Editing Eastern Michigan University (section)

==Student life==
{{for|a list of EMU Student life buildings|List of Eastern Michigan University buildings#Student life}}
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of October 15, 2024
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Eastern Michigan University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?169798-Eastern-Michigan-University |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|57.7|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16.7|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|11.3|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8.8|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="3" data-sort-type="number" |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|39|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|61|%|2||background:black}}
|}
Just like many large universities EMU has many student oriented facilities outside the classroom. The university has plays, musicals, student organizations, and various social activities for students. On-campus hangouts include the [[Eastern Michigan University Student Center|Student Center]], [[Olds-Robb Recreation-Intramural Complex|The Rec/IM]], [[Bruce T. Halle Library|Halle Library]], and dining facilities like the Eastern Eateries and the Commons (DC1). EMU's office of Campus Life provides many co-curricular opportunities for both resident students and commuter students which include Friday night movies, Laugh Lounge and Sky Lounge. In addition to activities on campus, EMU's campus life office also organizes occasional "Eastern Excursions" to cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago. Off-campus hangouts include [[Depot Town]], Frog Island, Riverside Park, downtown [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] and The Ugly Mug coffee shop.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/article/2010/12/emu_has_hotspots_to_escape_winter_cold |title=EMU has hotspots to escape winter cold |last=Williams |first=Jessica |work=[[Eastern Echo]] |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2010}}</ref>

===Student organizations===
Student Organizations at Eastern are housed under Campus Life. Most academic departments on campus have at least one student organization for students who are interested in that subject area. Students work with volunteer organizations such as Habitat for Humanity both during the school year and on breaks. Other clubs include the Muslim Student Association, Eastern Michigan [[Super Smash Bros. in esports|Smash]] Club (EMUSC) and the LGBTA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual Association). Eastern Michigan University has over 340 student clubs and organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emich.edu/aboutemu/profile/fastfacts.php |title=Eastern Michigan University: Institutional Profile |publisher=Emich.edu |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929114322/http://www.emich.edu/aboutemu/profile/fastfacts.php |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>

EMU offers a variety of Greek organizations on campus. The Greek system provides fraternities and sororities students can join, many of which have houses within walking distance of campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emu.collegiatelink.net/Community?action=getOrgBrowse&searchValue=&searchType=Contains&searchField=orgName&orderByField=name&sortOrder=0&firstResult=0&maxResults=25&useOnlyEnabledRecords=null&filters=CatID:c:2733&filters=Status:s:NORMAL|title=EMU greek life|publisher=Collegiate link|access-date=December 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706023113/http://emu.collegiatelink.net/Community?action=getOrgBrowse|archive-date=July 6, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Just like most universities EMU has a [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]], [[National Panhellenic Conference|College Panhellenic Council]] and [[Interfraternity Council]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emich.edu/campuslife/?p=organizations-greek |title=Home |publisher=Emich.edu |access-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref> Interfraternity Council comprises eight fraternities, and the Panhellenic Council is made up of nine sororities. National Pan-Hellenic Council consists of 9 historically African-American fraternities and sororities, five fraternities and four sororities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://216.91.145.118/greek-councils/112.html |title=National Panhellenic Council |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810174933/http://216.91.145.118/greek-councils/112.html |archive-date=August 10, 2011 }}</ref>

[[Alpha Sigma Tau]], a national [[National Panhellenic Conference|Panhellenic]] [[Fraternities and sororities|sorority]] was founded at EMU on November 4, 1899. Sigma Nu Phi, a local sorority, was founded on Eastern's campus September 30, 1897. It is the oldest Greek organization on campus as well as the oldest continually-functioning local sorority in the nation. Greek Life at EMU hosts a yearly event called Greek Week. Greek Week is a week of events centered on Greek unity and spirit. The week often occurs in the beginning of April.<ref name="Greek life traditions">{{cite web|title=Greek life traditions|url=http://216.91.145.118/most-commonly-used-greek-terms.html|work=Greek Week info|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228103252/http://216.91.145.118/most-commonly-used-greek-terms.html|archive-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> Other traditions include Greek Awards. The yearly awards are based on the university's Greek Standards and Assessment Program (GSAP).<ref name="Greek Life GSAP awards">{{cite web|title=GSAP at EMU|url=http://216.91.145.118/greek-standards-and-assessments-council.html|work=Greek Life info GSAP|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810174938/http://216.91.145.118/greek-standards-and-assessments-council.html|archive-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>

===Campus media and publications===
{{See also|Eastern Echo|WEMU|LINGUIST List}}
[[File:Eastern_Michigan_University-6_(2803838017).jpg|thumb|Sherzer Hall]]

The ''[[Eastern Echo]]'', EMU's independent student newspaper, is published three times a week during the fall and winter semesters and once a week during the spring semester, as well as publishing content online. 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 and university funds, is not under the editorial control of the university.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emich.edu/cellarroots |title=Cellar Roots |access-date=June 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915235102/http://www.emich.edu/cellarroots/ |archive-date=September 15, 2006 }}</ref>

EMU hosts two radio stations WQBR and [[WEMU]] 89.1 FM. WEMU is a National Public Radio member station. The radio station, which features jazz music, has many student employees and broadcasts many EMU athletic games. WQBR stands for Quirk Building Radio, where the station was once hosted in Quirk. Today WQBR is named Eagle Radio and is no longer hosted in Quirk. Eagle Radio broadcasts from Halle library and is an Internet only radio station at www.eagleradio.org.

