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RETURNING TO NORMAL — Lydia M. Olson Library, once an often empty area, once again has students regularly studying and conversing. While many enjoy the liveliness, some prefer having a bit more space to study.

Editorial — Mixed blessings come with increased campus enrollment

North Wind Editorial Staff October 6, 2023

After a dip in enrollment during the past few years, enrollment on campus has finally begun to increase. The halls are now filled with students, many of whom are completely new faces for the campus. The...

UPDATE - There is now a new COVID-19 booster vaccine to be offered.

COVID-19 protocol update: new vaccine to be offered

Ava Sehoyan September 14, 2023

Former restrictions from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lessened as NMU sees the lowest reported cases of COVID-19 on campus this semester.  For the first time since 2020, isolation...

UPDATE - There is now a new COVID-19 booster vaccine to be offered.

COVID-19 Omicron variant predicted for Midwest, NMU provides resources

Ryley Wilcox January 19, 2023

NMU Interim President Kerri Schuiling welcomed students back to campus from winter break on Jan. 11 in a campus-wide email. In this email, Schuiling warned the campus community of a new variant of COVID-19,...

COVID-19 cases are low at NMU at the beginning of the 2022 fall semester - graphic

Editorial — The pandemic is not over

North Wind Editorial Board September 28, 2022

During a recent 60 Minutes interview, President Joe Biden stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has come to an end. “We still have a problem with COVID. We are still doing a lot of work on it. But the...

Graphic courtesy of NMU

COVID-19 isolation protocols clarification, new Pfizer booster

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor September 14, 2022
In a campus-wide email sent out Wednesday morning, interim president Kerri Schuiling clarifies confusion on COVID-19 protocols on campus.
7,000 TESTS — The Vielmetti Health Center on campus will continue to provide COVID related services, such as at-home tests.

COVID-19 Fall Semester Update; Vielmetti Health Center offers at-home COVID tests

Ryley Wilcox, Staff Writer September 12, 2022

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...

STAYING SAFE—NMU Ada B. Vielmetti Health Center continues to offer COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters via appointment.

COVID-19 at-home tests available, vaccinations and boosters at Health Center

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor September 7, 2022
In a campus-wide email sent out on Tuesday, interim president Kerri Schuiling addresses some COVID-19 updates with vaccinations, at-home tests and reminders to staying safe and healthy.
Editorial — Is enough being done to protect us from COVID-19?

Editorial — Is enough being done to protect us from COVID-19?

North Wind Editorial Board September 7, 2022

With the first week of the fall semester in the rearview mirror, the dramatic shift in mask regulations on campus has quite literally been a breath of fresh air. For the first time since the start of the...

Editorial — The problems with monkeypox discourse

Editorial — The problems with monkeypox discourse

North Wind Editorial Board September 4, 2022

While COVID-19 continues to be a concern for citizens of the U.S., with over 300 thousand new cases being reported within August alone, a new virus has usurped COVID-19 when it comes to garnering public...

Editorial—Recovering our social lives in this post-crisis stage pandemic

Editorial—Recovering our social lives in this post-crisis stage pandemic

North Wind Staff, Opinion Editor March 25, 2022
Two years ago this month, COVID brought the world to a halt. It’s hard to think how detrimental the past two years have been for our socialization.
NMU lifts mask restrictions amid new CDC recommendations, still required in classrooms and labs

NMU lifts mask restrictions amid new CDC recommendations, still required in classrooms and labs

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor March 10, 2022
In response to the CDC's updated mask recommendations and Marquette County's classification as medium transmission area, NMU has updated the current mask protocols.
VACCINED—The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine are available for up to 300 NMU students to receive at the NMU Health Center.

Health Center offers 300 Pfizer vaccines to students, boosters available in area

Ryley Wilcox, Contributing Writer February 20, 2022
In their second allocation of COVID-19 vaccines, the NMU Health Center has 300 available Pfizer vaccines for students looking to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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