It concerns me that CMU as a University can afford $600,000+ to fund the fraudulent activities of some math professors, but it can’t afford to fund the Promise scholarships.

What concerns me most, however, is the University, through its actions mentioned above, appears to have some very misguided priorities. What ever happend to putting students first?

I urge CMU students to unite and pressure your administration to fund these “Promises” through the use of Federal stimulus dollars. Did you know that Michigan State and Ferris have made this decision?

Please join me in contacting Kathy Wilbur, Interim President; David Burdette, VP for Finance; and Kirk Yats in the Scholarship office. Email addresses are:

yats1km@cmich.edu
burde1da@cmich.edu
president@cmich.edu

Ask them about priorities. You will hear that the University simply doesn’t have the money to fund these “Promises;” yet they can fund fraud and an exorbitant new program such as the medical campus. Above all, make yourselves be heard. They are hearing from me; will you as students take up the cause??