The North Wind

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....

Editorial — Construction of the Northern Enterprise Center

North Wind Editorial Board • February 20, 2024

In the last few years, NMU has been making renovations to its campus to increase student success and bring in more prospective students who share similar values of having energy-efficient, program-specific...

Athletic administration terminates eSports team

Katarina Rothhorn, Dallas Wiertella, and Andie Balenger • April 25, 2023

In 2020, NMU opened its eSports lab in the basement of Harden Hall outfitted with 30 gaming PCs and monitors, 13 Nintendo Switches and other gaming accessories. The goal was to create a thriving eSports...

Shortage of staff in political science department affects students

Abigail Faix, Contributing Writer • April 21, 2023

Last month, class registration opened for Northern Michigan University students for the upcoming fall semester. A process that can induce a lot of stress for some students, there have been concerns about...

Editorial — NMU Presidential Search should have included students more

North Wind Editorial Board • October 6, 2022

Editors Note: this article was revised with the following changes on Oct. 26, 2022: We originally stated that NMU had been "president-less" since September 2021. This was incorrect as President Kerri Schuiling...

AAUP votes yes for ratifying five-year contract

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor • November 11, 2021

After 131 days of working without a contract and mediation between the administration, the faculty union, NMU-AAUP, finally voted in favor of ratifying the most recent five-year contract proposal.

Student pressure opposes plan to repurpose Whitman Commons

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor • November 2, 2021

Science departments on campus have been desperate for resources and especially lab space, so the administration suggested the possible transformation of “underutilized spaces” into labs. Several students and professors from the Center for Native American Studies spoke out at the forum against this use of Whitman Hall.

Editorial—Administration has a lot on their plate; faculty just trying to put food on the table

North Wind Staff • October 13, 2021

With the two main conflicts occurring on campus at the moment, namely the search for the next president and the negotiations for a satisfactory faculty contract, newly appointed interim president Kerri Schuiling certainly has her hands full.

Opinion—Erickson termination leaves NMU with unprecedented uncertainty

Travis Nelson, Sports Editor • October 7, 2021

I really thought that the past two years couldn’t be touched in terms of the level of chaos at NMU. However, topping even a global pandemic, right now we’re left without a permanent president or a union contract.