Professor Receives Mentor of the Year Award
Jim McDonald, a faculty member in the department of Teacher and Special Education, received the 2023 Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award from ASTE.
Opportunities to make a difference happen here every day
In the College of Education and Human Services, we'll help you help others. Take what you love to do — fashion, teaching, recreation, event planning —and learn how to lead, challenge and inspire while doing it.
WE DO Inspiration
You’re committed to making the world a better place by improving the lives of others. Our graduates do that every day using the skills and knowledge they get here.
Be the teacher every student looks up to. Create specialized and accessible environments for those with disabilities. Plan huge events for sports teams. Design the next big thing in high-tech, high-performance fashion.
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We're a tight-knit group of educators, designers, planners, change-makers, leaders, and innovators.
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Center for Excellence in STEM Education
We do fun with STEM. Gain real teaching and professional development experience while inspiring young people and families within the Great Lakes Bay Region.
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Center for Community Counseling & Development
We offer free mental health services to members of our CMU community and Michigan residents. As a graduate student, you'll train here under the direct supervision of an experienced clinical supervisor.
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Threads Fashion Show
We do fashion on a big stage. Design your own apparel or work on the production side in our annual student-run fashion show.
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Education and Human Services Residential College
Live alongside peers with the same interests and career goals. Experience academic, community building, volunteer service, and leadership development activities available only to residents.
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Recreation and Event Management students learn from alumni guest speakers
Alumni visited Lori Irwin’s Introduction to Recreation and Event Management Class to share how they made it from CMU to where they are at today.
In Memoriam: Shannon Sexton
Shannon Sexton, faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Central Michigan University, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. She was 47.
