Seen & Heard


“It’s great relationship-building for the department both on


campus and off campus. He’s super friendly and we couldn’t have a dog on campus that wasn’t that way — eager to work and eager to make friends.”


— Bob Heighes, EMU chief of police, on Nitro, a Malinois and the department’s newest offi cer; T e Detroit News


“Schools are sending the message that when [young people] are educated, they have to leave their


“There’s a myth that books need to have


characters young readers can ‘identify with,’ but the exact opposite is true: literature


gives us a chance to view the world through another person’s eyes, to consider a


perspective that is diff erent from our own. This is vital because it teaches empathy.” — Dr. Annet e Wannamaker, EMU professor of English


Language and Literature, talking about non-stereotypical gender roles in “T e Hunger Games”; Salon.com


communities to be successful. And we actually believe the opposite. We believe that if young people feel a deep sense of belonging, a deep sense of connection to their


communities—then they stay there. We’ve seen that over and over again.”


— Dr. Ethan Lowenstein, EMU professor of teacher education, discussing the concept of place-based education; Michigan’s BIG Show


“Successfully graduating college gives families and neighborhoods one more person better able to support her or himself, one more


person who serves as a role model and guide to others, and one more example of why completing a college degree is important.”


— Dr. Russ Olwell, director of EMU’s Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Communities, along


with Marquan Jackson, director of the Family Empowerment Program in Ypsilanti, on the importance of a college degree; Bridge Magazine


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