Eagle on the Street, Nov. 1
With midterms coming to a conclusion, Eastern students are finally getting a chance to come out of their studying caves and Eagle on the Street was there to ask: How do you celebrate the end of midterms?
With midterms coming to a conclusion, Eastern students are finally getting a chance to come out of their studying caves and Eagle on the Street was there to ask: How do you celebrate the end of midterms?
Monday, Nov. 2 Sigma Nu will host the second annual Cleanin' Up Ypsi at 6:30-8 p.m., Monday, at 125 North Normal Street, to pick up litter around town.
To present a day in a life as a Muslim woman, the Muslim Student Association, in collaboration with Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government will be hosting Hijab Week in the Women’s Resource Center, room 356 of the Student Center.
The Eastern Michigan University football team kicked off their most recent home game with a pep rally in the convocation center on Thursday. The band played up-beat songs by artists like Bruno Mars and Megan Trainor while the Pompon Team danced along and the cheerleaders did routines to the music.
Hungry students have received more than 1,500 pounds of food since Swoop’s Student Food Pantry opened just over a month ago on Sept.
Eastern Michigan University's Nonprofit Leadership Alliance teamed up with Growing Hope for the last open-air farmer's market for the year Saturday morning in Depot Town.
Freshman Alex Theisen won a year of free tuition at the football game against Western Michigan University Thursday night. Swoop’s Free Tuition Toss is Eastern Michigan University’s newest attempt at increasing attendance at football games. According to EMU, Theisen’s award covers 24 credit hours, worth approximately $10,000. Two students were chosen at random to participate in the competition.
An Eastern Michigan University students reported an attempted armed robbery Thursday night in Green Lot 1, northeast corner of campus.
The Business and Finance Committee passed 10 student organization and club sport allocations at its regular meeting Tuesday night in the Student Center. They are as follows: The International Student Association was granted two allocations of $1,042.87 and $551.46 to hold two events. Professionals in Sports and Fitness Leadership received an allocation of $1,822.78 to hold group fitness sessions. The Psychology Club was allocated $554.38 to hold a fundraiser. The Muslim Student Association was granted an allocation of $846 to hold a dinner. Men’s Club Volleyball received an allocation of $350 for game registration fees. The Indian Student Association was allocated $1,217 to hold an event. Beta Alpha Psi was granted an allocation of $1,000 to hold a banquet. You Beautiful Black Women received an allocation of $517.95 to hold a workshop. Kingdom Come was allocated $535.65 to hold an event. The Public Affairs Committee discussed a Drag Show it hopes to hold in the winter semester. Academic and Student Affairs continued plans for Club Halle.
Eastern Michigan University’s Pencils of Promise will host the second annual Dance-A-Thon: Monster Mash from 6 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University's Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention, in collaboration with Omega Phi Alpha and Feminists for Change, will hold its first Halloween Safety Dance at 7-10 p.m., Saturday at Big Bob’s Lake House. ASAP’s Safety Dance is based on the song, “Safety Dance,” by Canadian new wave band, Men Without Hats.
Campus Life will be showing three movies in honor of Halloween. Unfriended will be showing at 8 p.m., Thursday, The Gallows will be showing at 8 p.m., Friday and Sinister 2 will be showing at 8 p.m., Saturday.
Thursday, Oct. 29 Little Shop of Horrors will be showing at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, in the Quirk Theater.
Four students will trust “Swoop,” Eastern Michigan University’s mascot, with a chance to win them tuition for a year.
Eastern Michigan University’s Office of Academic Service Learning received a Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs mini-grant of $3,600 through the Arts Alliance. The grant will be used to launch Y Trikes: A Community Art & Building Project, which will refurbish, design and repurpose at least 10 adult tricycles.
Ed St. Antoine is Eastern Michigan University’s Eagle Flight Centre’s new chief flight instructor. Tom Trumbull, president of the center, said the FAA God Seal instructor has qualities a good flight instructor should possess, such as passion for aviation and teaching. “Ed has shown a true desire to make a difference at our organization and with our students,” Trumbull said in a statement.
The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents approved $54 million in financial aid for the 2016-2017 school year at its Oct.
Monday, Oct. 26 The Women's Resource Center will hold auditions for The Vagina Monologues from 6-10 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, in room 356 of the Student Center.
Alan Jesiel, wealth management advisor from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund, spoke to Eastern Michigan University staff about the importance of having a solid estate plan in place. EMU's human resources department held its weekly Fifth Floor Fridays session on Thursday in the Recreational and Intramural center.
Meaghan Lynch was awarded the opportunity to shadow David Rutledge, a state representative for the 54th House District, on Wednesday in Lansing as part of a program hosted by The Honors College. The sophomore, a double major in political science and public and nonprofit administration, won the second annual “A Day in the Life” competition. “I learned a lot,” Lynch said.