Grad and Former Professor Wins Evergreen Award

Lucille Contois, former NMU professor and alumna, was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Marquette County Evergreen Award, which honors an individual who makes the county a better place for women and girls. The Upper Peninsula native has demonstrated her dedication to educating students at NMU, helping programs gain accreditation, and advocating for women with Marquette's Zonta Club.

"I was shaking," said Contois in a TV6 report. "I just really had no idea and no expectation of that at all. I was here excitedly waiting for the person who's going to be the recipient and didn't believe it was going to be me. This is amazing. I've been in awe of every recipient, and I never would've thought that I'd be here. It was earthshaking for me."

At the award ceremony, the Community Foundation of Marquette County also announced that Dana Hinckley, ASNMU student government president and a secondary Spanish education major, received the Evergreen Scholarship Award.

To learn more about the Evergreen Award of Marquette County visit here.

Hinckley Receives the Evergreen Scholarship from NMU Professor and Zonta member Kia Jane Richmond