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A large brick library building with multiple floors. Letters on the front read "Bruce T. Halle Library".

Features

Halle Library offers students more than books

By Lauren Holloway | October 19

EMU students can go to the Halle Library for tech equipment, research help, time with facility dog Tinker and more.

A sandy brick building with a bright green awning that houses Ypsilanti Food Co-op.

Local

Ypsilanti Food Co-op celebrates 50th anniversary

By Lauren Holloway | October 11

This October, the Ypsilanti Food Co-op celebrates National Cooperative Month and the 50th anniversary of its opening.

Students gather outside and face the gray Westview Apartments building. Two fire trucks are parked in front of the apartments. Police and firefighters arrive on scene to manage the fire.

Campus

Fire quelled by suppression system at Westview Apartments; water damage remains

By Lauren Holloway | October 10

A cooking fire broke out on the fourth floor of Westview Apartments Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, resulting in substantial water damage in the building.

Tables from varying student organizations line the sidewalk in front of the Student Center. Many students walk the sidewalk between the tables.

News

How to start a student organization at Eastern Michigan University

By Lauren Holloway | October 3

Looking for your place on campus? If you're considering starting a student organization, look no further.

News

Ypsilanti District Library celebrates September's library card sign up month

By Lauren Holloway | September 30

This September 2025, the Ypsilanti District Library is celebrating National Library Card Sign-up Month.

Patchy green and brown grass fills an open field in front of the large brick Halle Library building. Several trees remain in the space after construction. Small red flags are stuck into the grass in the foreground to tag things resting under the ground's surface.

Campus

Halle Library green space unveiled on campus invites students to decompress

By Lauren Holloway | September 30

The fences surrounding the construction in front of Eastern Michigan University's Halle Library were removed Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, to unveil a new campus green space. A new park is planned to be unveiled on campus in October 2025.

Campus

EMU closes campus bookstore, unveils spirit store 'Eastern Outfitters'

By Lauren Holloway and Natalie Kyle | September 24

The EMU bookstore in the Student Center has closed and will be home to the new campus spirit store Eastern Outfitters.

News

EMU alum Emily Langbehn makes Lego model of EMU's campus

By Lauren Holloway | March 28

At the annual Brick Bash this year, an Eastern alum displayed a Lego model of Eastern’s campus. Emily Langbehn, who graduated in 2007, built the model without instructions with pieces she sourced from other sets. The model includes Best Hall, Halle Library, the Student Center, and Pray-Harrold. Langbehn ...

Music

Eastern Michigan sends two a cappella groups to ICCA quarterfinals

By Lauren Holloway | March 1

On Saturday, Feb. 22, two Eastern Michigan University a cappella groups performed at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Both Evergreen and Emerald Harmony were at the quarterfinals for the Great Lakes region at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. There are three separate a cappella groups ...

News

The STEM Ed Institute at EMU is a collaboration expanding opportunities for students

By Lauren Holloway | February 15

STEM ED Institute is teaching K-12 students valuable skills early — and Eastern students are teaching them.