Eastern Michigan University
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| Established | 1849 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | $46.4 Million |
| President | John Fallon III |
| Students | 22,827 |
| Undergraduates | 18,165 |
| Postgraduates | 4,662 |
| Location | Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Website | emich.edu |
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The university is governed by an eight-member Board of Regents, who are appointed by the Governor of Michigan for eight-year terms. The school belongs to the Mid-American Conference and was re-accredited by the North Central Association in 2001. Currently, EMU comprises five colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Health & Human Services, Technology and a Graduate School. Its mascot, since 1991, has been the Eastern Eagle, after the traditional name "Hurons" was deemed unsuitable. EMU has consistently been one of the largest producers of professional educators in the country.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School, the first normal school created outside the original 13 colonies, it became the Michigan State Normal College in 1899, then Eastern Michigan College in 1956, and finally Eastern Michigan University in 1959. Education, Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School were the first three colleges in the newly created university. Several major expansions followed shortly afterwards, including the addition of the College of Business in 1964, the College of Health and Human Services in 1975 and the College of Technology in 1980. More recently extended programs were added such as Continuing Education, the Centers for Corporate Training, the World College and numerous community-focused institutes.
Physically, the campus has grown with the construction of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Research Facility (1998), the Convocation Center (1998), the Bruce T. Halle Library (1998), the John W. Porter College of Education Building (1999), the Everett L. Marshall College of Health and Human Services Building (2000), the Village residence hall (2001) and University House (2003). A new Student Center opened in 2006.
Total student population averages about 25,000 of whom roughly 7,000 are graduate students. Most programs are undergraduate or master's level although the university has doctoral programs in Educational Leadership, Technology, and Psychology. John Fallon III, Ph.D., EMU's twenty-first President, began his tenure on July 15, 2005.
[edit] Campus
EMU is located in Ypsilanti, a city thirty-five miles west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. Detroit Metro Airport is a fifteen minute drive from campus. The school is a culturally diverse learning and teaching community set in a small city environment, amidst a major metropolitian area, which attracts students from Metro Detroit, across the state, nationally and internationally. The university's site is composed of an academic and athletic campus spread across 800 plus-acres, with 122 buildings.
Like all colleges and universities in the United States, under the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act (1990), EMU reports their on-campus crime statistics to the Michigan State Police and publish the numbers on the Campus Safety website. Ypsilanti crime rates can be compared to other cities using Detroit Michigan Crime Statistics and Data Resources website.
The EMU campus includes several buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci.
[edit] Academic profile
Enrollment, 2005
- Undergraduate: 19,000
- Graduate: 4,862
- Total university: 23,862
Ethnicity (non-foreign nationals)
- African-American: 16%
- Asian: 3%
- Latino-American / Hispanic: 2%
- Native American: 1%
- White: 70%
- Undeclared: 8%
Gender
Geographic distribution
Participation
- Fraternities or sororities: 4%
- A club or organization: 75%
- Sports (including intramural): 50%
Academic profile (freshmen class of 2005)
College jobs
- Part-time employment (on or off campus): 70%
[edit] Student Life
[edit] Journalism
The Eastern Echo, EMU's independent student newspaper, publishes three times a week during the fall and winter semesters and once a week during the spring semester. The paper won eight awards in the 2005 Division 1 Michigan Collegiate Press Association contest, including second place in the general excellence category. The newspaper, which is funded through advertising revenue, is not under the editorial control of the university. It also publishes content online at http://www.easternecho.com.
Also part of the EMU Student Media Office is Cellar Roots, the school's student-run literary and fine arts magazine. Cellar Roots celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2006 with a week of events that highlighted the history of the publication. Cellar Roots is a five time winner of the National Pacemaker award for design, an award often equated with the Pulitzer Prize for the college level, as well numerous other awards. Cellar Roots
[edit] Music
The school song "Our Pledge" was written by Edward Bowles and was arranged for the marching band by Thomas Tyra. The melody of "Eagles Fight Song" was written by Larry Livingston and arranged for marching band by Thomas Tyra. The percussion parts were written by Whitney Prince. The lyrics were revised by Dr. Max Plank after the Eastern Michigan University mascot was changed from the Hurons to the Eagles. "Go Green" was written by Thomas Tyra.
"Our Pledge" lyrics:
Eastern, sacred alma mater,
To your name we shall be true.
Ever marching on to victory,
We'll stand by to see you through.
Softly floating on the breeze
Verdant green with white of snow.
This our banner we will carry
In our hearts, where e'er we go.
