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Central Michigan University
| Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Opening in 2013, college expecting first class of 60
By Seth Newman Staff Reporter
As the bicycles whizzed by in downtown Mount Pleasant this weekend, the crowd saw a little bit of everything. Le Tour de Mont Pleasant was held June 8 through 10 in closed downtown streets. Time trails were held Friday, closed circuit racing on Saturday and a 120-mile road race on Sunday.
By Catey Traylor Senior Reporter
Applications for Central Michigan University’s College of Medicine inaugural class are being accepted online as of tomorrow. CMED will open its doors in 2013, with a first class of 60 students. According to the eligibility criteria found on CMED’s website, all students must apply through the American Medical College Application Service, and complete and submit their Medical College Admissions Test scores. Students need to have obtained their undergraduate degree with an overall GPA of 3.25 or above, have completed both biology and organic chemistry, include three letters of recommendation and have at least 200 hours of documented community service in a health or medical-related field. “Students will submit all materials electronically through AMCAS, which allows them to select the colleges they are interested in,” CMED Dean Ernest Yoder said. “AMCAS will make those applications available to CMU sometime in late July or early August. We will then explore the applications to identify students who meet our standards.” Applications will be reviewed by an admissions committee of about 20 people. The committee will consist of faculty, staff, members of the Mount Pleasant community, physicians from the community and, once CMED is up and running, medical students who have been trained in both the interviewing and application process. Once applicants pass the initial review, they will be invited to campus for an interviewing process. A subgroup of the admissions committee will interview each candidate and make recommendations for admittance. “The team that performs the interviews will create a report, and at least one representative of the interviewing team will present each report to the admissions committee,” Yoder said. Students will be acA CMED | 2
Le Tour de Mont Pleasant sports professional, amateur bikers
Andy Prickett, 27, from Pleasant Hills, Ohio, has been cycling in professional races for three years. He said the Le Tour De Mont Pleasant is among the best race weekends. “It’s a good race venue and has good races,” Prickett said. “It just seemed like a good race to do.” Prickett competed on each day, finishing 14th in the road race with a time of 07:35. In all the venues he has seen, Prickett said the Mount Pleasant crowd is one of the best he had seen. “There is really good race support,” Prickett said. “There are really good racing crowds and courses.” To prepare for races ,Prickett has his own regime that includes crits, a course less than a mile in length. “I do a lot of base training,” Prickett said. “After that, I narrow it down to really specific training and intervals. As the year progresses, you start to do crits.”
PHOTOS BY Charlotte bodak and christiana Kurtz/staff photographers
MAIN: A competitor races down the ramp as the men’s time trials for the first day of the Tour de Mont Pleasant begin at the Student Activity Center Friday afternoon. LEFT: Competitors race during Saturday’s downtown criterium as part of Le Tour de Mont Pleasant. RIGHT: New Zealand resident Tim Woolford stands in line as the men’s time trials of the Tour de Mont Pleasant begins at the Student Activity Center.
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Houston-Philpot to head corporate foundation relations By Catey Traylor Senior Reporter
A position that has been vacant at Central Michigan University for the past two years has now been filled. On Friday, Kathy Wilbur, vice president of Development and External Relations, announced the appointment of Kimberly Houston-Philpot as director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.
HoustonPhilpot will work directly with Wilbur to continue fundraising efforts for on-campus projects and Kimberly develop new Houston-Philpot initiatives toward off-campus fundraising. She begins July 5 and will earn an annual salary of $106,000.
“Kim will take on annual fundraising efforts, individual fundraising foundation support and corporate foundation support,” Wilbur said. “Additionally, she will become engaged in CMED efforts, the Fabiano Botanical Garden project and completing fundraising for other projects.” Houston-Philpot has served as president of the Dow Corning Foundation and manager of global community relations
of Dow Corning Corp. since 2009. She has dealt with human resources, employee relations, diversity, personnel development, finances, accounting and auditing. Wilbur said Houston-Philpot has tremendous contacts and is highly regarded. “Kim has a wonderful background,” she said. “She’s always been successful and was extremely engaged in the community as well. We be-
lieve she will be able to get us back on track in that area. “We’re very, very pleased that a person that’s had such a long and positive career in the corporate world is willing to come to CMU and work with us. We think she’ll bring a new perspective to our campus, and we think that’s a healthy change.” university@cm-life.com
Film starring CMU alum to debut at film festival this weekend By Samantha Hegeman Staff Reporter
Courtesy Photo of Christina Rose Polkowski
Central Michigan University alum Christina Rose Polkowski, known as Christina Rose, is starring in the award-winning feature film “How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song.” The film will be presented at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck Thursday through Sunday.
Central Michigan University alum Christina Rose Polkowski has made it to the big screen. Known as Christina Rose in the performance arena, the Macomb Township native is starring in the award-winning feature film “How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song.” The film will be presented at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck Thursday through Sunday. Rose has appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” “30 Rock,” “Flight of the Concords” and the musical “Grease” on Broadway. After starring in Gary King’s 2011 feature film “Death of the Dead,” King decided to recast
her for his musical drama “How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song,” which was being written at the time. “When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance to finally star in a musical drama,” Rose said. “Having performed in ‘Grease’ on Broadway and working professionally in the musical theatre world, I knew a film like this was a match made in heaven.” Born and raised by performing parents, Rose has been around music all her life. At 11, she began performing professionally in her parents’ band at weddings and bars. “My director in high school told me that I had a gift and should pursue it as a career,”
she said. “I didn’t even know I could do that.” At CMU, Rose performed in main stage productions and was a part of the Orchesis Dance Company for all four years. Music professor Timothy Caldwell and Mary Jo Lodge, a former CMU assistant professor of theatre, both worked with Rose and praised her abilities. “Christina came to CMU as an excellent dancer with a pleasant singing voice and lots of ambition,” Caldwell said. “She was also very organized about all aspects of her life, whether it was class work, voice lessons or learning roles.” Graduating in 2004 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre Performance, Rose
moved to New York where she quickly began a career singing, dancing and acting in commercials, television, theatre and film. She said her experience as a CMU student prepared her for the work. “The dance training from the Orchesis Dance Company and working with the great director Mary Jo Lodge, along with my amazing voice teacher Tim Caldwell, has definitely helped me gain the chops to work professionally in New York City for the past six years,” Rose said. “Overall, I believe CMU has played a great part in my success.” studentlife@cm-life.com