Northern State Normal School
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1899 |
| Endowment | $50 million (FY2017) |
| President | Fritz Erickson |
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Academic staff
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457 |
| Students | 8,879 |
| Undergraduates | 8,233 (Fall 2013) |
| Postgraduates | 646 (Fall 2013) |
| Location |
Marquette, Michigan, U.S. 46°33′32″N 87°24′19″W / 46.55901°N 87.40525°WCoordinates: 46°33′32″N 87°24′19″W / 46.55901°N 87.40525°W |
| Campus | Small City, 350 acres (1.4 km2) |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division II (primary) NCAA Division I, men's hockey |
| Mascot | Wildcat Willy |
| Website | www |
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Northern Michigan University (NMU) is a four-year college public university established in 1899 and located in Marquette, in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. With enrollment of about 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest university.
Northern Michigan University was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School to offer teacher preparation programs in Michigan's then-wild and sparsely populated Upper Peninsula. When it opened in 1899, NMU enrolled thirty-two students who were taught by six faculty members in rented rooms in Marquette city hall. The original 20-acre (81,000 m2) campus site at the corner of Presque Isle and Kaye Avenues was on land donated by local businessman and philanthropist John M. Longyear, whose namesake academic building, Longyear Hall, opened in 1900.
Throughout the school's first half-century, education and teacher training was school's primary focus. During this time, the school built the native sandstone buildings Kaye and Peter White Halls, as well as a manual training school next to the campus buildings, J.D. Pierce School. Modest enrollment increases led to several name changes:
In 1963, through the adoption of a new state constitution in Michigan, Northern Michigan was designated a comprehensive university serving the diverse educational needs of Upper Michigan. During this time, enrollment grew, due in large part to the 1957 opening of the Mackinac Bridge that links the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Health Sciences and Professional Studies.
Graduate education began in 1928 when courses at the master's degree level were offered in cooperation with the University of Michigan.
NMU has four academic divisions:
Within these four academic divisions 180 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered.
Placement Data
NMU is a tobacco-free campus.
Instructional Spaces
In the 10 buildings where classes are held, there are at least 210 instructional spaces, each having a Wi-Fi signal strong enough to accommodate not only the instructor(s) but every student. 112 of these rooms seat at least 30 students. There are 63 general use classrooms which can be scheduled for multiple disciplines. All but 4 general-purpose rooms are smart classrooms fitted with technology for projecting images and sound from one’s laptop computer. There are 14 tiered classrooms, 10 of which are considered lecture halls with a seat-count of at least 90. The largest lecture hall, Jamrich 102, seats 501. There are 58 labs covering the gamut of arts and sciences. There are 28 departmental classrooms, 16 of which are "smart". There are 3 distance learning facilities, the largest of which is Mead Auditorium which seats 100.
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