Marquette
Northern Michigan University has taken a transformational step toward a more sustainable future by proposing in a draft strategic plan to move the university toward carbon neutrality.
We were thrilled to hear this, as we used this space just over a month ago to encourage NMU President Fritz Erickson and the NMU Board of Trustees to seriously consider a carbon neutrality plan for the university.
The idea, proposed by Ryan Stock, a professor in NMU’s School of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, was outlined in a letter to Erickson and the NMU Board of Trustees urging the administration to make NMU net-carbon neutral by either 2030 or 2050.
May 12, 2021
MARQUETTE The American Association of University Women of Marquette has named Hannah Mahn as the 2021 Martha Griffiths Award winner.
The Martha Griffiths Award is given annually to a high-achieving graduating Northern Michigan University student and is named in honor of one of Michigan’s most influential women legislators in the last half of the 20th century.
Martha Griffiths was known for her efforts in the Civil Rights Act and for getting the Equal Rights Amendment to the House floor for a vote in 1970.
Nominations were received from six NMU students who will earn and associate or bachelor’s degree in 2021. In addition to being an academically high achiever, the AAUW Board was looking for candidates with high levels of community involvement both on and off campus.
May 12, 2021
GLADSTONE, Mich. Susan Joy Solka, age 77, of Gladstone, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 9, 2021 at The Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba.
Susan was born August 14,1943, in Green Bay, Wis., the daughter of Violet (Johnson) and Roderick Virgo. She was a 1961 graduate of Escanaba High School. During high school, she played the bassoon. She was a runner up in the Ms. Delta County Pageant twice and also was on the Queen’s Court in 1963 for the Escanaba Centennial. Susan furthered her education at Northern Michigan University where she obtained a certificate in secretarial work. She worked as a secretary for Harnischfeger in Milwaukee, Wis.
For the first time, the people redrawing Michigan’s political district maps are constitutionally obligated to seek input from the people living and working in the regions they’ll be creating political boundary lines for.