Continuing Education & Workforce Development - NMU Events and Announcements

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Please join Northern Michigan University Instructor, Carol W. Johnson, for this 3 - 4 hour Excel training that will focus on Beginner Plus Excel topics.

WHO: This event is open to everyone!

WHERE: NMU Jacobetti Complex, Room 506, 2296 Sugar Loaf Ave., Marquette, MI 49855.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Cost: Registration cost is $70.00 - Bring your own laptop or for an additional fee we can provide one for you. 

Please contact the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department  at (906) 227-2103 to register or complete this form and submit to conteduc@nmu.edu. 

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Back by popular demand! 

Whether you are a beginner or intermediate or have simply ever had any interest in learning welding, this is the class for you! This course is meant to show you the basics including safety, power sources, equipment set-up, general usage of oxygen acetylene cutting torches, arc welding, and mig or wire feed welding. There will also be plenty of time for practice, questions and answers. 

Course Information: 

• Dates: Class starts February 3, 2024, and will meet every Saturday for 6 weeks 
• Time: 9 am to noon every week
• Location: NMU's Jacobetti Complex in their brand-new welding lab. 
• Cost: $475- includes instruction, equipment, and all materials. 

Online Registration

For more information or to register over the phone, please call (906)-227-2103 or email us at conteduc@nmu.edu

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Welding as a Hobby is back for a second session! 

Whether you are a beginner or intermediate, this class is for you.

Welding as a hobby is a fun activity and a great way to tackle some of those DIY projects! This beginning/intermediate course is meant to show you the basics including safety, power sources, equipment set-up, general usage of oxygen acetylene cutting torches, arc welding and mig or wire feed welding along with plenty of time for practice, questions & answers. This class will start March 18, 2023 and meet every Saturday from 9 AM
until Noon for 6 weeks at NMU’s Jacobetti Complex.

The cost is $475 and includes instruction, equipment and all materials. Register today! Must meet an 8-person minimum. If you have your own welding hood, jacket, safety glasses or gloves, bring them with you. If you don't have these items, we will provide them for your use.

Call 906-227-2103 to register or complete this Registration form and email it to CEWD.  

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Welding as a Hobby is back! 

Whether you are a beginner or intermediate, this class is for you.

Welding as a hobby is a fun activity and a great way to tackle some of those DIY projects! This beginning/intermediate course is meant to show you the basics including safety, power sources, equipment set-up, general usage of oxygen acetylene cutting torches, arc welding and mig or wire feed welding along with plenty of time for practice, questions & answers. This class will start January 14, 2023 and meet every Saturday from 9 AM
until Noon for 6 weeks at NMU’s Jacobetti Complex.

The cost is $475 and includes instruction, equipment and all materials. Register today! Must meet an 8-person minimum. If you have your own welding hood, jacket, safety glasses or gloves, bring them with you. If you don't have these items, we will provide them for your use.

Call 906-227-2103 to register or complete this Registration form and email it to CEWD.  

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

The Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department (CEWD) at NMU has teamed up with Wisconsin-based company (and NMU Alumni!), Pathfinder Maritime, to make earning a captain's license simple and easy. 

Completing one of these National Maritime Center (NMC) approved programs is the first step in earning your professional maritime license and advancing your career.

Main Course Offerings: 

• OUPV/Six-Pack: An Operator of Uninspected Vessel (OUPV) license allows its holder to carry up to six passengers-for-hire. This is the perfect license for fishing guides, sailing tours, and others.
• 100 Ton Master: A 100 Ton Master license allows you to operate inspected vessels up to 100 Tons while carrying more than six passengers. Use this license to captain ferries, research vessels, small cruise ships, and others.
• 200 Ton Mate/Master: This course allows you to serve as the Mate or Master (depending on your experience) of a vessel up to 200 Tons.
• Able Seaman: An Able Seaman credential is a great license for those advancing their maritime careers. This credential allows its holders to serve as a watch-stander, lead the deck department, and a variety of other responsibilities.

Enrollment begins March 2023. Optional in-person training and NMC licensing assistance will be held May 12–13, September 2023, and additional future dates.
This program is approved by the National Maritime Center and can be substituted for NMC required testing. This is a non-credit NMU offering.

We simplify the maritime licensing process so you can own your on-the-water career!

Ask about our Military, veteran, first-responder discounts and tuition assistance.

For more information visit our website, or contact CEWD today! 

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

The Grief Support Specialist Program is an 8 week, non-credit certificate program through Continuing Education and Workforce Development at NMU. Starting March 13, 2023 through May 1, 2023. The course will be held each Monday via zoom from 6:00pm-9:00pm EST. 

Participants will learn the principles and many practical tools and techniques to enhance their professional and personal life related to grief.  Topics include: grief counseling theories and strategies, assessments, COVID and grief, recovery tools and intervention, attachment styles and grief, children and youth coping with grief, different age coping skills, grief groups for children, Vicarious Grief, Disenfranchised Grief, Complicated Grief coping with dying, legal issues & end of life decisions, spiritual, ethical, and culture issues, group therapy, self-care and career enhancement. 

"Grief is an experience we all have to carry with us. Our task is to figure out how to carry that grief as survivors rather than as victims. The goal of this course is to help all of us (and those who look to us for assistance) become such survivors. We will never cure that terrible wound of grief, but we can find some healing in the midst of it, and that is what makes us survivors." - Douglas C. Smith M.Div., MA, MS | Lead Instructor

Continuing Education & Workforce Development

Please join Northern Michigan University Instructor, Carol W. Johnson, for this 3 hour Excel training that will focus on beginner Excel topics. This will be the first in a series.

WHO: This event is open to everyone!

WHERE: NMU Jacobetti Complex, Room 224, Marquette, MI 49855.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.  Registration cost is $60.00 - Bring your own laptop or for an additional $20 use ours. 

Please contact the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department  at (906) 227-2103 to register or complete this form and submit to conteduc@nmu.edu. 

We look forward to seeing you!