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The Princeton Review has named Eastern Michigan University a "Best Midwestern College" for 2010. It marks the seventh consecutive year that EMU has received the designation.
Aug. 11, 2009 issue "We are thrilled to receive this designation because it is driven by how our The Princeton Review names students feel about Eastern," said EMU President Susan Martin. "It is a Eastern Michigan a 2010 "Best good yardstick for where we are and where we need to go. We pride Midwestern College" ourselves on our accessibility, affordability, diversity and strong educational experience; and all of those characteristics are evident in the student comments about EMU." By Ward Mullens The education services company selected EMU as one of 158 institutions it profiles in its "Best in the Midwest" section of its Web site feature, "2010 Best Colleges: Region-by-Region," that posted July 27. Eastern Michigan students' responses included:
"The curriculum is designed to serve 'real people learning through discussion and interaction' and taking advantage of 'opportunities for education beyond the classroom, whether it's through SEVEN UP: For the seventh involvement in a student consecutive year, Eastern organization, attending diversity Michigan University has been programming or volunteering. named a 2010 "Best Midwestern There is always an opportunity to College" by The Princeton make a difference, and it is truly an Review. empowering experience."
"EMU has 'a Student Center that is a great place to hang out with friends, eat, study, play video games, curl up with a good book, meet new people, and get homework done."'
The 158 colleges The Princeton Review chose for this year's "Best in the Midwest" designations are located in twelve states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The Princeton Review also designated 218 colleges in the Northeast, 123 ir the West, and 141 in the Southeast as best in their locales in the company's 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region section. The 640 college: named "regional best(s)" represent only about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.
The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in its 2010 Best Colleges Region by Region Web site section. The Princeton Review survey for this project asks students to rate their own schools on several issues - from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food - and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life.
Students are surveyed with more than 80 questions in categories such as "About Yourself," "Your Schools Academics/Administration," "Students," and "Life at Your School."
For the complete EMU profile go to: http://www.princetonreview.com ',�I,,., !' V '( ''" ]''·' ),' ''] .. •K]' I,,·\\..:; J. 1 'f ,,·-: ·: \·. � ,�·''1, .. ,,, ,. ,' ]['''"'.'( �;J '\� ..,.:,: .. ,:-:., . .. .,. � =" r . ',:-_:... ·:::.\"' . <( '\ .:·>·1 ...: <(;�,- .., EMU HOMI I Feature
When a child is diagnosed with autism, the diagnosis affects the entire family. And finding help with appropriate facilities can be difficult.
Aug. 11, 2009 issue Eastern Michigan University is moving forward with the purchase of the EMU plans to move former Fletcher Elementary School in Ypsilanti. This will allow the Autism University to expand services for its Autism Collaborative Center and Collaborative relocate its Children's Institute. Center, Children's Institute The Ypsilanti School Board recently By Pamela Young approved the sale of the former elementary school to ...... Eastern _ Michigan for FOCU�� $2.2 million. Built in 1963, the 40,000 square-foot building will house both the EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION: The former Autism Fletcher Elementary School will allow Eastern Collaborative Michigan University to move its Autism Center and Collaborative Center and relocate its Children's EMU'S Children's Institute. The Ypsilanti School Board recently Institute. It is approved the sale of the building to EMU for $2.2 expected to million. open in mid-to late fall 2009.
"I'm elated over this entire endeavor. This is the concrete beginning of what we hope will be a lifetime of support to families with autism," said Pamela Lemerand, assistant professor of occupational therapy a'1d project director. "The center will have faculty and students from occupational, speech and music therapy, nursing, psychology, social work, dietetics, special education and recreation therapy. We'll start working with children and young adults, and grow from there."
The Autism Center, in partnership with Easter Seals of Michigan, currently provides services for 40 families in the Bright Horizons building ocated at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor. The center's goals are to provide comprehensive services to persons with autism and their families; train Eastern Michigan students in areas of national shortages; continue research in the effectiveness of various interventions and be a community research center. When fully operational, the program will be the only one in the state and one of the only university-based autism programs in the country with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to assessment and the provision of a full range of interventions. Lemerand said the goal is to reach 2,000 people in the first year or two. Services will be provided on a sliding scale. The EMU Children's Institute offers early childhood education for the children of EMU students, faculty, staff and surrounding communities. Currently located in the Rackham Building on Eastern's main campus, the institute serves approximately 150 children, ages 18 months old to six years, according to Ellen Gold, executive director of University Health Services.
