Focus EMU Online: People

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

REGISTER FOR CLASSES: Through a
current radio campaign, EMU
students are encouraged to register
for classes during the spring,
summer and fall.

EMU on the radio: Eastern Michigan University returns to the local 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/.

Counseling services: Many of us in the EMU community are feeling shock and grief over the tragic events at Virginia Tech University. Traumatic events like this can cause people to experience a variety of emotions. If you would like resources, or to talk with someone, please call Counseling Services, 487-1118. For more information, go to the University Health Services Web site at www.emich.edu/uhs/counseling.html

EMU Night at Comerica Park: It's EMU Night at Comerica Park Tuesday, May 8. The Detroit Tigers take on the Seattle Mariners beginning at 7:05 p.m. Discounted tickets are available ($12 tickets for $10) for any EMU student, employee, retiree or alumnus. For further information and order forms, call 487-2483.

Detroit Alumni Social scheduled May 3: Come join the Office for Alumni Relations, the Black Alumni Chapter, EMU-Detroit and the College of Education for an evening of networking in Detroit. The social is scheduled Thursday, May 3, 5-8 p.m., Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Ave., Detroit. The cost is $12 per person. Price includes: private museum access, a hors d'oeuvres reception and non-alcoholic beverages. A cash bar will be available. For more information, visit www.emich.edu/alumni. To register, contact the Office for Alumni Relations, 487-0250, or alumni.relations@emich.edu.

FIELD DEDICATION: The new ProGrass field at
Oestrike Stadium will be dedicated May 5. The event
will include a pre-game barbecue, a dedication
ceremony, a special thanks to field donors and the
game against Central Michigan University.

Baseball field dedication set for May 5: EMU Athletics and the EMU Foundation invite all alumni, parents and friends of EMU baseball to participate in the pre-game festivities for the dedication of the new field at Oestrike Stadium May 5. The EMU baseball coaching staff and players want you to be one of the first to see the new field unveiled and to help cheer them on to victory against Central Michigan. The schedule of events includes: pre-game barbecue (tent next to the field), 3:30 p.m.; dedication ceremony, 4 p.m.; special on-field ceremony for donors to the Oestrike Stadium Campaign for Champions, 4:55 p.m.; and the game vs. Central Michigan, 5 p.m. Due to NCAA regulations, all parents of current student-athletes will be required to pay $5 for the pre-game barbecue. Payment may be made at the tent. To R.S.V.P., call Athletic Development Assistant Jessica Nietrzeba, 487-1866, or e-mail jnietrze@emich.edu.

Tuition waiver deadlines: Eastern Michigan University employees who are taking courses should 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.