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The Behavioral Education, Analysis and Research (BEAR) Center at NMU provides critical therapy services to children with autism and other behavioral disorders, both at the campus clinic and at practicum sites across the Upper Peninsula. Students who have to travel offsite now have a safer, more reliable mode of transportation than their personal vehicles, particularly in winter driving conditions.

Michigan is on the cusp of explosive growth in the cannabis marketplace, with the first recreational dispensaries scheduled to open in early 2020. Northern Michigan University alumnus Brandon Frisk is in the thick of this fast-paced and highly competitive industry. 

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. 

The Northern Center for Lifelong Learning will present “Bringing Smiles Across the Miles” from 7-8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the heritage room at Peter White Public Library.

The next Visiting Writers Program event at Northern Michigan University will feature an interactive augmented and virtual reality installation comprised of poetry, documentary video and sound. Jen Scappettone and Judd Morrissey will speak about their project, Lament; Or, The Mine Has Been Opened Up Well, which is based on research in the Copper Country. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Northern Center.

The Northern Michigan University English Department will host an open mic reading to celebrate the life and work of Toni Morrison from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov 18, in Lydia Olson Library.