Ypsi Pride 2024 was held on Friday, June 7th from 5-10 P.M. with the majority taking place on E. Cross Street in Ypsilanti. Festivities included food trucks, craft vendors, information booths, and two stages with multiple performing acts throughout the evening.
What were EMU students up to this time of year three, four or even five decades ago? The Eastern Echo was established in 1956 after a long run as the Normal College News, which began in 1881. Student reporters, editors and photographers have worked since then to document the news on and around campus.Launched as a monthly newspaper, The Echo grew in circulation and frequency, moving to publishing three times a week for a while beginning in the 1970s. While the print edition was suspended briefly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when the university canceled all in-person activities, the student media team continue to publish through The Echo website. Weekly print editions resumed in the fall of 2021. Flip through the gallery to discover what's changed and what's stayed the same on campus. (Complied by staff writer Shannon Parker)
The EMU Jazz Ensemble performed in Pease Auditorium on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. This concert's program featured Valerie Barrymore as a guest singer, as well as student vocalist Fabiola Gayosso and guest tenor saxophone player Ahmid Alexander. Dr. Geoff Stanton was also recognized for 15 years of service to EMU's School of Music & Dance at his last concert at EMU. (Gallery by Max Taylor)
EMU hosted MAPA Championships in the George Gervin GameAbove Center on April 14 2024. MAPA Championships is a competition between different WGI performance ensembles, which many of our own EMU students participate in. (Gallery by Max Taylor)
The Last Dinner Party took the stage on March 31 at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. The concert began with the opener Miss Grit at 8 p.m. Miss Grit performed multiple songs, with each having different graphics projected across her and the stage itself. She brought soft vocals with robotic audio to her set, and the set just included her and her guitar. The Last Dinner Party took the stage at 9 p.m. and performed songs from their album "Prelude to Ecstasy." The band is made up of Abigail Morris on vocals, Lizzie Mayland on vocals and guitar, Emily Roberts on lead guitar, mandolin, and flute, Georgia Davies on bass, and Aurora Nishevci on keyboard. The band brought forward an energetic set with each member interacting with each other, as well as the audience. The most active member was the lead vocalist Morris, who sold the show with her dancing and overdramatic movements that sold the set as a whole. The show was sold out, with barley enough room for dancing amongst the crowd, but that didn't stop the energy from flowing throughout.
Individual EMU students performing at MAPA (Michigan Alliance for Performing Arts) Lakeland on Saturday, March 23, 2024 within their respective WGI ensembles. Motor City Percussion consists of ten EMU students, Redline has four, and Lake Effect Percussion and LSM Winds each have one. (Gallery by Max Taylor)
EMU's Delta Sigma Theta Sorority held their 2024 fashion show in McKenny ballroom on Thursday March, 14. (Gallery by Herb Foreman)
Eastern Michigan University graduates gather for Winter Commencement ceremonies Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at the George Gervin GameAbove Center.
The EMU Theatre season lineup kicks off Thursday, Oct. 19, with the production of "Sweet Charity." Performances continue Friday through Sunday, Oct. 20-22. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Legacy Theatre inside the Judy Sturgis Hill building on Eastern's campus. Tickets can be purchased at the box office in Judy Sturgis Hill on campus, or online through the university's Ludus ticketing system.
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