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SCHOLARSHIP — Jamrich Hall was packed with students, faculty and community members eager to see the research NMU students have done this year. (Megan Voorhees/NW)
Students show research at annual Celebration of Student Scholarship
April 22, 2025
TRASH CLEAN-UP — Students gather together with the Conservation Crew to collect trash around campus.
Conservation Crew organizes community clean-up
April 21, 2025
TREAT- The first 90 students who went to Career Services during National Student Employment Week were given a chocolate Willy bar made by Sayklly's Confectionery and Gifts. (Elizabeth Loy/NW)
Career Services offers gifts, prizes to students during National Student Employment week
April 18, 2025
WILDCATS— President Dr. Tessman holds university forum to announce DEI changes
NMU complies with DEI orders
April 16, 2025
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
April 9, 2025
Opinion — AI and I
Opinion — AI and I
April 21, 2025
SOAK IT IN — Photo of the inland lake I call home.
Opinion — Why I love being a Midwest Princess
April 21, 2025
Opinion — Tattoos and tourists
Opinion — Tattoos and tourists
April 17, 2025
LITTLE ME — A smaller version of myself learning how to do field work with my mother one summer. It was one of my first experiences learning about biology and research.
Opinion — Grieving my future in biology
April 15, 2025
HARD WORK — NMU Green Athletics participants go out of their way to give back to their community, and the environment.
Letter to the editor — NMU athletics must be more sustainable
April 11, 2025
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
April 25, 2025
TIME TO GROW— A look into some seedlings sprouted by the Hoop House.
Growing Together— Hoop House celebrates Earth Week
April 24, 2025
SWOOSH— Students wait for their time to shine at the Greek Council's Pong Tournament for charity.
Pong and Philanthropy
April 23, 2025
JUST LIKE NEW— A colorful patch sewn at the Hoop House's mending night.
NMU Hoop House holds mending night
April 22, 2025
TIME TO LEARN— Students can mark their calendars for the interactive Critter Classroom event.
Fisheries and Wildlife Association to host “Critter Classroom” event
April 22, 2025
Wildcat lacrosse drops road contests, look to claim W in final Superior Dome showdown
Wildcat lacrosse drops road contests, look to claim W in final Superior Dome showdown
April 25, 2025
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
April 25, 2025
STOP AND LOOK— A doe stops in her tracks in the middle of the UP woods. The forests are filled with all types of wildlife that are currently threatened by a variety of different things.
Responses to threats on UP wildlife
April 24, 2025
NMU football hosts spring game
NMU football hosts spring game
April 21, 2025
FALLING SHORT IN SAGINAW— NMU runners race at a previous meet this season. After coming up short in the W-C-W Tri Meet this past weekend, the Wildcats head back downstate this weekend to the GVSU Big Meet. Photo courtesy of NMU Athletics.
Track and field ends race weekend with multiple first-place finishes 
April 17, 2025
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
April 9, 2025
Sights and sounds of Hands Off! Marquette fights back
Sights and sounds of Hands Off! Marquette fights back
April 8, 2025
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
April 7, 2025
Pizza Cat— Vol. 31
Pizza Cat— Vol. 31
April 7, 2025
NMU's response to the federal attacks on DEI
NMU’s response to the federal attacks on DEI
April 1, 2025

The North Wind

The North Wind
BAKE SALE — NMU's Entomology Club hosted a two-day bake sale in Jamrich Hall.

Students get buggy at on-campus bake sale

Megan Voorhees • March 18, 2025

Buggy treats like dirt cups, buggy chow (puppy chow), bug legs (chocolate covered pretzels) and sugar cookies with bugs decorated on them were on the menu today for a bake sale on campus.  The Entomology...

USE YOUR VOICE – NMU students hold signs in protest of a guest lecture titled, “Men and Women are Different,” hosted by Turning Point USA in Jamrich Hall. (Megan Voorhees/NW)

Students use their voices in on-campus protest

Megan Voorhees • February 13, 2025

Students gathered in the Jamrich Hall atrium to use their voices in a peaceful protest against an event hosted by Turning Point USA at NMU (TPUSA@NMU). TPUSA@NMU invited Olivia Krolczyk, a Riley Gaines...

