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(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 Master of Public Health Program. Ranelle Brew, chair of the Department of Public Health at Grand Val...

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 Lake Superior, Marquette Mountain and other beautiful locations. NMU students receive free rentals of ...

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 education at the University of Idaho where she studied liberal arts. She continued her studies at the Sun ...

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 March to May. Even after the library reopened, people weren’t visiting like they used to and almost ...

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 the Crystal Falls District Library invite people to join the book club, which focuses on what its nam...