Many students that live in campus housing on Eastern Michigan University’s campus do not have the amenities of air conditioning, with 10 of the 12 residence hall complexes and all of the apartment complexes lacking air conditioning.
This week the Eastern Michigan University’s Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report was released to the EMU community in an email, containing factual numbers for any crimes that occurred on campus during this time.
According to Eastern Michigan University’s Office of Financial Aid, 76 percent of undergraduate students receive some type of financial aid.
Earlier this June it was announced that Wayne State University would no longer be making it a requirement for all students to take and pass a math class in order to graduate.
Scholarships are strongly sought out by college students today and usually the larger the award amount, the more challenging it is to obtain it.
According to mentoring.org, young adults who were at-risk for falling off track but had a mentor are 55 percent more likely to enroll in college, 78 percent more likely to volunteer regularly, 90 percent more interested in becoming a mentor later in life, and 130 percent more likely to hold leadership positions.
This past May, Chontae Sylvertooth, Interim Associate Director of Benefits and Wellness of Eastern Michigan University, distributed a document to the Building Administrator’s during their meeting.
This past April during the Michigan Campus Compact’s annual event at Michigan State University, Haley Moraniec, a social work major from Eastern Michigan University, was awarded the ‘Outstanding Community Impact’ award for her work in developing the Swoop’s Student Food Pantry at EMU. The pantry is solely campus-based and is dedicated to helping current EMU students with food assistance when in need.
Eastern Michigan University took fifth overall place in the 2016 National Forensics Association’s Competition that took place at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Late Tuesday afternoon, an email was sent out to the Eastern Michigan University community from Interim President Donald Loppnow and all members of the Board of Regents addressing the rumors that have been buzzing the past several days in regards to eliminating football or dropping down to a lower division of the NCAA and dropping out of the Mid-American Conference. In this email, the EMU community was assured that Loppnow and the regents are “please to be a member of an outstanding conference,” and any claims of these rumors are false.
Part-time lecturers hand out witty Valentine's for the EMU community to sign to deliver to EMU administration.
Valentine's Day cards part-time lecturers had signed to give to EMU administration.
“My plans are to watch some of my favorite movies.”- Jordan Causey, junior
“My boyfriend and I are very psyched to see ‘Deadpool.’ Since we both have the night off we are going to go to the restaurant we work at and snag the 2 for $25 Valentines Day deal and make our coworkers wait on us.”- Jennifer Hollebrands, senior
“Who needs a bae when ‘The Walking Dead’ is coming back on TV?”- Josie Bobeck, sophomore
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