ORGAN DONATION - The NMU Student Nurses Association set up an informational display in Jamrich Hall about organ donation for the Gift of Life Campus Challenge.

Student Nurses Association partners with Gift of Life Campus Challenge for community education

Lindsey Hollander • January 28, 2025

On Friday, Jan. 24 in Jamrich Hall, the NMU Student Nurses Association (SNA) raised awareness about organ donation through a partnership with the Gift of Life Campus Challenge. The challenge is a program...

TAKING A SEAT — A student relaxes in Jamrich Hall to watch "Monsters University" through a collaboration between Campus Cinema and Greek Council.

A new Campus Cinema experience

Maggie Franzen • November 12, 2024

The big screen came alive with nostalgia on Sunday, Nov. 3, with a screening of "Monsters University" in Jamrich Hall. This week's show was in collaboration with NMU's Greek Council, offering more than...

BOO! — Isabelle Honkomp shows off her homemade Halloween costume while educating others about sustainability during the Halloween season.

SHINE raises awareness of impacts on environment during Halloween

Elizabeth Loy • November 8, 2024

The Sustainability Hub for Innovation & Environment (SHINE) educated students on American consumerism habits through a tabling event on Oct. 31 called Sustainable Spooktacular Halloween. The group’s...

CREATE- A group of girls carefully choose charms to put on their bracelets in Jamrich lobby.

ASNMU holds bracelet-making event, allowing students to relax, recharge after midterms

Elizabeth Loy • October 30, 2024

On Monday, Oct. 21, the Jamrich Hall lobby was filled with students crafting Halloween-themed beaded bracelets. The event was hosted by ASNMU in hopes of allowing students to destress and recharge in the...

COSTUME CRAZE — Students show off their costumes to the crowd in the midst of a mysterious kidnapping investigation.

The curious case of the costumed kidnapping

Megan Smith • October 17, 2024

One late evening on campus, a menagerie of students disguised as pirates, mushrooms and Victorian corpses gathered in Jamrich Hall to solve a murder. The context of this scheme is purely fictional,...

HELPING HANDS - Student volunteers working for the NMU WellBeing Center set up tables throughout Jamrich to pass out pamphlets, fliers, bracelets and stress balls. Students could enter a raffle to win a variety of self-care items.

WellBeing Center hosts event to aid students’ dorm room cleanliness

Elizabeth Loy • September 11, 2024

Students gathered in Jamrich on Sept. 4 for the week’s Wednesday Drop-in. The aim of this week’s WellBeing Wednesday was educating students on dorm room cleanliness. “WellBeing Wednesday Drop-in...

Wildpups greet students with wagging tails and big smiles

Wildpups greet students with wagging tails and big smiles

Amelia Kashian • September 11, 2024

Students walking into Jamrich Hall on Monday morning were likely taken aback by the number of people gathered in the common area until they took a closer look. Surrounded by circles of people were dogs...

ALL SET UP — Junior Ali Myers has her study materials spread out on a table on the second floor of Jamrich Hall. This is just one of the many study spots NMU students have been using since the start of the library renovations.

Students adapt to a campus without a library

Amelia Kashian • February 8, 2024

Upon the closure of the Lydia M. Olson Library over winter break, there has been a widespread concern across campus: where will NMU students go to study without a library? The library had a culture that...

THE AMAN PROJECT — The Refugee Outreach Collective Humanitas and NMU's philosophy department is hosting a fundraiser to raise funds for the Aman Project, a humanitarian organization located in Istanbul, Turkey, that supports LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers are in need of assistance. Donation are encouraged but not required to enter the event's raffle.

Refugee Outreach Collective Humanitas raises funds for Aman Project

Madoline Plattenberg • April 26, 2023

The Refugee Outreach Collective Humanitas (ROCH) and NMU’s philosophy department are hosting a fundraiser and raffle today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Jamrich 1322. The goal of the event is to raise funds...

Feminism For All to sell baked goods in support of equal pay

Feminism For All to sell baked goods in support of equal pay

Andie Balenger • November 28, 2022

Highlighting pay disparity within the United States workforce, Feminism For All will be hosting its annual Wage Gap Bake Sale on Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Baked goods, including cookies, Oreo balls...

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