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Eastern Michigan University is heading full steam into collegiate Esports competition. We get that story from WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert.
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Eastern Michigan University's Halle Library is receiving a makeover thanks to a donation from its namesake. With this move, the university's oral history program will soon grow into a center of its own. EMU Archivist and Library Department head, Alexis Braun Marks, joined Rylee Barnsdale for a conversation on what this will mean to the school and community-at-large.
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Eastern Michigan University President Dr. James Smith says he will step down after his contract expires in two years. He is currently the longest tenured president of all public universities in the state. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
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The Juneteenth flag is now flying above the Washtenaw County Administration Building on Main Street, just below the Stars and Stripes. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
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The Rodeo is coming to Eastern Michigan University—the annual Bike Rodeo, that is! EMU will host its 7th annual Bike Rodeo on Saturday, June 15th. The event aims to promote bike safety for youngsters and create community engagement between kids and police officers. In addition to riding and learning from EMU’s bicycle officers, the free, family-friendly event provides free bicycle safety checks, helmets and bicycle locks. EMU Police Sgt. Joseph Torres joins WEMU's David Fair to discuss what’s in it for area kids and families and what the officers get out of the interactions.
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Detroit’s African American Civil Rights Survey Phase 2: Eastside aims to safeguard sites significant to the Black community. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.
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State House Speaker Joe Tate told the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday he will need their help in getting more businesses and people to call Michigan home. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.
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The teams have only played ten times in their programs' history. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.
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YpsiWrites has been providing resources and space for local writers to hone their craft and foster unity between writers and the with the community they call home. Since 2019, the nonprofit has hosted events and workshops, and the next is the upcoming Ypsilanti-Area Authors Reading on May 22nd. Dr. Toni Pressley-Sanon will be among those presenting. She is an Africology and African American studies professor at Eastern Michigan University and has authored the book, "Lifting as They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation." She joined Rylee Barnsdale to discuss the book, the event and the value of community connection.
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Eastern Michigan University engineering students will head to Pennsylvania this week to participate in an off-road vehicle competition. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.