Convocation Addresses "Grand Challenges," Free Speech
In his fall convocation ushering in a new academic year, Northern Michigan University President Brock Tessman outlined a trio of “grand challenges” that NMU will focus on moving forward, and updated the university's core values and mission/vision statements. (Northern Today, August 21, 2024)
$2 Million DeVos Gift Supports NMU Art Museum Endowment and Arts District Development
Daniel and Pamella DeVos have continued their philanthropic support of Northern Michigan University through a recent $2 million gift from the Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation. $1 million will be directed toward a fund aimed at advancing programs and facilities related to the development of an NMU arts district that will benefit the university and Marquette communities. (Northern Today, April 9, 2025)
NMU Receives Grant for Rooftop Solar Project
Northern Michigan University has received a $100,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) to install a rooftop solar array at the campus WellBeing Center. (Northern Today, April 18, 2025)
Tessmans Establish Student High-Impact Practices Fund
Former Northern Michigan University President Brock Tessman and his wife, Kristin, have personally experienced the life-changing benefits of student high-impact practices such as study abroad and undergraduate research and have made a $50,000 gift to establish a Student High-Impact Practices Fund. (Northern Today, June 18, 2025)
2025
June 18, 2025 – Northern Today: Tessmans Establish Student High-Impact Practices Fund | Strategy 3.1.
June 18, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Selected for National LER Accelerator Cohort to Advance Digital Credentialing | Strategy 3.3.
June 12, 2025 – The Mining Journal: NMU student business benefits local nonprofits | Strategies 2.1., 3.1.
June 2, 2025 – Northern Today: Student Businesses Benefit Local Nonprofits | Strategies 2.1., 3.1.
May 30, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts 'Juneteenth: Week of Jubilee' | Strategies 1.3., 2.2.
May 29, 2025 – Northern Today: Students Receive Provost Travel Funding | Strategy 3.1.
May 2, 2025 – Northern Today: Leach Appointed NMU Interim President
April 28, 2025 – The North Wind: Letter to the Editor — NMU should be a bird-safe campus | Strategy 1.4.
April 28, 2025 – WNMU: Solar panels to be placed on NMU building roof | Strategy 1.4.
April 26, 2025 – The Mining Journal: NMU receives 100K grant for solar project | Strategy 1.4.
April 25, 2025 – The North Wind: Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk | Strategy 1.1.
April 23, 2025 – Northern Today: Students, Alumni Testify at House Hearing | Strategy 2.2.
April 22, 2025 – The North Wind: Students show research at annual Celebration of Student Scholarship | Strategy 3.1.
April 21, 2025 – Northern Today: Constructors Install ADA-Compliant Free Library at Kids Cove Playground | Strategy 2.2., 3.1.
April 18, 2025 – The North Wind: Career Services offers gifts, prizes to students during National Student Employment week | Strategy 2.1.
April 18, 2025 – Northern Today: New Pavilion Over Campus Fire Site Ready for Use | Strategy 1.2.
April 18, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Receives Grant for Rooftop Solar Project | Strategy 1.4.
April 16, 2025 – The North Wind: NMU Complies with DEI Orders | Strategy 1.3.
April 15, 2025 – Northern Today: Tessman Says NMU in Compliance with DEI Laws | Strategy 1.3.
April 11, 2025 – The North Wind: Letter to the editor — NMU athletics must be more sustainable | Strategy 1.4.
April 9, 2025 – Northern Today: $2 Million DeVos Gift Supports NMU Art Museum Endowment and Arts District Development | Strategy 2.3.
April 1, 2025 – The North Wind: NMU’s response to the federal attacks on DEI | Strategy 1.3.
March 21, 2025 – Northern Today: Green Fund Projects Selected | Strategy 1.4.
March 13, 2025 – Northern Today: Ribbon-Cutting Held for Gretchen's House | Interim Strategic Plan (2022)
March 11, 2025 – mediaBrew Communications: NMU Center For Native American Studies Hosting Free Screening Of Oscar-Nominated Documentary | Strategy 1.2.
February 26, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts UNITED Conference March 17-18 | Strategies 1.1., 1.2., 1.3., 2.2., 3.1.
February 19, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Bands Launch Okanagan Charter Concert Series | Strategy 1.1.
