Welcome to Central Michigan University. You have joined more
than 28,000 learners whose lives and opportunities are being
enhanced as a result of their years spent with us. The
university community wants to see all CMU graduates excel in
a changing and diverse world, with skills in critical
thinking, problem solving, and communication. CMU, with its
emerging national recognition as a vigorous and innovative
learning community of scholars, is dedicated to improving
the quality of life in the region, the state, and beyond.
For
more than 110 years, CMU’s strong student-centered
commitment to learning and teaching has kept it focused on
instructional and curricular quality, first-class resources,
opportunities for civic engagement, and service excellence.
The
breadth and depth of CMU’s academic and extracurricular
programs and activities are impressive. The university
offers more than 170 professionally-focused undergraduate
programs in business administration, communication, fine
arts, health professions, humanities, social and behavioral
sciences, natural sciences, teacher education, technology,
and more.
CMU’s
faculty actively engages students in applied research and
creative endeavors to catalyze student initiative,
intellectual responsibility, and thirst for discovery.
Student volunteerism, internships, and cooperative learning
experiences are hallmarks of a CMU education. Students at
CMU actively pursue specific academic areas of interest on
an increasingly diverse campus that fosters an appreciation
for, and involvement in, international and global learning,
including study abroad.
The
personalized experiential learning environment at CMU will
prepare you for graduate study, the working world, or both.
All of CMU’s resources, faculty, and staff are centered on
your success. Again, welcome to Central Michigan
University--helping to make the world a better place in
which to live, one student at a time.
Sincerely,
Mike
Rao
President
Central Michigan University
