0 Thanks to a $15,000 donation by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, the first Michigan Story Festival will come to fruition.
The mission of the Michigan Story Festival is to share stories through image, sounds and action with the people of the Great Lakes region and beyond.
“The story festival is a project initiated by CMU for [...]

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Some familiar faces in the CMU community will bid farewell after taking advantage of the early retirement incentive program.
Sixty-three employees decided to take early retirement, with Facilities Management and Health Services taking the brunt of cuts.
Although the bumping process is complete, Rich Morrison, public relations and marketing senior officer, said the university has no [...]

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CMU officially announced the 60 staff affected by layoffs, and Health Services
took the brunt of eliminations and reductions with 19.
Jeanine Ahearn, Health Advocacy Services prevention educator, was notified
June 3 that her position was being eliminated.
“I’m not sure what they’ll do now,” she said. “I
taught alcohol disciplinary classes for [...]

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Universities in the Mid-American Conference and in Michigan are battling budget
constraints in their own ways.
While CMU has decided to cut the CLAS Testing Center, portions of Health Advocacy
Services and layoff 60 staff members, other universities are finding more creative
ways to save money.
University of Toledo
The University of Toledo [...]

0Unfortunate circumstances claimed the lives of Charles G. Wedyke, Jr. and
Kelli Baldwin this weekend.
Mount Pleasant firefighters and Mount Pleasant Police were dispatched at 12:41
a.m. Monday to 505 S. Bradley St. to respond to a house fire.
The fire was brought under control within 20 minutes. However, one male subject,
Wedyke, 44, [...]

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University President Michael Rao and university vice presidents are in the
process of reviewing a budget reduction proposal, addressing $14 million in
reduced expenditures.
Anticipated cuts to higher education appropriations and increased costs amount
to roughly $21.5 million — and after $14 million in reductions, the university
is still left [...]

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Blanchard resident Adam Courser, 20, remains in the Isabella County Jail on
four counts of criminal sexual conduct, awaiting trial.
On May 12, the Mount Pleasant Police Department was advised of a possible
criminal sexual conduct originating from Internet communication. Two juvenile
females from the Isabella County area were involved.
Prior to [...]

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A week after informal notifications concerning layoffs were distributed around
campus, only one more person has taken advantage of the early retirement incentive
program.
Human Resources Senior Officer Maxine Kent said the numbers have not significantly
changed since last Monday.
About 60 staff members received informal notices from their supervisors May
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