Central Michigan University has the opportunity to apply for a one-time grant up to $2,342,100 to benefit students.

Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette will request authorization Thursday to fund two additional deferred maintenance projects at the Board of Trustees meeting.

The university released the name of professors that were involved with plagiarizing the NSF grant. The university tried to cover up the issue by not being up front when the university had to give back the grant. This brings into question if students can trust the university on any issue.

Math professor Douglas Lapp and former professor Azita Manouchehri were identified as the individuals responsible for violating the research integrity policy while writing a grant proposal, according to investigative documents obtained by Central Michigan Life.

Student is disappointed being taught by professors that may have plagiarized.

The university should hold its faculty to the same standard that it holds its students when it comes to plagiarism. The professors caught cheating should make up the difference they are costing the university.

Professors should be held to the same standard as students when it comes to plagiarizing. Whatever costs the university has to pay should be covered by the guilty party involved.

One of the seven mathematics faculty members listed on the original National Science Foundation proposal that was found to be plagiarized confirmed she did not participate in writing the proposal.