"We're excited about the move to Fletcher School. It is a true design for young people," said Gold. "It will be a good partnership because there are areas where we can collaborate with the Autism Collaborative Center. It also will improve on the quality of safety, security, access and programs. "
According to Gold, it will take approximately 90 days to complete the process to get a new license for the Fletcher School site and the institute's relocation should be finalized by the end of fall semester 2009. EMU HOMI I Feature
When Frank Fedel joined Eastern Michigan University's orthotics and prosthetics masters degree program in 2003, he was surprised by the lack of hard data that could show whether a prosthetic worked the way it was Aug. 11, 2009 issue meant to. Fedel research focuses on "I wanted to see something that said, 'OK, we're making a difference,"' improving efficiency said Fedel, an exercise science lecturer at EMU. "I come from a medical of prosthetic feet background (cardiac rehabilitation) where we needed to document that we had an outcome at the end of it - an EKG score that was more normal, a lower heart rate .... I thought we (in O&P) needed to move toward a more By Amy E. Whitesall objective, outcomes-based performance model."
So Fedel Joined forces with a team ....Clnllf- of engineers from College FOCU�� Park Industries, a company in Fraser that makes prosthetic feet, to co invent and develop the Intelligent Prosthetic Endoskeletal Component System PROSTHETIC CALCULATIONS: Frank Fedel, an (iPecs) - a exercise science lecturer at EMU, measures the force device that of a prosthetic foot. Fedel and engineers from College can shed new Park Industries have co-invented iPecs, a device that light on the can measure gait analysis, reveal twisting, direction forces of of force and other parameters that will help clinicians everyday life and researchers refine the way a prosthetic limb fits on amputees and performs. and their prosthetics.
Initially, iPecs will be a research tool, Fedel said. But, ultimately, he'd like to see it become as commonplace for amputees as heart rate monitors are to cardiac patients or blood sugar monitors are to diabetics. It would help those with prosthetics detect and head off potential problems as they get back to normal activities.
Thus far, College Park has tested the device in university gait labs at Northwestern and Georgia Tech. The company received a $165,000 grant from the National Institutes for Health (NIH), through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development, to fund the first phase of the project. Senior research and engineering officer Mike Leydet says College Park hopes to have iPecs ready to release this fall. "In the past, when people with an amputation walked around, you'd have a person with experience in gait analysis look at someone with an amputation as they walked around and they'd say, 'OK, you look like you're walking normally,"' Fedel said. "Or if not, they'd try to adjust the prosthesis. But 'walking normally' is kind of a subjective thing."
To get more meaningful measurements, researchers and prostheticists use gait labs that typically involve a lot of expensive equipment - force plates mounted in the floor, camera systems and computers to run complex calculations.
The iPecs device, which is about the size of a Tim Horton's muffin, is incorporated into the prosthetic system, where it measures the force being transmitted from the ground into the person's leg. The device can monitor the position of the foot and tell which way the toes are pointing. It can reveal twisting, direction of force and other parameters that will help clinicians and researchers refine the way a prosthetic limb fits and performs. Fedel's biomechanics background helped steer iPecs' features and functions.
The idea of attaching measurement devices to prosthetics goes back to the late 1960s, Leydet said. What makes iPecs different is that it combines standard strain gauges with cell phone technology so the device can provide an accurate measurement without battery packs and wires. The device can be set up to transmit data wirelessly to a nearby computer or record it on a micro SD memory card to be downloaded later via a USB cable. Even the best gait labs, with force plates in the floor and cameras and computerized movement models, can't offer that on an everyday basis.
It's unobtrusive and, therefore, less likely to influence test results.
''iPecs provides data on every step," Leydet said. "A person can go outside the lab and collect data in a real-world environment. It's taking gait analysis beyond the lab."
The first crude version of the iPecs was cobbled together and tested in a lab at EMU.
"We thought we could hammer it out pretty easily, but there was a lot of error and drift," Leydet said. "We just didn't have a very robust design, but it was a very pivotal moment in understanding the need for accuracy and precision in measurements."
Subsequent versions .have taken that accuracy and precision well beyond what the human eye can detect. Not to knock humans, but Fedel points out that, over the course of years, a small misalignment, undetectable to the human eye, could mean the difference between mobility and arthritis in an overcompensating "good" limb.
Though iPecs is being developed to use with prosthetic feet, Fedel said the device has potential in other fields, too.
In sports, it could be used to gather information about what's happening when a person tries to balance (i.e. gymnastics) or to measure the force of impact (football, boxing). In industry, the device could provide a better picture of what the body experiences during a car crash, or be combined with robotics as a sensing system.
"One of the design criteria was to make it as flexible as possible," Fedel said. "The road starts with research and now we can really see what's going on all the time." EMU HOMI
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CBS Radio, parent company of WWJ Newsradio 950, is streaming Eastern Michigan University's Education Minute program worldwide.
Aug. 11, 2009 issue The program is heard during online commercial breaks on more than 300 Education Minute AOL channels, 200 Yahoo channels and 150 CBS channels worldwide, now online according to Georgeann Herbert, director of programming and E worldwide publications for WWJ.
"CBS saw the EDUCATION � From staff reports program as useful information for MINUTEn, �-:!-� people worldwide," A MINUTE TO THE WORLD: CBS Radio, parent Herbert said. "The company of WWJ Newsradio 950, is now spots are exactly as streaming Eastern Michigan University's they sound on "Education Minute" program to 150 CBS WWJ." channels worldwide.
