March 2024

Ticket prices for the hospitality leadership program's Longer Days Luncheon: A Culinary Community Festival, held on March 31st in the Northern Center Ballrooms are now available for only $75.

Northern Michigan University will launch a new Giving Day on Thursday, April 18. The event honors Northern's history by falling within the same month that the institution was chartered in 1899.

High school students interested in attending the Northern Michigan University Theatre & Dance Wildcat Performing Arts Academy's summer musical theater intensive can register through April 15, or possibly later if space is still available. It is scheduled for June 23-30. Two additional summer intensives in dance and theatrical design/production will both be offered July 20-27. All require audition/placement video submissions to apply. 

Northern Michigan University alumnus Joe Tinti has been named Athletic Director of the Year by the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administration Association for Region 1. Tinti is the athletic director and principal at Norway High School. He was presented with the award on March 16 at the annual MIAAA Mid-Winter Conference in Traverse City.

A series of three events at Northern Michigan University will commemorate the 65th anniversary of "Anatomy of a Murder "by re-examining the film through the lens of the "Me Too" movement.

Northern's March 20 university forum provided faculty, staff and students with updates on four areas: sustainability; enrollment; the student experience as it relates to orientation and housing; and diversity and inclusion.

Northern Michigan University's Physics Department and Seaborg Center are partnering to host a community viewing of the solar eclipse on campus April 8. They will use combined equipment ranging from purchased glasses to telescopes to ensure that attendees can safely watch the moon glide over the sun's surface, casting a shadow over North America.

NMU's new Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Shawnrece Campbell, has hit the ground running since her official start date in January. In both her update at Wednesday's university forum and the opening remarks she delivered at Thursday's UNITED Conference, she highlighted new initiatives and future directions based on campus conversations she has had early in her tenure.

Teri List, a 1984 alumna who holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and an honorary doctorate from NMU, has been appointed to the lululemon athletica inc. Board of Directors. She also serves on the boards of Microsoft, Visa and Danaher Corporation.