Eastern Michigan University
March 22, 2024
Academic and Student Affairs
Provost Briefing
Institutional Priority #1
Promote Student Engagement and Success
Institutional Priority #2
High Performing Academic Programs & Quality Research
Naomi Barbour Selected as Harry S. Truman Scholarship Finalist
Naomi Barbour
Senior Honors student and political science major Naomi Barbour has been selected as a Harry S. Truman Scholarship finalist. The Truman Scholarship is awarded to individuals who show outstanding potential and plan to pursue a career in public service. This year, the Truman Foundation received 709 applications and chose 191 applicants as finalists. Naomi will interview for the Truman Scholarship on March 22, 2024 in Chicago.
GameAbove Announces new cybersecurity certificate
The new Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Certificate has officially launched! This virtual six-month program is designed to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to enter the field of cybersecurity. The program's curriculum is structured to prepare individuals for certifications like CompTIA Network+ and Security+, enhancing their readiness for professional endeavors in the field.
Collaborating with EMU's Professional Programs & Training, students will receive practical, relevant, and timely instruction from faculty in EMU's nationally recognized cybersecurity program and industry experts. Tailored for working adults, the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity certificate provides a flexible learning environment with a convenient evening and weekend schedule.
To celebrate the program's launch, current EMU faculty and staff who meet tuition waiver guidelines are eligible for full scholarships for the inaugural cohort. The application deadline is April 8, 2024, and classes are scheduled to commence on May 6, 2024.
For more information about the certificate program and to apply, visit the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Certificate webpage.
Institutional Priority #3
Service and Engagement
Screening for “Reasonable Doubt: The Role of Bias, Demeanor, and Perception of Credibility in Wrongful Convictions”
Over 180 participants attended the screening of the documentary “Reasonable Doubt: The Role of Bias, Demeanor, and Perception of Credibility in Wrongful Convictions.” The screening took place on March 11, 2024 and was followed by a panel discussion with both experts and exonerees.
The documentary, written and produced by Dr. Marilyn Corsianos, explores the various factors that contribute to wrongful convictions, and raises awareness about the systemic problems with the criminal processing system and the need for criminal legal reform.
From Left to Right: Ms. Jennifer Howard (Director); Mr. Anthony Legion (wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years); Dr. Marilyn Corsianos (Writer/Producer)
From left to right: Dr. Marilyn Corsianos (Professor of Criminology); Mr. Eric Anderson (exoneree), Dr. Imran Syed (Co-Director, Michigan Innocent Clinic); Mr. Anthony Legion (exoneree); Mr. Walter Forbes (exoneree).
Dr. Marilyn Corsianos welcomes guests including panelist Dr. Carrie Leonetti (Associate Professor of Law), who joined via zoom from the University of Auckland.
From left to right: Walter Forbes; Jennifer Howard; Marilyn Corsianos; Anthony Legion; Imran Seyed.
Updates
New College Success Specialist
EMU TRiO Upward Bound is proud to announce that Makyah Henderson is joining our team as the College Success Specialist. A recent first-generation grad of EMU, Makyah honed her understanding of the transition to college by working with EMU Admissions. She was also heavily involved in student life as the president of the Black Student Union and as a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. She will bring those perspectives and the lens of a social worker to a role that requires a holistic approach to helping students succeed. Congrats Makyah!
Makyah Henderson
EMU Stem Day
Upward Bound held its annual EMU STEM Day for Ypsilanti Community Schools students in collaboration with STEM-related departments on campus. This event is a great opportunity for us to recruit and connect with local Ypsilanti students who will be our future undergraduates in various EMU programs. The engineering student organizations, Math and Physics departments worked with these young students to help them build interest in STEM careers, learn about different STEM education programs, and make strong personal connections. Events like these are part of a vital effort at EMU to improve our recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in our engineering programs
Renewal Grants Submitted
Bright futures just submitted a renewal grant to MDE for 10 sites. We are excited to hear about funding in the next few months.
“In a Different Key” Screening
AS-L Mini-Grant recipient Leslie Blome has been working with students to create a community event, for EMU and the greater Ypsilanti community, that centers on bringing a screening of the movie In a Different Key: A True Story of Love, Autism, and the Fight to Belong to our campus. A town-hall-style discussion will be facilitated following the screening of the movie. The movie In a Different Key was inspired by journalists Caren Zucker and Jon Donvan’s Pulitzer-prize nominated book of the same name. In a Different Key follows the first author’s very personal experience as she navigates her own son’s autism diagnosis. The documentary delves into the history of autism and portrays the stories of people with autism with honesty and compassion, exploring their needs and their gifts. It is an inspiring and candid portrayal of autism that sparks honest conversations and promotes understanding. At its heart, it is a story about the importance of community and belonging. The screening will be taking place on April 2, 2024 in the EMU Student Center Auditorium.
