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LANSING — The number of future educators in Michigan is on the rise once again after a severe dip in enrollment in teaching programs. The Michigan Departme

WASHINGTON — Raised on welfare by his grandmother, Joseph Sais relied so much on food stamps as a college student that he thought about quitting school when h

Local middle and high schools benefit Feb 24, 2021 Marquette Youth Advisory Committees members are shown after volunteering along a portion of the Iron Ore Heritage Trail the group adopted to maintain. YAC has awarded more grants to benefit local middle and high schools. (Photo courtesy of the Community Foundation of Marquette County) MARQUETTE — The Youth Advisory Committees of the Community Foundation of Marquette County has announced the distribution of 18 grants to nonprofits to support y...

JOHN LEICESTER Dr. Clair Vandersteen, right, wafts a tube of odors under the nose of a patient, Gabriella Forgione, during tests in a hospital in Nice, southern France, on Feb. 8 to help determine why she has been unable to smell or taste since she contracted COVID-19 in November. A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and researchers are still striving to better understand and treat the accompanying epidemic of COVID-19-related anosmia — loss of smell — draining much of the joy of l...

COLLIN BINKLEY The Education Department said Monday that it will not allow states to forgo federally required standardized testing in schools this year but will give them flexibility to delay testing or hold it online during the pandemic. Aiming for a middle ground in a polarized debate, the Biden administration said states must continue with annual testing but can apply to be exempted from certain accountability measures tied to the results. States also will be allowed to move tests to the su...

(Stock image courtesy of Metro Creative) MARQUETTE — A new partnership agreement between Grand Valley State University and Northern Michigan University creates a pipeline for NMU undergraduates to GVSU’s public health graduate program. The articulation agreement, developed by GVSU’s Department of Public Health and NMU’s School of Health and Human Performance, allows Grand Valley to recruit and directly admit up to five students from NMU’s community health programs to Grand Valley’s ...

Jan 20, 2021 Northern Michigan University ranks 39th nationwide in a recent listing of the “Top 50 Outdoor Colleges.” Pictured is a past Snow Fest event at NMU. (Photo courtesy of NMU) MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University ranks 39th nationwide in a recent listing of the “Top 50 Outdoor Colleges” compiled by Best Value Schools. “Even though students at this university have to face cold winters, they are surrounded by nature,” the NMU description states. “They are close to La...

Jan 20, 2021 This is “Secret Identity-Rachel and Pipes” by Carol Phillips. An exhibition of her work can be viewed on Bay College’s Main Campus in the Besse Gallery through Feb. 24. (Photo courtesy of Bay College) ESCANABA — Bay College has announced the Winter Art Exhibit, “Secret Identity,” featuring the artwork of Carol Phillips. The art exhibition of Phillips’ work can be viewed on the Bay College Main Campus in the Besse Gallery through Feb. 24. Phillips began her art educat...

ROBERT JORDAN Ashley Weyer, left, and Lois Rhodes, the driving force behind the “Story Time with Mrs. Ashley” programs put out by Abbeville County Library, pose Dec. 29 in Abbeville, S.C. (AP photo) ABBEVILLE, S.C. — If you film it, they will come. That’s what Lois Rhodes and Ashley Weyer with Abbeville County Library hope to accomplish with “Story Time with Mrs. Ashley” programming. Impetus for the show arose from the COVID-19 pandemic, which closed the library for 10 weeks from Ma...

cbleck@miningjournal.net Sault Ste. Marie-based author Mikel Classen is one of the driving forces behind the U.P. Notable Books List. The list features books by Upper Peninsula-based writers or books about the U.P. (Photo courtesy of Victor R. Volkman) MARQUETTE — People who want to have meaningful discussions about something other than national politics, COVID-19 or the economy might want to consider joining the U.P. Notable Books Book Club. The U.P. Publishers and Authors Association and t...