February 4, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Plans Black History Month Events | Strategy 1.3.
January 31, 2025 – mediaBrew Communications: Diversity Common Reader Program Events Underway At NMU | Strategies 1.1., 1.2., 1.3., 2.2., 3.1.
January 30, 2025 – mediaBrew Communications: NMU Wildcat Wednesday: Wellbeing Efforts Continue On campus | 1.1.
January 30, 2025 – Northern Today: DCRP Book Aligns with NMU Strategic Plan | Strategies 1.1., 1.2., 1.3., 2.2., 3.1.
January 29, 2025 – UPWord: New NMU program aims to keep graduates in the U.P. | Strategy 1.3.
January 27, 2025 – Northern Today: Rural Leadership Fellows Advance U.P. Projects
January 24, 2025 – Northern Today: NMU Sustainability Summit Feb. 18 | Strategy 1.4.
January 7, 2025 – Iron Mountain Daily News: NMU withdraws support for proposed Copperwood Mine as opposition grows | Strategies 1.1., 1.2., 1.4.
2024
December 31, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: Northern Michigan University to focus on ‘Our Compass’ in 2025
December 16, 2024 – Keweenaw Report: Northern Michigan University and Invest UP partner to create the Wildcat Collective: Leaders of Honor & Ambition program | Strategy 1.3.
December 13, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts MI Healthy Climate Corps Member | Strategy 1.4.
December 12, 2024 – Northern Today: New Wildcat Collective Partnership Benefits Students, U.P. Communities | Strategy 1.3.
December 10, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU receives competency-based education options grant | Strategy 3.3.
November 20, 2024 – Northern Today: Schultz Family Foundation Announces $1 Million Gift to NMU
November 19, 2024 – Northern Today: Alumna Puts Student Wellness at the Forefront | Strategy 1.1.
November 13, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Strengthens Partnership with Trillium House | Strategies 2.1., 3.1.
November 13, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Receives Grant for Competency-Based Education Options | Strategy 3.3.
November 11, 2024 – The North Wind: Career Services hosts 57th Annual Fall Semester Job Fair, provides opportunities for students | Strategy 2.1.
November 8, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU honors Indigenous art at inaugural symposium | Strategy 1.2.
November 7, 2024 – Northern Today: Forum Updates Grand Challenges, Facilities, Other Changes
November 5, 2024 – Northern Today: 'Refugee Voices of Resilience Event' at NMU | Strategy 2.2.
November 1, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU gets out the vote | Strategy 2.2.
October 31, 2024 – Bridge Michigan: In Marquette, growth plans at Northern expected to benefit the city | Strategy 2.4.
October 30, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: NMU hosts 57th annual Fall Semester Job Fair | Strategy 2.1.
October 29, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Participates in Teacher Pipeline | Strategy 2.1.
October 24, 2024 – The North Wind: NMU honors Indigenous heritage on Indigenous Peoples’ Day | Strategy 1.2.
October 24, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU invests in employees, issues $2.4M in payments
October 21, 2024 – Northern Today: Gender Diversity Conference at NMU Oct. 25-27 | Strategy 1.3.
October 21, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts Indigenous Perspectives Symposium Nov. 1 | Strategy 1.2.
October 21, 2024 – Northern Today: Tessman Convenes External Strategy Group
October 21, 2024 – Agile Strategy Lab: Boosting institutional effectiveness in Michigan
October 15, 2024 – Northern Today: Students Lead Fresh Coast Film Fest Tours | Strategies 1.1., 1.4., 2.1., 3.1.
October 11, 2024 – WNMU: NMU, GCC reduce barriers for transfer students
October 8, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU nature nursery revived: Plants will help landscape campus | Strategy 1.4.
October 7, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Helps to 'Amplify Student Voices' on Diversity, Belonging | Strategy 1.3.
October 7, 2024 – Northern Today: Kuhn's Video Supports 'Green Athletics' Goal | Strategy 1.4.
October 7, 2024 – Northern Today: Campus Nursery Revived | Strategy 1.4.
October 3, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Invests in Employees
October 3, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU to host run-walk to raise mental health awareness | Strategy 1.1.
September 17, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU WellBeing Marks World Mental Health Day with 5K, Programming | Strategy 1.1.
