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News briefs, March 23

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Eastern Michigan University’s Black Women’s Leadership Symposium will be starting at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 24, in the Guild Room of McKenny.

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Police blotter, March 23

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Parking Department called the Department of Public Safety to North Campus Lot at 11:33 a.m.

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EMU holds third annual Business Luncheon

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, March 20, 2016

“One of the reasons we hold these events is to give our students a chance to network,” Dean Michael Tidwell said during the third annual Eastern Michigan University Business Luncheon, Friday, March 18. Circular white tables filled the mood-lit Student Center Ballroom during the event, which served both as a function to award businesses for their exemplary achievements, and for students in the COB to network with potential employers.

Alison Kafer, PhD, professor of feminist studies at Southwestern University presents her lecture "Haunting the Edges of Social Justice: Disability Across Movements"

Alison Kafer lectures on disability equality

By Sarah Lewis · Sunday, March 20, 2016

The lecture “Haunting the Edges of Social Justice: Disability Across Movements” which touches on how disability relates to social movements and social justice was presented by Alison Kafer, PhD, professor of feminist studies at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas on Thursday, March 17 in Halle Library. Kafer, who teaches feminist, environmental, and race and ethnicity studies said that she hopes that her lecture will teach people to look at disability in a new way and get more involved in activism.

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News briefs, March 20

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, March 20, 2016

Students will have the opportunity to learn about Confucianism Monday, March 21, when Grand Valley State University professor Peimin Ni visits campus.

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EMU student dead Thursday night due to probable suicide

By Drew Saunders · Friday, March 18, 2016

An EMU student was struck and killed by an Amtrak train, Thursday, just before midnight. According to a press release from the university that was emailed across campus, the victim was a young woman between the ages of 19-20 from Brownstown Michigan and a resident of Hill Hall. “Our thoughts and sympathy are with the victim’s family and friends,” the press release said.

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EMU student helps raise over $100,000 through poetry

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, March 16, 2016

What do you do when you go back home from Eastern to visit your family? For EMU students such as Razjea Bridges-Fordham, she goes back to a city where she tries to avoid the water. Her immediate family is one of the lucky households in Flint, Michigan that do not receive city water for their faucets, but she has friends and family in the city that are connected to contaminated pipes.

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News briefs, March 16

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, March 15, 2016

St. Patrick's Day is Thursday, March 17. The Marketplace will be celebrating with Irish themed food, from 11:30 a.m.

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Police blotter, March 16

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Thursday, March 10, 2016. The Parking Department called the Department of Public Safety at 7:51 p.m., Thursday to report a fraudulent hang tag.

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Getting to know EMU's Upward Bound program

By Nina Drumsta · Sunday, March 13, 2016

Eastern Michigan University’s Upward Bound program is a Federally-funded pre-college academic program designed to provide students from Ypsilanti Community High Schools and Ypsilanti New Tech High School with the skills and motivation to move on to attend a university to obtain a college degree.

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News briefs, March 13

By Drew Saunders · Saturday, March 12, 2016

EMU students will have an extra free movie viewing, Monday, March 14. Good Will Hunting will be playing in the Student Center Auditorium at 12:30 p.m.

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EMU's Michigan DECA to host conference at Cobo Hall

By Nina Drumsta · Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Eastern Michigan University’s Michigan DECA will have their 70th Annual Career Development Conference, hosting 3,600 Michigan high school students from across the state at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit March 11-13, 2016.

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News briefs, March 8

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The EMU Gymnastics team will be hosting Central Michigan University and South East Missouri State at the Convocation Center, Thursday, March 10.

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