New BEAR Center Dedicated

(From left): NMU President Brock Tessman, master's student and Registered Behavior Technician Cheyenne Nutlouis, Board Chair Steve Young, Zoe Broadus, Director Jacob Daar and Adam Prus, chair of the Department of Psychological Science.
(From left): NMU President Brock Tessman, master's student and Registered Behavior Technician Cheyenne Nutlouis, Board Chair Steve Young, Zoe Broadus, Director Jacob Daar and Adam Prus, chair of the Department of Psychological Science.
Nov. 3, 2023 —
Northern Michigan University dedicated the new Presque Isle Avenue location of its Behavior Education Assessment and Research (BEAR) Center on Thursday. The university clinic and research facility provides behavior and learning support to children, adolescents and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or traumatic brain injury. The $2 million renovation of the two-story building features new and expanded space to accommodate treatment, observation, workroom and classroom functions.
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New Commuter and Nontraditional Organization Forms

Northern Center at NMU
Dec. 1, 2023 —
There is a new Commuter and Nontraditional Student Organization at Northern Michigan University designed to help students stay connected with the campus community, even if they live outside of Marquette. The program allows students to volunteer as Community Officers, a role similar to residential or community advisers. The only difference: they are located in the cities surrounding NMU, rather than on campus.

Finnish American Heritage Center Joins UPLINK

Finnish American Heritage Center
Nov. 30, 2023 —
The Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock—formerly part of shuttered Finlandia University and now managed by Finlandia Foundation National—has joined UPLINK, an effort to digitize Upper Peninsula historical materials to facilitate online access and preservation. The Central U.P. and Northern Michigan University Archives hosts the UPLINK website and is the principal service site in the region.