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Eastern Michigan University (EMU, EMich, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern) is a public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School , it was the fourth normal school (teachers' college) established in the United States and the first outside New England .
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Eastern became a university the same year as Central Michigan University. [12] In the same year, the College of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School were the first three colleges in the newly created university. On the night of October 13, 1960 Senator John F. Kennedy visited Eastern
Ypsilanti is known mostly for being the home of Eastern Michigan University (formerly the Michigan State Normal College) since the university's founding as Michigan's first normal school (teachers' college) in 1849, its location on the historic Detroit-Chicago Road (now US Highway 12), its historic Depot Town commercial district, and for its ...
The Eastern Michigan University Student Center is Eastern Michigan University's student union. Since its opening in 2006 the EMU Student Center replaced McKenny Union as the student hub of campus life. [6] The building is simply referred to as "The Student Center" by students faculty and staff.
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Eastern Michigan University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.
EMU is located in Ypsilanti, a city 35 miles (56 km) west of Detroit and eight miles (13 km) east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 and started as Michigan State Normal School. In 1899, it became the Michigan State Normal College when it created the first four-year curriculum for a normal college in the nation.
Jessie Evans – University of San Francisco basketball coach [72] Frank Douglas Garrett – All-America Basketball, Christian author, academic dean [citation needed] George Gervin – Hall of Famer of the National Basketball Association [73] Stan Heath – head basketball coach, formerly with University of Arkansas and University of South ...