EMU and WWJ created the partnership program to offer educational tips and advice to help parents complement and extend the learning their children receive in school. The program, which launched April 7, 2008, airs four times each weekday to an audience of roughly 700,000 listeners on WWJ. The times are 9:22 a.m., 12:23 p.m.; 5:40 p.m., and 9:53 p.m. Daily topics are math (Mondays); technology (Tuesdays); writing and reading (Wednesdays); science (Thursdays); and Learning Beyond the Walls (Fridays). Each week features a different age focus, ranging from pre-kindergarten to college.
The series also includes Web resources at wwj.com for parents who want to learn more than what can be gained in a one-minute radio spot.
Nearly 20 faculty experts from throughout the University regularly provide academic program content to Russ Olwell, associate professor of history and director of EMU GEAR UP (Gaining early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). Olwell, in turn, edits the information for style and consistency and then forwards it to WWJ, which writes the radio scripts and provides the on-air talent.
"This is a great honor for EMU," Olwell said. "It represents a real opportunity for faculty here to apply their expertise to the problems that parents face every day with their children's education."
EMU and WWJ also are working on creating a book based on selected program educational content. Book sales are intended to fund future EMU student scholarships.
To view the program online, visit http://www.wwj.com/Education Minute/1924535. To submit program content, contact Olwell at [email protected]. EMU HOMI
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The Eastern Michigan University football team, under the direction of new head football coach Ron English, opens its season at home Saturday, Sept. 5, with a a 7 p.m. kickoff against Army (Armed Forces Night) at Rynearson Aug. 11, 2009 issue Stadium. EMU football schedule includes And, according to Scott Schultz, director of marketing for EMU athletics, four televised the intent is to make Eagle football not just a game, but an event. games, numerous fan promotions "We are trying to create an atmosphere and By Ron Podell an experience. That's the goal of every game," Shultz said. "That when they come, they want to come back. That's our goal more than anything else."
For the home opener against Army, that atmosphere will include the traditional Eagle A FORCE ON THE FIELD: The EMU defense clamps Landing Fan down on a Toledo running back during a home Zone, a pre game last year. The Eagles open their 2009 season game gathering with a home opener against Army Saturday, Sept. spot for fans at 5, 7 p.m., at Rynearson Stadium. Oestrike Stadium. But, it also will draw on potential new fans through integrating new student orientation and even a SK run which starts on the north end of Rynearson.
"It's also move-in day for freshmen orientation. Not only is it part of the orientation program for students to come to the football game, but we're also hosting a freshmen parent tailgate," Schultz said. "The Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce is hosting a SK run as well, starting at 5 p.m. As part of their registration, runners will receive a ticket to the football game. It's a great collaboration and it speaks to the relationship we are building with the chamber and the community."
The game also will include a nod to philanthropy and be mindful of the tough economy. As part of the Armed Forces Night, veterans and current members of the United States Armed Forces will be able to purchase discounted tickets for $3. A portion of the proceeds ($1 from each ticket) will go toward the EMU ROTC's efforts to build a rifle range.
In addition, season tickets are offered to EMU faculty, staff and alumni for $40, down from the normal $45 cost. Tickets can be purchased at the Convocation Ticket Office, by calling 487-2282 or online at http://www.emueagles.com/index.aspx?path=tickets
The Eagle Landing Fan Zone provides fans with the opportunity to enjoy live music and entertainment, hot-air balloon rides and a number of sponsor giveaways, including a big-screen plasma TV, an Apple iPod, tuition credit hours, a Dell computer, pre-paid gas card, a commuter parking pass and a semester's use of books from Ned's.
Home opener giveaways include EMU dog tags to the first 1,000 fans; Eagle Nation T-shirts to the first 2,000 fans; and EMU football magnets to the first 2,000 fans.
During the season, the Eagles will make four television appearances, including two on the Big Ten Network. The Mid-American Conference has announced that the EMU-Central Michigan game, set for Oct. 10, will be televised on ESPN Plus and GamePlan with a noon kickoff. The Eagles' Nov. 5 date at Northern Illinois has been tentatively scheduled for an ESPNU slot with a 6:30 p.m. Central Standard start time.
In addition to those games, EMU's Sept. 12 game at Northwestern and its Sept. 19 date at Michigan have both been slated for noon kickoffs on the Big Ten Television Network.
The Eagles's __ .....,._, homecoming EAGLE NATION: Eastern Michigan University game is a 1 student football fans cheer on their Eagles against p.m. kickoff Central Michigan University last year. A number of against Temple promotions and giveaways are planned at home University Oct. games this year. 3. Other themes for home games include Band Day, Kick and Dig Pink Day, and Senior Day.
