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Building Access

To improve campus safety, CMU is transitioning to using exterior electronic access controls to manage all CMU facilities on the Mt. Pleasant campus.

During the transitional period, some facilities will continue to function with traditional mechanical locking devices, while others will be managed with electronic access controls. The use of electronic door controls will allow CMU to improve day-to-day campus safety, maintain access for the CMU community and the public, and more efficiently respond to emergencies on campus.

  • Selected doors will have card readers to facilitate extended-hours access for CMU students, faculty, and staff during designated hours.
  • Doors marked as "enter" will be unlocked during the building's designated hours.
  • Doors marked as "exits" will always be locked from the exterior of the building.
  • All doors can always be used to exit a building.

Program update

Electronic building access controls are active in the following buildings:

Academic 

  • Anspach Hall
  • Bioscience Building
  • Brooks Hall
  • Dow Science Building
  • Education and Human Services
  • Finch Fieldhouse
  • Grawn Hall
  • Health Professions/CMED
  • IET Building
  • Moore Hall
  • Music Building
  • North Art Studio
  • Pearce Hall
  • Powers Hall (Summer 2025)
  • Ronan Hall
  • Rowe Hall
  • Sloan Hall
  • Wightman Hall

Administrative

  • Foust Hall
  • Warriner Hall

Athletic

  • Event Center (Late Spring 2025)

Public Buildings

  • Bovee University Center (Summer 2025) 
  • Park Library
  • Student Activity Center (Late Spring 2025)

Residence Life 

  • All residence halls and apartments

CentralCard

All CMU students, faculty, and staff are issued a university ID “CentralCard” which may be either a physical or mobile credential.  CMU will utilize the CentralCard as a standard credential for door access on campus. All physical CentralCards issued since 2011 are compatible. Community members with older cards may obtain replacement credentials from the CentralCard office in the Bovee University Center during business hours. Mobile credentials may be obtained 24/7 using the “Transact eAccounts” app on a supported mobile device. Once your Central Mobile ID has been provisioned, please allow up to 30 minutes for door access to be activated. 

Visit the CentralCard Office for additional details. 

General building hours

Public entrance doors will be unlocked during the following times

  • Academic building
    • Fall and Spring Semesters: Monday-Friday - 7am-8pm, Saturday/Sunday - card access only.
    • Summer Semesters: 7am-6pm, Saturday/Sunday - card access only.
  • Administrative buildings
    • Monday-Friday - 7am-6pm, Saturday/Sunday - card access only.
  • Public buildings
  • Residence Hall
    • Card access only 24/7

Extended-hours access

CMU students, faculty, and staff have extended-hours access to CMU facilities by using their CentralCard at selected doors with card readers.

  • Academic buildings: Students 6am-11pm, Faculty/Staff 24/7
  • Administrative buildings: Faculty/Staff 24/7
  • Public buildings
  • Residence Hall-Residential Areas: Residents 24/7
  • Residence Hall-Main Entrances/Dining/Classroom Access:
    • Towers/East: Students/faculty/staff 7am-10pm, Residents 24/7
    • South: Students/faculty/staff 7am-11:15pm, Residents 24/7

Changes to facility scheduling

The CMU Police Department will manage all electronic door scheduling on campus. Building coordinators and other designated staff may submit a request to extend general building hours to support events and other functions using the request form. Scheduled events on campus must be coordinated through University Events who will submit a schedule change as required for the event. Requests are to be submitted through building coordinators 1 week before the requested schedule change.

Special access

An automated role-based access level is the preferred method to grant access to CMU facilities. Please contact CMU Police Lt. Mike Sienkiewicz at sienk1mh@cmich.edu to discuss needs for your area. 

Emergency response

Upon confirmation of a dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of the campus, CMU will issue an emergency notification through the Central Alert system. If appropriate for the emergency, CMU Police Dispatch will also activate a “secure mode” override to electronically controlled exterior doors. Secure mode will change the state of doors from unlocked to secure.

Support

CMU Police: 989-774-3081 (facility scheduling/access issues, after-hours questions)

CentralCard Office: 989-774-3484 (CentralCard issues)

CMU OIT Help Desk: 989-774-3662 (Transact app technical support)