Tesler Named Student Veteran of the Year

The Lydia M. Olson Library was a little louder, a little happier and a little hairier one October afternoon, as the Northern Michigan University Wildpups and their handlers helped students de-stress and reconnect through this Animal Assisted Intervention program.

NMU alumnus Jeff Nyquist ’99 BS, creator of “Sam,” an AI assistant for athletes, took home the first place prize at the Center on Rural Innovation’s sixth annual Small Towns, Big Ideas Pitch Event.