The remainder of the Eagles' 2009 schedule is as follows:
Saturday, Sept. 12, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 11 a.m. CST
Saturday, Sept. 19, University of M1ch1gan, Ann Arbor, noon
Saturday, Oct. 3, Temple University, Rynearson Stadium, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, noon
Saturday, Oct. 17, Kent State University, Rynearson Stadium, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24, Ball State University, Rynearson Stadium, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., TBA
Thursday, Nov. 5, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill., 6:30 p.m. CST Saturday, Nov. 14, Western Michigan University, Rynearson Stadium, 1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 20, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, TBA
Friday, Dec. 4, Marathon MAC Championship Game, Detroit, 8 p.m. EMU HOMI I ,i;. Feature ', ..�-
The following Eastern Michigan University faculty and staff are celebrating service anniversaries during August.
Aug. 11, 2009 issue 45 years EMU employees celebrate service Mark Morton (42 years), technical distribution specialist, distribution anniversaries in (equipment), Halle Library August
By Ron Podell 40 years
r--==;;.;;;::::;;;;;;;;;�::;;;:;:::;:;;::;;;:;::--:-:-i Donovan Hahlbrock (40 years), master technician, technical hardware, Halle Library
Paul Howard (39 years), professor, mathematics
Nancy Dahl (39 years), coordinator of records/teacher certification, continuing .______.______. certification, College of Education Voght Geoffrey Voght (38 years), professor, world languages
Arthur Timko (38 years), interim vice president, University communications and public affairs
Fathi Sokkar (38 years), professor, computer information systems
Sheila Most (38 years), professor, English language and literature
Charles Monsma (38 years), professor, political science
John Knapp (38 years), professor, psychology
Anthony Iannaccone (38 years), professor, music and dance
Jeffrey Duncan (38 years), professor, English language and literature Iannaccone Ellene Contis (38 years), professor, chemistry
Ronald Westrum (37 years), professor, School of Technology Studies
Kenneth Stevens (37 years), professor, communication. media and theatre arts Aldridge Pedro Sanchez (37 years), professor, computer information systems
Henry Aldridge (37 years), professor, communication, media and theatre arts
Glenda Kirkland (36 years), professor, music and dance
35 years
Judith Massingill (35 years), coordinator of records, undergraduate graduation audit, office of records and registration
Antoinette Taylor (34 years), administrative secretary, academic advising center
Glenn Walker (33 years), professor, biology
Cynthia Van Pelt (33 years), director, office of financial aid
Barbara Scheffer (33 years), professor, School of Nursing
James Holoka (33 years), professor, world languages
Scheffer Ellen Schwartz (32 years), professor, art
Steven Hayworth (32 years), associate professor, economics
Mary Bigler (32 years), professor, teacher education
Ronald Woods (31 years), professor, African-American Studies
Michael Vogt (31 years), professor, economics
Gregory Huszczo (31 years), professor, management
Margaret Goodwin (31 years), senior operations Bigler specialist, operations/production control service/exam scanning, division of information technology
Ramesh Garg (31 years), professor, accounting and finance
Deborah delaski-Smith (31 years), interim dean, Graduate School
30 years
Michael Zeiger (30 years), assistant professor, computer science
Walter Tucker (30 years), professor, School of Engineering Technology Blanchard
Deborah Silverman (30 years), assistant professor, School of Health Sciences
Anne Gajda (30 years), professor, music and dance
Richaurd Camp (30 years), professor, management
P. Nick Blanchard (30 years), professor, management
25 years
Patricia Wilson (25 years), special projects crewperson, HDC support services, housing
Bette Warren (25 years), interim associate vice president for academic programming, academic affairs
Brian Steimel (25 years), circulation supervisor, circulation, Halle Library
Martin Shichtman (25 years), professor, English language and literature
Cynthia Palombit (25 years), PCard administrator and Warren communications specialist, telecommunications, purchasing
Carol Norton (25 years), functional system specialist, business systems support, for the associate vice president, business and finance
Robert Neely (25 years), associate provost and associate vice president for research, academic affairs
William McMillan (25 years), interim department head, computer science
Morrey Kramer (25 years), associate professor, accounting and finance
Walter Hogan (25 years), technical services coordinator, technical services, Halle Library Neely
Gary Hammerberg (25 years), assistant professor, School of Health Sciences
Susan Gardner (25 years), coordinator, event planning office, Student Center
Christopher Gardiner (25 years), interim department head, mathematics
Ranjan Chaudhuri (25 years), professor, computer science
Rita Chattopadhyay (25 years), professor, Bush-Bacelis mathematics
Jean Bush-Bacelis (25 years), professor, management
Donald Bennion (25 years), department head, teacher education
Phillip Arrington (25 years), professor, English language and literature
Anita Amrhein (25 years), administrative secretary, public safety
Gisela Ahlbrandt (25 years), professor, mathematics
20 years
Michael Tew (20 years), professor, communication, media and theatre arts
Carla Tayeh (20 years), professor, mathematics
