Dec 31, 2020
MARQUETTE After organizers received over 500 votes, the five finalists for U.P. Poet Laureate for 2021-22 represent writing from Marquette, Alger, Houghton and Chippewa counties.
They are April Lindala of Marquette, Beverly Matherne of Ishpeming-Marquette, M. Bartley Seigel of Houghton, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske of Marquette-Munising and Tyler Dettloff of Marquette-Bay Mills-Sault Ste. Marie.
“Something that really excites me is that all five of the finalists are strong performers on stage, so that any upcoming readings featuring these poets, whether in person or online, will be sure to be a powerful experience for the audience,” U.P. Poet Laureate organizer Ron Riekki said in an email. “I hope whoever is selected for the U.P. Poet Laureate position links up with these other finalists for future events.
Dec 29, 2020
MARQUETTE What do Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie and Houghton have in common? Students there as well as other Catholic ministries across the Upper Peninsula have benefited from #GivingTuesday.
The Diocese of Marquette said Lake Superior State University students received funding for their “home away from home” at the Newman Center there. The burgeoning music ministry of St. Albert the Great student parish serving Michigan Tech University students will be able to restore an organ built in the 1880s. Northern Michigan University students are “Lighting the Fire” with more than $11,000 raised to support their ministries.
This year in the Upper Peninsula, 178 donations totaling $32,673 were made to 45 different Catholic ministries. This amount doubled the $16K given for iGiveCatholic in 2019. For complete results of each organization, visit marquette.igivecatholic.org.
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Brianna ScottDecember 19, 2020
Girish Venkatesh with his family before he left India to study in Arizona. He is among the roughly 1 million international students at U.S. colleges and universities. (Courtesy of Girish Venkatesh)
The U.S. is nine months into the pandemic and for some people, it’s the first time they’ve gone without seeing their loved ones for months on end.
Even with a vaccine rolling out, many families won’t be able to gather for the holidays.
That separation is something the more than 1 million international students studying in the U.S. this year are familiar with. If it was hard before for them to get home for visits, the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult.
Saturday, December 19, 2020 by Brianna Scott (NPR)
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Girish Venkatesh with his family before he left India to study in Arizona. He is among the roughly 1 million international students at U.S. colleges and universities.
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The U.S. is nine months into the pandemic and for some people, it’s the first time they’ve gone without seeing their loved ones for months on end.
Even with a vaccine rolling out, many families won’t be able to gather for the holidays.
Originally published on December 20, 2020 10:45 am
The U.S. is nine months into the pandemic and for some people, it s the first time they ve gone without seeing their loved ones for months on end.
Even with a vaccine rolling out, many families won t be able to gather for the holidays.
That separation is something the more than 1 million international students studying in the U.S. this year are familiar with. If it was hard before for them to get home for visits, the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult.
To help cope with being away from home, they ve created new support networks, immersed themselves in American culture and developed other techniques to help lessen the burden.