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Northern Magazine, Fall 2025 Vo. 115, No. 2
Features:
- Hidden NMU: Our Clandestine College
- Weston Wing
- Biology Organism Rooms
- Museum of Zoology
- Farming The Future
- LaCrosse Lab Explores How Biology and Behavior Connect
- Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
- Nursing & Surgical Technology Simulation Rooms
- DeVos Art Museum Permanent Collection
- NMU Archives: Uncovering the Legacy of Anatomy of a Murder and More
- Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center
- Cold Case Analytic Operations Center
- FROST & FARL: NMU's Spaces for Forensic Science
- NMU's Studios: Quietly Shaping Campus Life
- Forest Roberts Theatre: Behind the Scenes
- Granite Island Inspiration
- WNMU Studios: Real Students, Real Stories
- Outdoor Learning Areas: A Tranquil Learning Experience
- Schultz Fellows Superior Dome Catwalk
- David J. Lucas Atrium
- Veteran Services Office
- Yurt Classroom
- Outdoor Recreation Center
- Concussion Clinic
- Off-Campus NMU Lands
- Temaki & Noba
- Alumni in Action
- The Beginning: Black Alumni Reunion 2024
- Homecoming Highlights
- NMU's 1975 Football Team Celebrates National Championship Anniversary
- Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
University Updates:
Photo by Ryan Stephens '15 BS, ryanstephensphoto.net
Features
Museum of Zoology
Inside Weston Hall’s main entrance from the academic mall, a taxidermy display of a wolf in a glass case commands attention from those who pass by. This is a highly visible and majestic example of Great Lakes fauna showcased on campus, but it is complemented by many other specimens housed behind a nearby door to the Northern Museum of Zoology.
Nursing & Surgical Technology Simulation Rooms
The second floor of the Science Building has multiple simulation labs that allow students at all levels—BSN, MSN and DNP—to learn patient care in a safe, nonthreatening, controlled environment. The labs are simulated patient care settings that are equipped with realistic patient simulators, furnishings, and supplies that would be necessary to provide real patient care.
NMU Archives: Uncovering the Legacy of Anatomy of a Murder, and More...
The Central Upper Peninsula and NMU Archives, located in the lower level of Harden Hall, is a repository for historical documents pertaining to the region and university. It is also a resource for genealogical research. Among its collections are the John D. Voelker papers, which document his career as a lawyer, county prosecuting attorney and Michigan Supreme Court associate justice, along with his activities as a writer and trout fisherman.
NMU President John X. Jamrich inspects the Sprinkle Memorial Telescope in the dome of the Luther S. West Science Building, with physics professors Temple Smith, William Ralph and Robert Wagner (from left). The powerful scope was donated to Northern by the late Lloyd H. Sprinkle of Livonia in 1973. Sprinkle himself handcrafted the mirror installed on the 12-inch reflecting telescope. The scope was retired in the early 2000s when the science building was renovated and replaced with a newer telescope. The observatory is still used for teaching, specialized projects and research. It is augmented by miniature telescope kits in classrooms that replicate similar calibrations to the larger telescopes to keep students looking to the stars.
Photo courtesy of Central U.P. & NMU Archives