Gary Pedersen (20 years), professor, music and dance
Alexandra Norton (20 years), professor, English language and literature
Tew Maria Milletti (20 years), professor, chemistry
Christine Mehuron (20 years), department head, history and philosophy
Enos Massie (20 years), associate professor, School of Social Work
Zafar Khan (20 years), professor, accounting and finance
Michael Kasenow (20 years), professor, geography and geology
Vannie Hodges (20 years), professor, psychology
Geraldine Green (20 years), professor, mathematics
John Bayless (20 years), interim director, School of Technology Studies
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15 years
Yichun Xie (15 years), professor, geography and geology
Dawn Stovall (15 years), supervisor, mail room, admissions office
Harrison Smith ( 15 years), professor, School of Social Work Carol Schlagheck (15 years), professor, English Smith language and literature
Julie Rupp {Stone) (15 years), professor, music and dance
Stephanie Newell (15 years), associate professor, management
Tammy McCullough (15 years), professor, marketing
Rhonda Longworth (15 years), associate professor, political science
Behrooz Lahidji (15 years), director, School of Engineering Technology
Konnie Kustron ( 15 years), professor, School of Technology Studies
Elizabeth Johnson (15 years), associate professor, teacher education
Alfonso Illingworth-Rico (15 years), associate professor, world languages
Mark Higbee (15 years), professor, history and philosophy
-----'----L--L...1 Laura George (15 years), department head, English George language and literature
Chris Foreman (15 years), director, General Education Program
Charlene Ford-Chambers (15 years), senior secretary, office of academic services, College of Education
Ralph Fitzpatrick ( 15 years), assistant director, infrastructure, network and system services, division of information technology
Joseph Engwenyu ( 15 years), instructor, history and philosophy
Allen Dorda (15 years), carpenter, general maintenance and repair, physical plant
Margaret Davis (15 years), professor, art
Laura Davis ( 15 years), associate professor, School of Social Work Engwenyu Marguerite Daisey ( 15 years), professor, teacher education
Willie Cupples Jr. ( 15 years), professor, special education
Lolita Cummings Carson (15 years), professor, English language and literature
Marsha Bolden (15 years), secretary II, department of music and dance
Linda Berry (15 years), associate professor, School of Nursing 10 years
Margrit Zinggeler ( 10 years), associate professor, world languages
Tsu-Yin Wu (10 years), associate professor, School of Nursing
Kelly Welker ( 10 years), associate professor, School of Technology Studies
Wendy Wang (10 years), associate professor, world Wang languages
Diana Taylor (10 years), medical assistant and X-ray technician, University Health Services
Martha Tanicala (10 years), associate professor, School of Nursing
William Sverdlik (10 years), professor, computer science
Denise Reiling (10 years), associate professor, sociology
Andrew Powers (10 years), library assistant III, Halle Library
Kathlyn Parker ( 10 years), assistant professor, special education
Russell Olwell ( 10 years), associate professor, history and philosophy Reiling
Susan Mclennan (10 years), officer, public safety
Chris Mayda ( 10 years), associate professor, geography and geology
Sheldon Levine (10 years), associate professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance
Toni Jones (10 years), associate professor, teacher education
Matthew Evett (10 years), professor, computer science
Ronald Elam (10 years), senior information technology analyst, enterprise applications services, division of information technology
John Dorsey (10 years), associate professor, music and dance
Patric Daugherty (10 years), divisional technology specialist, divisional technology Convocation Center, division of information technology Dorsey Colleen Croxall (10 years), associate professor, School of Health Sciences Kathleen Conley (10 years), professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance
Phillip Cardon (10 years), associate professor, School of Technology Studies
Judith Brooks ( 10 years), associate professor, School of Health Sciences
Cecilia Barajas (10 years), international admissions adviser, admissions office
Leslie Atzmon (10 years), associate professor, art
David Anderson (10 years), associate professor, leadership and counseling Brooks EMU HOMI
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LOOKING FOR SPEED: Some of the female participants in the recent "Football 101 Skills Clinic" lin, up to run a play. Eastern Michigan University Head Football Coach Ron English and his coaching stat hosted the skill and strategy clinic for women July 25 at Rynearson Stadium. The morning sessio1 consisted of drills at each position: quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter, linebacker defensive line, offensive line and cornerback. During the afternoon session, the women were divide1 into four teams and played a controlled scrimmage with EMU coaches calling the plays. Photo by Anthon Gattine
