Post game reception in Kalamazoo

Come and meet NMU President Les Wong.

Immediately following NMU vs. Western
Saturday, Jan. 28
Damon's
3124 S. Westnedge Ave
Kalamazoo
Immediately following the game (approx. 7 p.m.)

Free snacks, beverages available for purchase.

All NMU alumni and friends are invited to attend.

Please RSVP to the NMU Alumni Association

Rather than heading directly home for the recent holiday break, 10 members of the NMU Constructors Club took a detour south to Montgomery, Ala., to help build a Habitat for Humanity house. The group is comprised of construction management majors who volunteer regularly for Marquette Habitat for Humanity. Brent Madison, vice president of the club, said members browsed the FEMA Web site and decided they might possibly want to extend their services to another part of the country. He said the biggest hurdle was convincing the national Habitat organization that their intentions were legitimate.
“We tried for six weeks and finally got the okay from the Montgomery chapter," Madison said.
After weeks of fundraising, the club sacrificed their first two weeks of vacation to make the 1,169-mile trip to New Hope, a community in northern Montgomery. They were put to work on a house that was half completed and assumed different divisions of labor. Some of the students stood on ladders and painted awnings, while others drilled bolts into wooden frames or reinforced windows.   Even though they were out working instead of sleeping in and watching TV like some of their classmates, Madison said the experience was definitely worthwhile.
“We got to go on a road trip and help out some great people from another part of the country. This has taught us to look outside of the Midwest and see how much other people benefit from things like Habitat.”
The group's efforts garnered an extensive feature story in the Montgomery Advertiser.

Chris Cardinal, the club’s president, was also instrumental in organizing the trip. He and Madison would like to see it become an annual event for the club.  They didn’t get to finish the house, but were pleased with their progress, and even made it home in time for Christmas.

The DeVos Art Museum recently unveiled a new exhibit titled “Copley to Cassatt: American Paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts.”
The collection chronicles American painting from Colonial times to the early 20th century. It features such noted artists as John Singleton Copley, James McNeil Whistler, George Inness, Winslow Homer, Robert Henri and Mary Cassatt (whose oil on canvas titled "In the Garden" is pictured). The exhibition is the largest loan ever of 18th, 19th and early-20th century American paintings to come to the DeVos Art Museum from the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
“It is made possible by the renovation and expansion project now under way at the DIA, as the building program has required the closure of galleries and restricted storage spaces,” said museum curator Wayne Francis. “The paintings selected are works that are customarily installed in the DIA's American galleries. This unique circumstance will benefit the people of the Upper Peninsula who may not ordinarily be able to view the paintings in Detroit.”
"Copley to Cassatt" runs through March 3. It is presented by the DeVos Art Museum in cooperation with the Detroit Institute of Arts, with assistance from the Dennos Museum Center and support from the John and June Jamrich Endowment for the Arts.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  Admission is free.

NMU President Les Wong,
Alumni Association President Garn Lewis '86, Ph.D.
and
the NMU Alumni Association Board of Directors
invite you to a
casual gathering of NMU alumni and friends.

Saturday, Feb. 11
6-8 p.m.
Mo's Irish Pub
142 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Downtown Milwaukee

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages available for purchase.
Please RVSP to the NMU Alumni Association.