and crafters from Marquette and the surrounding area. 

SHOW HOURS

Friday, December 6  5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 7 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 8 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

TICKETS

$3.00 Adults, FREE 12 and under 

Tickets available at tickets.nmu.edu or at the door

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The inaugural Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Art is this week, Friday, November 1st in the Northern Center.  The doors open at 8am and we are excited to showcase some great presentations, performances, and art focused activities throughout the day.  

This email includes information about the event and if you have any questions feel free to email Assistant Director of the Diversity & Inclusion Office, Justin Schapp, at Jschapp@nmu.edu. 

Registration is free and through the NMU Ticketing Office here: https://nmu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3525. Please Note that space is limited. 

Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Art
 

Friday, November 1st, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NMU’s Northern Center

This is an inaugural event focused on providing a space for Indigenous perspectives to flourish. Our purpose is to open a welcoming space for knowledge dissemination to an interested or broader audience about the intersection of art with Indigenous Peoples, Nations, communities, and lifeways. We are hosting this event to increase opportunities for creative collaborations across a wide variety of art mediums and presentations, from traditional to contemporary interpretations by sharing the story of Indigenous arts across NMU’s service area and providing discussion perspectives on impacts to campus/regional diversity and belonging.  For more information visit https://nmu.edu/indigenous-perspectives-symposium/.

Indigenous Perspectives Symposium screening of "Bring Them Home" film
Friday, November 1st, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
NMU’s Jamrich Hall Theater

"Following her Oscar-nominated role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Lily Gladstone is narrating and executive producing a new documentary titled “Bring Them Home,” about a Blackfeet initiative to bring buffalo back to the wild and reclaim centuries of Indigenous tradition.  Directed by Blackfeet brother-sister duo Ivan MacDonald and Ivy MacDonald, as well as Daniel Glick, the 85-minute feature will premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 24. The screening will take place at 6 p.m. and is sponsored by The Nature Conservatory. “Bring Them Home” follows a decades-long effort by members of the “Blackfoot Confederacy” to bring buffalo back to the Blackfeet Reservation. The film examines the role the buffalo, or “iinnii,” played in Blackfeet life before settlers killed millions of the species in an attempt to eradicate the tribe." - Ethan Shanfeld, Variety Online Magazine.

"Bring Them Home" trailer is located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAK3IYj2NqI

Highlights of the Symposium are:
Keynote Speaker Jonathan Thunder
Decolonizing Diet inspired luncheon
Dance Performance by Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company
"Bring Them Home" film narrated by Lily Gladstone
Bead working workshop
Ziibiwing Center Anishinaabe Art
NMU Student Mural Art project with Sawftsea

Register for the Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Arts at:
https://nmu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3525

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The 5th Annual Revolve Creative Collaboration Conference is going to be on Northern's Campus for the first time.

The conference takes place at the Northern Center at NMU this year, with this year's keynote speakers bringing a variety of creative industry expertise from poetry and law practice to video game production.

KEYNOTES:

• Nandi Comer, Poet, Educator, Organizer, and current Poet Laureate of Michigan
• Seth Polansky, Creatives Attorney and Documentarian 
• Mary Hermes, PH.D., Executive Director, Founder Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia 

Learn more about the keynotes at revolvecc.net.

REGISTRATION:
Tickets are on sale now! Conference registration includes access to three keynote speakers and two unique pathways: Ignite and Forge. Ignite is about setting ablaze your creativity with talks and seminar-focused conversations about creative work, while Forge focuses on making and workshop-style sessions

CONTACT INFO:
If you have any questions, or would like to schedule an interview, please reach out to Travis Norman, Marketing Director of Revolve CC at Travis@revolvecc.net or 845-522-1252.

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The NMU men's basketball team will face Concordia University Wisconsin on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at 3 p.m.

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The NMU women's basketball team will play against Bemidji State University on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 3 p.m.

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The NMU women's basketball team will compete against the University of Minnesota Crookston on Friday, November 15, 2024, at 3 p.m.