A Native American community engagement class at NMU closed out the semester learning how to create interactive online content such as moccasin games, craft workshops and a "Digital Resilience Webinar Series" to engage audiences in the context of COVID-19.

NMU music department faculty members are using YouTube to expand their educational and entertainment outreach. Erin Colwitz began a "Women in Music" video lecture series and Mark Flaherty launched an NMU Jazz "Tune of the Week" performance series. 

NMU's History Department has implemented “Reacting to the Past,” an active learning pedagogy of role-playing games designed for higher education. Students are assigned character roles with specific goals and must communicate, collaborate and compete effectively to advance their objectives. Professor Kathryn Johnson had the challenge of converting RTTP to a virtual platform in response to COVID-19.

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Northern Michigan University's Food Pantry has remained busy, but had to adjust how food is distributed to students who remained on campus during the pandemic. 

As part of its community outreach, the Upper Peninsula Cybersecurity Institute at NMU has partnered with Cisco Networking Academy to offer free online, self-paced courses. May topics include introduction to cybersecurity, cybersecurity essentials and entrepreneurship, and introductory programming with Linux and Python.