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CMU to update master plan, look ahead 20 years By Annie Harrison Senior Reporter
Central Michigan University will develop a master plan later this year that will look 20 years into the future of the school. David Burdette, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, said in an email CMU will take several months to develop modifications to the approved 2001 Campus Facilities Master Plan, which was last officially updated in 2003. The plan before that was released in 1987.
The university has set aside funding for this planning process as part of its overall strategic planning process, Burdette said. He said this part of the planning process follows the current strategic planning process established by University President George Ross. Claudia Douglass, interim vice provost of Academic Affairs, and Barrie Wilkes, associate vice president of Financial Services and Reporting, are co-chairs of the strategic planning process. “This is just one part of that
plan, but an important part,” Burdette said. CMU’s planning consultant is URS Corporation, an architectural planning and design firm based in Grand Rapids. He said URS last visited CMU during the 2008-09 academic year and the firm is very familiar with CMU’s physical plant and its potential needs, Burdette said URS will be invited back to CMU in November or December, Burdette told Central Michigan Life last week. He said this visit is an opportunity for students, faculty and
staff to hear what URS recommends for the future of capital development at CMU. Burdette said URS helps the university understand demographics on a space per student, per classroom basis. CMU needs to look five to 10 years into the future, but the planning process should actually look at least 20 years into the future to develop a comprehensive view of the university, Burdette said. He said infrastructure, parking, transportation and academic and residential capital needs, including enrollment fore-
casting, will be considered in the planning process. Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management, said in an email CMU will work on the Campus Facilities Master Plan later this fall, so it is too soon to discuss possible developments. He said meetings will be held with various administrative and academic groups as well as the Student Government Association and Residence Hall Assembly to help develop the plan.
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State to blame for tuition increase, panelists say Griffin forum talks about state appropriations By Alayna Smith Staff Reporter
During Monday night’s Griffin Policy forum, University President George Ross said the state government should “step up and make higher education a priority.” About 130 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the forum at 7 p.m. in the Powers Hall Ballroom. Ross was joined by Michael
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Fraser senior Cameron Hunt jumps over his teammate Ostego sophomore Christopher Burza during a game of leap frog for the homecoming event The Amazing Race on Tuesday night in Rose Arena. “I enjoy this event because it is a mix of a lot of different things,” Hunt said.
spirited sprint Students compete in Amazing Race, earn points in Homecoming competition By Jalisa Cannon | Staff Reporter
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Alpena junior Eric Szymanski swims during the homecoming event The Amazing Race for his team from the Towers at the Rose Arena pool Tuesday evening. “It was awesome, my favorite part was the swimming,” Szymanski said. “The swimming was competitive, which was cool because it was something I’ve never done before.”
Organizations and residence halls gathered once again to compete against each other for points toward the Maroon Cup or Golden Goblet in the third night of events in the lineup of Homecoming Week. The Amazing Race took
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place Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Events Center. The race consisted of several stations of activities including swimming, shooting free-throws and popping balloons. Members of each team were positioned at every station, and in a tag-team fashion, moved from one to the A SPRINT | 2A
Boulus, executive director of the presidents’ council and state universities of Michigan, Don Gilmer, past chairman of Michigan house appropriation and higher education appropriation committees, and Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future Inc. Peter Luke of Booth News Service served as the moderator, asking questions submitted by the audience along with his own. “We have a responsibility to students, the state needs to understand the importance of this and find funding,” Ross said.
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First VP candidate speaks about new role in open forum By Mike Nichols Senior Reporter
Steven Johnson is familiar with Central Michigan University and wants to be the first vice president of Enrollment and Student Services. About 30 people attended an open forum with Johnson at 4 p.m. Monday in the Bovee University Center’s Huron Room. The person chosen for the new position will report to University President George Ross as part of the executive leadership team, said Kevin Love, search committee cochairman. As of now, the position will be responsible for the Admissions Office, the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid, Academic Support Services, the Office of Student Life, the Counseling Center and part of the Office Residence Life that deals with undergraduate residence halls, Love said. “Some of these things
may change as the new person gets on board and the strategic planning changes throughout the academic year,” Love said. “This new person needs to be an important player in that process.” Johnson is Howard University’s associate vice president for enrollment management. He was CMU’s director of operations and professional development from 1997 to 2000. He said he is familiar with CMU and wants to return to work in a different context. “It’s says a lot about you when you can leave an institution and still be welcomed back to be an applicant,” Johnson said. “I can back go to Howard, but I am standing here before you today at Central.” Johnson has spent 27 years working in higher education at Howard University, Pace University and Davenport
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Students discuss American Indian heritage By Chad Mitchell Staff Reporter
About 50 people gathered in the Bovee University Center’s Auditorium Monday to hear a panel of students describe their American Indian tribes. Shelby Township sophomore Veronica Meadows said she attended Indigenous People’s Day for the panel’s insight. “I think it’s interesting to learn the perspective
from students themselves,” Meadows said. “I’m interested to see what their experience has been.” Eight students described 10 Michigan tribes, from their cultural traditions to their modern governmental processes. Colleen Green, director of Native American programs, has been hosting this event since she started at Central Michigan University in 2007. Green said the student panel wanted to quell mis-
understandings about the tribes. “(We want to) give insight that they are diverse,” Green said. “They don’t exist as a single entity.” Colleen St. Onge spoke about the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. “It’s been a long process to be a federally recognized tribe (and) also to get land,” Onge said. The St. Ignus senior acted as the president of her tribal youth counsel. She
said her personal connection with the tribe’s initiatives are strong, and she saw this event as a beautiful opportunity to raise awareness and dispel misconceptions about the tribes. After the panel, a group moved outside of the UC to watch Petoskey sophomore Raymond Shenoskey and Wisconsin resident R.J. Smith play the drums and sing.
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Wisconsin resident R.J. Smith plays the drum and sings Monday afternoon outside of the Bovee University Center.
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