An Eastern Michigan University student accused of setting a small fire Wednesday in a bathroom at the Student Center told police he planned to burn the building down, but changed his mind, EMU Interim Public Safety Director Bob Heighes said. Paul Travis McClendon, 55, of Ypsilanti Township, was arraigned this ...
A man accused of stealing an Eastern Michigan University student's backpack and punching the student repeatedly in the face after being confronted about it, is being held at the Washtenaw County Jail on a $100,000 cash or surety bond. Jeremiah K. Sawyer, 17, of Ypsilanti Township, was arraigned this afternoon ...
An Eastern Michigan University student confronted a teenager who stole his backpack Wednesday and was able to yank it back from him despite being assaulted, campus police said. Officers arrested a 17-year-old Ypsilanti Township boy after the struggle outside the Warner Building.
I would strongly urge a pause for reflection and investigation of the details of the proposal for “improving schools” offered by Governor Snyder. We have seen before with Gov. Snyder how his playing close to the vest, is part of his way of leading and operating. Since in public policy, ...
Faculty from Eastern Michigan University will refuse to participate in a plan to reform failing schools if their work means nullifying any existing union contracts, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press EMU's participation in the state's new Education Achievement System was approved by the EMU Board of ...
This story has been updated with quotes from Susan Moeller The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents formally approved the university’s participation in a new system for governing failing schools in Michigan and appointed two regents to the board of the Education Achievement System. The regents unanimously voted to join ...
Eastern Michigan University students will see a 3.65 percent increase in tuition — the lowest increase among state public universities — and about 70 positions will be cut as a part of the university’s 2011-12 budget. The university’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve the budget in Tuesday’s meeting. ...
On the day that Eastern Michigan University fired its basketball coach earlier this year, one of the school’s regents, Jim Stapleton, scolded athletic department officials for the decision. Not necessarily because he thought coach Charles Ramsey had done a stellar job - in six years, Ramsey compiled a 68-118 record. ...
The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents will vote Tuesday on establishing a new academic center for special education research and scholarship Tuesday following $3.15 million in donations. The Delores Soderquist Brehm Center for Special Education Scholarship and Research would be housed within the Department of Special Education in EMU’s ...