- The main Eastern Michigan University fight song is "Eagles Fight Song":
Eastern Eagles hats off to you
Fight, fight, fight for old E-M-U
Look to the sky,
The Eagles will fly,
The bravest will defy
Rah! Rah! Rah
Hold that line for old green and white
Sons and daughters show your might
So FIGHT! FIGHT! for old E-M-U and vic-tor-ry
- The Eastern Michigan University Spirit Song is "Go Green":
Go Green, roll up the score
Go Green, let's get some more
Raise a cheer for old green and white
Let's show them we came here to fight
Go Green, vic'try we'll claim
Go Green, let's win this game
We'll always fight (what) for (who?) old E-M-U
Come on and let's go Green!
[edit] Marching & Basketball Bands
The Eastern Michigan University Marching Band was first formed in 1924 by Thomas Tyra. The marching band is directed by Scott Boerma and Mark Waymire. Music for half time is arranged by Scott Boerma, with some arrangements by R. MacKenzie Lewis. Drill is written by Mark Waymire. The band plays both "Go Green" and the "Eagles Fight Song" for pregame at football games and after every game and rehearsal the marching band sings "Our Pledge".
The Eastern Michigan University Basketball Band is directed by the 2 graduate assistants of the band. The basketball band travels with the basketball teams during the MAC tournament or the NCAA tournament.
[edit] Library
The Bruce T. Halle Library is a newly constructed four story facility. It is the sole library on campus. It includes computer labs and has one of the largest collections of children's literature in the United States. Halle was the head of the Discount Tire Company, and was a major benefactor.
[edit] Forensics
EMU is home to one of the nation's most successful Forensics (competitive speech) teams. The EMU Forensics team has the distinction of being the only program in the country to place in the top ten at every NFA national championship since they began in 1971. The EMU forensics team has won 10 team national championships and 63 individual national championships. With 33 out of a possible 35 state championships, the team is the foremost forensics competitive team in the state of Michigan. This reputation has been enhanced by the fact that EMU competitors have won over 200 individual state champions. Visit at [http://www.emich.edu/forensics ]
[edit] Athletics
Eastern Michigan athletic teams have been successful on a national level, winning three NCAA Division II national championships and 13 NAIA Division I national championships in five different sports (baseball, men's cross country, men's swimming and diving, men's indoor track and field, and men's outdoor track and field); moreover, EMU has been NCAA Division I national runner-up twice. In 1940, the men's cross country team finished second to Indiana University at the national meet hosted by Michigan State University. On June 19, 1976, afer finishing in sixth place the year before, the baseball team was defeated by the University of Arizona in the final game of the College World Series at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. Eastern's men's basketball team has appeared in four NCAA Division I tournaments, and have a 3-4 record, tied for third best among Michigan colleges. In total the Eagles have the most MAC Championships in a sport, 25, including Men's Swimming and Diving in 1979,1981-1996,1998,2000-2005.
Traditionally, the program has problems attracting fans to their football games each season. NCAA rules state that in order to stay in Division I-A for football, each team must attract an average of 15,000 fans per game. During a 1-11 season in 2006, Eastern's EMU Foundation purchased 5,000 tickets for local high school students to curb this threat to their status. The football team has played one home game a year at Ford Field in downtown Detroit annually since 2004 in the "Collegiate Clash", where they have hosted Central Michigan University (2004), Western Michigan University (2005) and the United States Naval Academy in 2006. This appearance in Detroit is beneficial to their average attendance, as it usually gets around 25,000 fans. Also, the school tries to coordinate their schedule with the University of Michigan's in order to make it easier for people to watch both teams, and again boosting the attendance at EMU's Rynearson Stadium.
In December 1987, EMU won the MAC Championship and defeated 17 1/2 point favorite San Jose State in the California Bowl. The 1988 and 1989 teams each finished in second place in the conference and ended the most successful stretch of football in school history with its fourth straight winning season. EMU has achieved only one winning season ('95) since.
In the 1996 Men's Basketball Tournament, Eastern Michigan defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the opening round. This would be the last time the Blue Devils were defeated before the regional round of play in the Tournmanent until VCU's win in the opening round of the 2007 Men's Basketball Tournament.
[edit] Nickname Controversy
Since the 1991 season, Eastern Michigan University athletic teams have gone by the nickname "Eagles."
The Eagles name was officially adopted on May 22, 1991, when the EMU Board of Regents voted to replace the existing Huron nickname and logo with the new one.
EMU originally went by the nicknames "Normalites" and "Men from Ypsi" and various other titles down through the years before "Hurons" was adopted in 1929.
The "Hurons" first came into being as the result of a contest sponsored by the Men's Union in 1929. On Oct. 31 of that year, a three-person committee, composed of Dr. Clyde Ford, Dr. Elmer Lyman and Professor Bert Peet, selected the name "Hurons" from the many entries in the contest.
The name was submitted by two students, Gretchen Borst and George Hanner. Hanner was working at the Huron Hotel at the time of the contest and was no doubt as much influenced by his place of employment as by the Huron Indian tribe. The runner-up name in that contest was Pioneers.
