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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. In 1899, the Michigan ...
Bowen Field House is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Ypsilanti, Michigan on the Eastern Michigan University campus. It opened in 1955 and was home to the Eastern Michigan Eagles men's and women's basketball teams until the Convocation Center opened in 1997.
The 2024–25 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represents Eastern Michigan University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Stan Heath, play their home games at the George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan as members of the Mid-American Conference.
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.
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.
From 1992 to early 1993, the union was again renovated, adding a new roof, a first floor bookstore, a loading dock, a passenger elevator, a bank, a food court, and barrier-free access. In the early 2000s, Eastern Michigan began to develop concepts for the expansion of McKenny Union due to its limited space and services in comparison to the ...
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
The library is named after Bruce Halle, the founder of Discount Tire, and a graduate of Eastern Michigan University. Halle enrolled at the Michigan State Normal College, as EMU was then known, in 1948. Halle withdrew from college before graduating to enlist in the Marine Corps. He returned to the university after his service, and graduated in ...