30 years ago

MARQUETTE – What used to be the traditional “summer session” at Northern Michigan University is now Summer College, a full-fledged semester with a new approach to scheduling courses that university officials sat will better serve student needs. Enrollment opens Monday, March 25. According to Dr. David Prior, dean of Graduate Studies and Research, the goal is “to develop a summer curriculum that–with those of fall and winter–will provide year-round academic continuity–a 12-month university environment. We want to help students better utilize the Summer Semester in their academic planning.” One of the biggest changes in the new Summer College is that courses are scheduled around four time blocks–two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with one evening course. Fenske said that key courses will be distributed across all time blocks. “In the past, too many of these courses were held at one time, making it difficult if not impossible for students to enroll in all the courses they wanted to take.” Morning courses will be held during time blocks beginning at 7:30 and 9:50 a.m., and 2:50 p.m. Evening courses will start at varying times beginning at 5:30 p.m.

90 years ago

ISHPEMING – Employees of the Greenwood mine, Ishpeming, today were notified that they have been awarded a trophy for having the best safety record for the year 1935 in a contest between the limestone quarry and the coal and iron mines of the Inland Steel Company. The greenwood mine is employing 100 men and is operating five days a week. The trophy is a facsimile, in polished bronze, of the following letter from P.D. Block, president of the Inland Steel Company, Chicago: “To the Superintendent and Employees of the Greenwood Mine, Ishpeming: “Gentlemen, my attention has been called to the outstanding record for safety which you have achieved for the year 1935 and to the fact that you have won the safety competition instituted among the various operations of our raw material department. I congratulate you most heartily upon this fine result of your co-operative effort. We believe that a good workman is a safe workman and we value human life and human safety above everything else. What you have done is an inspiration to all of us and will long be remembered. Sincerely yours, P.D. Block, President.”