Abstract The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a college readiness program run through the Institute for the Study of Children, Families & Communities at Eastern Michigan University since 2006. Starting in 2009, the GEAR UP program began following 10th graders for three years until the summer before college in 2012. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs records primarily documents this...

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The Robert Holman Success Center provides services supporting academic success for all EMU undergraduates. The Holman Success Center offers tutoring, supplemental instruction, workshops, success coaching, and more to EMU students completely free of charge. This collection contains a poster from the 2003 "Sail into Success" program.

Abstract The Independent Living Program records document the three-year project carried out by the Institute for the Study of Children, Families & Communities at Eastern Michigan University. Funding of the Independent Living Program (ILP) was granted from September 2000 through September 2003 by the Administration for Children, Youth & Families branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Independent Living Program...

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The Joseph Estabrook reference collection document the fourth president of Michigan State Normal College, who served from 1871-1880. His papers include such materials as press clippings, researcher biographies, obituaries, and a bound draft of Estabrook's history of MSNC.

Abstract The James H. Brickley papers are materials collected during James 'Jim' H. Brickley's tenure as President of Eastern Michigan University. Included in the collection are materials related to his inaguration events, his appointment calendars, clippings and newsreleases, and correspondence between Brickley and the faculty as well as administrators of the various Colleges of the University. While not a complete record of his time in office, it is a sample look at...

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The John Mahelm Berry Sill reference collection document the eighth president of Michigan State Normal College, who served from 1886 to 1893. His papers consist of such materials as researcher biographies, press clippings, CVs, handwritten speeches, and memorials and obituaries.

Abstract The Office of the President Annual Reports detail the activities of the Eastern Michigan University President. The Office of the President Annual Reports have been arranged chronologically from 1963 through 1987. In some instances, the reports were produced for an academic year, while in other instances they were produced for a calendar year. 1965 and 1973 through 1977 are not included in this collection. The Office of the President no longer produces an...

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The Office of the President correspondence records are composed of correspondence and related materials from the Michigan State Normal College/Eastern Michigan University Office of the President. In particular, the records include the correspondence of presidents Charles McKenny, John Munson, James Brickley, and John Porter, from approximately 1912 through 1988.

Abstract In 1990, Eastern Michigan University president William E. Shelton initiated a campus wide strategic initiative to build a "Learning University." The President's Commission on the Learning University records documents this undertaking which was also known as the President's Commission on Blueprint 150. The commission was created to lead the initiative and oversee the work of several campus task forces exloring every aspect of EMU life and its effect on...

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The Presidential Commission on the Future of Eastern Michigan University reports consist primarily of task force reports on varying topics regarding facets of the University's administration. The Commission was created in 1975, with final reports published in 1976.