The [[LINGUIST List]] is a major online resource for the academic field of [[linguistics]]. It was founded by [[Anthony Aristar]] in early 1990 at the [[University of Western Australia]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://linguistlist.org/about.cfm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720031537/http://linguistlist.org/about.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=About LINGUIST List |publisher=Linguistlist.org |access-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> and is used as a reference by the [[National Science Foundation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05590/nsf05590.htm |title=Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) nsf05590 |publisher=Nsf.gov|access-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref> Its main and oldest feature is the premoderated [[electronic mailing list]], now with thousands of subscribers all over the world, where queries and their summarized results, discussions, journal table of contents, dissertation abstracts, calls for papers, book and conference announcements, software notices and other useful pieces of linguistic information are posted.

===Traditions===
Eastern Michigan has several campus-wide traditions throughout the school year. Longstanding traditions include [[Homecoming]], [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] Week and the use of the Pray-Harrold Kiosk by students.

The Pray-Harrold Kiosk (or Pillar) is a large cement pillar outside the Pray-Harrold Building and the Rec/IM. The Pillar is painted by various organizations for campus awareness, advertisements and organization unity. The legend is that it started as a flagpole and layers of paint have accumulated over the years.<ref name="Pray-Harrold Kiosk Campus Traditions">{{cite web|title=Pray-Harrold Kiosk|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/030607/womenshistorymonth.html|work=Campus Traditions|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204200418/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/030607/womenshistorymonth.html|archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="EMU Pray Harold Kiosk">{{cite web|title=EMU Pray Harold Kiosk|url=http://emustudentgov.celect.org/sg-services |work=EMU Pray Harold Kiosk Campus Tradition|publisher=EMU student government|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref>

During Eastern's fall semester, traditions include EagleFest, Community Plunge, and [[Homecoming]]. EagleFest occurs during the school's orientation and welcoming weekend in September.<ref name="Fajita Fest & Community Plunge">{{cite web|title=EMU's Fajita Fest|url=http://emich.edu/campuslife/student-organizations/events-programs-a-workshops|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815155642/http://emich.edu/campuslife/student-organizations/events-programs-a-workshops|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2011|work=Campus Traditions|publisher=Focus EMU|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref> The event brings more than 300 campus offices, and student organizations together in University Park & [[Bowen Field House]] to showcase campus organizations and services. Community Plunge also occurs during orientation and offers the opportunity for students, staff and faculty to participate in service in the Ypsilanti community.<ref name="Community Plunge at EMU">{{cite web|title=Community Plunge at EMU|url=http://www.emich.edu/vision/|work=Community Plunge campus traditions|publisher=EMich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Community Plunge Tradition|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/091404/bythenumbers.html|work=Community Plunge Traditions|publisher=emich.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606014437/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/091404/bythenumbers.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>

During Eastern's winter semester campus traditions include: Ethos Week; The Gold Medallion Awards; Relay For Life; and Martin Luther King Jr. Week, held in conjunction with the [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] holiday, with speakers, community building events and awards in celebration of King and his dream.<ref name="MLK Week">{{cite web|title=MLK Week|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/011006/mlkpreview.html|work=MLK Week campus traditions|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204230148/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/011006/mlkpreview.html|archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="MLK week Campus Tradition">{{cite web|title=MLK week|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/010808/mlkadvance.html|work=Campus traditions with mlk week|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606043837/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/010808/mlkadvance.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> Ethos Week is a week-long annual event occurring in March and is led by the COB. The event promotes business ethics and ethics education.<ref name="cob.emich.edu"/><ref name="Gerding"/> The Gold Medallions Awards are split into two ceremonies. The Gold Medallion Awards started in 1982 and is organized by Eastern's Student Affairs Division to recognize faculty, students and staff.<ref name="Gold Medallions">{{cite web|title=Gold Medallions Traditions|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040505/weekofexcellence.html|work=Traditions|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123223207/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040505/weekofexcellence.html|archive-date=January 23, 2012}}</ref> In 1996, the Student Gold Medallion Awards were established. The award ceremony recognizes student leaders, student organizations, divisional programs, activities or service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Gold Medallion|url=http://emich.edu/campuslife/leadership/student-gold-medallion|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212014915/http://emich.edu/campuslife/leadership/student-gold-medallion|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2012|work=student-gold-medallion Traditions|publisher=Emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref> Eastern's [[Relay For Life]] event is a 24-hour, yearly event held in University Park that started in 1985.<ref name="EMU traditions Relay for life date">{{cite web|title=Relay for Life start date|url=http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/releases_archived/dingellrelay.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123231017/http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/releases_archived/dingellrelay.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2012|work=EMU traditions Relay for life date|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref> The event is centered on supporting the [[American Cancer Society]]. The event brings in campus organizations from the entire campus.<ref name="Relay for Life a EMU tradition">{{cite web|title=Relay For Life EMU|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040307/relayforlifefeaturephoto.html|work=Relay for Life a EMU tradition|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121235310/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040307/relayforlifefeaturephoto.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Relay for Life at EMU">{{cite web|title=Relay for Life at EMU|url=http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040808/walkforthecurephoto.html|work=EMU Tradition Relay for life|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204202237/http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/040808/walkforthecurephoto.html|archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref> The event has been held at various times during the year but in recent times the event is held in early April before the school-year ends.

