June 2020

Board Approves Covid-Relief Funds for Students and Sets Tuition

Today's board meeting
Jun. 30, 2020 —
Northern Michigan University is using a strategic combination of investments, university and federal aid, and cost-saving efforts to address tuition rates, coronavirus safety concerns and uncertain fiscal year 2021 state funding. The strategy could amount to a zero net increase for many students for the fall semester. It also keeps NMU's tuition and fees second most affordable in the state for the 17th consecutive year.

Karavas Receives AAUW Griffiths Award

Karavas
Jun. 30, 2020 —
Crissa Karavas, who earned her NMU degree in hospitality and tourism management with a minor in entrepreneurship in May, recently received the Martha Griffiths Award from the American Association of University Women Marquette Branch. The award is presented annually to a “high-achieving graduating female senior at NMU with high involvement in her discipline.”

Thompson Co-edits National Parks Learning Book

America's Largest Classroom cover
Jun. 30, 2020 —
NMU public relations professor and alumna Jes Thompson co-edited the recently published America's Largest Classroom: What We Learn From Our National Parks, which has been nominated for the National Nonfiction Book Award. Thompson recruited NMU art and design alumna Abigail Cook to create graphics and help with the final layout and photo rendering for the book's publisher, University of California Press.

NMU Board Meets June 29-30

Jun. 26, 2020 —
The NMU Board of Trustees will hold its next meeting Monday-Tuesday, June 29-30. The finance committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday in Ballroom II of the Northern Center. The formal/business meeting of the full board will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the same location (socially distanced seating available for public/media and face masks required). The meetings will also be live-streamed at https://bit.ly/2UeD5Ex. The agenda and supporting materials will be available at nmu.edu/boardbook. 

NEH Supports Native American Studies Project

Reinhardt (right)
Jun. 24, 2020 —
Northern Michigan University has received a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities grant worth $170,000 to support a Native American studies sustainable online programming project. Only 14% of the 2,300 eligible applications were funded through a new round of NEH Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants, according to a press release.

WNMU-TV to Switch Frequency July 1

WNMU logo
Jun. 22, 2020 —
Viewers who rely on an indoor or outdoor antenna to watch WNMU-TV will need to rescan their televisions to continue receiving the signal. The station will switch frequencies at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, as required by the Federal Communications Commission, so that its original channel can be repurposed for high-speed wireless services.
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