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1-"l' Aug. 11, 2009 issue SPIRITED EAGLES: "Eagles Rising," a bronze cast statue of two fighting eagles, was erected July 11 on the northeast side of the Student Center. The statue stands 7 feet, 2 inches in height, is 5 feet, inches wide and weighs approximately 500 pounds. The base under the statue is made from limeston, and field stone. Lighting will be added at a future date. The statue was purchased from a New Orlean art dealer. "For many, the Student Center has become the gateway to the EMU campus," said Carlos Costa director of the Student Center. "From the early days of planning, there was a desire to have th, Student Center, as one of its missions, reflect the Eastern pride and sense of tradition. Having thi sculpture at the formal entrance to the building and very visible from Oakwood makes a strong positive statement." Photo by Anthony Gattine FOCU§.... � EMU HOMI ' Featured Photo ,, ocu� �{-.;. Aug. 11, 2009 issue BUDGET BREAKDOWN: John Lumm, Eastern Michigan University's interim vice president for busines and finance, discusses the components of the University's operating budget during the first of tw, budget forums conducted for campus in the Student Center. Forums, hosted by Lumm and EMI President Susan Martin {seated to the right), took place July 29 and Aug. 6. The University's operatin, budget has four major sources of revenue: general fund, auxiliary funds, expendable restricted fund and designated funds...... FOCU�� EMU HOMI Aug. 11, 2009 issue PICTURE PERFECT LUNCH: Eastern Michigan University employees enjoy "Lunch by the Lake" July 11 on the Student Center Patio. The All-American BBQ, hosted by EMU President Susan Martin, drew 38 persons for socializing and a lunch of a hamburger or veggie burger, potato salad, fruit salacl beverage and dessert. Photo by Anthony Gattine FOCU....I LW!J EMU HOMI cu� Aug. 11, 2009 issue ART CONVERSATION: (from left} Kimmi Dukes, a master's of fine arts candidate, discusses her penc work, dubbed "Identity", with graduate student Maria Prose, of Northville, and senior Matt Milligan o Allen Park. Dukes' graduate thesis exhibition was a collection of her drawings in charcoal and pencil The exhibition ran July 20-24 in Ford Gallery . FOCU�..... ,Cil] ·, .-.-:,, ·· · )''' ·: . ·-; r ,,·--: .•· .... 1 1 . A · · •!-<]' I, ',.�,:. .. ,� ,�·1 ri . ,·_:... .-::..\ � � � \: 1 1< .'-',: ._\··1 11'��..:' r r...; "" 1'''\'.r , .. , :-:·1., <(-. !�,. I"y"¥ EMU HOMI Featured Photo : I ·., cu� Aug. 11, 2009 issue ARTISTIC SPIRIT: Lilith Shane's graduate thesis exhibition includes this piece called "Fading Spirit, which depicts an Indian woman's soul moving to the spirit world. This life-size, three-dimensionci creation was made from wood, plastic, paper, string, tissue paper, cloth, beads and wool, among othe materials. Shane, a master's candidate in graphic design, exhibited 15 pieces of her work July 13-17 i1 Ford Gallery. FOCU�.... ,CWI] EMU HOMI cu� During June and July, Michigan's 15 public universities set their tuition rates for the 2009-2010 academic year. Due to continued cuts in state appropriations for higher education, universities statewide have raised tuition rates Eastern Michigan University raised its tuition rates to 3.8 percent, which represents an additional $308 for tuition and fees, bringing the annual cost of tuition and fees at EMU to $8,377. The following are the actual tuition percentage increases (for full-time undergraduate students) approved by the boards of various universities. Oakland University 9 percent University of Michigan-Dearborn 6.7 percent University of Michigan-Flint 6.5 percent Saginaw Valley State University 6.3 percent Western Michigan University 5.7 percent University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 5.6 percent Michigan Technological University 5.45 percent Wayne State University 5.4 percent Ferris State University 5.33 percent Northern Michigan University 5.3 percent Grand Valley State University 5.3 percent Michigan State University 5.2 percent Lake Superior State University 4.94 percent Central Michigan University 4.8 percent* Eastern Michigan University 3.8 percent Source: Various news reports, EMU Office of Communications *Note: CMU's tuition rate increase affects just more than half its students. The remainder of the students are covered by the CMU Promise, which kept a student' tutiion the same for up to five years beginning in 2005. EMU HOMI News Briefs The following are news briefs about important activities and events happening at Eastern Michigan University. Aug. 11, 2009 issue News Briefs • FUSION: New Student Orientation: FUSION: New Student Orientation, a program designed to help show new EMU students the in's and By Ron Podell out's of college life at EMU, is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 5, through Tuesday, Sept. 8. • FUSION: New Orientation is a mandatory program for all Student incoming freshmen. Fall Transfer Student Orientation Orientation is scheduled Monday, Sept. 7, 8: 15 FUSION group • New Faculty a.m. to 3 p.m., with optional activities to follow. Orientation For questions, call 487-1208 or e-mail [email protected] • Colleges, Halle Library schedule • New Faculty Orientation: New faculty orientation is scheduled Monday, fall meetings Aug 31, through Thursday, Sept. 3. T2R: Terrific Teaching, Tantalizing • Holman Learning Technology and Refreshing Research is scheduled Monday, Aug. 31, and Center needs Tuesday, Sept. 