Mount Pleasant Community
Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, centrally located an hour north of the state capital, Lansing, and two and a half hours northwest of Detroit, and is an expanding mid-Michigan community of approximately 26,000 permanent residents. Mount Pleasant has retained its small-town flavor while embracing a wide variety of special interest groups and outdoor recreation opportunities. Please see www.mt-pleasant.org/ for more information.
CMU is an active cultural center featuring over 150 concerts, a full six-play theatre season, art exhibitions, and nationally known guest speakers and performers. CMU is the home of The Michigan Story Festival and the Central Michigan International Film Festival.
CMU and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe have a strong historic and cooperative relationship which has fostered educational initiatives, cultural events and speakers, and extensive Native American educational resources for the campus and tribal communities.
Additionally, CMU brings to the community and region a significant range of Division I athletics events and activities.
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