NMU's new online applied science in management degree completion program offers anyone with an associate degree in ski area operations/business management the option to complete the bachelor's degree online, except for a one-week residency capstone course during the off-season in Marquette. The program and its director, Brian Zinser of the College of Business, are referenced in the latest issue of NSAA Journal, published by the National Ski Areas Association.

Northern Michigan University's School of Nursing invites alumni of all of its programs to attend a 50th anniversary celebration that will coincide with NMU's Homecoming weekend Sept. 20-21. Advance registration is requested by Sunday, Sept. 15, at nmu.edu/nursing/50. 

Northern Michigan Unviersity senior history major and Army ROTC member Derek Hentkowski spent his summer working alongside Rwandan Defense Force cadets, assisting with peacekeeping missions in the African nation while also experiencing a distinctive culture.

First Judicial District Chief Judge Kathryn Davis Messerich ('79 BSN) of Hastings, Minn., received a 2019 Trial Judge of the Year Award from the American Board of Trial Advocates at its recent annual meeting.

A tree-planting ceremony to honor the memory of longtime Northern Michigan University political science professor Bill Ball is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, in front of C.B. Hedgcock.