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both days. This two-day series of 32 tutors for fall interactive workshops will acquaint new faculty with the e-mail system, • Mixed martial arts putting books on reserve, writing a syllabus, redesigning courses and at Convo Center available research software. Sessions on using biogs and wikis in courses, • Football single and course management systems also will be offered. New Faculty game tickets on Orientation is scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 2, and Thursday, Sept. 3, 8 sale a.m. to 5 p.m. New faculty will be able to meet EMU President Susan • Travel with EMU Martin and Provost Jack Kay, sign up for benefits, apply various laws and football to policies to actual case studies, review syllabi for best teaching practices Arkansas and meet new colleagues. Continental breakfast and lunch will be • EMU Resource Fair provided both days. For more information, call Karen Busch, 487-0020, • Spotlight on extension 2112, or e-mail [email protected] Education • Ann Street Lot to reopen soon Colleges, Halle Library • LeForge Road schedule fall meetings: closure Eastern Michigan University's • Student Center five colleges have scheduled summer hours their fall meetings. The • McNair Scholars College of Health and Human Program Services has scheduled its • Veterans Services meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, 8 relocated a.m. to 2 p.m., room 108, • Meijer Madness set Marshall Building. The College for Sept. 10 of Education fall meeting is • Fall 2009 tuition oc.:...._..:...... - scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 8, 9 waiver deadline WELCOME BACK: Faculty members a.m. to 2 p.m., room 203, from the College of Arts and Sciences Porter Building. The College of applaud during last year's fall faculty Arts and Sciences fall meeting meeting. Annual fall meetings for is Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2-4 p.m., EMU's five colleges begin Sept. 8. room 310 AB, Student Center. The College of Business will have its meeting Friday, Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to noon, room 114, Owen Building. The College of Technology has set its meeting for Friday, Sept. 18, 1-4 p.m., room 143, Sill Hall. In addition, Halle Library has scheduled its annual fall retreat Tuesday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with a picnic in front of the Carillon Room. For more information, call each of the colleges individually. • Holman Learning Center needs tutors for fall: Holman Learning Center (located in G04 Halle Library) is currently hiring tutors for Fall 2009. There is a high demand for tutors in 100/200 level math and science courses. The center offers flexible hours and competitive wages. Preference will be given to tutors with a letter of recommendation from faculty or previous employers. If you are interested in applying, please fill out a tutor application and attach a copy of your unofficial transcript. Applications are available in G04 Halle Library and on the HLC Web site at: http://www.emich.edu/tlc/employment/index.html. • Mixed martial arts at Convo Center: Xtreme Kombat League (XKL}, with support from the U.A.W. Region lA and Teamsters Local 299, launches its premiere international Mixed Martial Arts sports entertainment event, "The Road to Dubai," Saturday, Aug. 15, Convocation Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. The event will serve as an international amateur qualifier for title fights that will take place in Dubai as part of a new reality TV show, "The Xtreme Fighter" in September/October. Tickets are $10 for upper bowl; $20 for lower bowl; and $50 on the floor. For tickets, call 487-2282 or go to www.emutix.com • Football single-game tickets on sale: Single-game tickets for the 2009 football season are on sale now through the EMU ticket office. Fans can order tickets for any of EMU's five home games by calling 487-2282, online at emutix.com or in person at the ticket office in the Convocation Center. • Travel with EMU football to Arkansas: Have you ever wanted to experience what it is like to travel with the Eastern Michigan University football team? Any person that purchases FLY WITH THE EAGLES: For a chance to travel with 2009 EMU the EMU football team to Arkansas for a game against football the Razorbacks, fans who purchase 2009 season season tickets will be entered into a raffle for a trip for two to tickets will Fayetteville, Arkansas Oct. 31. be entered into a raffle for a trip for two to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to watch the Eagles and the Razorbacks battle Oct. 31. The trip includes bus and airline transportation, hotel lodging and game tickets. Food is not included in the package. Season ticket holders will receive one raffle entry for every season ticket purchased. Season tickets start at $45 for adults and $15 for youth. Special rates apply for EMU alumni, faculty and staff. Members of these groups are encouraged to contact the EMU Ticket Office to take advantage of this opportunity. The winner will be announced at the EMU home opener Saturday, Sept. 5, when the Eagles battle Army at 7 p.m. in Rynearson Stadium. For more information, contact the EMU Ticket Office at 487-2282 or visit EMUEagles.com. • EMU Resource Fair: The EMU Resource Fair is scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 2, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Student Center. Sections will include Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, and community and other resources. For more information, call 487-0020, extension 2113; or e-mail [email protected] • Spotlight on Education: Eastern Michigan University and WXYZ-TV have teamed to create "Spotlight on Education," offering educational advice to help parents extend the learning their kindergarten through college children receive in school. The partnership program is scheduled to air 6: 30-7 a.m. Mondays, 9-10 a.m. Tuesdays, and 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays from September through April on WXYZ-TV, Channel 7. Beginning in September, additional resources will be available at wxyz.com/educationfirst. Program