Staying in Ypsilanti
As Eastern Michigan University students approach graduation, many are asking themselves where they want to go, but two students in the urban planning program are trying to find out what it would take to keep them in Ypsilanti.
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As Eastern Michigan University students approach graduation, many are asking themselves where they want to go, but two students in the urban planning program are trying to find out what it would take to keep them in Ypsilanti.
“I think Bob [Heighes] is a dedicated, professional leader who cares very deeply for [Eastern Michigan University] and the employees he works with,” said EMU police officer John Phillips. “He’s a great boss to work with. I feel honored and privileged to be part of this university’s police department and to have Bob Heighes as our chief.”
Room and board rates will increase by 4.95 percent next year, as approved by the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents in a seven-to-one vote at the general meeting on April 17.
Eastern Michigan University celebrated the completion of its six-year goal last Thursday night.
Eastern Michigan University’s budget is balanced despite the decrease in state appropriations and the brief decline in portfolio returns that led to last fall’s temporary $4.6 million deficit.
The second phase of Eastern Michigan University’s TRUEMU campaign was initiated this week, focusing more on faculty than the first phase. EMU Associate Vice President of Marketing Ted Coutilish said the campaign’s second phase will focus on EMU’s “faculty all-stars,” picked by the deans of all five EMU colleges.
Hundreds of women go to SafeHouse Center every year to report domestic violence and sexual assault they suffered while in college, according the SafeHouse Executive Director Barbara Niess-May.
The fourth of five candidates for Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Public Safety chief of police was interviewed in a public forum on April 11 in room 302 of the Student Center.
A bill proposed in the Michigan Senate would challenge Michigan universities’ authority in campus gun policy by revising state law to allow citizens with concealed weapon licenses to carry in these no-carry zones after completing increased licensing requirements.
Former President of Eastern Michigan University, John Fallon, was hired as associate vice president of economic development and community engagement at Ball State University at a salary of $146,000. His first day on campus was March 1.
An Eastern Michigan University student is running to be a state representative for Michigan’s 17th District.
Matthew Norfleet and Desmond Miller won the election for Eastern Michigan University Student Government president and vice president, as reported Thursday night by Student Government.
On Thursday, Ypsilanti Police arrested the man suspected of shooting three people near Eastern Michigan University. Twenty-four-year-old Quenton Dodson was arrested without incident in the 12000 block of Evergreen in Detroit. He will be held at the Washtenaw County Jail until his arraignment.
A recent break-in and attempted larceny in the Warner pool locker rooms has angered members of the Eastern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, who have been lobbying for increased security in the locker rooms since May 2011.
News agency Heritage Media-West will be opening a Community Media Lab on April 1st at Spark East in downtown Ypsilanti.
A crowd of students marched through campus in protest of Trayvon Martin’s death at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Eastern Michigan University’s negotiations for a renewed faculty contract will begin June 5. The existing contract expires Aug. 31.
The Ypsilanti Police Department is still looking for a suspect they believe is responsible for shooting three individuals following a drug transaction that went awry yesterday near Eagle Nest Apartments.
A confirmed shooting has occurred on Jarvis Street and Lowell Street near Eastern Michigan University’s campus according to members within EMU’s Department of Public Safety. Police are advising people to avoid the area until further notice while police agencies investigate the situation.
Ethical business practices should be present with or without legislative regulation according to Anton Valukas at Friday’s Ethos Week keynote address.