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Celebrate our students who chose NMU as their transfer destination!

October 16-20 is National Transfer Student Week - a nationwide celebration of transfer students at colleges and universities. Join in on the celebration at NMU by picking up your Transfer Pride button in the Admissions Office (3 designs available).

Learn more at the NMU National Transfer Student Week website below.

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Get your free professional headshot!

On the first (or second) Thursday of every month, we will be taking appointments for those who want to have a professional headshot taken. Each appointment is approximately 15 minutes and headshots are completely FREE! Please set up your appointment at least 24 hours before the event in Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/appointments

Remember to dress for success!
Want your hair and/or makeup done before your headshot? Get a discounted rate of $15 for both! Call Cosmetology at (906) 227-2383.
Need a new professional outfit? Get one for free from the Career Closet: email ASNMU - asnmu@nmu.edu.

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Organizations partner with Fastenal to simplify and secure the supply chain for a vast range of industrial products. By executing daily needs and optimizing supply chain performance, we help our business partners create more value, more efficiently. Stop by this free event to learn more! There will be pizza provided and a TV giveaway at the end of the session! 

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• Explore programs and careers in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Molecular Diagnostics
• Presentations by NMU Faculty and Students, Guest Lecturers and Alumni
• Keynote Speaker
• Social Hour with food, drinks and much more!

Registration is FREE!

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If you are interested in a career in healthcare come explore hands-on learning in our School of Clinical Sciences Labs!

Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Speech & Language, Surgical Technology, Radiography and the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center

Registration is FREE!

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“Make a difference abroad. Stop by the Peace Corps info table to talk to a local recruiter about opportunities to live, learn, and work with a community overseas.”

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Endia Beal’s Artistic Introspective Workshop offers an innovative, engaging, and relatable approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) training. Her two-hour sessions are designed around the fundamental idea that diversity enhances creativity and leads to unfettered discoveries. Sign-up is required. Space is limited.

Prerequisite - To attend the workshop, participants must also attend Beal’s Keynote Talk on Monday, October 16, 2023, at 6:30 pm.

Please sign up via the link below. 

This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.

Once the workshop reaches 35 people, you will be added to a waitlist.

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Bill Thelen will lead BINGO!, a collaborative drawing workshop utilizing bingo markers as the drawing media. Thelen will guide participants with a series of prompts. The workshop will culminate in a collaborative art installation. No experience is required to participate. Supplies will be provided.

Please sign up via the link below. 

This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.

Once the workshop reaches 35 people, you will be added to a waitlist. 

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 Join us for an artist talk with Bill Thelen. Thelen will shed light on his installation, assemblage, and drawing-centered practice. 

Bill Thelen, born in Milwaukee, WI, holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since 1998, he has shown work in solo exhibitions across the US at venues including the Allcott Gallery at UNC, Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston, The Rubenstein at Duke University, Green Gallery West in Milwaukee, Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and the Branch Gallery and Spectre Arts in Durham, among others. His work has been included in Frieze, the New York Times, Art in America, Time Out London, Sculpture, and other publications. Thelen has held residencies at UNC-Chapel Hill (2005), Obracodobra in Oaxaca, Mexico (2016), and The Rubenstein at Duke University (2018). He has also worked as a curator for institutions including CAM Raleigh and the Flanders Gallery, and served as director of Lump in Raleigh. Thelen lives in Raleigh, NC.   

Learn more about Bill here. 

This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.

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Endia Beal’s keynote talk provides a brief retrospective of her work, including, but not limited to her series, Office Scene, Can I Touch It?, 9 to 5, and Am I What You’re Looking For?. These works examine the personal and contemporary stories of women of color working in the corporate space while addressing the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.