Patient who tested positive for COVID-19 in treatment at U of M Hospital
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This story is currently developing, there are currently no cases of Washtenaw County residents or Eastern Michigan University students who have tested positive for COVID-19.
President James Smith announced that effective tomorrow, Mar. 12, all in-person classes will be suspended until Mar. 31. On Monday, Mar. 16, EMU will transition to an online format. There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on-campus, though a patient at the University of Michigan Health System has been confirmed to have the virus.
At just after 9 p.m. on election night, the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan.
The Eastern Echo conducted an unscientific exit poll at the EMU Honors College on election day to learn more about voters from those precincts and how they compare to other voters in Washtenaw County and in Michigan.
Happy election day! Michigan voters will head to the polls today, Mar. 10, to cast their vote in the presidential primary race.
On Wednesday, Mar. 4, Charis Bly brought EMU its second annual Black Excellence Mixer in the McKenny Hall ballroom. The event was also sponsored by The Delta Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc and the EMU Student Government.
33 EMU students and two faculty members have returned from a study abroad trip to Italy and are currently self-quarantined in their homes as health officials continue to assess the dangers that the new coronavirus disease poses in the United States.
Reid Scott has resigned from the EMU Student Senate as of Mar. 2 after the Office of the Student Body President released a statement calling for his removal or resignation from the Senate on Instagram as well as in response to the EMU Black Student Union’s statement.
The Eastern Michigan Board of Regents agreed at their Feb. 13 meeting to allow Civic Media Group LLC (CMG) to build and operate electronic signage “at strategic locations” on the University’s campus.
EMU Student Sen. Reid Scott may be asked to resign from the EMU Student Senate, or face removal, because of an eight year old Facebook picture depicting Scott in black-face, according to a source familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous.
A national pilot shortage is currently facing the field of aviation, and the shortage is only expected to grow in the future.
LaTerricka Osborne stepped down from her position as a senator at the Senate’s Regular Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Two new senators, Senator Auryon Azar and Senator Erin McCargar, were sworn in.
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.