Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Northern Michigan University

The North Wind

The North Wind

The North Wind

WILDCATS— President Dr. Tessman holds university forum to announce DEI changes

NMU complies with DEI orders

Megan Voorhees April 16, 2025

On Monday, April 14, President Dr. Brock Tessman led a university forum open to students, faculty and staff on NMU campus, and the Marquette community. At this forum Dr. Tessman covered several topics...

ASNMU Presidential candidates Manny Idoko and Cassidy Gibson debate on how they would help the NMU student body should they be elected.

ASNMU Presidential Debate give students a closer look at candidates

Caden Sierra April 9, 2025

The 2025–26 ASNMU presidential race comes down to two tickets, being freshman Manny Idoko with VP pick Seanna Stine, and junior Cassidy Gibson with running mate Benjamin James Brock. Both bring strong...

SUPPORT— In a press release sent out on April 8, AAUP says they will continue to support students.

NMU’s AAUP fights for students’ rights

Megan Voorhees April 8, 2025

Early into President Donald Trump's second term in the oval office, he signed an executive order to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs and policies. This executive order affected...

PRESIDENT- NMU's President will be departing from the university July 1.

President Dr. Brock Tessman to leave NMU

Megan Voorhees April 8, 2025

This morning Northern Michigan University's President Dr. Brock Tessman announced his acceptance for the presidential role at Montana State University where he worked at prior to NMU. Dr.Tessman's last...

INCLUSIVE—  Students gathered in the Northern Center for the annual Gender Fair to learn more about a variety of topics related to gender and sexual orientation.

Annual Gender Fair aims to promote education, inclusivity

Elizabeth Loy April 7, 2025

NMU’s annual Gender Fair took place on Friday, March 28, and was open to all students and community members. Many on-campus groups and classes were represented at the fair through tabling and educational...

VOTE- ASNMU encourages all Northern students to participate in this year's student government elections. (Graphic courtesy of ASNMU)

ASNMU election season begins

Megan Voorhees April 2, 2025

Representing students' voices is the drive of the Associated Students of Northern Michigan University (ASNMU), the student government on NMU’s campus.  This month the group will be hosting its annual...

NMU's response to the federal attacks on DEI

NMU’s response to the federal attacks on DEI

Antonio Anderson April 1, 2025

On the first day of his second presidency, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to erase DEI across the government, titled Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing....

ACADEMIC SENATE — Caroline LaPorte and Tyler Dettloff present on the Center for Native American Studies to the Academic Senate during Tuesday's meeting.

Headway made on ASNMU Bereavement Policy

Antonio Anderson March 28, 2025

The Bereavement Policy started by ASNMU three years ago has made a large step, and has gone through the first reading of the Academic Senate on Tuesday. It has to go through another reading at the Academic...

PRESIDENT- NMU's President will be departing from the university July 1.

President Tessman seeks Presidency role at other university

Megan Voorhees March 26, 2025

Northern Michigan University's President Dr.Brock Tessman is one of the top contenders for a vacant presidency role at Montana State University (MSU). MSU announced on its website that NMU President...

GROOVE — Students began with learning simple line dance steps before speeding up to match the tempo of the song.

SLFP event teaches students basics of line dancing

Elizabeth Loy March 24, 2025

Students gathered in the Northern Center on March 19 to participate in an evening of line dancing hosted by the Student Leader Fellowship Program (SLFP). The class was hosted by Courtney Larson, a junior...

FRIENDLY COMPETITION — The track and field contestants all receive trophies after competing against each other in the SAAC's jeopardy event.

Student Athlete Advisory Committee hosts family feud

Lindsey Hollander March 21, 2025

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted an athlete family feud on Tuesday, Mar. 18. This allowed friendly debate and conversation to flow between the upperclassmen and underclassmen athletes...

MAKING ART— Rebecca Daly discusses protest art with students interested in creating their own.

Student Leader Fellowship Program teaches students about protest art, history

Lindsey Hollander March 21, 2025

The Student Leader Fellowship Program (SLFP) hosted an event Friday, March 14, where students learned about protest art while creating their own.  Students showed their support for many different causes...

Load More Stories