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Eastern offering leadership minor in the fall

By Amy Cooper · Monday, June 23, 2014

Eastern Michigan University has a new minor coming this fall called interdisciplinary leadership, which is set to expand knowledge and personal awareness skill sets in hopes of creating a worldly and organized student upon graduation.

BrotherHOOD creates sense of community

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 23, 2014

The program’s “barbershop” events have turned out to one of the most successful facets of the initiative. These events are aimed at creating a sense of community among men of color on campus and provide them with a support network at EMU.

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Police Blotter

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 16, 2014

June 5 Officers tried to stop a suspect who was trespassing on campus at Pierce Hall at 5:40 p.m.

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News Briefs

By Drew Saunders · Monday, June 16, 2014

Contract negotiations underway The Dining, Trades, Custodial and Grounds departments are in the process of negotiating with the university over new contracts set to expire in July.

Eastern Michigan University’s Vice President for Government and Community Relations, Leigh Greden.

Leigh Greden Leaves EMU for Washington D.C.

By Curt Allain · Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Leigh Greden, Eastern Michigan University’s vice president of government and community and community relations, will retire from EMU and become Congressman John Dingell’s chief of staff, EMU President Susan Martin said at Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting.

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Board of Regents briefs for June 10

By Al Willman and Curt Allain · Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Board of Regents briefs for June 10 Board of Regents approves FY2015 Budget The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents approved Tuesday a $301.9 million general fund operating expenditure budget.

Bob Lutz visited EMU on June 4 to talk about leadership.

Bob Lutz spends evening at EMU

By Nora Naughton · Monday, June 9, 2014

Bob Lutz, a legend of the American auto industry, visited Eastern Michigan University on June 4 to promote his new book, “Icons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership” and to share his experience with strong leaders throughout his career in the auto industry.

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Police Blotter

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 9, 2014

May 29 Police arrested a woman near Oakwood Street at 5:35 a.m. for a bench warrant issued for failure to comply with the Court’s request in a 1998 case. Officers were called to the Lobby Shop in the Student Center at 11:16 a.m.

EMU CFO John Lumm

University begins search for new CFO

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 2, 2014

Eastern Michigan University is shopping for a new Chief Financial Officer. Its current CFO, John Lumm, has informed the University he plans to retire at the end of August.

Charity Vogel, staff reporter at the Buffalo News, spoke to EMU’s technology students Wednesday

‘Angola Horror’ lecture examines the value of failure

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 2, 2014

By examining horrors from the past, Eastern Michigan University technology students try to use their education to prevent similar mistakes from happening in the future. To aid them in this process, Charity Vogel, staff reporter at The Buffalo News and author of “The Angola Horror: The Train Wreck that Transformed American Railroads,” spoke to EMU students Wednesday night in the Student Center.

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News Briefs

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 2, 2014

EMU’s ECA ranked sixth in the state The Early College Alliance at Eastern Michigan University is ranked sixth in the state for Michigan Merit Exam reading and mathematics scores, according to the web site schooldigger.com.

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Police Blotter

By Curt Allain · Monday, June 2, 2014

May 21 A student reported that his or her iPhone was stolen from the Olds Robb Student Recreation building at 3:36 p.m.

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News Briefs

By Drew Saunders and Curt Allain · Monday, May 26, 2014

Water main breaks Wednesday morning, contractors working on a six-inch water pipe supplying water to Warner Gymnasium, accidently caused the pipe to burst, flooding the ground floor level of the building.

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Police Blotter

By Curt Allain · Monday, May 26, 2014

May 15 Officers performing a traffic stop near Huron River Drive and Leforge Street at 1:27 a.m. arrested a suspect on outstanding warrants.

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Economics professor shares thoughts on student debt

By Drew Saunders · Monday, May 26, 2014

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the U.S. has accrued $1.2 trillion in student loan debt. While Eastern Michigan University has no way of determining exactly how much its current and former students owe, EMU’s students received $247,716,323 in aid from the university in the form of grants, scholarships, loans, stipends, tuition waivers and work-study programs. Carol Hogan, a professor of economics at EMU, agreed to sit down for an interview about student loan debt.

Latest Podcast

Introducing The Eastern Echo’s newest event and news based podcast, Scoop on the Scene. These weekly episodes will be hosted by the organization’s Digital Editor, Julez DeShetler. She intends to bring awareness to the events happening on an around campus to Echo listeners. 

DeShetler’s goal with the podcast is to encourage students and community members to get involved in an educated, safe and fun manner. She will list various events to choose from in addition to sharing the key details of said events. 

These podcasts can be expected to come out near the weekends and be no longer than 10-15 minutes.

For the week of Sept. 14 to Sept. 20, DeShetler includes events such as sports, a pub crawl, yoga, a movie in the park, Study Abroad Fair and training sessions. 

Be sure to tune in weekly to stay up to date on all the Eastern Michigan and Ypsilanti amusement!

Listen to this week’s episode here: 

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