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

  • Supplemental instruction students needed: Holman Learning Center wants to pay students to attend a class that they have successfully completed and provide collaborative study sessions to students enrolled in the course. As a Supplemental Instruction Leader (SIL), the student will work closely with their professor and meet weekly with a team of other SILs. Students must have a 3.2 overall GPA and a B+ or better in the course that they wish to be an SI for. Applications for spring, summer and fall semesters are currently being accepted. The deadline for application is Friday, March 30. For a job description and application, stop by Holman Learning Center, G-04 Halle, or go to tlc.emich.edu. For more information, call Sally Hattig, 487-3189, or e-mail sally.hattig@emich.edu
  • Michael Ray Charles hosts art lecture: American artist Michael Ray Charles will present an art lecture Wednesday, April 4, 6 p.m., Halle Library Auditorium. An Austin, Texas resident, Charles' work ranges from painting to printmaking to installation. His work probes racial stereotypes by utilizing and manipulating iconography from historical and contemporary American advertising. He has had numerous one-person exhibitions in New York City and his work was featured during the first season of the PBS television series, "Art:21, Art in the Twenty First Century." The lecture, sponsored by EMU's Department of Art, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 487-1268.
Paul Ceruzzi

Ceruzzi
  • From the ARPANET to the Internet: Paul Ceruzzi, curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, presents "From the ARPANET to the Internet: How a Military Project Became a Worldwide Cultural Phenomenon, 1970-1995," Wednesday, April 4, 3:30 p.m., Grand Ballroom B, EMU Student Center. This talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The department of computer science sponsors this event. In addition, there will be a faculty/staff discussion with Ceruzzi at 10 a.m., room 302, Halle Library; and a student
    discussion at 2 p.m., room 302, Pray-Harrold. For information, go to www.emich.edu/compsci
  • Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon: The Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon, sponsored by the EMU Women's Center, is scheduled Monday, April 9, 1-2:30 p.m., Student Center Ballroom. The Women of Excellence Awards are designed to acknowledge those members of EMU's campus community who enhance and make a positive difference in the lives of women at EMU. Crystal Lander, campus program director for Feminist Majority Foundation, will be the keynote speaker. For information, call the Women's Center, 487-4282, or go to www.emich.edu/wcen
EMU football defense

STOPPED SHORT: The EMU football team's
defense celebrates after stopping Ohio
University on downs last fall. The EMU
football spring game is scheduled
Saturday, April 7, 2 p.m., Rynearson
Stadium.

  • EMU football spring game: The 2007 EMU Football Spring Game is scheduled Saturday, April 7, Rynearson Stadium. The Spring Game schedule will feature: "Stretch with the Eagles" (ages 12 and under) 11:30 a.m.; Spring Game, noon; and a post-game cook-out with the team and coaches, 2 p.m. Kids will have the opportunity to get autographs and pictures taken with Swoop in an official EMU football uniform, and meet the EMU Cheer and Dance Team. The spring game also will be the first opportunity to purchase 2007 season tickets. Reserve your ticket to the spring game by calling the EMU ticket office at 487-2282. The first 350 people who R.S.V.P will receive a voucher for a complimentary barbecue meal at the cookout.
  • Fashion Show: Eastern Michigan University's Apparel, Textile and Merchandising program and Communication and Theatre Arts present the Ninth Annual Fashion Show, "Tempted." Friday, April 13, 7 p.m., Quirk Sponberg Theatre Building. The show will highlight the work of EMU's talented designers. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for general admission and $25 for V.I.P. tickets, which include stage seating and a pre-show reception at 6 p.m. in Sponberg Theatre. For tickets, call the Quirk Center Box Office, 487-1221, or go to www.cot.emich.edu/fashionshow
  • Halle computer lab hours: The Halle Library ground floor computer lab will be open until 1:45 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Patrons must be in the building by midnight. No one will be admitted after that time. The entire library will be open until 2 a.m. for quiet study, Sunday through Thursday, starting April 16-19 and again April 22-26. The computer labs and the circulation desk will be open (ground floor computer lab open until 1:45 a.m.). For more information contact Rita Bullard, 487-0020, extension 2141.
  • Jazz Benefit Dinner Dance: The EMU Foundation's annual Jazz Benefit Dinner Dance is scheduled April 21, Student Center Ballroom. This year's theme is "Dancing With the Stars," and will include the musical styles of Al Townsend's The Couriers and the EMU Jazz Ensemble as well as a silent auction, and plate dinner with cash bar. Now that the Al Townsend Endowed Scholarship is fully endowed, funds need to be raised for the jazz program. A donation will help bring clinicians and guest artists to campus, help support off-campus concerts and provide new music. To become involved with this year's event, please join the Friends of Jazz by contacting Rachel Reynolds at 487-0277 or e-mail her at Rachel.Reynolds@emich.edu
  • Request for proposals: Ypsilanti Youth Empowered to Act (YYEA) announces its fourth cycle of grants. YYEA's mission is to promote youth empowerment and leadership, civic engagement, and youth philanthropy through service-learning. The application deadline is April 27. For questions and/or to receive an application, contact Angelina Hamilton Broderick, assistant director, 487-6570, or e-mail her at angelina.hamilton@emich.edu
  • Summerquest 2007: Registration is now open for SUMMERQUEST, EMU’s annual pre-college learning experience for high school students entering grades 10-12. Students can choose from two-week institutes (June 17-30) in forensics or theatre or one-week institutes (June 24-30) in crime scene investigation, health careers, technology and African American studies, or pre-law. For information, visit www.emich.edu/summerquest.