EMU began investigating the appropriateness of its Huron Indian logo after the Michigan Department of Civil Rights issued a report in October 1988 suggesting that all schools using such logos drop them. The report indicated that the use of Native American names, logos and mascots for athletic teams promoted racial stereotypes. At that time, four colleges, 62 high schools and 33 junior high/middle schools in Michigan used Indian logos or names.
The EMU Board of Regents voted to replace the Huron name with Eagles, taken from three recommendations from a committee charged with supplying a new nickname. The other two final names submitted were Green Hornets and Express.
[edit] Athletic facts
- Conference: Mid-American (MAC)
- Nickname: Eagles (were known as the Hurons from 1929 - 1991)
- Colors: Green and White
- Affiliation: NCAA Division I (previously NAIA and NCAA Division II)
- Number of sports at EMU: 21
National Championships (16)
- 1972: Men's Swimming and Diving - NCAA Division II
- 1972: Men's Outdoor Track and Field - NCAA Division II
- 1971: Men's Swimming and Diving - NAIA
- 1971: Men's Indoor Track and Field - NAIA
- 1971: Men's Outdoor Track and Field - NAIA
- 1970: Baseball - NAIA
- 1970: Men's Cross Country - NCAA Division II
- 1970: Men's Cross Country - NAIA
- 1970: Men's Swimming and Diving - NAIA
- 1970: Men's Indoor Track and Field - NAIA
- 1970: Men's Outdoor Track and Field - NAIA
- 1969: Men's Swimming and Diving - NAIA
- 1969: Men's Indoor Track and Field - NAIA
- 1968: Men's Swimming and Diving - NAIA
- 1967: Men's Cross Country - NAIA
- 1966: Men's Cross Country - NAIA
National Runners-up (6)
- 1976: Baseball - NCAA Division I
- 1971: Men's Basketball - NAIA Division I
- 1969: Men's Cross Country - NCAA Division II
- 1969: Men's Cross Country - NAIA
- 1965: Men's Cross Country - NCAA Division II
- 1940: Men's Cross Country - NCAA
Club Team National Runners-up (2)
- 2000: Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA Division I
- 1994: Men's Ice Hockey - ACHA Division I
Recent MAC championships
- 2007: Women's Gymnastics
- 2007: Men's Indoor Track and Field
- 2007: Men's Swimming and Diving
- 2007: Women's Swimming and Diving
- 2006: Men's Cross Country
- 2006: Women's Swimming and Diving
- 2005: Men's Cross Country
- 2000–2005: Men's swimming and diving
- 2004: Women's Basketball
- 2003: Men's baseball
- 2003: Women's soccer
- 2003: Women's outdoor track
- 1995–2003: Men's track
- 2001: Women's tennis
- 2000: Women's indoor track
NCAA bowl games
- 1971 Pioneer Bowl Appearance
- 1987 California Bowl Champions
NCAA individual champions
Men's Cross Country:
- 2001 Boaz Cheboiywo
Men's Track and Field:
- 2004 Jordan Desilets, 3000-meter steeplechase
- 2002 Boaz Cheboiywo, 10,000 meters outdoor track
- 1999 Clement Chukwu, 400 meters
- 1985 Earl Jones, 800 meters
- 1975 Halsey Crawford, 100 yards
- 1959 Hayes Jones, 120- & 220-yard hurdles
- 1932 Eugene Beatty, 400-meter hurdles
Women's Track and Field:
- 2005 Lela Nelson, heptathlon
- 1995 Sevatheda Fynes, 200 meters
Olympians
- 2004 Athens Games: USA- Jamie Nieto (High Jump, 4th)
- 2000 Sydney Games: Nigeria- Nduka Awazie (4x400 meter relay, Silver), Nigeria - Clement Chukwu (200 & 400 meters)
- 1996 Atlanta Games: USA- Paul McMullen (1500 meters, 9th), Suriname - Tommy Asinga (800 meters), British West Indies - Greg Rhymer (1500 meters), Nigeria - Clement Chukwu (200 & 400 meters), Bahamas - Sevetheda Fynes (100 & 200 meters, 400M Relay)
- 1992 Barcelona Games: Suriname - Tommy Asinga (800 meters)
- 1988 Seoul Games: Suriname - Tommy Asinga (800 meters)
- 1984 Los Angeles Games: USA- Earl Jones (800 meters, Bronze), Trinidad and Tobago- Hasely Crawford (100 meters)
- 1980 Moscow Games: Trinidad and Tobago- Hasely Crawford (100 meters)
- 1976 Montreal Games: Trinidad and Tobago- Hasely Crawford (100 meters, Gold, 200 meters)
- 1972 Munich Games: Trinidad and Tobago- Hasely Crawford (100 meters)
- 1968 Mexico City Games: Canada - Dave Ellis (10,000 meters)
- 1964 Tokyo Games: USA- Hayes Jones (110 High Hurdles, Gold), USA - Dean Rockwell, Manager of the Greco Roman Wrestling Squad
- 1960 Rome Games: USA- Hayes Jones (110 High Hurdles, Bronze)
- 1948 London Games: USA - George Marshall, Manager, Men's Track and Field
- 1932 Los Angeles Games: USA - Lloyd Olds, Assistant Coach, Track and Field
[edit] Notable alumni
- John Edward Ames, novelist and short story writer
- Kim Antieau -- American novelist
- Gary Bastien --1983 Pan American Games track team, decathlon
- Charlie Batch-- NFL player, currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Earl Boykins -- NBA player, currently with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Richard Campbell -- Head athletic trainer for the New York Islanders
