Central Michigan University

Community Information

Central Michigan University is rooted in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, home to 26,000 people and growing. The community offers a safe, family environment, and many activities for you and your daughter or son to enjoy.

Mount Pleasant feels like a classic college town, with a blend of natural features, exciting developments and small-town life.

If your student is a nature buff, he or she will enjoy the 80-mile-long Chippewa River, which runs right through Mount Pleasant, and the city's seven parks. If he or she wants more of the city life, Mount Pleasant's Mission Street features many popular big box stores and chain restaurants, while downtown Mount Pleasant offers boutiques and intimate restaurants.

When you and your daughter or son visit the community, here are some things you may want to know:

• Fun things to do in Mount Pleasant


• Places to stay


• News and weather in the Mount Pleasant newspaper and in the CMU student newspaper


• Interesting facts