New center for Growing Hope opens
Several hundred people helped celebrate the grand opening of Growing Hope’s new Garden and Education Center at 922 W.
Several hundred people helped celebrate the grand opening of Growing Hope’s new Garden and Education Center at 922 W.
In an interview with The Eastern Echo, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley granted insight into Governor Snyder’s administration, outlined ways in which Eastern Michigan University is a national leader in autism research and explained the virtue in “taking chances and being bold” as a graduate in the state of Michigan.
As Eastern Michigan University students approach graduation, many are asking themselves where they want to go, but two students in the urban planning program are trying to find out what it would take to keep them in Ypsilanti.
United States President Barack Obama held a conference call aboard Air Force One with journalists from around the country Tuesday to discuss the need for Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling July 1— which is expected to add on average around $1,000 to students’ debt.
Although Eastern Michigan University alumnus Dave Coverly has an impressive resume as a syndicated cartoonist with his comic “Speed Bump”—which is featured in over 400 publications and websites worldwide— Coverly said his upcoming commencement speech will not be about his experiences, but about the graduates and the next level of their lives.
“I think Bob [Heighes] is a dedicated, professional leader who cares very deeply for [Eastern Michigan University] and the employees he works with,” said EMU police officer John Phillips.
Room and board rates will increase by 4.95 percent next year, as approved by the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents in a seven-to-one vote at the general meeting on April 17.
Starting in Fall 2012, a new system will be implemented in the way Learning Beyond the Classroom credits are distributed for new and current students.
Due to the changes in Pell Grant eligibility, many students at Eastern Michigan University are left to wonder how they’ll pay for class or whether they’ll graduate on time.
Eastern Michigan University celebrated the completion of its six-year goal last Thursday night. “$55 million so far,” President Susan Martin said.
Eastern Michigan University’s budget is balanced despite the decrease in state appropriations and the brief decline in portfolio returns that led to last fall’s temporary $4.6 million deficit.
Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh spoke Tuesday at Eastern Michigan University to a small group of students.
Eastern Michigan University’s Board of Regents made major changes to the management of Eagle Crest Resort, during its meeting Tuesday in 201 Welch Hall, because under the former management arrangement the university had been losing “maybe $150,000 a year” EMU Chief Financial Officer John Lumm said.
The second phase of Eastern Michigan University’s TRUEMU campaign was initiated this week, focusing more on faculty than the first phase.
Eastern Michigan University held the spotlight at the Ypsilanti City Council meeting Tuesday night at the City Hall downtown.
Sarah Hayes, a 2011 Eastern Michigan University alumnus, did a lot of fundraising for needy families during her matriculation at the university, but she never imagined she would be raising money in hopes to save her own sister’s life as she battles Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer. “It’s my sister.
Eastern Michigan University students will see their 2012-13 academic year rates for residence halls, meal plans and apartments increase 4.95 percent if approved by the Board of Regents at its Tuesday meeting. During the current 2011-12 academic year, students with single rooms in Hoyt, Hill and Pittman Halls and Platinum 18 meal plans paid $9,546.
Eastern Michigan University’s Students for Ethical and Participatory Education, partnered with Occupy Ypsilanti for a free teach-in on Saturday in Porter Hall.
The last of five candidates for Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Public Safety chief of police was interviewed in a public forum on April 13 in room 330 of the Student Center. Police Captain Scott Pavlik began his law enforcement career in 1984 as a corrections officer for the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department.
Suzanne Lacy spoke as the last of Eastern Michigan University’s Porter Chair Speaker Series on April 12.