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Stabenow to speak at NMU graduation

MARQUETTE, MI--   U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow will be the keynote speaker at Northern Michigan University’s spring commencement ceremony. 

NMU President Fritz Erickson says the university’s Educational Access Network initiative aligns with one of Stabenow’s priorities as Ranking Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry. In the bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill she coauthored, the Senator secured provisions to expand high-speed internet in rural communities to grow the rural economy.

Stabenow served 12 years in the Michigan House and four years in the state Senate before she was elected to the Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House. She became the first woman from Michigan elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000.

NMU’s graduation will be held Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the Superior Dome. It will be broadcast live on WNMU-TV and streamed online at nmu.edu/commencement.

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.