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The UNITED Conference is Northern's day of diversity education. This conference is designed to bring both the NMU community and the greater Marquette community together to learn and dialogue around diversity, equity, & inclusion.

This year’s conference theme will be Writing Our Own Stories and will celebrate the 10th anniversary of NMU’s Diversity Common Reader Program. UNITED 2023 will feature workshops and presentations focused on self-authorship, diverse perspectives, and the voices of those often silenced. Programs will run from 8 am - 9 pm on Monday, March 20th.

Topics this year include social justice in athletics, fat studies, Implicit bias in the classroom, critical race theory, language deprivation, best practices in research for marginalized populations, and more!

Keynote Presentations By

Nyshell Lawrence
Celebrator, Creator & Curator, Socialight Society

Elsa Sjunneson
Professor, Historian, Media Critic, Author & Editor

Workshops By

Dr. Abby Knoblauch • Callie Youngman • Dr. Carter Wilson • Jaime VanEnkevort • Kedzie Stark •  Kenton Mack • Dr. Lau Romero • Lee Xiong • Virginia Keeler 

Access the Program Here

Alumni

Join us on Wednesday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern for a virtual event as we welcome a panel of alumni to celebrate Black History Month! All working in various professions, these alumni will provide insight into how their education at NMU prepared them for their careers, discuss any obstacles they have overcome and share ways they impact the communities in which they live.

The event will be moderated by MarLanaysia Rosser, NMU’s Black Student Union president, and panelists include:

• Victor Fairley ’12 BS, field training deputy and community outreach and recruitment coordinator at the Kent County Sheriff’s Department
• Chris Warner ’09 BSW, juvenile probation officer in Kent County, Michigan and program coordinator of The Chosen Academy, which aims to bring affordable basketball skills training and mental health counseling to players in the Grand Rapids area
• Taylor Johnson ’14 BA, realtor associate at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
• Brianna Sartin ’22 BS, content creator and account coordinator for Buzz Advertising Agency

MarLanaysia will share audience questions LIVE with the panelists. The event is free and registration is required. Once you register, you will receive the link to the live stream.

Northern Now is a digital event series for alumni and friends hosted by Northern Michigan University Alumni Relations. The series provides a behind-the-scenes look at NMU students, departments, athletics, and more on campus with exclusive tours, interviews, and interactive events. Stay connected to your alma mater and learn more at nmu.edu/alumni.

Alumni

Join NMU faculty Lynn Domina as she speaks to Dr. R. Khari Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Wayne State University, about their new book, Race and the Power of Sermons in American Politics.

This book examines the intersection of race, political sermons, and social justice. Religious leaders and congregants who discuss and encourage others to do social justice embrace a form of civil religion that falls close to the covenantal wing of American civil religious thought. Relying on 44 national and regional surveys conducted between 1941 and 2019, Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics explores how racial experiences impact the degree to which religion informs social justice attitudes and political behavior. This is the most comprehensive set of analyses of publicly available survey data on this topic.

You are invited to watch NMU's Lynn Domina speak to Dr. R. Khari Brown on Friday, January 20th at 1:00pm Eastern time.

Registration is required but easy and free.

This webinar is part of a continuing series called "Let's Talk about Books at NMU".

Alumni

A hands-on, minds-on STEM program for students in grades K-6, offered through a partnership with the School of Education, Leadership, and Public Service.

Alumni

Middle and high school Science Olympiad teams from throughout the Upper Peninsula will create designs, solve problems, and learn the importance of teamwork by competing in different STEM-related events at the annual regional tournament. The top-placed teams will advance to the State tournament hosted by Michigan State University in late spring.

If interested in volunteering at the event, please contact Renee Jewett, the event coordinator.

Alumni

Join us as we welcome local archeologist Jim Paquette ’74 BS as he details “The Find of a Thousand Lifetimes,” the story of Michigan’s historic 1987 discovery and subsequent excavation of one of the most remarkable archaeological finds ever uncovered in the Upper Great Lakes region. A 2022 Alumni Achievement Award recipient, Jim will recount his fascinating story of this celebrated archaeological discovery, which was identified alongside fellow NMU graduate John Gorto ’74 BS, ’76 MA. The duo discovered a large treasure trove of 10,000-year-old Late Paleo-Indian/Early Archaic period projectile points while conducting an archaeological survey within the drained reservoir bed of the Deer Lake Basin near Ishpeming, Michigan. The 1987 unearthing of this cache of incredibly ancient stone spear points in Ishpeming Township has since been described by researchers as being “the Upper Peninsula’s greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century.”

After the presentation, Jim will take participant questions LIVE. The event is free and registration is required. Once you register, you will receive the link to the live stream.

Alumni

Winter Semester Job Fair

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Northern Center - Ballrooms

The Winter Semester Job Fair is an opportunity for companies and organizations to discuss full-time jobs and internships with students.  There is no cost for students and alumni to attend this event.

Win a Prize!  Students/Alumni who register in Handshake and also check in at the job fair will be placed into a drawing.  Ten winners will be selected and notified the day after the fair.   

There will be an opportunity to get a professional headshot taken at the fair! 

Click here for information on preparing for in-person fairs.  Please contact NMU Career Services if you have any questions. 

Alumni

Summer Employment Fair

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Northern Center - Ballrooms

The Summer Employment Fair is an opportunity for companies and organizations to discuss summer jobs, internships and part-time jobs with students.  There is no cost for students and alumni to attend this event. 

Win a Prize!  Students/Alumni who register in Handshake and also check in at the job fair will be placed into a drawing.  Ten winners will be selected and notified the day after the fair.   

There will be an opportunity to get a professional headshot taken at the fair! 

Click here for information on preparing for in-person fairs.  Please contact NMU Career Services if you have any questions.