September 10, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Enrollment, Retention Continue Upward Trajectory
September 10, 2024 – Radio Results Network: Northern Michigan University Enrollment Increases By 3%
August 23, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Earns Gold STARS Rating for Sustainability | Strategy 1.4.
August 23, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU hosts fall convocation
August 21, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: NMU president announces new strategic plan
August 21, 2024 – Northern Today: Convocation Addresses "Grand Challenges," Free Speech
Tactics We're Talking About
2024 (Interim Strategic Plan)
April 25, 2024 – NMU Events and Announcements: Launch of NMU Financial Literacy Program
April 19, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU, SVSU Collaborate on Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program
April 18, 2024 – The North Wind: Students get hands-on experience with climate change simulator
April 16, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Rural Leadership Fellowship Program Seeks Student Applicants, U.P. Community Project Proposals
April 8, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Great Lakes Cannabis Collaboration Conference April 23
March 22, 2024 – Northern Today: Campbell Shares Early Vision, Initiatives
March 22, 2024 – Northern Today: Student 'Sherpas' Help Early-Stage U.P. Companies
March 19, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Gender Fair Features Guest Speaker
March 18, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Celebrates Student Scholarship, Creativity
March 13, 2024 – UPword: Bucking college enrollment trends in the U.P.
March 13, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU, Bay College Sign BSW Agreement
March 7, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU's UNITED Conference March 21
March 1, 2024 – The North Wind: SISU, Innovate Marquette co-host 2nd annual Innovation Week
February 29, 2024 – The North Wind: Discussing critical race theory with Political Science Professor Dr. Carter Wilson
February 29, 2024 – Northern Today: Beaumier Exhibit Celebrates Extraordinary U.P. Women
February 26, 2024 – The Daily Press: NMU enrollment news positive for university, area
February 26, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU appropriately investing dollars in campus, product
February 24, 2024 – The Mining Journal: NMU board discusses campus projects
February 23, 2024 – The North Wind: Letter to the Editor — Our New CARE Team
February 22, 2024 – The North Wind: CARE Team provides additional services alongside WellBeing Center: What to know about Case Management Services at NMU
February 19, 2024 – Northern Today: Seaborg Center Hosts Science Olympiad Regional
February 16, 2024 – WNMU: Lieutenant Gov. learns about Northern Michigan University's Cold Case class
February 16, 2024 – Northern Today: Rural Leadership Fellows Help Advance Community Projects
February 9, 2024 – The North Wind: Shawnrece Campbell named Assistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion
February 8, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Program Hosts Detroit Outdoors Group
February 6, 2024 – Northern Today: Student-Focused 'Making it in Michigan' Event at NMU
February 5, 2024 – WNMU: NMU enrollment and retention climbing
February 5, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: MTU, NMU see an increase in enrollment this semester
February 2, 2024 – The North Wind: Board of Trustees vote in favor of sustainability
February 2, 2024 – Northern Today: Diversity in STEM Addressed
February 2, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU's Winter Enrollment, Retention Increase
February 2, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Biology Hosts 'Diversity in STEM Week'
February 1, 2024 – The North Wind: Commuter student lounge opens in Harden Hall
February 1, 2024 – Northern Today: Black History Month Events Planned
February 1, 2024 – Marquette Monthly: NMU Launches Leadership Program to Serve Rural Communities: A Unique Way to Address a Rural Issue
January 25, 2024 – Northern Today: Student Organization Spotlight: EcoReps
January 25, 2024 – The North Wind: Jessica Thompson named Assistant Vice President of Sustainability
January 18, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Carbon Neutrality Plan Finalized
January 16, 2024 – Northern Today: Free U.P. Community Health Webinar Focuses on Caregiving
January 16, 2024 – The North Wind: Taking action at Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
January 11, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: NMU hires new provost & vice president for diversity and inclusion
January 8, 2024 – Northern Today: NMU Appointments Advance Core Values, Strategic Vision
January 4, 2024 – WLUC/TV6: NMU’S Library renovations at Harden Hall have begun
2023 (Interim Strategic Plan)
December 21, 2023 – Northern Today: Virtual Community Health Worker Training Offered
December 15, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Makes Landmark Investments in Sustainability Initiatives
December 14, 2023 – The Mining Journal: NMU gets top marks for Indigenous studies
December 8, 2023 – The North Wind: Search for Provost and Academic Vice President brings candidates to campus
December 7, 2023 – Radio Results Network: Northern Michigan University Named To Top 200 List For Indigenous Students
December 5, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Receives KCP Program Grant
December 5, 2023 – Northern Today: Honduran Student to Apply NMU Lessons Learned