- Ron Campbell-- CEO Tampa Bay Lighting NHL Hockey Team
- John C. Coburn -- Four-star general, Commander U.S. Army Materiel Command
- Dennis Cockrum -- American actor
- Fred Cofield, NBA player for the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls
- Michelle Collett -- poet
- Dr. Royal S. Copeland -- U.S. Senator from New York
- Dave Coverly -- syndicated cartoonist, Speed Bump (comic strip)
- Lional Dalton, football player for the Houston Texans
- Derrick Dial -- NBA player, formerly with the San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, and Orlando Magic
- Dann Florek -- American actor (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- George Gervin -- Retired hall of Famer of the NBA
- Ryan Goleski -- professional baseball player, currently with the Oakland Athletics
- Bruce Halle -- Philanthropist and founder of Discount Tire Company (largest independent tire dealer in [North America])
- Stan Heath -- Head basketball coach, formerly with Arkansas and now with South Florida
- John Heffron -- Winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing 2 in 2004 [1]
- Freman Hendrix -- Former chief of staff and deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Dennis Archer and was a 2005 mayoral candidate in Detroit
- John Hieftje -- Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2000
- Earlie Higgins, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
- Sheryl James -- Winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
- Mark Jefferson -- Geographer, most notable for drawing up the maps accompanying the Treaty of Versailles, and has a classroom building named after him on campus.
- Hayes Jones -- Tokyo Olympics 110 meter hurdles Gold Medalist
- Earl Jones -- 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 800 meters Silver Medalist
- Ella Joyce -- American stage actress
- Grant Long -- Retired NBA player
- Frank J. Manley -- Among the founders of the "community school" movement
- Harvey Marlatt, NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
- Greg Mathis, Judge and later TV personality of Judge Mathis fame
- Winsor McCay -- Pioneering cartoonist
- Kenny Mcintosh, 1970's NBA player for the Chicago Bulls and the Seattle Supersonics
- Paul McMullen -- 1996 Olympics track star
- Michael G. Morris -- President and CEO of American Electric Power
- Jamie Nieto -- 2004 Olympics track star
- Jereme Perry -- Plays Defensive Back for Cleveland Browns
- Bob Parks --EMU track coach, coached several track Olympians
- Charles E. Potter -- U.S. Senator from Michigan
- Carl D. Pursell -- U.S. Congressman from Michigan
- Gary Reed -- Comic book writer
- Dean Rockwell -- Olympic team wrestling coach, 1964, and World War II Normandy D-Day invasion hero
- Chris Roberson -- NFL player, currently with the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Jack Roush -- CEO, and owner of Roush Racing NASCAR and Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises
- Faris Abdullah Sanabani -- Yemeni magazine, newspaper and book publisher
- L. J. Shelton, Miami Dolphins offensive tackle
- Rodney E. Slater -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton
- Greg C. Smith -- Executive Vice President and President, The Americas of Ford Motor Company
- Joseph Sobran--Libertarian, author and syndicated collumnist
- Larry Soderquist -- Corporate and Securities law expert, author, and Vanderbilt professor
- William J. Stephens -- Regent Emeritus and retired Colonel United States Army
- Barry Stokes -- NFL player, currently with the Detroit Lions
- Carl Thomas, basketball player for several NBA teams
- Charles Thomas, basketball player for the Detroit Pistons
- Larry Warren, hospital administration executive
- Kevin Walter -- NFL player, currently with the Houston Texans
- Bob Welch -- Former Major League Baseball player, 2-time All-Star, Cy Young Award winner (1990), and best-selling author
- Jay D. Young -- Regular guy and sports enthusiast
[edit] Notable Faculty
- Anthony Iannaccone, conductor, composer and professor of music
- Loren D. Estleman -- American author
- Tracie Morris -- American poet and literature professor
- Robert Citino -- American Author and professor of history
- John W Mills -- British Sculptor (visiting professor 1970-1971)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Virtual Tour of Eastern Michigan University
- Eastern Echo independent student newspaper
- Eastern Michigan University Student Government
- Eastern Michigan University School of Music
- Eastern Michigan University Drumline
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