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HARDEN RENOVATION - Harden Hall currently houses the university library, archives, and the Center for Teaching and Learning. The renovation will add around 18,000 square footage of new space and will bring in the four academic departments currently housed in Gries Hall.

NMU to renovate Harden Hall for $31.6 million

Fischer Genau March 24, 2023

Parts of Harden Hall and the Lydia M. Olson Library have remained unaltered since the building’s construction over 50 years ago. But that’s about to change.  After a long planning process and delays...

PAINT THE STRESS AWAY — Students can destress with painting, refreshments and music at Mocktails on Canvas this Friday, Feb. 24 from 2-4 p.m. in the Lydia M. Olson Library atrium. Students only need to bring themselves and their creative spirit.

Paint the stress away at Mocktails on Canvas

Madoline Plattenberg February 21, 2023

As mid-semester exams roll in, students can find refuge in painting, refreshments and music at Mocktails on Canvas this Friday, Feb. 24 from 2-4 p.m. in the Lydia M. Olson Library atrium at the back of...

Wildpups bring happiness on campus during first visit of winter semester

Wildpups bring happiness on campus during first visit of winter semester

Jackie Phillips February 1, 2023

The NMU Wildpups visited the Lydia M. Olson library on Monday, Jan. 30 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Throughout each semester, the Wildpups visit the library for all students, faculty and staff to spend time with.  According...

ART POSTER - Award winning poster for the SAG art competition. The pieces chosen to be in the display include submissions from students in many different majors.

SAG brings Monsters and Mythos to campus library

Willow Rasch December 13, 2022

Just in time for the end of the semester the Student Art Gallery (SAG), located in the Lydia M. Olson Library on the first floor, has put up its most recent exhibit with a theme of Monsters and Mythos....

GATHER TO CREATE — The Lydia M. Olson Library will be hosting their family-friendly homecoming event, “Create at the Library,” this Saturday. Campus and community members alike are encouraged to attend, with arts and crafts, stories and conversations are expected to be shared.

Lydia M. Olson Library to host family-friendly hoco event

Andie Balenger, Opinion Editor September 19, 2022

The Lydia M. Olson Library will be hosting “Create at the Library” this Saturday, Sept. 24, as part of NMU's homecoming celebration. Located in Harden Hall, this family-friendly event invites students,...

PAINT TO CREATE — Students are ready to get creative on canvases. Mocktails on Canvas will be held from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Lydia M. Olson Library atrium.

Mocktails on Canvas inspires creativity

Madoline Plattenberg, Features Editor September 8, 2022

Homecoming events are on the horizon and students are ready to get creative with paint, canvases and mocktails. Mocktails on Canvas will be held at the Lydia M. Olson Library atrium on Monday, Sept....

Graphic courtesy by Lydia M. Olson Library

NMU offers events to destress before finals week

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor April 18, 2022
Students who are looking to destress before finals week can register for different events going on this week through the Hub including Yogalates at the library and painting with the Art Therapy Club.
Graphic courtesy by Lydia M. Olson Library

Lydia M. Olson Library hosts blackout poetry, collage workshop

Hannah Smith, Contributing Writer April 6, 2022
Students can sit back and relax this Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. in the library with a blackout poetry workshop. All materials will be provided.
Former NMU first lady to present her book at library

Former NMU first lady to present her book at library

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor March 29, 2022
Phyllis Michael Wong will be visiting the Lydia Olson library to present her novel We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Tour the library, know your resources

Tour the library, know your resources

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor January 18, 2022
For three consecutive Thursdays, the Lydia Olson Library will be hosting tours of the institution’s resources for anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of what is available.
Members of the NMU Jazz Combo, including Owen Edwards soloing on alto saxophone, perform during an NMU jazz concert. A group of five students will perform in the library on Tuesday to provide more relaxing studying music for students.

NMU Jazz Combo to provide live study music before finals

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor November 30, 2021

For the second year in a row, the NMU Jazz Combo will be setting a relaxing tone for the upcoming finals week by performing an hour-long set in the lower level of the library. The five-member student band...

The five accused culprits of the fictional murder line up to give their testimonies including (left to right) Alicia played by Daisy Lupa, Pirate Jim Blade played by Duncan Muter, Queen Blacks ghost played by Abby Weatherholt, Princess Ice White played by AK Ikezoe, Pandella played by Leslie Warren and Magnificent played by Taylor Meyers.

Library hosts murder mystery event for first time

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor October 28, 2021

Students dressed up in blood red capes, corsets, crowns and swords mingled outside of the locked library doors on Friday, Oct. 22 as the sun began to set behind them. When the doors finally opened, they...

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