NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

a golden retriever wearing a purple and pink bandana

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The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Monday, Dec 8, 2025

Start Time:  11:30 am
End Time:  1:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

a dog wearing a green bandana

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Thursday, Nov 20, 2025

Start Time:  5:00 pm
End Time:  6:30 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

three female students petting a dog

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Monday, Nov 3, 2025

Start Time:  11:30 am
End Time:  1:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

dog resting its head on a girl's lap

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025

Start Time:  5:00 pm
End Time:  6:30 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

female student petting a dog

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Monday, Oct 6, 2025

Start Time:  11:30 am
End Time:  1:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

Two people pet a golden retriever wearing a green bandana. A person holding the leash is partially visible.

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Thursday, Sep 25, 2025

Start Time:  5:00 pm
End Time:  6:30 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

NMU Wildpups - Animal Therapy Event

three female students petting a dog

Jamrich

The Wildpups are a part of NMU’s Animal Assisted Therapy program. If you miss your pup back at home or need a way to ease the anxieties that come with being a college student, the Wildpups are here to help. All are welcome to enjoy time with these registered therapy dogs! 

You can learn more about the Wildpups here.

Monday, Sep 8, 2025

Start Time:  11:30 am
End Time:  1:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1st Floor Common Area (next to Starbucks)

Event Status

Scheduled

Event Website

The Wildpups

Primary Contact

Michelle Andriacchi

Contact Email

miandria@nmu.edu

Event Type

Student Life

Environmental Action Week: Interdisciplinary Environmentalism - Studying the Environment in a Fraught Time

NMU Logo on bricks

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Professors Alex Stoner (Sociology), Amy Hamilton (English), April Lindala (Native American Studies), and sal ryman (Social Work) will discuss how their work connects to the environment and how they work in the current political climate. This panel aims to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of environmentalism and the importance of academic collaboration. Davida Schiffer (Sociology) will moderate the panel.

This event is part of Environmental Action Week. 

Monday, Sep 29, 2025

Start Time:  6:00 pm
End Time:  8:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

1322

Event Status

Scheduled

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

Academic
Alumni
Community

Poetry & Environment Workshop with Puerto Rican Award-Winning Poet, Mara Pastor!

Poetry and Environment Workshop with Mara Pastor

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Join us for a fun and creative writing workshop with a focus on poetry and the environment led by poet Mara Pastor! This event is sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and International Studies, the English Department, NMU Honors Program, and the College of Arts & Sciences. 

Dr. Mara Pastor is the author of six full-length poetry books in Spanish, as well as two bilingual chapbooks. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is currently a professor and the Academic Leader of The Creative Writing Program and Literature Program at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan. Her book Deuda Natal (The University of Arizona Press, 2021, translated by María José Giménez and Anna Rosenwong) won the 2020 Ambroggio Award from the Academy of American Poets. Deuda Natal takes us from the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico to the communal efforts to rebuild, reconnect, and imagine ways to fight “disaster capitalism” (Naomi Klein, 2018). It contains reflections on immigration, returns, debt, feminism, colonialism, and ecological devastation while guiding us toward grassroots and intimate alternatives.

Thursday, Sep 18, 2025

Start Time:  6:30 pm
End Time:  8:00 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

2315

Event Status

Scheduled

Department

Languages, Literatures and International Studies

Primary Contact

Dept. of Languages, Literatures & International Studies

Contact Email

llis@nmu.edu

Spanish & English Reading with Puerto Rican Award-Winning Poet, Mara Pastor!

Spanish English Reading on 9-17 at 6:00 PM

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Join us for a Spanish and English reading of Mara's Pastor's Deuda Natal (2021), followed by Q&A with the author. Mara will be focusing on “Paraísos perecederos / Perishable Paradises.” This event is sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures and International Studies, the English Department, the NMU Honors Program, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Mara Pastor is the author of six full-length poetry books in Spanish, as well as two bilingual chapbooks. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is currently a professor and the Academic Leader of The Creative Writing Program and Literature Program at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan. Her book Deuda Natal (The University of Arizona Press, 2021, translated by María José Giménez and Anna Rosenwong) won the 2020 Ambroggio Award from the Academy of American Poets. Deuda Natal takes us from the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico to the communal efforts to rebuild, reconnect, and imagine ways to fight “disaster capitalism” (Naomi Klein, 2018). It contains reflections on immigration, returns, debt, feminism, colonialism and ecological devastation while guiding us toward grassroots and intimate alternatives.

Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025

Start Time:  6:00 pm
End Time:  7:30 pm

Event Place

Jamrich

Room

2315

Event Status

Scheduled

Department

Languages, Literatures and International Studies

Primary Contact

Dept. of Languages, Literatures & International Studies

Contact Email

llis@nmu.edu
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