NMU began the fall semester on Aug. 29, the first semester in two years in which students, faculty and staff returned to the classroom without masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the last...

The COVID-19 pandemic as it affects us in Michigan is nearly reaching a year in length, and we are currently in the beginning weeks of the third semester of classes which have been changed by COVID-19. It would be easy to become lazy in our social distancing, mask wearing, and other acts of health-consciousness. Yet NMU’s current COVID-19 statistics speak to a positive trend.