Residence life Central Michigan University is home to 21 on-campus residence halls, arranged in four areas throughout the campus. In 2006, the 21st and 22nd residence halls on campus opened in the East complex. In 2019, the university decommissioned and demolished Barnes Hall, which was the oldest serving residence hall and the only one not physically connected to any other. In 2022, the university closed the North Residence Halls. • North Residence Halls (unoccupied): Larzelere, Trout, Calkins, Robinson • South Residence Halls: Beddow, Merrill, Thorpe, Sweeney • East Residence Halls: Saxe, Herrig, Woldt, Emmons; Celani and Fabiano • The Towers: Carey, Cobb, Troutman and Wheeler ("The Original Towers"), Campbell, Kesseler and Kulhavi ("The New Towers") It was announced by the university on March 3, 2022, that Larzelere, Trout, Calkins, and Robinson would be closed during the 2022 Fall semester due to semester enrollment estimates. The university has not since reopened these halls. The majority of CMU residence hall rooms are two-bedroom suites designed for 4 people. Three of the Original Towers (Cobb, Troutman and Wheeler), nine-story high-rise residence halls designed primarily for freshmen, feature one-bedroom suites for three or four people. The fourth of the Original Towers, Carey, was renovated to double-occupancy rooms in 2020 as a means of managing decreased enrollment. The New Towers, as well as Fabiano and Celani, are designed primarily for upperclassmen, and are four-bedroom suites. Residents of Robinson, Carey, Celani, Fabiano, Campbell, Kesseler and Kulhavi pay an additional charge over the standard room and board rate. Each of the three remaining communities, East, South, and Towers is connected to one of three Residential Restaurants. The Towers features the Eatery, South features Merrill Virtual Dining Hall, and the East Complex features Dine&Connect. Both East and Towers have convienent store styled markets that are open until midnight. Some residence halls are designated as official Living Learning Communities, associated with a particular academic department, allowing students who choose to live there opportunities for study and collaboration with other students from similar programs. • Beddow Hall – Business • Herrig Hall – Music • Emmons Hall – Health Professions • Woldt Hall – Science and Engineering • Sweeney Hall – Education and Human Services • Thorpe Hall – Honors Program • Calkins Hall – Leader Advancement Scholars & Public Service Residential Community • Troutman Hall – Multicultural Advancement/Cofer Scholars • Cobb Hall – Public Service • Kulhavi Hall – Transfer Students CMU offers only co-ed residence halls, with Sweeney Hall the last to convert, from females only, in the fall of 2010. Construction began on two more buildings, Celani and Fabiano, near the East Quad in the spring of 2005. The buildings are somewhat similar in design to the New Towers which opened in 2003. On December 1, 2005, one of the buildings was named The Ben and Marion Celani Residence hall to recognize the generosity of Detroit area businessman Thomas Celani and his wife Vicki. On April 20, 2006, the remaining building was named the Fabiano Family Residence Hall, recognizing their contribution to the school. John S. Fabiano served on the board of trustees 1999–2004, and also owns the Fabiano Brothers Inc, an alcohol distribution company. These two new halls opened for the fall semester of 2006, along with a new Residential Restaurant to serve the residents of the six East Area halls.
Greek life CMU recognizes academic, social, and professional Greek organizations which comply with university rules and regulations such as its anti-hazing policies. Currently, in the social realm, there consists of 9 fraternities and 11 sororities. Other Greek life organizations that pertain to honoCe, degrees, and multicultural backgrounds have formed as well throughout the years. Each is unique to their own roots, and provides a great networking opportunity for students at the university. There have been a number of incidents with fraternities on campus, including a controversy where one fraternity allegedly used
KKK outfits and traditions to rush.
Campus safety On March 2, 2018, 19-year-old student James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his mother and father when they came to campus to take him home for spring break. After the shooting, Davis fled and the campus was placed on lockdown. Around 15 hours later, police arrested him and took him to a local hospital. The incident disrupted the travel plans of students and campus activities for several days. Davis was charged with two counts of
murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm used to commit murder, and was later determined to be
not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a
psychiatric institution.
Media The campus' student-run newspaper is
Central Michigan Life. The paper is published every Thursday during the academic year and www.cm-life.com, which receives 1 million page views per year, is updated daily.
CM Life was named one of the top three non-daily newspapers in the nation for 2007, 2018, 2019 by the
Society of Professional Journalists. It also was named the best college newspaper in Division I in
Michigan eight of the past 10 years.
CM Life has been named winner of the
National Pacemaker Awards by
Associated Collegiate Press in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, 2019. It also was a finalist for the first time for an online Pacemaker in 2010. CM-Life has come in first place for the Best College Media Company in the nation seven years in a row (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) by College Media Business and Advertising Managers organization. There are also two student-run
college radio stations,
FM 91.5
WMHW-FM and FM 101.1, a student produced newscast, News Central 34, and a student-run college television station MHTV. In 2005, a student-operated music label called Moore Media Records (MMR) was established. In addition, the university owns and operates
WCMU-TV, the region's
PBS station, and
WCMU-FM, the
NPR affiliate. Both stations serve most of Northern Michigan, including the eastern
Upper Peninsula, through a network of repeater stations. Also established in 2003 is
White Pine Music, the recording label of the CMU School of Music. On February 2, 2008, Central Michigan University's online magazine, Grand Central Magazine, was launched. Currently updated weekly, the magazine is run through CMU's Department of Journalism and features magazine style features from the world of sports, entertainment, style, technology and travel. In September 2022, Central Michigan University's Department of Fashion Merchandising and Design launched Verge Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is entirely run by Central Michigan students. The magazine is offered in a digital format through the Verge Magazine website, as well as physical copies that are available for purchase. As of December 2023, Verge magazine has released seven issues and over five hundred physical copies have sold. ==Athletics==