Campus Sustainability Updates - October 4, 2024

Manoomin (Wild Rice) Camp - October 5

The Center for Native American Studies is gauging student and community member interest in attending the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Wild Rice Workshop. Fill out the form if you are interested in attending. The poster is attached to this article. 

 

Marquette Fringe Presents Fall Phantasm - October 5 

October Is Campus Sustainability Month

This October kicks off Campus Sustainability Month! To celebrate, we are putting together a list of sustainability-related events happening across our campus. Check out what other institutions are doing to celebrate and raise awareness of the value of sustainability in higher education by visiting The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Campus Sustainability Month website and searching #CampusSustainabilityMonth on social media.

NMU Campus Nursery Celebration

On Tuesday, October 1st, Northern celebrated the grand opening of the Campus Nursery! Located behind Central Receiving, the Campus Nursery will be home to growing native trees, shrubs, and bushes before being planted in landscaping projects on campus. Students, staff, and administrators attended the celebration and planted a Sugar Maple, of the Fall Fiesta variety (Acer saccharum ‘Balista’) to honor this grand opening.