topics will include extending and enhancing classroom curriculum, real-world education applications, decision making, social and financial responsibility, and the importance of goal setting, positive attitudes and earning a college degree. The program complements the EMU/WWJ Education Minute radio program, which airs weekdays 9:22 a.m., 12:23 p.m., 5:40 p.m. and 9:53 p.m. on 950-AM. Both community-based programs showcase EMU's faculty expertise, knowledge, leadership and education-first approach to teaching and learning. Ann Street Lot to reopen soon: The Ann Street Lot is closed for a reconstruction project, but is anticipated to reopen in mid-August. Signage is in place directing traffic away from the construction area. For more information, contact Travis Temeyer, 487- 3427. ��i ii��i!i!!lii���::� Leforge Road closure: The Ypsilanti Department of Public �--'--'-�������������_._:...... :...... Works closed the bridge (both LOT RECONSTRUCTION: The Ann Street lot north and southbound lanes) was torn up this summer and is being on LeForge Road. The bridge reconstructed from scratch. The lot is will be closed through Aug. 30. expected to reopen in mid-August. For more information, contact Nan Schuette, executive secretary, city manager's office, City of Ypsilanti, (734) 483-9646. • Student Center summer hours: The Student Center's summer hours will continue until Sunday, Aug. 23. Hours of operation are as follows: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday - closed. Vendor hours will vary. For more information, please call 487-1157. • McNair Scholars Program: Applications for the McNair Scholars Program are now available. Benefits include a summer research stipend, faculty research mentor, travel expenses for presenting research or graduate school visits, advising and graduate school preparation. The application deadline is Sept. 21. For eligibility requirements and an application, go to http;//www.emich.edu/honors/mcnair) • Veterans Services relocated: The Veteran Services Office has relocated to 246 McKenny Hall (across from Career Services). If you are in need of assistance, please contact Shaftone Dunklin, assistant director of Veteran Services, at [email protected]. Meijer Madness set for Sept. 10: Eastern Michigan University students can enjoy free samples and do some back-to-school shopping at Meijer Madness Thursday, Sept. 10, 7-11 p.m., at the Ypsilanti Meijer store on Carpenter Road. The event will include food, music, giveaways and more. Free transportation from EMU to Meijer will be available beginning at 6:45 p.m. (last bus leaves Meijer at 11:30 p.m.) at the following bus stops: Ann Street (near the First Year Center), Washtenaw Avenue/McKenny Hall parking lot Meijer Madness (AATA stop) and Oakwood (the Student Center circle drive). For questions, or if you would like to volunteer, call 487-2226 or e-mail [email protected] • Fall 2009 tuition waiver deadline: The deadline for submitting tuition waivers for fall 2009 is Friday, Sept. 18. All tuition waivers must be submitted to the Benefits Office. Tuition waivers submitted after Friday, Sept. 18, will not be submitted for approval. Please contact Karyn Jones at 487-3195 with any questions. EMU HOM Aug. 11, 2009 issue Jill Hunsberger Senior-Director, Academic Units Campaign Coordinator EMU Foundation The interesting thing about fundraising is you're kind of creating your own destiny along with the college. You're finding alumni and friends that want to fund the University. You have to be exceedingly flexible. Everyone you work with - donors, administrators and staff - are different. You have to be able to morph yourself to the people around you to better understand their needs. It's not about us. It's about their needs, their programs and students. I came here in 1999, so I've been here 10 years. I lived in Washtenaw County and was working in Dearborn before coming to the EMU Foundation. I wanted to be closer to home and I had heard of a position at the EMU Foundation through my longtime friend Betty Ballard. I applied, was interviewed and hired as director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences. The most important thing I've learned is that you have to create as many long-lasting, deep relationships as you can. They are the people who can help you in the end. I am proud of a lot, but two things stand out. Working with Dennis Beagen, we started the advancement committee of the Undergraduate Symposium in 2001. We were able to make that something really special. We have been able to raise over $500,000 in the past seven years, creating dozens of fellowships and scholarships for students. The other relationship was with (donor) Dr. George Cogar. Before George made his gift, I worked with him on a regular basis for about nine months. He visited campus several times and was introduced to students, faculty, administrators and regents. When Susan Martin was selected as our next president, he and his wife, Dr. Darlene Shaw, decided to make a gift. Now, he's made his gift ($1 million to EMU for scholarships); he's a member of the EMU Foundation Board and the Comprehensive Campaign Committee; he has made a fundraising trip on behalf of the EMU Foundation and will be hosting an alumni event in South Carolina next spring. The people keep me here at the EMU Foundation. It's the personal relationships with donors, friends, volunteers and co-workers that really make this job something special. I love the creativity and the ability to make a difference. I can't imagine working anywhere else! - Contributed by Ron Podell