Feb. 16 On the night of Feb. 12, a collection of jewelry was stolen from the Olds-Robb Recreation Center.
Eastern Michigan University’s new governmental and community relations team has been selected.
Eastern Michigan University’s new governmental and community relations team has been selected. Former Ann Arbor city councilman Leigh Greden was named executive director of governmental and community relations, pending approval by the Board of Regents. His appointment is effective March 22.
Ypsilanti community members expressed several frustrations toward plans to close schools in Ypsilanti School District at Tuesday evening’s community forum at the high school auditorium.
An astronomer from the Vatican spoke Wednesday at Eastern Michigan University on the relationship between religion and science. A large portion of Brother Guy Consolmagno’s discussion was about past relationships between the Vatican and astronomers.
A faculty senate meeting led by Matt Evett was held Wednesday. A number of issues, including the budget and early intervention programs, were discussed.
Christian organizations at Eastern Michigan University came together Thursday in the Student Center to discuss a mission trip to the Dominican Republic.
The Special Education department sponsored an auction event that raised $2,170 for scholarships for special needs students last Thursday.
The Willow Run Board of Education unanimously approved a new $18,000 software package to help failing high school students graduate. The software, called E-2020, provides digital instruction videos, text books, applications, homework, quizzes and tests for teachers to use in several core classes. “It’s a tool to provide content, not replace teachers,” said Greg Bishop, the software company’s representative, at Thursday night’s meeting. Read the rest of this story at: YpsiCiti.com.
More than two dozen Eastern Michigan University adjunct lecturers packed the seats at a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday, to voice their support for forming a union. Mark Wenzel and Peter Thomason, adjuncts at EMU, spoke on behalf of the Adjunct Lecturers’ Organizing Committee, the organization formed to help adjuncts organize.
Congressman John Dingell suggested students work on the basics, during a panel of human resource directors from major companies presenting a seminar Monday at the Student Center about getting hired.
Approximately 15 professors and environmental leaders attended a discussion on environmental sustainability last Friday,. The event was organized by Chris Mayda, associate professor of geography at Eastern Michigan University.
The city of Ypsilanti’s Downtown Development Authority is coordinating a Façade Grant application for business and property owners in the DDA districts. The competitive grant program, funded through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will afford property and business owners the opportunity to obtain up to a 50 percent match for façade improvements.
Ypsilanti Public Schools announced it will be hosting a public forum Tuesday to discuss its pending budget cuts with the community. The announcement, made in a noon press release from the district, comes after the Board of Education decided to hold a series of meetings to involve the public in its decision-making process. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
Sixteen Eastern Michigan University freshmen have been awarded the Presidential Scholarship, the largest academic award at EMU. The scholarship is a four-year full-ride award that pays 30 credit hours each year of in-state tuition, housing, food allowance and mandatory fees.
Fifteen additional Eastern Michigan University students have been tested for tuberculosis after one case was confirmed Feb. 7.
Bronwyn H. Bleakley, a candidate seeking a professorial position at Eastern Michigan University in evolutionary biology and genetics, gave a lecture titled, “Evolutionary Genetics of Cooperation and Cannibalism.”
The city of Ypsilanti is investigating an alleged relationship between the police department’s newly appointed chief and a road officer on the force.
Eastern Michigan University is offering free rape aggression defense courses that instruct women in defensive fighting tactics to fend off rapists and other attackers.
The city of Ypsilanti will have a new city planner beginning Feb. 15. Teresa Gillotti, Ypsilanti’s Michigan State University Extension Planner, will replace City Planner Richard Murphy as he takes a new job with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance. “It happened fairly quickly that Murphy was offered a job from the Michigan Suburbs Alliance and had to quickly take it,” Gillotti said of the city planner position Thursday afternoon.
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