MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University graduating senior Lynda “Lyndie” Unterkircher of downstate Sturgis finds herself in a position she never could have predicted when she first arrived on campus. The first-generation college student and self-described “quiet person” is the ...
MARQUETTE — Michigan schools fail to identify students with dyslexia and fail to provide them with services they need to succeed, critics say. The widespread genetic and often hereditary disability makes it harder to read or interpret new words and symbols. It has no impact on intelligence. Senate lawmakers are weighing legislation to mandate dyslexia screenings for every student from kindergarten to grade 3. It would require teachers to get training in dyslexia. Deon Butler of Detroit told lawmakers at a recent hearing that public schools failed him. Butler, who is dyslexic, ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Associate Professor Madison Ngafeeson recently completed a one-year professional development sabbatical, during which he enrolled as a full-time student in Harvard University’s business analytics program. Now he is applying the knowledge gleaned ...
After a slow start, the United States has improved its surveillance system for tracking new coronavirus variants such as omicron, boosting its capacity by tens of thousands of samples per week since early this year. Viruses mutate constantly. To find and track new versions of the ...
MARQUETTE — Mlado Ivanovic’s dramatic experience as a 13-year-old refugee during the Bosnian war heavily influenced his career path and involvement in humanitarian projects. The Northern Michigan University philosophy professor has researched the moral, political and environmental ...
LANSING — The highest expense for schools behind faculty salaries is energy, prompting some districts to eye solar savings. “For a long time, schools have been looking at how to become more energy efficient,” said Scott Little, the associate executive director of the Michigan School ...
