General University Information  (top)

• Fourth largest enrollment - 27,768 - among Michigan's 15 public universities
• One of 9 universities nationwide to receive the Katrina Compassion Award for Excellence in Hurricane Relief Service
• CMU competed in RecycleMania 2008. RecycleMania, a project of the College and University Recycling Council (CURC), is a national 10-week competition among college and university recycling programs.

Academic Programs  (top)

• Central Michigan University is one of two universities in Michigan with an inventors club.
• Only Michigan university that has a body scanner, which records more than 300,000 data points on the body
• First university nationwide to offer a four-year accredited athletic training program
• Only university in Michigan with an undergraduate degree in meteorology
• CMU is the only university in the nation with a bachelor's degree concentration in microscopy.
• Graduates of the CMU physician assistant program recently earned the university a perfect 100 percent first-time pass rate on the national Physician Assistant National Certification Examination.
• CMU is the only university in Michigan to have a comprehensive, interdisciplinary major in public relations that incorporates journalism, broadcasting, and communication.
• Two CMU alumni have been awarded national Milken awards, making them among the top 100 teachers in the nation

Research  (top)

• One of only two universities in the Midwest to operate an island research station (Beaver Island)
• CMU is ranked within the nation’s top 20 research institutions among universities with 16 or fewer doctoral programs in 2008.
• CMU is assisting the Pentagon in developing filtration technology to remove contaminants and other hazardous materials from water.
• Assisted Reebok by using state-of-the-art technology to perform testing on new NHL uniforms

Athletics  (top)

• For the fourth consecutive year, the women's soccer team earned the No. 1 rank for highest cumulative GPA in the nation
• CMU outfielder/catcher Tyler Stovall was named to the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV first team.
• Wrestling team has won 10 consecutive and 13 of the last 17 MAC championships

Student Awards  (top)

• Graduate student Jane Schild received the 2006 Best Student Presentation Award from the North American Lake Management Society
• CMU student Jonathan Knapp won the best student poster award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006.
• Association of Information Technology Professionals student chapter won the Student Chapter Outstanding Performance Award in 2007.
• CMU student Matt Bombard was awarded second place in a 2007 national neuroscience poster competition from the Society for Neuroscience Conference. Bombard received the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Award for his research on genetically engineered stem cells.

Student Life  (top)

• Received the Medium School of the Year Award from the Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls
• 70% of CMU students volunteer or do community service, exceeding the national average for student volunteerism
• CMU's recreation, parks and leisure services administration program is the largest undergraduate leisure studies program in the nation, with 458 signed majors.
• Nationally known Leadership Institute develops more than 5,000 student leaders annually