December 4, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Remains a Top College for Indigenous Students
December 1, 2023 – Northern Today: New Commuter and Nontraditional Organization Forms
December 1, 2023 – The North Wind: SHINE program provides sustainability progress, opportunities
November 21, 2023 – Northern Today: Virtual Events Include Cooking Segment and Chat with NMU President
November 21, 2023 – Northern Today: Former NFL Player R.K. Russell Speaks at NMU
November 21, 2023 – Northern Today: Diehlman Attends White House Tribal Youth Forum
November 17, 2023 – The North Wind: Campus-wide mental health survey returns to gather new data
November 17, 2023 – Northern Today: Fess Attends UN Indigenous Youth Forum
November 17, 2023 – Northern Today: CAMS Attends Broadcast and Sports Media Academy
November 16, 2023 – The North Wind: On vs. off-campus jobs for NMU students
November 13, 2023 – Northern Today: Center for Rural Health Launches U.P. Healthcare Provider Talent Survey
November 10, 2023 – Northern Today: Grant Supports Exhibit on U.P. Exceptional Women
November 9, 2023 – The North Wind: Sonderegger Symposium expands education of regional history
November 9, 2023 – The North Wind: Student Nurses Association hosts simulation to aid understanding of poverty
November 3, 2023 – Northern Today: New BEAR Center Dedicated
October 26, 2023 – The North Wind: National search for Assistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion continues
October 19, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU and InvestUP Announce New Rural Leadership Fellowship Program
October 18, 2023 – The North Wind: Sociology and Anthropology Department establishes annual lecture series
October 13, 2023 – The North Wind: Students update their closets sustainably at EcoReps clothing swap
October 12, 2023 – Northern Today: Carbon Neutrality Plan Draft Input Requested
October 11, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Opens Clinical Sciences Labs to High Schoolers
October 11, 2023 – Northern Today: International GAs Contribute Global Perspectives
October 9, 2023 – Northern Today: NC Artist Gives Talk, Workshop at NMU
October 9, 2023 – Northern Today: Input Requested on Draft Carbon Neutrality Plan
October 5, 2023 – The North Wind: Scratches, furry pets and less stress with the NMU Wildpups
October 4, 2023 – Northern Today: Indigenous Peoples Day Activities at NMU
September 22, 2023 – The North Wind: Jacobetti Complex receives modern makeover
September 19, 2023 – The North Wind: Ideas cooking in the NMU hospitality kitchen
September 18, 2023 – The Mining Journal: NMU’s Jacobetti Complex rededicated
September 18, 2023 – The Mining Journal: NMU announces new child care partnership
September 15, 2023 – The North Wind: “Pick One” encourages campus engagement
September 15, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Board Hears About Plant's Potential to Slow Brain Tumor Growth
September 15, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU's Jacobetti Complex Rededicated
September 14, 2023 – Northern Today: Puerto Rico Program Explored Community Resilience
September 12, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU in Solid Position with Increased Enrollment
September 12, 2023 – The North Wind: New WellBeing Center expands accessibility to health services
September 8, 2023 – The North Wind: Behavior Education Assessment and Research Center relocation provides greater opportunities
September 7, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Receives $413K Instrumentation Award to Advance Neuroscience Research
September 7, 2023 – The North Wind: NMU launches student success realignment
September 6, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Debuts Natural Hair Cultivation Program
September 1, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts U.P. Cybersecurity Symposium
August 30, 2023 – WLUC/TV6: NMU dining hall grows compost partnership with Partridge Creek Compost
August 29, 2023 – The Mining Journal: NMU Centered on Wellbeing
August 28, 2023 – The Mining Journal: Working Toward a Childcare Solution
August 25, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Dining Assists Composting Effort
August 23, 2023 – Northern Today: Tessman Convocation: Proud History Propels Future Plans
August 23, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Restructures Advising
August 23, 2023 – Northern Today: New WellBeing Center Offers Integrated Care
August 23, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Announces New Child Care Partnership
August 18, 2023 – Northern Today: New Aspire Program Eases College Transition
August 16, 2023 – Northern Today: Gov. Whitmer Joins NMU Foundation, Adamo Group and City of Marquette to Commence Demolition of Former Hospital Site
August 16, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts Statewide Wood Energy Workshop
August 11, 2023 – Northern Today: Nyberg Joins 'Growing Michigan' Workgroup
July 24, 2023 – The Mining Journal: Security basics: GenCyber campers focus on new field
July 7, 2023 – Northern Today: Archives Receives Award for UPLINK Effort
June 23, 2023 – Northern Today: OER Faculty Learning Community Formed
June 14, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU, ACC Partner on Criminal Justice Program
June 13, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Foundation and City of Marquette Announce Adamo Group as Contractor for Former Hospital Site Demolition
June 2, 2023 – Northern Today: Community Health Worker Training Offered
May 28, 2023 – Gogebic News: Gogebic Community College and Northern Michigan University enter an agreement to expand nursing education in the Western U.P.
