NMU President Fritz Erickson opened a recent campus budget forum with assurances the university is in good financial condition, despite state higher education funding below 2002 levels and demographics that challenge enrollment growth.

Students of Northern Michigan University's School of Music, Theatre and Dance finished first and second in two categories at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition held Nov. 2 at Hope College in Holland.

NMU College Democrats and College Republicans will co-sponsor a presentation titled "Hate Speech: A Lecture by the Heritage Foundation's Arthur Milikh." The event will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in Jamrich 1322. It is free and open to the public. NMU's Center for Academic and Intellectual Freedom is hosting the talk. 

Northern Michigan University's School of Education will co-sponsor a presentation by Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenberg at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in Reynolds Recital Hall. Admission is free.

The Northern Center for Lifelong Learning presents “Grandview Marquette: Then and Now,” a program on the former orphanage's transition to an apartment facility. The event will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at 600 Altamont St.