Articles tagged:EMU

Posted: Thu Dec 29 2:59 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
EMU Police Chief Greg O'Dell remembered as 'a hero cop' during emotional memorial service

Several hundred people, including officers from EMU, Ann Arbor and other area police departments, attended the service inside Pease Auditorium on EMU's campus.

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Posted: Wed Nov 30 1:35 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Greg O'Dell says leaving U-M police to return to EMU strictly a personal decision

He said he couldn't turn down the unique opportunity to return to the job leading the EMU Department of Public Safety that he originally began in February 2008.

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Posted: Thu Sep 8 5:07 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

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 ...

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Posted: Fri Aug 26 3:21 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man accused of robbing EMU student is held on $100,000 bond

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 ...

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Posted: Thu Aug 25 1:09 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

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.

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Posted: Wed Aug 24 9:30 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Free shuttle service to launch next week as classes resume at Eastern Michigan University

A new shuttle service and bus pass program will launch next week as classes resume on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. EMU officials and the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority joined today in announcing the new Route 34 West Campus Shuttle, which begins Aug. 31.

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Posted: Sun Jul 3 2:19 p.m. by Letters to the Editor

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, ...

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Posted: Wed Jun 22 10:59 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

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 ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 21 9:10 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

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 ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 21 5:27 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

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. ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 21 5:59 a.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com
Budget shortfalls put more pressure on Eastern Michigan athletic department

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. ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 21 5:55 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

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 ...

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Posted: Mon Jun 20 1:04 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Eastern Michigan University to play major role in Snyder's new statewide system to run failing schools

Eastern Michigan University will play a significant role in a new authority established by Gov. Rick Snyder to turn around 200 failing Michigan public schools.

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Posted: Mon Jun 20 5:59 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
Eastern Michigan University wants to grow annual fund-raising from $6M to $15M by 2015

Growing fund-raising from less than $6 million per year to $15 million per year by 2015 is part of the goal set by Eastern Michigan University as its Board of Regents prepares to sign a new 5-year operating agreement with the EMU Foundation. The contract will come before regents at ...

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Posted: Sat May 7 5:59 a.m. by Lucy Ann Lance AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Q&A with Edward Sidlow: EMU professor talks about the politics of Bin Laden's death

Edward SidlowNearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in a covert operation authorized by President Barak Obama. On The Lucy Ann Lance Business Insider on 1290 WLBY this past week my colleague, Dean Erskine, ...

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