May 25, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU a 2023 Best College for Adults
May 22, 2023 – Northern Today: Regional Behavioral/Mental Health Efforts Addressed
April 27, 2023 – The Mining Journal: NMU Adopts Charter for Campus Well-Being
April 27, 2023 – The North Wind: NMU administration details plans for campus mental health, wellbeing
April 27, 2023 – Northern Today: Northern Michigan University joins internationally recognized Okanagan Charter as a health promoting university
April 26, 2023 – The North Wind: GTU celebrates ninth annual Anderton’s Earth Week with Earth Fest
April 16, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Plans Earth Week Activities
April 13, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Earns Silver STARS Rating
April 6, 2023 – TV6: NMU BEAR Center moves to new location
April 5, 2023 – The North Wind: Learning to save lives: Social Work Department hosts safeTALK suicide prevention training that addresses rise in youth suicide
March 24, 2023 – Keweenaw Report: GCC, NMU Expand Nursing Degree Options
March 24, 2023 – The North Wind: NMU to renovate Harden Hall for $31.6 million
March 23, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Gender Fair March 31
March 23, 2023 – Northern Today: UNITED Conference addresses diversity, equity, inclusion
March 2, 2023 – The North Wind: Asian Student Union hosts first event as student organization
February 24, 2023 – TV6: Northern Michigan University launches Asian Student Union
February 16, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU's SISU Institute and Innovate Marquette Host Innovation Week
February 9, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Choirs Present 'Considering Matthew Shepard'
February 3, 2023 – Northern Today: Black History Month Events at NMU
January 30, 2023 – The North Wind: Campus solar panels funded entirely by NMU students
January 18, 2023 – Northern Today: NMU Offers Dual Enrollment Course in Education
2022 (Interim Strategic Plan)
November 30, 2022 – Northern Today: Outdoor Rec Innovation Partners Receive USDA Grant
November 16, 2022 – Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine: WMed Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness Events 2022 - Courageous Conversations Native American Studies in the Curriculum
November 15, 2022 – TV6: Peninsula Solar highlights solar energy with new solar panel
November 7, 2022 – The Mining Journal: Public views new NMU cosmetology, hospitality facilities
November 3, 2022 – TV6: NMU holds open house for Cosmetology and Hospitality Management programs
October 25, 2022 – TV6: NMU’s clinical science program hosts first Open Lab Day event
October 21, 2022 – TV6: NMU Hospitality Management program gets new space
October 20, 2022 – Northern Today: Community Open House for New NMU Facilities
October 14, 2022 – Northern Today: NMU Hosts Suicide Prevention Speaker
September 16, 2022 – Northern Today: WNMU-TV Presents 'Facing Suicide: Town Hall'
August 30, 2022 – The Mining Journal: U.P. WIN to increase health care workforce
August 24, 2022 – Northern Today: Wyche Leads Wellbeing Efforts
August 24, 2022 – Northern Today: Convocation Emphasizes Wellbeing
August 10, 2022 – Northern Today: U.P. WIN to increase health care workforce
July 28, 2022 – Northern Today: NMU, U.P. Agencies Collaborate on Substance Use Minor
July 14, 2022 – Northern Today: NMU Partners with Eastpointe Community Schools
