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Award-winning country duo Maddie & Tae will headline a free outdoor concert as part of Northern Michigan University's 125th anniversary Homecoming celebration at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in the gravel parking lot behind the Superior Dome. Their opening act, NMU student and singer/guitarist Sami Brown, will take the stage at 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Sara Sutherland, a 2017 NMU alumna who earned a bachelor's in biology/physiology and a minor in chemistry, has joined the team of emergency medicine physicians at UP Health System – Marquette. The Munising native has come full circle after working at the hospital's information desk and as a "patient sitter" while attending Northern.

Northern Michigan University musical theater major Don'Tae Mitchell has received a full scholarship to attend the summer 2025 training intensive at Giordano Dance Chicago, “America's original jazz company.” Artistic director Nan Giordano made the surprise announcement while the company was on campus to perform at NMU's recent North Coast Dance Festival (NCDF).

Northern will kick off its 125th year with a series of activities to leading up to the fall semester, which officially begins with the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 26. 

Northern Michigan University hosted an international conference on existential aesthetics July 26-27. NMU Philosophy Professor Antony Aumann, who is on sabbatical to write a book on the transformative power of art, served as co-organizer with Hans Maes, senior lecturer in history and philosophy of art at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. Six NMU students comprised the support staff who coordinated and managed the logistics. The event investigated how works of art and certain aesthetic practices/experiences can be of existential importance to people.