Grad student wins scholarship at annual AKA sorority ball
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Xi Chapter at Eastern Michigan University hosted its 62nd Annual Edith Penn Scholarship Ball Jan. 20 in the Student Center.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Xi Chapter at Eastern Michigan University hosted its 62nd Annual Edith Penn Scholarship Ball Jan. 20 in the Student Center.
Eastern Michigan University President Susan Martin held an informal open dialogue Tuesday with the campus community in the food court of the Student Center.
The Eastern Michigan University Black Alumni Association hosted its annual “Young and Successful” program on Oct. 20 to focus on successful EMU graduates and their personal stories of entering the job world, giving them a chance to give advice to students. The event took place in Best Hall Lounge from 6-8 p.m. The speakers included Monica Marie Jones, an author, publisher and radio show host; Noel Abdur-Rahim, senior associate assurance practice of Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP; Rhea Cooper, a supervisor for Ennis Center for Children Detroit; and Ataul Usman, a human resource generalist at the University of Michigan.
Professors Carla Damiano and Marty Shichtman hosted the program “Representing the Holocaust: An EMU Study Abroad Opportunity” Tuesday evening in the Downing Hall lounge, which gives students the opportunity to visit a number of European cities.
Eastern Michigan University held a panel discussion and open forum entitled “Our Learning Community: A Forum on Values and Respect” this past Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom to discuss a comic printed in The Eastern Echo.
What better way is there to celebrate Homecoming weekend at EMU than watching your favorite television shows from the past? It would probably be even better if you could get all of the same laughs you did growing up without feeling like a bum for spending the entire day at home in your pajamas watching these shows. The National Pan-Hellenic Council assisted in making this dream come true by hosting their annual step show Oct. 1 in Pease Auditorium.
The roast was a fundraiser for the EMUBA Scholarship Fund. Tickets were $20 for general admission, $10 for EMU students and free to anyone who showed their ticket from the NPHC Stepshow at EMU the previous night.
The Veteran Services Office at Eastern Michigan University held its second Veteran’s Cook-off on Friday at Big Bob’s Lakehouse.
The Student Government at Eastern Michigan University held its first senate meeting of the school year, Wednesday in room 310 B in the Student Center. The meeting consisted of appointing different directors of Student Government, as well as establishing the budget for the 2010-2011 school year at EMU, and allocating money requested by different recognized student organizations around the campus.
The Eastern Michigan University chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hosting a march in honor of Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old boy who was killed as a result of gang violence in September, and prevent the loss of more lives to violence.
Whether you are a hip-hop head or hip-hop hater, the Student Center auditorium on Tuesday evening was the perfect place to be. The Latino Student Association teamed up with the Center for Multicultural Affairs and Center for Diversity and Community Involvement to present “More Than Beats and Rhymes: Hip Hop as Agency for Transforming Consciousness and Activism in Education.,” a program about hip-hop.
When I was in high school, I hated pep rallies and always skipped them. I never understood why schools made it mandatory to sit on a hard bench and hear about football, a sport I could never follow.