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The Washtenaw County Health Department is awarding $30,000 in grant funding for three community projects that are helping to improve access and consumption of healthy foods.
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the EMU Poetry Society welcomed students and community members to an open poetry mic night at Riverside Arts Center. There was food, beverages and a sign up sheet for the open mic that allowed guests to join in as they pleased.
EMU’s Percussion Ensemble performed in Pease Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 17, under the direction of Professor John F. Dorsey.
There is an update to the murder of the 21-year-old man Brian “Trey” Matthews III, who was fatally shot at Nancy Park in Ypsilanti Township.
Original reporting and investigation by Austin Book
Friday, Feb. 7
A new academic program for a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering was approved by the Board of Regents on Feb. 13.
Updated Feb. 17 at 3:10 p.m. A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that GameAbove announced the first round of funding for the Faculty First initiative. The initial funding has come from GameAbove, but it’s the Provost’s office that approves and announces the faculty projects. GameAbove is not involved in choosing which projects get funding.
Updated Feb. 17 at 3:20 p.m.
On Wednesday, Feb. 12 EMU’s Alexander Hall held guest pianist, Jerry Wong. The intimate recital gathered many that applauded Wong’s performance.
The EMU Jazz Ensemble played for an audience on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in Pease Auditorium. The ensemble featured compositions and arrangements written by female jazz composers.
The EMU University Advising & Career Development Center hosted an internship fair on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Student Center Ballroom to give students an opportunity to browse and engage with organizations hiring for internship positions in an array of fields. In total, 53 organizations were present at the internship fair.
‘North Star,’ held in EMU’s Sponberg Theater, follows the self-discovering journey and reflection of Relia living in a small town in North Carolina in 1960. The play was performed Feb. 7 to 9 and will be held again Feb. 13 to 16.
This year’s Black History Month celebration is themed around voting, this year being the 100th anniversary of the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and the 150th anniversary of the fifteenth amendment, which gave black men the right to vote.
Monday, Feb. 3
On Feb. 6 EMU's Honors College held a lecture titled "Our World, Our Story: A Conversation with Jay’Len Boone." Boone is the eighth United States Youth Observer to the United Nations. This event was open to all EMU students and the general public and toward the end of the event, the audience could participate in open discussion panel with Boone and take photographs with him.
Results from the Washtenaw County specimen as mentioned in a previous article from the Echo was confirmed negative for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus as of Jan 31.
EMU Symphony Orchestra, consisting of 48 musicians under the direction of conductor Dr. Chad Hutchinson, performed in Pease Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 8.
The City of Ypsilanti has yet to issue permits for recreational marijuana to be sold in the city’s several marijuana dispensaries, but that will be changing soon, with the city now accepting applications to receive a permit.
Parking updates are coming this year for the city of Ypsilanti. The initiative aims to resolve the shortage of parking throughout the city by monetizing parking in Ypsilanti.
