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AMERICANS AND THE HOLOCAUST—"The Great Dictator" Showing

The Lydia M. Olson Library was selected as one of 50 U.S. libraries to present the touring version of the Americans and the Holocaust special exhibition, which opened in April 2018 at the Museum in Washington, D.C., during the Museum’s 25th anniversary.

As part of the exhibition, we have partnered with the Peter White Public Library to show "The Great Dictator" on Wednesday, September 28th. Join us in the community room at the Peter White Library at 6:30 p.m. for the viewing of the 1940 satirical comedy-drama film, starring Charlie Chaplin. No admissions fee will be charged.   

For more details, please visit https://lib.nmu.edu/exhibit/americans-and-the-holocaust-exhibit?fbclid=IwAR25PZhEAsQBJq7Le3Lj2JbF6mQVi8e6_0HbzVU_fpX3bFoY48ET3QnZ84M.

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Vermin Theory: Parasitic Life from Kafka's The Metamorphosis to Rawi Hage's Cockroach
Caroline Hovanec (University of Tampa)

Cockroaches, rats, pigeons, mosquitoes, and other vermin test the limits of our enchantment with animal life.  Yet modern and contemporary writers have found in these vile creatures matter for admiration, humor, and perverse sympathies.  What is it about vermin that makes them so creatively generative?  This talk will explore how literature represents and recasts vile creatures, focusing on Franz Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis and Rawi Hage's 2008 novel Cockroach.  Kafka and Hage's vermin imagery asks reader to think differently about hospitality, debt, and the redistributive potential of the parasite.

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Brave New World and the Rise of the Factory Farm
Stewart Cole (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

Although Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World is widely recognized as a critique of consumerism, a portrait of state control, and a cautionary bioethical fable, its significance as an ecological novel has gone under appreciated.  In his talk, Dr. Cole will demonstrate how Huxley's novel engages with several early 20th-century developments - including assembly line production and advances in agricultural technology - that helped give rise to factory farming, one of the key drivers of global heating.  Along the way, he will consider the importance of the environmental humanities for understanding and addressing the ecological crises of our time.

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In celebration of Constitution Day, on Monday, September 19 the Department of Political Science and Public Administration will offer a free public forum on "The Constitution and Abortion," focusing on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health and related issues. This forum, featuring Professors Carter Wilson, Ruth Watry, and Katherine Larson, will begin at 5:00 p.m. in Mead Auditorium, in the Science Building.

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Join NMU faculty Lynn Domina as she speaks to Dr. Chadwick Allen about his new book, Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Literature and Arts. 

This webinar will occur on Friday, Sept. 16 at 1:00 Eastern time. Registration is required but easy and free: 

https://nmu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RsiIotHCR3GndZLMMDeUnA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This conversation is part of a continuing series called "Let's Talk about Books at NMU."

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The Lydia M. Olson Library will host an opening reception for Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.

The Lydia M. Olson Library was selected as one of 50 U.S. libraries to present the touring version of the Americans and the Holocaust special exhibition, which opened in April 2018 at the Museum in Washington, D.C., during the Museum’s 25th anniversary.

The library’s reception will feature remarks by Leslie Warren and Dr. Robbie Goodrich and a special opportunity to tour the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served, and all ages are welcome.

Dr. Robbie Goodrich will open up an attempt to develop a more complete understanding of how the term "genocide"—or comparisons to historical genocides—are (ab)used to promote specific political agendas in today's society.

Americans and the Holocaust will be on display at The Lydia M. Olson Library, along with a series of related special events, from September 15, 2022 to October 23, 2022. Admission is free.

Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries is made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.

For more information about Americans and the Holocaust and a calendar of related public programs at The Lydia M. Olson Library, visit library.nmu.edu.

To learn more about the exhibition, visit ushmm.org/americans-ala.

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Join the Lydia M. Olson Library for Create at the Library!

This family-friendly Homecoming event will be held on the morning of Saturday, September 24th. Kick off the day with an early-morning story time led by the NMU Men and Women's Basketball teams, while enjoying delicious bagels. Later, join NMU alum Suzanna Schroeder and the Student Art Gallery for some fun crafting activities.

The Lydia M. Olson Library will also be hosting an Olson Open House, inviting past and present library workers and supervisors to reconnect and discuss upcoming library renovation plans with Kim Smalley and Leslie Warren.

Schedule of Events:
9:30am-10:30am: Bagels and Books
10:30am -11:30am: Crafting with Suzanna
11:30-12:30: Paper Art Project & Olson Open House

Please visit the Hub or the Lydia M. Olson Library website for more information.

