NMU participates in the prospective grad student National Name Exchange! 

The National Name Exchange was established to help prospective graduate students make an informed decision about graduate school and to help programs identify students interested in graduate study. The mission of the National Name Exchange is to improve access to graduate education for all students. The National Name Exchange seeks to:

  • Improve student access to information on graduate school opportunities.
  • Work towards personalizing the recruitment effort by designating a National Name Exchange institutional representative to facilitate information exchange between the institution and prospective students.
  • Assist graduate schools in identifying qualified candidates for consideration for graduate study.
  • Increase the number of qualified students from underrepresented groups accepted into graduate school.

 

The NNE is coordinated by staff on college campuses. NMU's NNE coordinator is Janelle Taylor, Director of Graduate Enrollment Management in the College of Graduate Studies and Research, jantaylo@nmu.edu. 

National Name Exchange Video

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Why Enroll

It is FREE, QUICK, and EASY to participate in the NNE. Only representatives from participating universities will access the information you provide using the secure web site. These representatives might contact you after the NNE registration cycle is complete and provide you with information about their graduate programs, research/internship opportunities, and more. NNE enrollees are also eligible for other benefits include application fee waivers from some institutions, resources about graduate education, networking opportunities, social media communities, and more. 

Enrollment for the 25-26 cycle ends on June 23, 2025. 

Click the button below to start the enrollment process.

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Participation

All students are eligible to participate. 

We particularly encourage students who have a cumulative GPA over 3.0 to enroll in NNE. 

Students who have faced heightened barriers to accessing graduate education, including but not limited to the groups below, may find NNE resources to be particularly valuable:

  • First generation college student
  • A veteran of the US military
  • Born or raised in a rural area
  • From a racial or ethnic minority
  • A woman in certain STEM fields
  • Are from a low-income background

2024 Participating Institutions

Arizona State University

Boston University

California State University, Sacramento

Case Western Reserve University

Central Washington University*

Colorado School of Mines

Cornell University*

Duke University

East Carolina University

Eastern Kentucky University*

Eastern Michigan University

Emory University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgetown University

Grand Valley State University

Hood College*

Howard University

Idaho State University*

Iowa State University

Jackson State University

James Madison University

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Kansas State University

Lehigh University

Loyola University Maryland

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metropolitan State University of Denver*

Miami University

Michigan Technological University

Mississippi State University

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Montana State University

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

New Mexico State University

New York University*

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

North Carolina State University

North Dakota State University

Northern Michigan University

Princeton University

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

Rice University+

Rowan University

Rutgers University, Newark Campus

Rutgers University, School of Graduate Studies*

Southern Methodist University*

Stanford University

Stony Brook University*

Temple University

Tennessee State University

The George Washington University

The Johns Hopkins University

The University at Buffalo, SUNY

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Chicago

The University of Kansas

The University of Rochester

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

The University of Texas at Austin

Tulane University

University of Arizona

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Riverside

University of California, San Diego

University of Central Florida

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Delaware

University of Denver

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Illinois at Chicago+

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Kentucky

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Michigan – Flint

University of Minnesota*

University of Mississippi

University of Missouri, Columbia

University of Montana

University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of New Hampshire

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Dakota

University of North Texas

University of Notre Dame*

University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

University of Oregon*

University of Pittsburgh

University of South Carolina

University of Southern California

University of Utah

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Van Andel Institute

Villanova University

Virginia Polytechnic and State University*

Washington State University

Washington University in St. Louis

Western Michigan University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute