By Kathy Backus, Centralight Central Michigan University Alumni Magazine The Summer after sixth grade Donnesha Blake visited CMU through her participation in GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) - a national initiative to prepare middle and high school students for college - at her middle school in Flint, Michigan. The week-long visit … [Read more...] about Setting Pathways for Success! GEAR UP Scholar Follows “Path” to Doctoral Studies
Institutional Diversity
Celebrate and Embrace Diversity!
Diversity is a fact of life. We will find it in people that we believe ‘resemble' us and in people we believe are ‘different' from us. We are all unique and are different in some aspect - it can be in thoughts and perceptions, physical looks, cultures, or beliefs. Our perceptions play a great role in differentiating people with whom we associate. From … [Read more...] about Celebrate and Embrace Diversity!
The Difference in GEAR UP/College Day
The Difference in GEAR UP/College Day: GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) differs from other access programs by raising academic aspiration of entire grade level cohorts of low-income students, not just selected individuals. Furthermore the GEAR UP Program is cultivating motivation, knowledge, and skills needed to succeed in … [Read more...] about The Difference in GEAR UP/College Day
CMU’s Multicultural Academic Student Services (MASS) Office
With a motto of “Coming together is a beginning, Working together is progress, Growing together is success”, Central Michigan University's Multicultural Academic Student Services (MASS) is a comprehensive office which provides academic, personal, social and cultural support to all students through its programs. To empower and retain students, the MASS team … [Read more...] about CMU’s Multicultural Academic Student Services (MASS) Office
CMU’s Office of Diversity Education
The Office of Diversity Education (ODE) on the Central Michigan University campus represents diverse backgrounds and cultures on campus and helps fulfill the university's mission to increase students' respect, acceptance, and understanding of diverse people. The Office coordinates diversity training and workshops conducted on and off campus, and also provides … [Read more...] about CMU’s Office of Diversity Education