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Northern Michigan University

university, Marquette, Michigan, United States

Also known as: Northern State Normal School

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Date:: 1899 - present

Areas Of Involvement:: public education

Notable Alumni:: Howard Schultz

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Northern Michigan University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Marquette, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It comprises the Walter L. Cisler College of Business and colleges of arts and sciences; graduate studies; and professional studies, including education, nursing, and technology and applied sciences. The university offers a range of associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree programs as well as professional certification in a number of fields. Research facilities include an observatory, a field station, and forested lands; the school also houses the Center for Upper Peninsula Studies and operates television and radio stations.

The university was founded in 1899 as the Northern State Normal School. It remained primarily a teacher-training institution into the 1950s, after which it diversified its curriculum. In 1963 Northern Michigan was granted university status. The campus in Marquette became the first U.S. Olympic Education Center (one of four Olympic training facilities in the country) in 1989.

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Marquette

Upper Peninsula, Michigan, United States

Also known as: Worcester

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Marquette, city, seat (1851) of Marquette county, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. On the shore of Lake Superior, overlooked by Sugarloaf Mountain (north), it lies about 65 miles (105 km) north-northwest of Escanaba. Founded in 1849 as Worcester and renamed for Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette, it became an important iron ore and lumber port. It later developed heavy industries, but most of those had left the city by the early 1990s; manufactures now include food products and concrete. Other economic factors are telecommunications, tourism, and Northern Michigan University (1899). Marquette is a Roman Catholic diocesan seat; St. Peter’s Cathedral (1937) contains the crypt of Bishop Frederic Baraga, the first bishop of the Upper Peninsula. The city’s Presque Isle Park is on a small wooded peninsula extending into the lake. The Marquette County Historical Museum and Marquette Maritime Museum are located in the city. A herd of wild moose was reintroduced to the area in the mid-1980s, the only such herd in the state since the species was hunted to near extinction in the early 20th century. The U.S. Coast Guard operates a station at the oldest (1866) of the city’s three lighthouses. Inc. village, 1859; city, 1871. Pop. (2000) 19,661; (2010) 21,355.

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