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The following are news briefs about important activities and events happening at Eastern Michigan University.

  • Future area entrepreneurs to learn how to improve business plans: More than 100 future entrepreneurs from local high schools will participate in the first K-12 Business Plan Workshop at Eastern Michigan University Friday, Oct. 24. Presented by EMU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and College of Business, the workshop is a prelude to the Second Annual EMU Midwestern Business Plan Competition.
K-12 Business Plan Workshops

A BUSINESS PLAN: Eastern Michigan
University's Center for Entrepreneurship and
College of Business hosts a K-12 Business Plan
Workshop Friday, Oct. 24.

High school students from Milan, Saline, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Willow Run and Belleville, and the Detroit Community High School have registered to attend the seminar. Sanjib Chowdhury, EMU management professor and CFE co-faculty director, is the primary presenter.

“We want to help students make their business plans the best they can be,” he said.

Stephanie Newell, CFE co-faculty director; Len Sholtis, CEO faculty adviser, and Richard King, CFE director, also will present at the seminar, along with Jack Bidlack from the B-Side (Business Side of Youth).

The 2009 Midwestern Business Plan Competition is open to K-12 and university students who will compete in separate categories for nearly $5,000 in prize money. The finalists present their plans at the 2009 Midwest Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization Club Conference Feb. 13, 2009, at the EMU Student Center. For more information about the workshop or the competition, call 487-0355.

Panic at the Disco

Panic at the Disco

  • Rock band Live Tour: Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever rock band tour at EMU's Convocation Center, Thursday, Oct. 23. "Panic at the Disco" and "Dashboard Confessional" will co-headline the tour. Fans will compete in head-to-head competitions for the chance to play on the main stage in between the tour acts' sets. Bands will be selected through local radio promotions, national contests and on-site at each show. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 487-2282 or visit www.tickets.com to purchase online.
  • Have lunch on Eagle Express: Save 5 percent every time you use your Eagle Express card. There are six meal plans available to everyone, plus the Eagle Express card. Enjoy a hot, hearty, all-you-care-to-eat lunch or dinner at The Commons, or a snack from any dining operation anywhere on campus. For more information, go to www.emich.edu/dining.
  • A Ghostly Tour: The EMU Student History Association sponsors "A Ghostly Tour" in the historic Highland Cemetery Friday, Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m. until dusk, 943 N. River St., in Ypsilanti. James Mann, a local historian and columnist for The Ann Arbor News, will be the tour guide. For those taking the tour, meet in the department of history and philosophy lobby, seventh floor, Pray-Harrold, at 5:15 p.m. The group will walk over to the Highland Cemetery together. Tour cost is $5. Dinner at Sidetrack's is optional afterwards. To R.S.V.P., contact Claudia Cullin at ccullin2@emich.edu
  • Lunch and Learn: Human Resources hosts its first "Lunch and Learn" Wednesday, Oct. 29, noon to 2 p.m., room 140, McKenny Hall. Prepare ahead of time for this year's open enrollment period. Understand a variety of extra benefits, such as tuition waiver, life insurance and retirement savings. All EMU employees are welcome. Tor egister, e-mail hr_tpd@emich.edu and indicate course #001 in the subject line. Deadline for registration is Monday, Oct. 27.
Masters of the Road

 
  • Masters of the Road: Halle Library is exhibiting "Masters of the Road," an acclaimed display of international vintage posters from the collection of Discount Tire. The exhibit is open to the public through Nov. 23, in Halle Library. Bruce T. Halle, for whom the library is named, began collecting vintage posters — advertising tires — in 1982. Since then, he has amassed more than 325 color lithographs dating from 1888 to the mid-1970s, and printed in 17 countries. The display is in conjunction with the 10th anniversary celebration of the opening of the Bruce T. Halle Library on EMU's campus. For more information, contact Heather Chasey, assistant director of development, EMU College of Arts and Sciences, at 487-0277 or e-mail heather.chasey@emich.edu
  • Continuing Education scholarships available: Four Continuing Education Scholarships are available for students studying through Continuing Education. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in any of the programs offered through Continuing Education during the winter or spring 2009 terms are eligible. The application deadline is Nov. 1, 2008. Application forms are available at http://www.ce.emich.edu/.
  • Become an AS-L Faculty Fellow: All full-time, tenure-track faculty interested in engaging their students in community-based learning should become a winter 2009 Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellow. AS-L is a teaching methodology that engages students in community service as a means of helping them gain a deeper understanding of course objectives, helps them aquire new knowledge, and engages them in civic activity. An AS-L Faculty Fellow would receive one course released for Winter 2009, attend a weekly two-hour, semester long seminar; and revise a course syllabus which integrates an AS-L experience. The deadline for applications is Friday, Oct. 31. For more information, contact the Office of Academic Service-Learning at 487-6570.