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EMU alumna turns 105— Eastern Michigan University alumna Pat Crouch turned 105 on Thursday. Crouch earned her degree from Michigan Normal College, now known as Eastern Michigan University.
EMU alumna turns 105— Eastern Michigan University alumna Pat Crouch turned 105 on Thursday. Crouch earned her degree from Michigan Normal College, now known as Eastern Michigan University.
Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government sponsored the Off-Campus Housing Fair on Thursday as part of EMU’s Safety Week. The event was held at the Student Center on campus and was designed to help students talk to different leasing professionals around Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor about the security they provide to their tenants.
Imagine inserting a vodka-soaked tampon or giving yourself an alcoholic enema just to get inebriated. People have done it – and if it sounds deadly, well, it is.
Eastern Michigan University students seeking a way to get more involved in the campus community have the chance to have their voices heard. Student Government is now accepting applications for the positions of president and vice-president, and student senators.
An Eastern Michigan University student was robbed and assaulted early Sunday morning on the 700 block of North Congress Street.
The Eastern Michigan University Physical Plant explained the challenges it faced in keeping the campus roads and sidewalks ice-free this winter via an email sent to the EMU community on the evening of Friday, Feb.
Feb. 1 Officers responded to a noise complaint in Walton Hall at 12:59 a.m. and found a group of underage students with a small amount of alcohol in a dorm room. The students were not charged criminally, but may face consequences under the Student Code of Conduct.
Criminals in Ypsilanti should take note – some Eastern Michigan University students are ready to fight back if trouble comes lurking.
A panel discussion about President Obama’s second term was held Tuesday at noon in the Eastern Michigan University Student Center.
Safety Week at Eastern Michigan University kicked off Monday night with an event titled “Do Snitches Get Stitches?” Student Body President Desmond Miller hosted the event, which was an open dialogue about the stigma of snitching and the violent crime problem at EMU and in the city of Ypsilanti.
Jan. 28 A female student reported compromising pictures of her posted on Instagram by a male friend at 11:07 a.m. The male friend is not a student, and this investigation is ongoing.
Minimum wage has been an ongoing issue for years, with many employees in the food service and other industries, as well as college students, including those at Eastern Michigan University, facing a struggle just to make ends meet. Friday, that conversation moved to Ann Arbor.
The Eastern Michigan University Center for Entrepreneurship will present the Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference on Feb. 14 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Student Center.
Garry Salach, a certified financial planner, gave a lecture Friday about how to smartly budget and spend money as students and as adults.
In light of the recent wave of violent crimes on and surrounding Eastern Michigan University’s campus, Student Government has deemed the first week of February Safety Week.
Community ecology lecture— Emily Grman from Michigan State University will be presenting a lecture entitled, “Community Ecology in a Changing Environment.”
Jan. 24 Books were stolen from a donation box outside the university bookstore between 3:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. by a non-student subject. The subject attempted to sell the books back to the university bookstore unsuccessfully and then successfully sold the books to another bookstore. Police were able to identify the thief by reviewing security footage and charge him with theft.
The preliminary hearing for Kristopher Pratt, 20 and Ed Thomas, 20, two men accused of killing Eastern Michigan University football player Demarius Reed was scheduled for today, Wednesday Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. in the 14A-1 District Court in Pittsfield Township.
Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government is sponsoring an event titled “Don’t Blame It On the Alcohol” at the Student Center on Feb. 4 in room 310A at 7 p.m.
On April 25, 2014 Eastern Michigan University will host a day-long conference for middle school and high school girls looking to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics called Digital Divas.