===Residence halls and apartments===
{{for|a list of EMU Residence Halls and Apartments|List of Eastern Michigan University buildings#Residence Halls & Apartments}}
{{for|a list of dining facilities|List of Eastern Michigan University buildings#Dining}}
[[File:EMU_Roosevelt_Hall_1.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt Hall]]

Eastern Michigan University has 14 residence halls. As of Fall 2014 first-year only residence halls will include Putnam and Phelps. Upperclassmen student living options include: the Village, Buell, and the three apartment complexes. Sellers, Wise, Walton, Downing, Wise, Hill, Hoyt, Pittman and Best house all students, regardless of class ranking. Honors students are housed in Downing and Best Halls. Past locations included Jones and Goddard Halls.<ref name="Honors Program Becomes College in 2005"/><ref name="Jones and Goddard Hall Honors Housing">{{cite web|title=Jones and Goddard Hall Honors Housing|url=http://www.emich.edu/walkingtour/jones.htm|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123235451/http://www.emich.edu/walkingtour/jones.htm|archive-date=January 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Downing Houses Honors">{{cite web|title=Downing Houses Honors|url=http://www.emich.edu/honors/about.php|publisher=emich.edu|access-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117042730/http://www.emich.edu/honors/about.php|archive-date=January 17, 2012}}</ref> Eastern also offers faculty, staff and family housing options in Cornell Courts, and Westview apartments.

According to the university, approximately 5,000<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.emich.edu/admissions/undergrad/transfer_students/faq.php |title=Transfer FAQ |access-date=February 10, 2011 |publisher=Eastern Michigan University |quote=Will I be able to live on campus? Yes. We have a variety of residence halls and campus apartments to choose from, and more than 3,000 students do live on campus. More information can be obtained by visiting the housing web site. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602072020/https://www.emich.edu/admissions/undergrad/transfer_students/faq.php |archive-date=June 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=weather>{{citation |url=http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/closureinfo/emuclosings.php |title=EMU weather-related closure information |access-date=February 10, 2011 |publisher=Eastern Michigan University |quote=Nearly 5,000 students live on campus, and an additional 8,000 to 10,000 live within a one-mile radius of campus.}}</ref> students live on campus. In the fall of 2010, EMU began housing some full-time students in the Village Complex from [[Washtenaw Community College]], which is less than half a mile away, however the program ended in 2011 when housing enrollment went up.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/24/dorm |title=Opening Up Dormitories |date=November 24, 2010 |work=Inside Higher Ed |last=Moltz |first=David}}</ref>

In 2011, Eastern Michigan became the first university in Michigan and the eighth nationwide to offer a targeted program to house single parents with their children on campus. Called "Keys to Degrees", the program will house single-parent families near each other in one of Eastern Michigan's on-campus apartment complexes, and will offer extra academic and personal support to enrollees.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/03/emu_offers_young_mothers_chanc.html |title=In first for Michigan colleges, EMU offers young mothers chance to live on campus with children |work=[[MLive.com]] |last=Dawsey |first=Darrell |date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20110301/NEWS05/103010333/1318/ENT07/Eastern-Michigan-University-program-offers-single-parents-home-campus?odyssey=mod%7Clateststories |title=Eastern Michigan University program offers single parents a home on campus |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2011 |last=Higgins |first=Lori}}</ref>

Dining services at EMU are operated by [[Chartwells|Chartwells Higher Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2018/02/emu_extends_privatization_agre.html|title=Eastern Michigan extends food service contract with Chartwells|last=Slagter|first=Martin|date=February 12, 2018|website=mlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Facilities include one buffet-style dining hall, two [[à la carte]] dining halls, the [[Eastern Michigan University Student Center|Student Center]] food court, and convenience stores across campus.

In June 2022, Eastern Michigan finalized plans to invest $200 million into a long-term renovation and addition to the campus' residence halls, including the renovation of all existing residence halls and the construction of two new residence halls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eastern Michigan University finalizes agreement to bring $200 million in new construction and renovations for transformational overhaul of student campus housing |url=https://today.emich.edu/story/story/12101 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=today.emich.edu |language=en}}</ref>

===Safety===

EMU former-President [[Susan Martin|Susan W. Martin]], Ph.D., took office as EMU's twenty-second president on July 7, 2008, just after the university was fined a then-record $350,000 for not reporting to students the [[Murder of Laura Dickinson|sexual assault and murder]] of a student in her residence hall room.