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Take 2 for Teaching and Learning - Student Exemplars: A Powerful Tool for Learning

Student exemplars clarify expectations, model quality work, and build confidence. Used thoughtfully, they guide reflection, promote self-regulated learning, and help students reach higher levels of achievement.

Blog Posted November 14, 2025

Changes to the park library’s group study rooms

If you regularly study in the Park Library, you might notice some significant changes in the coming weeks.

Blog Posted November 12, 2025

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Fall into reading: Fall reads in CMU Library’s browsing section

There’s nothing like cozying up with a good book as the weather cools down. If you're looking forward to your next fall read, look no further than the CMU Library’s Browsing Collection located on the 2nd floor of Park Library.

Blog Posted November 10, 2025

Engineering your success: Why you should choose a biotechnology major

Think of it as using life's own toolkit—DNA, proteins, and cells—to build a better future. Find out more about biotechnology and earning a bachelors in this exciting and developing field.

Blog Posted October 24, 2025

Take 2 for Teaching & Learning: Concept Mapping

Gabrielle Likavec demonstrates how to use concept mapping as an engaging visual strategy to help students make meaningful connections between ideas, deepen understanding, and develop critical thinking skills across disciplines, in just about two minutes.

Blog Posted October 21, 2025

You’re Welcome! CMU Students Have a Place at the CMU Libraries

Blog Posted October 17, 2025

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) 3.0 in Action: Igniting Learner Joy and Agency

UDL 3.0 encourages faculty to reimagine classrooms as spaces of connection, curiosity, and belonging—where students thrive not only because of what they learn, but also how they learn.

Blog Posted October 17, 2025

What is logistics management? Definition, degree and demand

Explore what logistics management is, what professionals do, and why demand is growing. Learn how a logistics management degree from Central Michigan University can launch your career.

Blog Posted October 16, 2025

August and September 2025: Website updates

Throughout Aug. and Sept. the Digital Strategy Team worked diligently to make updates and improvements to the website with a special focus on improving the .NET Core user experience.

Blog Posted September 30, 2025

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Build a career in public education and museum studies

Museum studies is an academic field that examines the function, management and history-based public education in society. Find out what you can learn through museum studies, how it connects to other fields and how you can apply museum studies skills in any career.

Blog Posted October 14, 2025

Take 2 for Teaching & Learning - Retrieval: Enhancing the Impact of Your Teaching

Dr. Brooke Moore explains how the simple act of retrieval can boost retention, build confidence, and uncover learning gaps.

Blog Posted October 10, 2025

Sitefinity editing change improves user experience; gives editors more time.

Collaborators will rebuild pages in the training environment and use SiteSync, a Sitefinity module, to push changes to production during the .NET Core transition.

Blog Posted October 23, 2025

Read for Your Rights: Banned Books Week Celebration October 5 – 11, 2025

Blog Posted October 01, 2025

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Navigating Difficult Conversations: Fostering Civil Discourse in Challenging Times

Difficult classroom conversations build critical thinking, empathy, and civil discourse. By creating safe spaces, facilitating dialogue, structuring evaluation, and fostering perspective-taking, faculty prepare students for engaged citizenship.

Blog Posted November 01, 2024

Becoming a Warm Demander in Higher Ed: Empowering Students Through Care and Challenge

A “warm demander” in higher ed pairs high expectations with empathy, using trust, consistency, and care to help students grow, persist, and succeed through both challenge and support.

Blog Posted October 31, 2025

Take 2 for Teaching & Learning - Exit Tickets: A Powerful Reflection Tool in the Classroom

In this Take 2 for Teaching and Learning video, Dr. Sarah Learman shares how exit tickets can bring you insight into student learning and progress in your course.

Blog Posted September 24, 2025

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Faculty Voices: Office Hours LIVE, using the Lightboard Maker Space

Professor Doug Lapp shares how transitioning from screencast videos to Lightboard Studio and using it for his long-running “Office Hours LIVE” has enhanced student engagement by making instruction more personal and accessible to all learners.

Blog Posted January 27, 2023

Scholarships Benefit Library Student Employees

Blog Posted September 24, 2025

[PHISH] STUDENT JOB OPPORTUNITY

A phishing email has been delivered to CMU users offering a fraudulent job posting. The job description is in a word document (.docx) attachment, and links to an external form that attempts to harvest user credentials. As always, be especially cautious about unsolicited job offers, they are typically malicious in nature.

Blog Posted September 23, 2025

What can studying a foreign language do for your career?

Learning a second language is a life-changing experience, but did you know it could also boost your career? Discover what learning a foreign language can do for your personal development, employability, industry possibilities and advancement opportunities.

Blog Posted August 27, 2025