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The Move UP fitness program is a community outreach service provided by the School of Health and Human Performance that allows the NMU and Marquette communities the opportunity to engage in a variety of exercises at multiple intensities led by our graduate students. Participants attend one-hour sessions three times per week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the semester, at their designated times detailed below:

Fall 2022 Schedule:

Wednesday, September 7th – Thursday, December 1st, 2022

6:30 a.m.-7:30 a.m.

5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

** No class the week of November 21st – NMU Thanksgiving Break

MoveUP Program Fee:

New Participant - $150.00 ($140 for NMU Faculty, Staff, Students and Spouses or PEIF Pass Members)

Returning Participant - $100.00

Instruction is aimed at encouraging individuals to develop healthy lifestyles, which include activities to enhance fitness and relieve stress.  The MoveUP Program is conducted in the exercise science lab located in room 146 of the Physical Education Instructional Facility (PEIF).  The exercise science lab is climate controlled and program enrollment is limited to provide individual attention, as well as access to equipment.  Always talk to your doctor before starting an exercise program.

We will be adhering to University Covid-19 protocols. The workouts will be designed to maximize social distancing and the staff will be regularly disinfecting the equipment and facility before, during and after the sessions.

MoveUP Sessions Format:

Participants may select from sessions that vary from vigorous to low intensity, three days a week for one-hour per session. Each session will have a warm-up, an extended activity portion designed by our graduate students to address muscular endurance, aerobic fitness and/or flexibility along with a cool-down. The specific types of exercise sessions will vary throughout the semester providing participants the fun of experiencing multiple types of fitness activities and allowing our graduate students with valuable experience of designing and instructing many different fitness programs. The fitness sessions may include circuits, boot camp, yoga, walking / running intervals, resistance training, body weight routines, and many others.

MoveUP Fitness Testing:

In the beginning and ending weeks of the semester, participants will have the opportunity (optional, but included in the cost) to have fitness testing conducted that will include body composition (DEXA), resting heart rate, submaximal VO2 test, flexibility, muscular strength and muscular endurance.

MoveUP Program Staff:

Graduate assistants and interns in Exercise Science and Applied Exercise Science and Health majors

Kyle Bolen MA, USAW-SPC, Coordinator

Registration/Inquiries:

Contact Christy at hhp@nmu.edu or call (906) 227-2528.

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The UP Focus is an ongoing exhibition series that highlights professional artists who are from, living in, or heavily

influenced by the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

While Linda King Ferguson trained as a textile surface designer, she maintains a

practice as a painter with studios in Au Train, MI, and Nashville, TN. She earned a MA

from Rhode Island School of Design, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and

studied at Penland School of Crafts and Academia Di Belle Arti in Perugia, Italy.

Ferguson’s recent solo exhibitions include Channel to Channel and Lipscomb

University. Ferguson was awarded residencies at the Ragdale Foundation and Morris

Graves Foundation.

Lindsey Heiden is an artist and educator residing in Dollar Bay, MI. She earned a BFA

from Western Illinois University in 2007 and an MFA from University of Arkansas in

2018. Currently, Heiden teaches at Finlandia University and Michigan Technological

University. She has shown work nationally and internationally and has been a resident

artist at various studios, including the Archie Bray Foundation, in Helena, MT. When

she is not in the studio, she is in the garden or the woods.

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The UP Focus is an ongoing exhibition series that highlights professional artists who are from, living in, or heavily

influenced by the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

August 26 – November 4, 2022

While Linda King Ferguson trained as a textile surface designer, she maintains a

practice as a painter with studios in Au Train, MI, and Nashville, TN. She earned a MA

from Rhode Island School of Design, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and

studied at Penland School of Crafts and Academia Di Belle Arti in Perugia, Italy.

Ferguson’s recent solo exhibitions include Channel to Channel and Lipscomb

University. Ferguson was awarded residencies at the Ragdale Foundation and Morris

Graves Foundation.

Lindsey Heiden is an artist and educator residing in Dollar Bay, MI. She earned a BFA

from Western Illinois University in 2007 and an MFA from University of Arkansas in

2018. Currently, Heiden teaches at Finlandia University and Michigan Technological

University. She has shown work nationally and internationally and has been a resident

artist at various studios, including the Archie Bray Foundation, in Helena, MT. When

she is not in the studio, she is in the garden or the woods.