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Sonderegger Symposium looks at maritime history at NMU

MARQUETTE, MI— Northern Michigan University’s 25th annual Sonderegger Symposium will be held this Friday.

The event features a number of presentations about Upper Peninsula history. The theme of this year’s symposium is Above and Below the Surface: Maritime History of the Great Lakes. It was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald but deals with a number of other topics. Speakers include noted maritime scholars, authors, curators and divers.

The symposium begins at 9 a.m. Friday in Northern Center Ballroom IV. It is free and open to the public.

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Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.