Editing Northern Michigan University (section)

==History==
Northern Michigan University was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School to offer teacher preparation programs in Michigan's then-wild and sparsely populated [[Upper Peninsula]]. When it opened in 1899, NMU enrolled thirty-two students who were taught by six faculty members in rented rooms in [[Marquette City Hall|Marquette city hall]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hilton |first=Miriam |title=Northern Michigan University: The First 75 Years |publisher=Northern Michigan University Press |year=1975 |location=Marquette |pages=8}}</ref> The original {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus site at the corner of Presque Isle and Kaye Avenues was on land donated by local businessman and philanthropist [[John Munro Longyear|John M. Longyear]], whose namesake academic building, Longyear Hall, opened in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.nmu.edu/nmuhistory |title = Northern's History |publisher = Northern Michigan University |language = en |access-date = March 30, 2018 |archive-date = March 30, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212702/https://www.nmu.edu/nmuhistory |url-status = live }}</ref>

Throughout the school's first half-century, education and teacher training was the school's primary focus. During this time, the school built the native sandstone buildings Kaye and Peter White Halls, as well as a manual training school next to the campus buildings, J.D. Pierce School.The institution has undergone several name changes:

*Northern State Normal, 1899
*Northern State Teachers College, 1927
*Northern Michigan College of Education, 1942
*Northern Michigan College, 1955<ref>{{cite web |url = https://northerntradition.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/historical-spotlight-evolution-and-name-updates-of-nmu/ |title = Historical Spotlight: Evolution and Name Updates of NMU |date = September 11, 2017 |publisher = Northern Michigan University |access-date = September 29, 2018 |archive-date = January 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230116192337/https://northerntradition.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/historical-spotlight-evolution-and-name-updates-of-nmu/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/northern-michigan-university/ |title = Northern Michigan University – Michigan History |website = michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu |access-date = September 29, 2018 |archive-date = January 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230116192341/https://www.leadr.studio/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
In 1963, through the adoption of a new [[Constitution of Michigan|state constitution in Michigan]], Northern Michigan was designated a comprehensive university serving the diverse educational needs of Upper Michigan. Graduate education began in March 1935 when courses at the master's degree level were offered in cooperation with the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nmu.edu/graduatestudies/history |title = History |publisher = Northern Michigan University College of Graduate Studies |access-date = September 29, 2018 |archive-date = September 29, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180929160020/https://www.nmu.edu/graduatestudies/history |url-status = live }}</ref>