WEMU Operations Manager and Host Michael Jewett prepares to broadcast from the WEMU office in Halle Library, Feb. 12, 2026. Jewett is a medalist recognized for outstanding service by Creative Washtenaw.
One of the three 2026 inductees to The Eastern Echo Hall of Fame is Sally Wright Day. She said that The Echo was a big part of her and her kids' lives.
Student Government vice president candidate Eva Orlich Rojas (left) looks on as her running mate, presidential candidate Nina Freeman, speaks at the candidate forum on March 18, 2026.
Student Government candidates Yasrib Farook (left), running for president, and Mirna Shehab, running for vice president, speak to each other at the candidate forum on March 18, 2026.
No. 4 Mohammad Habhab of the Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team attempts to shoot a basket against Miami University on Feb. 24, 2026, at the George Gervin GameAbove Center.
No. 9 Addison Patterson of the Eastern Michigan men's basketball team extends his arm for the basketball to go into the net as Miami University attempts to block the ball on Feb. 24, 2026, at the George Gervin GameAbove Center.
From left, Regents Jessie K.W. Kimbrough and Michael Hawks, Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Regents Vicki Reaume, Board Chairperson Nate Ford, President James Smith, and Regents Jenita Moore, and Anupam Chugh Sudhu at the Feb. 12, 2026, Board of Regents meeting in Welch Hall.
Part of the “Study and Struggle: 50 Years of African American Studies at EMU" gallery is a display of the Sept. 14, 1970, print of The Eastern Echo newspaper, showing the regents approved a Black studies major and minor at Eastern Michigan University.
Members of the Africology and African American Studies program at Eastern Michigan University stand next to EMU President James Smith and Regent Jessie K.W. Kimbrough after receiving an award in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the program.
Eastern Michigan University Regent Jessie K.W. Kimbrough presents Toni Pressley-Sanon, interim department head and professor of Africology and African American Studies, with an award for recognizing the department's 50-year anniversary at the Feb. 12, 2026, Board of Regents meeting.
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