Facilities

Northern Michigan University’s physical campus is made up of more than 50 facilities. It is located just minutes from the shore of Lake Superior and from downtown Marquette, Mich.

The campus was named one of the “most unwired” (wireless) and wired campuses in the United States.

The campus’s main quad, or academic mall as it is called at NMU, consists of the Learning Resources Center and Olson Library, Jamrich Hall, the Seaborg Science Complex and the Hedgcock Student Service Center.

The arts plaza is right down the sidewalk from Jamrich and includes Forest Roberts Theatre and the Thomas Fine Arts and McClintock buildings.

Whitman Hall is near the academic mall, just outside of the quad. It is the home of the NMU Center for Native American Studies. Whitman includes a lounge area that diplays all of the flags of the areas tribes. Adjacent to the facility in NMU’s fire site, which is as an educational, cultural and social outdoor gathering area.

The main academic facility is the Jacobetti Center, a five-acre building that houses many of Northern’s community college programs. Not far from Jacobetti is NMU’s Sports Complex, which features the Superior Dome (pictured above), the world’s larges wooden dome, as well as a physical education instructional facility and the Berry Events Center, which is an ice arena, basketball arena and concert area.

There are 10 residential areas on campus. The campus also features several high-end specialty computer labs, a speech and hearing clinic, two art galleries, a student radio statios, public TV and radio stations, a university center with a bookstore, and one of the premier sports complexes of the Midwest, which includes the Superior Dome – the largest wooden dome in the world.

One aspect of the NMU campus that students say they enjoy is that everything is within easy walking distance.