Apply for the Community-Based Learning & Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellow Seminar Fall 2024
The Engage@EMU and Academic Service-Learning office are preparing for the Fall 2024 semester, and are once again offering our Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Seminar! This is a wonderful opportunity to engage in professional development and to take your pedagogy to the next level.
As a reminder, Academic Service Learning is "a teaching and learning strategy where students participate in a meaningful service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility." For more information on AS-L, visit our website.
Benefits of the Seminar
- Faculty members on a 4/4 load receive a course release for participation, and Lecturers will receive a stipend.
- After going through the Seminar, Fellows get special access to grants through our office.
- You will develop your pedagogy and become a scholar of AS-L.
The seminar will take place over 6-8 sessions throughout the Fall 2024 semester, dependent on Fellow availability, and will be taught by Professor Zuzana Tomas.
Applications are due by April 5, 2024.
UACDC Staff and Students Visit Rocket Company in Detroit
On Friday, March 8th, the UACDC Career Staff took a bus load of students for a Lunch & Learn at Rocket Company in Detroit. They met with representatives for lunch, an information session and a tour of their building. From this session we now have students interested in applying to opportunities they had not considered in the past.
Calls for Proposals
Faculty-Student Research Fellowships
Deadline: Friday, April 12, 2024
The Faculty Development Center, with the generous support of GameAbove, is looking for proposals for our Faculty-Student Research Fellowships. Essentially, we are seeking partnerships to study partnerships! Fellowship proposals could concentrate on areas such as the value of partnerships, overcoming barriers in forming them, the transformative potential of partnerships, or other such topics. We are pleased to offer up to four grants for projects to take place during the 2024-25 academic year. Each project team must have at least one faculty member or lecturer and at least one student member on it. We will award up to $3,000 for each funded application, with continued funding possible for successful partnerships in the following year.
2024-2025 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Fellow
Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2024, by 5PM
The Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center and the Office of the Interim Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Programs and Initiatives are seeking applications for a quarter-time release Faculty Fellow to play a leading role in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming for the FDC during the 2024-25 academic year.
Learn more about what this position entails and how to apply.
Upcoming Events
Career and Cultural Diversity Fair
Location: Student Center Ballroom
Time/Date: Thursday, April 4, 3:45 - 5PM
Be sure to attend the Careers and Cultural Diversity Fair, a campus-wide event that will gather professionals from Southeast Michigan from a variety of fields including business, healthcare, social sciences, and humanities. This interactive event will highlight the relevance of multicultural and multilingual competence in today’s professional fields. The focus is to cultivate awareness on how broadening the understanding of languages and multicultural competence can help today’s professionals to overcome challenges and how to advance in their careers.
Join us at the FDC to celebrate our most important national holiday, Opening Day of Baseball Season! Spend the day celebrating the 175th Birthday of EMU, and then join us from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the FDC to watch some baseball, share some refreshments, and enjoy each other's company. No agenda - just good, clean fun!
#LetsGoMets #YaGottaBelieve #LGM
The Faculty Development Center hosts a university-wide event called Thank-An-Eagle, where EMU community members have a chance to thank an instructor, staff member, coach, GA, or mentor who has helped them during their time here at EMU. For many instructors and mentors, an unsolicited "thank you" from a student is a highlight of their semester's experience. The instructor or staff member you thank receives a formal Thank-An-Eagle letter of recognition from the Faculty Development Center that includes the nominator’s remarks. We hope you will nominate a deserving Eagle! Please share this link with your students.
Institutional Priority #4
Institutional Effectiveness
ORDA Searches for New Director
The Office of Research & Administration (ORDA) at EMU is currently in the process of finding a new director. The position oversees grants and sponsored programs, including research development, pre-award services, post-award management support, and technology transfer activities.
The application for the director position closed on March 16th, 2024. In the interim, Megan Roth will be filling in with the help of Caryn Charter, previous Director of ORDA, who has returned to the office during this transitional period.
Staff & Faculty Highlights
Dyann Logwood Named EMU MAC Outstanding Faculty
Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Dr. Dyann C. Logwood has been named the 2024 Institutional Winner of the Mid-American Conference.
Eligibility for this award is broad in nature in an effort to identify a wide range of outstanding means by which faculty are significantly impacting students, and to create an opportunity to recognize the various ways that student success is supported within the MAC. It is the hope of this award that the twelve nominees represent a diverse community that demonstrate support for student success throughout their entire collegiate experience.
Dr. Jenni Hoffman Runner-Up in 2024 Nightingale Award
Dr. Jenni Hoffman, Associate Professor of Nursing at EMU, has been named runner-up for the 2024 Nightingale Award for the Excellence in Research category.
With a strong history in tradition, the Oakland University Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence has applauded the constant advancement of nursing through the work of outstanding professionals. For decades, this award and award ceremony has sought to acknowledge and strengthen the Michigan nursing community.
Congratulations Dr. Hoffman!
Dr. Jenni Hoffman
April
16
3:30 - 5:30 PM
2024
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Dr. Colleen Croxall
Room 300 Student Center
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Best Wishes on Her Retirement
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