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Two things I meant to post here earlier, but that pesky day-job kept getting in the way: First, from several different sources (including an alert EMUTalk.org reader and EMU media wonk) comes news that EMU and several other Michigan universities are participating in a program funded by the Kellogg foundation to encourage and attract [...] A somewhat self-serving plug: tomorrow is the bi-annual (or is it semi-annual? well, twice a year) Celebration of Student Writing in the EMU Student Center, between 4 and 5:30 pm. It’s a sort of writing “fair/festival” for students in English 121, which is the required first year writing class, and it really is a [...] I actually saw this article in Crain’s Detroit Business a while ago, “Eastern Michigan University has long-range plan for arts village on campus.” To be honest, I’m cynical because of some politics I’m not going to get into here, and also because of the “beautiful dream” quality of the project. As the article points [...] An alert EMUTalk.org reader sent me a couple of links about a “mystery donor” contributing to millions of dollars to U.S. colleges and universities: “Mystery philanthropist donates $75m to US universities” from the guardian.co.uk site, and “Colleges don’t dig for clues in mysterious donations” from freep.com. There’s also an article from last week’s New [...] I hope you got my note. I was the guy pulling into a spot in the EMU Student Center parking lot this afternoon, fair and square, when you cut me off by going the wrong way and took it. My jaw appropriately dropped onto the steering wheel, I pulled up next to you, rolled [...] Mark Higbee sent me a couple links to an article in the current Chronicle of Higher Education, “What Colleges Should Learn From Newspapers’ Decline” by Kevin Carey. It’s an interesting article. On the one hand, I think that Carey is right that if institutions don’t evolve/change and/or if academics just assume that universities will [...] Instead, Provost Don Loppnow will spend at least a year as the VP Advancement (e.g., fund-raising). EMU President Susan Martin made the announcement via email yesterday. It makes some sense, actually: Loppnow has lots and lots of community contacts (obviously) and he’d probably be a good person to help find a more permanent advancement VP, someone who is more of a “professional fund-raiser” rather than a local community activist. Martin’s email is after the “Read More” part: Below the “read more” is a press release I received about a fundraiser/volleyball match that is going on this Saturday, October 18, the “Second Annual ‘Dig Pink’ Breast Cancer Awareness” fundraiser, which is part of a national effort to raise money to eliminate breast cancer. A fine cause indeed. The match starts Saturday at 7 pm. Incidentally, one could have a full-blown EMU sports day on Saturday. EMU plays Akron at home at 1 pm, and, according to the web site, it is “band day,’ which will include 10 local high school bands playing in a pre-game and halftime show. Continue reading EMU hosts 2nd annual “Dig Pink” fundraiser, not to mention band day From the AAN (and a bunch of other sources, including the EMU homepage) comes news that “EMU scholarships (will) get (a) boost.” George Cogar, who is an EMU alum and now a psychologist living in Charleston, SC, along with his wife, are donating $1 million toward scholarships for students who have financial need. Thanks, [...] This is kind of old news around here, but I’ll link to it anyway: “EMU gifts at all-time high,” from the AANews. Two quick thoughts for now: first, this just goes to show you what a year of relative stability can do around EMU– at least that’s what the article quotes Ronald Miller (the [...] |
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