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NORTHERN’S PreHealth students are given a unique opportunity for experiential learning right on campus with our state-ofthe-art cadaver lab. Our sophomore-level Human Anatomy students utilize the cadaver lab as part of the anatomy laboratory curriculum. Juniors or seniors applying to medical, nursing, dental, physician assistant, or physical or occupational therapy programs also have the option to enroll in our Gross Anatomy course. “This type of hands-on learning is very impactful for our students. Immersive learning activities enhance our students’ understanding of the structures, but beyond that, students get to observe disease processes and the amazing variations among individuals,” said Dr. Amy Dolan, Professor of Biology. This course teaches the fundamentals of cadaver dissection and directly prepares students for their graduate programs in health-care fields. Beyond just the classroom learning objectives, through these experiences the students also learn gratitude. “We are incredibly lucky to have this program and appreciate the selfless gift given by our body donors to our students and our community,” said Dolan. NORTHERN PRE-HEALTH STUDENTS Get Hands-on Experience in the Anatomy Lab NSU SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM in Action DESPITE Covid-19 still affecting nearly everything we do, the NSU Speech and Debate Team has been doing well at tournaments they have attended this academic year. In the fall semester, the team attended three tournaments. At the Jackrabbit Joust, Kahden Mooney and Jakob Lund took first place in Parliamentary Debate. Along with this victory, Mooney, Lund, and Ethan Kurtz took the top three speaker awards in Parliamentary Debate respectively. At the Valley Forensics League #1 (VFL), Emma Murdock took first place in Impromptu Speaking. At VFL #2, Jakob Lund and Alex Arndt took first place in Parliamentary Debate, with Lund taking Top Speaker. After a short break for the new semester, the team attended two more tournaments in the spring. At VFL #3, Rachel Peterson took third place in Prose, and fourth place in Dramatic Interpretation. Kurtz also took fifth place in Impromptu Speaking. At VFL #4, Kurtz took third Top Speaker in Parliamentary Debate. Right now, the team is preparing for the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament (PKD). The team has worked long and hard training for PKD, and is looking forward to continuing their success for the tournament which takes place from March 10 until March 12, 2022 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. FOUR College of Arts and Sciences students defended their Honors Theses in the fall of 2021: Mary Johnson Fullmer, Megan Mooberry, Laurie Rogers, and Olivia Rud. This spring, an even larger group is scheduled to defend their Honors Theses: Olivia Becker, Kristen Calderon, Mackenzie McClemans, Jakob Lund, Jessica Stockert, Drew Talberg, Garret Thompson, and Tawnie Williams. Please join us in congratulating the students on this significant academic achievement. HONORS STUDENTS Defended their Theses STUDENTS enrolled in INDG/CMST 335 Native Identity and Resiliency with Dr. Sills enjoyed a Zoom session with Native comedian Terry Ree on March 11. The class had read about Ree’s comedy duo, Williams & Ree, and discussed the controversies over their material. During the session, students were able to ask Ree about his views of those controversies and about the nature of humor in general. COMEDIAN in the Classroom Dr. Amy Dolan Dr. Liz Sills

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