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William “Bill” Hart, who has been a decades-long fixture at WNMU-FM, Public Radio 90 in Marquette, will be the 2025 recipient of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters' 2025 Public Media Impact Award for Professionals. This statewide award is presented to professionals—including volunteers—working in public broadcasting to honor their contributions to the industry.

Two Northern Michigan University alumni were selected as recipients of 2025 Outstanding Faculty Awards from Bay College in Escanaba for exemplifying a deep commitment to student success and professional excellence. Tammra Houseman, who earned her NMU bachelor's degree in elementary education with a special education endorsement in 1994, was honored with the Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Award. Cassie Callahan, a 2019 BSN grad, was one of two recipients of the Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award.  

In an effort to preserve the Anishinaabe language for future generations, Northern Michigan University and Bay Mills Community College recently signed an articulation agreement that will allow students to complete a two-year associate of arts degree in Anishinaabe language instruction at BMCC, then seamlessly transfer to NMU for the final two years to complete a bachelor of science degree in Native American studies, with potential for a Michigan Anishinaabemowin K-12 teaching certificate. This creates the state's first pathway for teachers to earn such an endorsement, according to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE).

The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University has brought back two of its most popular exhibitions for the months of July and August, “Remnants: Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula” and “The Polar Bears: U.P. Soldiers in the Northern Russian Expeditionary Force 1918-1919” are on display in the center's gallery in Gries Hall from noon to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday through Aug. 30. Admission is free.

Northern Michigan University will permanently close two dirt roads on campus—Neidhart and Norwood—located east and south of the Woodland Park Apartments, effective Wednesday, July 9. The area will eventually be restored to a natural state with interpretive trails and outdoor lab space as part of the university's Wildcat Way/Landscape Maintenance Plan. Initial work to develop a portion of the Woodland Park Garden concept will begin this week.

Northern Michigan University's new dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professional Studies (CHSPS) is Liz Wuorinen, who had served in the same role on an interim basis since July 2024.