By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — In honor of Women’s History Month, Northern Michigan University First Lady Kristin Tessman has shared a short list of the historical and contemporary women she most admires, effective qualities possessed by female leaders she has encountered, and her ...
MARQUETTE — Match Day is one of the most exciting days of medical school. On March 17, the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, U.P. Campus celebrated Match Day as its medical students learned where they will train in residency for the next three to seven years. Students ...
LANSING — New legislation would authorize schools to create special programs and services for the children of members and veterans of the military. Under the proposal by Rep. Dale Zorn, R-Onsted, the “Purple Star” schools would provide resources and support to military ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has added an Automatic Identification System receiving station to the university’s Mount Mesnard tower in south Marquette as a safety tool to help boaters detect marine traffic they are likely to encounter. Since the tower was already being used ...
MARQUETTE — Burial after death is going through a rebirth. Increasingly, individuals are interested in cemeteries that offer green burial service, said Wendy Fry, a landscape architect in Ann Arbor who specializes in designing cemeteries. Michigan has 14 of them, with plans for more. Five are in the Upper Peninsula including Park Cemetery in the city of Marquette. Williamstown Township and Meridian Township, near Lansing, are both in the process of developing green burial sites, Fry said. “We’re called on more and more, whether it’s to design a green burial area, or ...
SUTTONS BAY — Educators around the Great Lakes have an opportunity to learn how to connect their students to their local watershed through the Great Lakes Watershed Field Course. The Inland Seas Education Association offers the course at no cost and will take place Aug, 8-11 in downstate Suttons Bay. Applications are due April 24. Teachers will learn how to engage students in local environmental issues, investigate solutions, devise a plan, and take action. Training in the course includes watershed and environmental concepts, place-based education and environmental education ...
