First Place: $500 | Second Place: $250 | Third Place: $100 Deadline: April 15, 2024 at 5pm
The Essay Competition aims to encourage engagement with the issues of human rights at all levels. We invite all NMU students to enter an essay competition on the following question:
“How will you create awareness in your present community about human rights?”
All submissions must be prose non-fiction. Entries should be a minimum of 500 words. Winning entries will be posted on the NMU History Department’s website and will be announced at the Marquette Interfaith Holocaust Memorial event on Thursday, 25 April.
The NMU Department of History Human Rights Essay Competition
First Place: $500 | Second Place: $250 | Third Place: $100 Deadline: 15 April
The Essay Competition aims to encourage engagement with the issues of human rights at all levels. We invite all NMU students to enter an essay competition on the following question:
“How will you create awareness in your present community about human rights?”
All submissions must be prose non-fiction. Entries should be a minimum of 500 words. Winning entries will be posted on the NMU History Department’s website and will be announced at the Marquette Interfaith Holocaust Memorial event on Thursday, 25 April.
More information can be found at: https://nmu.edu/history/department-resources
NMU's faculty-led Vienna Program is Northern's longest running and most popular study abroad opportunity. 2024 moves us into our third decade of going to Central Europe for month-long cultural immersion. There is a reason it is so popular - come to one of the informational meetings to find out more.
NMU's faculty-led Vienna Program is Northern's longest running and most popular study abroad opportunity. 2024 moves us into our third decade of going to Central Europe for month-long cultural immersion. There is a reason it is so popular - come to one of the informational meetings to find out more.
The Vienna Program will be hosting its last round of information and interest meetings. If you can make it, please do - we are there to answer any and all questions.
INTEREST MEETINGS (249 Gries - History Lounge • 5:00pm)
Wed. 19 Jan
Tues. 24 Jan
Thurs. 26 Jan
Feel free to contact one of the leaders (Prof. Robbie Goodrich - rgoodric@nmu.edu) if you cannot make any of these meetings or check out the website for details: nmu.edu/vienna
A typical daytrip from the program:
A sunny Saturday - we take the train to the ancient village of Melk on the Danube; coffee and pastry on the way
Walking from the train station, rising above us on a rock outcropping, you see the historical Abbey of Melk and we climb the ancient steps for a tour of the monastery – one listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Within this Baroque gem, we visit the library that inspired Umberto Eco’s novel and movie “The Name of the Rose” before enjoying a snack and tour of the gardens and returning to the village for lunch – Italian perhaps?
Next we embark for a boat trip through the Danube gorge – the storied Wachau – where We have an afternoon drink on board as we sail past medieval castle ruins and village vineyards before we dock at the medieval village of Dürnstein (also a heritage site)
For those who dare, we hike to the ruins of the castle where Richard the Lionhearted was held prisoner (true) while Robin Hood fought for his ransom money (not true)
That evening, beneath the early summer shade of a vineyard arbor, we have a leisurely and hearty dinner in a medieval building beneath the city walls with views of the Danube before returning home.
