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Northern Michigan University students are invited to submit applications for more than 300 NMU donor-funded scholarships from Monday, Jan. 27 through Monday, Feb. 17.

Northern Michigan University will host an evening with musher Jeff King, four-time champion of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. His presentation begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in John X. Jamrich Hall room 1100. It is free for NMU students with ID and $2 for the general public.

NMU's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host a Rise U.P. Women's March 2020 post-reception Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. The event will feature all-female speakers and musicians, along with a pop-up art show by female artists. PRSSA is highlighting several empowering NMU students, faculty and staff in advance of the march and reception. This is the last of four installments recognizing their dedication.

Northern Michigan University's weekly shopping shuttle that transports students from campus to Meijer, Walmart and Target will resume Friday, Jan. 17. 

Three Northern Michigan University graduate students have received the Charles C. Spooner Award. The $500 award enhances students' academic experience and professional growth by offering opportunities to engage in research and sponsored scholarly or creative activities relevant to their programs of study.

Two NFL coaches with Northern Michigan University ties will face off in Sunday's NFC championship game. Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, who calls the offensive plays executed by Aaron Rodgers, served as NMU's quarterback coach early in his career (2006). San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, one of the league's prime head coaching candidates, was an all-conference tight end as a Wildcat (1998-2002) and graduated from NMU with a bachelor's degree. 

NMU's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host a Rise U.P. Women's March 2020 post-reception Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. The event will feature all-female speakers and musicians, along with a pop-up art show by female artists. PRSSA is highlighting several empowering NMU students, faculty and staff in advance of the march and reception. This is the third of four installments recognizing their dedication.

Northern Michigan University will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of events celebrating “Diversity Through the Ages.” The week will kick off Monday, Jan. 20, with a campus march for equality. 

NMU's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host a Rise U.P. Women's March 2020 post-reception Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. The event will feature all-female speakers and musicians, along with a pop-up art show by female artists. PRSSA is highlighting several empowering NMU students, faculty and staff in advance of the march and reception. This is the second of four installments recognizing their dedication.

NMU alumna Steph Carpenter, a 2012 graduate, recently began her new role as executive director of the Manistee Recreation Association, according to a story in the "Manistee News Advocate."