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Each year, the NMU DeVos Art Museum celebrates our area schools that support art programs for students. This annual exhibition, featuring talented elementary students’ artwork in all media, is organized by hardworking art teachers from local schools.

Reception: May 9, 5 - 7 pm

Participating Schools:

• AUTRAIN-ONOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL

• FATHER MARQUETTE CATHOLIC ACADEMY 

• GWINN AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (Gilbert Elementary School and K.I. Sawyer Elementary School)

• ISHPEMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Birchview Elementary School)

• MARQUETTE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Graveraet Elementary)

• NEGAUNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Lakeview Elementary School)

• NICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (Aspen Ridge Elementary School)

• NORTH STAR MONTESSORI ACADEMY 

• POWELL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

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Join us on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 7pm for an evening celebrating the talent of graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design. 

6pm - join us for a screening of digital work
7pm - closing reception
8pm - awards announced for Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes

Annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum, sponsor the Gold Award. The NMU School of Art and Design sponsors Silver and Bronze awards.

Participating artists include James Asava, Ashlyn Chandler, Jess Davis, Rhet Hoffman, Rose Jackson, Claire Jorgensen, Ellen Moddox, Heather Maurer, Hunter McArthur, Kaitlyn McMillen, Katerina Robertson, Elizabeth Sack, Shelby Sanders, and Danielle White. 

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Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design will have their work displayed at the Devos Art Museum from April 20th to May 3rd 2024. This semester, the exhibition features students concentrating in digital cinema, graphic design, human-centered design, illustration, and photography. 

See the hours of the Devos Art Museum here.

On Friday, May 3, 2024, at 7pm, a reception will be held to celebrate the talent of the graduating seniors and to present the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum, sponsor the Gold Award. The NMU School of Art and Design sponsors Silver and Bronze awards.

Participating artists include James Asava, Ashlyn Chandler, Jess Davis, Rhet Hoffman, Rose Jackson, Claire Jorgensen, Ellen Moddox, Heather Maurer, Hunter McArthur, Kaitlyn McMillen, Katerina Robertson, Elizabeth Sack, Shelby Sanders, and Danielle White. 

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Inspired by Northern Michigan University's Charter in April 1899, NMU will launch a new Giving Day on April 18, 2024. A day to celebrate the collective power of giving back. A day to remember what binds us. And a great day to be a Wildcat.

For ONE day only, alumni and friends can give to the departments, teams and programs they love...and DOUBLE their support! On April 18, gifts will be matched dollar for dollar up to $100,000. PLUS, the three departments with the most donors will split an additional $25,000 to continue to provide unique opportunities for their students.

Show your Wildcat pride on April 18, 2024, by wearing Green and Gold and supporting the departments, teams and programs you love.

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The UNITED Conference is Northern's day of diversity education. This conference is designed to bring both the NMU community and the greater Marquette community together to learn and dialogue around diversity, equity, & inclusion. 

This year’s conference theme is Continue the Conversation. 

UNITED 2024 will feature workshops and presentations to keep the conversations flowing about wellbeing, mental health, and connecting with effective treatment. 

Once again, UNITED features two keynote addresses. At noon, Patrick Yankee from Corktown health will discuss affirmative healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community. The 7:00pm evening keynote features Stephanie Foo, author of "What My Bones Know: A Memoir Of Healing From Complex Trauma." Stephanie will speak about her personal experiences as well as her thoughts about the science and psychology of complex PTSD. Her book is the 2023/24 selection for the NMU Diversity Common Reader Program.  

The main conference sessions will run from 8:45am to 9:00pm on Thursday, March 21, and will include keynote speakers, workshops, panel discussions, and more. The content covers wide fields of study.  

All sessions will be held in the NMU Northern Center, except for the 11:00am session "Extending Observation: Practices of Looking" which will be held in the DeVos Art Museum. 

See event program for session locations.

No tickets are required and the conference is free and open to the public. 

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NMU women's lacrosse game vs Concordia St. Paul on Saturday, April 13 @ 12 p.m. in the Superior Dome.

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NMU women's lacrosse game vs Davenport University on Sunday, April 7 @ 12 p.m. in the Superior Dome.

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NMU women's lacrosse game vs Grand Valley State University on Friday, April 5 @ 5 p.m. in the Superior Dome.

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Please join us for the Wildcat WellBeing Fair (formerly health fair), now sponsored by the WellBeing Department. This annual event is open to all NMU faculty, staff, and students and will include health screenings, interactive booths led by community organizations, NMU departments, and student organizations, as well as health and wellbeing resources, freebies, and prizes. This event coincides with the UNITED conference, so consider attending both!

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To celebrate Women’s History Month and the great accomplishments of women across the region, the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is opening the exhibition, “Extraordinary Women of the U.P.,” on Saturday, March 23 at 1 p.m. The event will take place in the Center’s gallery in Gries Hall on the campus of Northern Michigan University and is free and open to the public. 

The exhibition will be on display through August 3 and then will begin touring the Upper Peninsula in the fall of 2024. It is funded in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“Extraordinary Women of the U.P.” will feature the stories of no less than 60 women who made an impact in many different categories including the arts, education, politics, medicine, activism, and public service. Many were born and raised in the Upper Peninsula and others came to the region later in life, but they all share in common great accomplishments in their careers, volunteerism, and community service. Some of the women went on to have careers that have had an impact on the nation and even the world where others stayed in their hometowns and made them better communities for everyone. 

Much of the research for the exhibition was conducted by students of Dr. Emily Romeo’s women’s history course in the fall of 2023 at Northern Michigan University. Nominees were also submitted by local historical societies and private individuals.  The final list was determined by a committee consisting of: Lisa Cromell, director of the Munising School Public Library; Kathleen Long, director of the Iron County Historical Museum; Elise Nelson, director of the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw; Dr. Emily Romeo, assistant professor of history, Northern Michigan University; Daniel Truckey, director/curator of the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center.

A short list of some of the individuals featured in the exhibition includes the pioneering accordionist Viola Turpeinen, the Anishinaabe poetess Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, medical researcher Kathleen Shingler Weston, politician Connie Berube Binsfeld, labor organizer Annie Clemenc, and many more iconic figures who have made the world a better place. Where many of the women are household names in the U.P., the community had some amazing discoveries of some lesser-known yet fantastic women, such as the civil rights activist and suffragette Blanche Williams Stubbs, daredevil wing/walker Sarah Kalishek, to an early disability advocate and publisher Nettie Steffenson Thorborg.