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EMU’s Poetry Society hosted the 19th annual Color of Drums Poetry Celebration on Friday, Jan. 17 dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as a member of EMU Poetry Society who passed last year, Tiran Marion Burrell.
On Thursday, Jan. 16, EMU kicked off the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with the MLK Opening Celebration Reception and Essay Scholarship Showcase in the EMU Student Center. The event was open to the public.
The Business and Finance Committee allocated a total of $2,030 to student organizations and $3,988.39 to club sports during its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
There is now an update to the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Nancy Park of Ypsilanti Township.
It’s the start of a new decade, and the Eastern Echo staff would like to take a moment to reflect on the crazy up’s and down’s of the decade. In this “decade in review” edition, we’d like to showcase some of the biggest and most newsworthy stories from our campus over the decade. These stories reflect our campus at its best and its worst, its successes and its failures. Regardless of what this new decade brings, let’s take a moment to look back on EMU during the 2010’s.
The Ypsilanti Police Department is investigating a murder by a fatal shooting in an Ypsilanti-area park known as Nancy Park.
Construction surges forward at the Olds-Robb Rec/IM Building at Eastern Michigan University. Renovations were completed on the third, fourth and fifth floor at the end of November. Construction on the remaining parts of the building are estimated to be finished by the fall 2020 semester.
Monday, Jan. 6
Early Wednesday morning, January 8 at 1:03 a.m., The Eastern Michigan University Police Department emailed all staff and students that an off-campus robbery occurred. The location of the robbery was at Washtenaw Ave. and Cornell Rd. just southwest of campus. The Ypsilanti Police Department responded to the reported robbery at approximately 7:40 p.m. Tuesday night, January 7.
Updated at 5:21 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2020. A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the university did not make announcements on the university website regarding the situation.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, EMU Campus Life held its annual Winter Fest Student Organization Fair. Student organizations gathered in the Student Center Ballroom.
On Friday, Dec. 13, the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents unanimously voted to increase both the housing and meal plan rates for students at Eastern Michigan University.
Eastern Michigan University held it’s fall 2019 commencement ceremony on Dec. 15, 2019. In total, approximately 2,300 students were eligible to walk, including 1,153 undergraduates and 368 graduate students. Around 800 summer graduates were also eligible to participate in the ceremony.
An Ypsilanti Township man was arrested Friday, Dec. 13 after stabbing a 17-year-old girl after a domestic argument, The Ypsilanti Police Department says.
The EMU Board of Regents has approved the construction of a new golf training facility. The facility is 100% funded by the GameAbove alumni group. GameAbove donated a total of $8 million which covers construction as well as operating costs for the next 12 years. This is the third major donation EMU or its surrounding community received from GameAbove.
According to The National Human Trafficking Hotline, there were 383 cases of human trafficking reported in 2018 in the state of Michigan alone. On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the auditorium of EMU’s Student Center slowly filled with EMU women seeking education about human trafficking. With sex trafficking’s prevalence and focus within the media and on social media platforms, two EMU groups came together to spread awareness and educate students.
160 students of color and international students graduating this semester gathered with their friends and family in Pease Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 13 for the Multicultural Graduation Celebration.
The EMU Student Government Business and Finance Committee allocated a total of $3,508 to student organizations and $2,238.58 to club sports during its last meeting for the semester on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The First Year Writing program hosted the 37th Semiannual Celebration of Student Writing in the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday, Dec. 5.
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Eastern Michigan University Student Senate unanimously passed Resolution 106-12 as part of a recent effort by a number of university-related groups to help alleviate student housing insecurity. Passed in a 17-0 vote, the resolution is addressed specifically to EMU Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Rhonda Longworth, and the university president, James Smith, asking for their support in three recommendations that are listed in the resolution.
