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A Conversation with the President: the demographic cliff, Evergreen Initiative, and salamanders

NMU President Chris Olsen

Northern Michigan University President Chris Olsen sat down with Public Radio 90 News Director Nicole Walton to talk about how the number of college-age kids has declined over the past few years, the university's new Evergreen Initiative, and how NMU is involved with increasing the amount of data about the blue-spotted salamander.

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.