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

  • Nike+iPod at Student Center: The Nike+iPod Campus Tour and radio station 107one will visit the EMU Student Center outdoor patio Tuesday, April 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The Nike+iPod Campus Tour vehicle is a self-contained unit staffed by Nike employees. The staff will be giving demos of the Nike+iPod Sport Kits to visitors, complete with demo shoes (in all sizes) and demo iPod Nano units. The Sport Kit turns the Nano into a personal workout coach, giving real-time feedback during workouts (time, distance, pace, calories burned) and letting users track their performance on their PC or Mac. The kit retails for $29 and is currently in stock at the EMU Computer Store. For more information, call 487-2073.
  • Swoop

    BE THE BIRD: Swoop tryouts are scheduled
    Thursday, April 19, 4-7 p.m., in the
    Convocation Center practice gym.

    Swoop tryouts: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to represent your school as the university moscot? Attend the Swoop tryouts for the 2007-08 academic year, Thursday, April 19, 4-7 p.m., Convocation Center Practice Gym. Participants will be judged on an oral interview, a three-to-four minute improvisation skit and a routine to the EMU fight song. To download the necessary forms, go to www.emueagles.com and click on the spirit squad link. Bring them with you to tryouts. Participants will be judged on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, contact Dan Worden at dworden@emich.edu.
  • EMU Day in Lansing: Help spread the good word about EMU! A special "EMU Day in Lansing" is scheduled Wednesday, May 9. If you are interested in being part of a team that will visit with state legislators May 9, we want to hear from you. Interested faculty/staff members should contact the Office of Government Relations by e-mailing Holly Smith at holly.smith@emich.edu or by calling 487-7048 to sign up to participate in this event. The day's activities will begin with a breakfast at the Capitol at 9 a.m., followed by teams (consisting of faculty, staff, students and alumni) meeting with individual legislators until 4 p.m. Training and materials will be provided. Please sign up to participate by Wednesday, April 18.
  • 'Night Mother flyer

     
    Spotlight Students to perform "'night Mother": EMU's Spotlight Students presents "'night, Mother," a play written by Marsha Norman and directed by Steven V. Rice. It follows one evening in the lives of mother and daughter, Thelma and Jessie Cates. On this particular evening, Jessie reveals to her mother her plan to commit suicide — that same night. The play is for a mature audience. Performances run nightly at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, April 21, Roosevelt Auditorium, with a matinee show April 21 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $8 general admission and $6 for students, and are on sale at all EMU Ticket Office locations, and online at www.spotlightstudents.com No tickets will be sold at the door.
  • Jazz Benefit Dinner Dance: The EMU Foundation's annual Jazz Benefit Dinner Dance is scheduled Saturday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. to midnight, 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, 487-0277, or e-mail her at Rachel.Reynolds@emich.edu
  • EMU to host state Senate Subcommittee Hearing: Eastern Michigan University will host the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee on Appropriations Monday, April 23, at the new Student Center, Room 310. The hearings are open to the public.

Scheduled to appear before the subcommittee for this session are: EMU (10-10:30 a.m.), University of Michigan-Dearborn (10:30-11 a.m.), Lake Superior State University (11-11:30 a.m.), Northern Michigan University (11:30 a.m.-noon), the American Association of University Professors (noon-12:15 p.m.) and The Farm Bureau (12:15-12:30 p.m.)

Freman Hendrix

Hendrix

"Eastern Michigan University playing host to the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee on Appropriations is very important to us. This opportunity will allow us to put on display some of the "jewels" on our campus like the new Student Center and Halle Library. More importantly, the legislators will be able to tour Pray-Harrold and Mark Jefferson personally to appreciate why their support of these projects are so important to the students and faculty here at EMU," said Freman Hendrix, governmental relations officer for EMU.

Three other sites will host subcommittee hearings. They are Saginaw Valley State University (April 20), Calvin College in Grand Rapids (April 27) and Michigan Technological University in Houghton (May 11).

Members of the Senate subcommittee include: Sen. Tony Stamas (chair), Sen. Tom George, Sen. Bill Hardiman, Sen. Michelle A. McManus, Sen. Jim Barcia, Sen. Glenn S. Anderson and Sen. Liz Brater.

  • EMU on the radio: Eastern Michigan University is on th elocal airwaves with a radio campaign to encourage prospective and current EMU students to register for spring, summer and fall classes. The campaign runs through April 27. Eastern Michigan placed the 15-second radio spots on radio stations 102.9 WWWW-FM, 96.3 WDVD-FM, 100.3 WNIC-FM, 88.9 CIMX-FM, 97.9 WJLB-FM and 95.5 WKQI-FM. The radio buy is part of an integrated and strategic marketing communications plan, which also includes the creation and distribution of high-quality and well-branded fliers, posters, e-mails, postcards, Web, newsletters, table tents, banners, yard signs and media relations. The campaign theme is "Do you expect to graduate on time." For more information, visit www.emich.edu/save110/
  • Become a CSIE Faculty Fellow this spring: The Creative Scientific Inquiry Experience is accepting applications from faculty to develop integrated experiences for "gateway" and/or '"gatekeeper" courses in science, technology and mathematics. Faculty receive a $1,000 honorarium to collaborate with a partner this spring and create a CSIE cluster for winter 2008. Download an application online at http://www.emich.edu/csie/faculty-benefits.html. For more information, contact Anne Seaman, CSIE program director, at aseaman@emich.edu. The CSIE Program is funded by the National Science Foundation.
  • Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me: 89.1 WEMU presents a live taping of NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me," May 17, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. Doors for the taping will open at 6:30 p.m., with the show to start at 7:30 p.m. The weekly game show is set for a nationwide broadcast on WEMU 89.1 the following Saturday at 11 a.m. The week's news is the nominal focus of the game show, but includes riffs on politics and pop culture. Reserved seats are priced at $20 and $35. Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets, including Macy's and the Michigan Union Ticket Office. To charge by phone, call (734) 763-TKTS or (248) 645-6666. Special donor tickets also are available, which include a post-concert reception with the show's cast. For further information, contact WEMU, 487-2229, or go to wemu.org
  • Tuition waiver deadlines: Eastern Michigan University employees who are taking courses should be sure to remember the following tuition waiver deadlines: spring term, May 10; summer term, July 6; and fall term, Sept. 14. For information, call Karyn Jones, 487-1052.