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Sidney Phan designs the Sweetwater's board

The Center for Entrepreneurship at EMU hosts Winter 2021 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with CEO of Sweetwaters

By Emily Bernabe · Tuesday, April 13, 2021

CEO of Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Lisa Bee, shared her experiences in building her business and gave advice to aspiring entrepreneurs .

Gov. Whitmer and Rep. Dingell visit EMU to discuss vaccine access

By Megan Forystek · Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Gov. Whitmer and Rep. Dingell visited the Convocation Center at EMU to discuss local COVID-19 vaccine distribution and encourage Washtenaw County residents to get vaccinated.

Symposium: Bernie Sanders and socialism in the 21st century

By Kaila Trefil · Sunday, April 11, 2021

Valentyna Stadnik presents her analysis of Sanders' language in a 2019 speech regarding ideology and democratic socialism. Listen to the Symposium podcast here or on your favorite podcast app.

EMU to distribute $750,000 for student emergency relief

By Megan Forystek · Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Eastern Michigan University opened up applications for student emergency financial relief through the CRRSAA to help with costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transgender youth activist and actress Zoey Luna speaks at keynote address on Transgender Day of Visibility

By Catherine Lietz · Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Transgender actress and activist, Zoey Luna, spoke in a keynote address on Transgender Day of Visibility hosted by the LGBT Resource Center.

New environmentally friendly and zero-waste shop opens in Dexter, Michigan

By Anastasia Moutzalias · Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Bee Joyful Zero Waste &Refill shop, Michigan’s first zero waste and refill shop, opened its second location to the public of Dexter, Michigan on Friday, April 2. The shop offers customers environmentally friendly products.

EMU MASCOT SWOOP FOUND DEAD, THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM REVEALED

By Chelsea Bacci · Thursday, April 1, 2021

EMU’s Swoop the Eagle has been found brutally murdered after a suspected failure to pay debts to campus animals. Inside sources have revealed the secret life of Swoop, which involved a ring of campus wildlife and their own crimes. Exclusive Echo coverage reveals all.

Gallery: EMU protest against sexual assault March 25 and 28

EMU students protest in response to lawsuit accusing EMU officials of ignoring sexual assault claims

By Austin Elliott , Ally Graham , Quanzelle Wyatt and Gracie Thompson · Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Two protests were staged by EMU students in response to a lawsuit being filed against the University over the mishandling of Title IX reports from sexual assault victims.

EMU students honored in the 25th annual Student Gold Medallion Awards

By Catherine Lietz · Monday, March 29, 2021

14 outstanding EMU students and organizations were honored in Campus Life’s 25th annual Student Gold Medallion Awards on March 23.

EMU faculty discusses: six Dr. Seuss books pulled from publication due to racist imagery

By Megan Forystek · Monday, March 29, 2021

The announcement that six Dr. Seuss books would no longer be printed has sparked conversations about representation in children’s literature and cancel culture.

Ypsilanti and EMU Police Department photos

Campus-Area Crime Map: March 14 through March 28

By Tyler Gaw · Monday, March 29, 2021

The campus–area crime map is a report of criminal activity that has been reported in the Ypsilanti-area, as well as on the campus of Eastern Michigan University during the weeks of Sunday, March 14 through Sunday, March 28.

Black Honors Student Organization hosts their first women's leadership panel

By Cedrick Charles · Saturday, March 27, 2021

Six BIPOC women discuss their journeys to their leadership roles here at EMU at the Women’s Leadership Panel hosted by the Black Honors Student Organization.

Student Government's latest meeting: the last vote for referendums during the Winter 2021 Semester

By Emma Henri · Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A longer meeting than usual, lasting almost two hours, included a lot of final voting. Two referendums were not passed and one resolution was passed.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport receives Airport Service Quality Award

By Bianca Ramsey · Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) received "the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award for Best Airport by Size and Region" by Airports Council International (ACI), during the COVID-19 pandemic and the year 2020. Travelers gave high ratings for the airport’s clean restrooms, terminals, short wait times, passport inspection, and friendly staff members.

A look inside EMU's Student Government ballot for the 2021-2022 school year; 20 Senators and one President/Vice President Running Pair to run

By Emma Henri · Monday, March 22, 2021

Meet the candidates running for Eastern Michigan’s Student Government for the 2021-2022 school year. Voting takes place on March 24 and 25, 2021.

Kappa Delta Pi Hosts a book drive and virtual book fair during National Reading Month

By Emma Henri · Monday, March 22, 2021

During National Reading Month, Kappa Delta Pi is looking to expand literacy in the Ypsilanti community by accepting donations of books for teachers and hosting a Virtual Book Fair with Scholastic.

EMU College of Engineering and Technology renamed after alumni group GameAbove

By Cedrick Charles · Thursday, March 18, 2021

On Feb.18, 2021, the Board of Regents approved the renaming of the college of engineering and technology to GameAbove College of Engineering and technology. The name change became effective as of March 1, 2021.

Eastern Michigan University's Honors College starts a book club

By Emma Henri · Sunday, March 14, 2021

Every other Monday, Eastern Michigan University’s Honors College hosts a book club from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is currently reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

Campus-Area Crime Map: March 8 through March 13

By Tyler Gaw · Sunday, March 14, 2021

The campus–area crime map is a report of criminal activity that has been reported in the Ypsilanti-area, as well as on the campus of Eastern Michigan University during the week of Monday, March 8 through Saturday, March 13.

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EMU hosts International Women’s Day Panel about the global impact of COVID-19 on women

By Catherine Lietz · Sunday, March 14, 2021

EMU hosted a virtual panel for International Women's Day about the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women on Monday, March 8.

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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