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Michigan Tech isn’t the only Upper Peninsula university that is going for a new look.
Northern Michigan’s Board of Trustees Wednesday approved brand new academic and athletic logos for the school.
The new graphic designs, which include a University-exclusive typeface, were put together over the last year by an Ohio design firm in collaboration with the NMU community.
“We started by going out and talking to our students and to our alumni and to our community about what the logos that we had meant to them and what they thought of the logos, and from that, started a design process to really reflect the new directions the University was moving in,” said NMU President Fritz Erickson.
University Art Director Mike Forester says he pleased with the result.
“The process is just as important as the final result,” said NMU Art Director Mike Forester. “Making a logo and an identity that represents all of the different people here currently – past, present, future – it’s a daunting task, but I’m a really happy with the amount of participation that we’ve had.”
Replacing all of the logos across the University could be a three to four year process.
However, some athletes will be sporting the new Wildcat this fall.
See the video for this story by ABC-10’s Andy Kulie here.
