Special Visit Events

Agenda

Discover CMU is your all-access, open-house style pass to campus! Explore at your own pace. Choose the activities and presentations that interest you most. Students and staff will be stationed throughout campus to help you find your way and answer any questions you might have.

• Welcome 
• Presentations
• College of the Arts and Media
• College of Business Administration
• College of Education and Human Services
• College of Health Professions
• College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
• College of Science and Engineering
• Park Library
• Student Activity Center

Welcome

Opening Remarks
Warriner Hall (Plachta Auditorium), 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 
Check in and grab your lunch tickets (doors open at 8:00 a.m.) Beverages are not permitted in Plachta Auditorium. Please enjoy your drink before entering.  

Tabling Fair 
Finch Fieldhouse, 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 
Swing by to grab your SWAG, enjoy breakfast treats and check out student resources. 

Residence Hall Tours 
Leaving from Finch Fieldhouse every 15 minutes, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  (60-minute length) 
Tour two showrooms to see exactly what it’s like to live on campus. See our traditional four-person, two-bedroom suite as well as our premium four-person, four-bedroom suite (last tour leaves at 11:30 a.m.).  

Presentations

9:50 - 10:30 a.m.

This is CMU, Admissions Presentation 
Warriner Hall (Plachta Auditorium) 
See how CMU empowers you with hands-on opportunities and personalized support so you can thrive from day one.  

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Give Credit Where Credit is Due
Park Library (Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium)
Considering Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses? Maybe dual enrollment? Learn how these options transfer to college and help you earn your degree faster–and cheaper.

Living on Campus
Bovee University Center (3rd Floor Auditorium)
Are you wondering what it’s like to live in a residence hall? Join this presentation to learn about our room styles, the residential curriculum and our living-learning communities.

Transferring 101
Bovee University Center (Terrace Rooms)
If you are considering starting at a community college and then transferring to CMU, this presentation is for you! Join our undergraduate transfer specialists for a presentation on everything you need to know for a smooth transfer process.

Scholarship Communities
Bovee University Center (Maroon, Gold and Chippewa Rooms)
CMU’s three competitive scholarships (Honors Centralis, Leader Advancement and Multicultural Advancement) offer so much more than financial assistance. Learn how they enhance your college experience through community and shared experiences.

10:45 - 11:15 a.m. 

You Belong Here
Park Library (Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium)
At CMU, all identities are welcomed and celebrated. Learn how the Office of Engagement champions the “You Belong Here” culture for all students.

Show Me the Money
Bovee University Center (3rd Floor Auditorium)
Hear directly from the experts on all things financial aid. They will touch on all the frequently asked questions, including timelines and the Michigan Achievement Scholarship.

Alternative Breaks and Study Abroad
Bovee University Center (Terrace Rooms)
Learn about opportunities to take our hands-on learning approach outside the corridors of Central Michigan University. Whether you are interested in traveling near or far, these opportunities to learn about other cultures will support any major or career choice.

Lead by Doing
Bovee University Center (Maroon, Gold and Chippewa Rooms)
Student leaders are an integral part of CMU. The Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute will present its programs to prepare future leaders for the many roles available on campus.

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Getting Involved and Getting Ahead
Park Library (Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium)
There are over 300 Registered Student Organizations on the campus of CMU. Discover how joining any one of them will add to your sense of belonging and your professional resume.

This is CMU, Admissions Presentation
Bovee University Center (3rd Floor Auditorium)
See how CMU empowers you with hands-on opportunities and personalized support so you can thrive from day one.  

Show me the Money
Bovee University Center (Terrace Rooms) 
Hear directly from the experts on all things financial aid. They will touch on all the frequently asked questions, including timelines and the Michigan Achievement Scholarship. 

Living on Campus
Bovee University Center (Maroon, Gold and Chippewa Rooms) 
Are you wondering what it’s like to live in a residence hall? Join this presentation to learn about our room styles, the residential curriculum and our living-learning communities. 

Lunch

Lunch Break 
Dine & Connect, East Residence Hall Complex
Find your lunch group and arrival time on your Discover CMU handout/map!

Discovery activities

College of the Arts and Media

Integrative Public Relations and Advertising, Student and Alumni Workshop and Program Overview
Moore Hall 108, 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
During this workshop, you will learn the ways social media managers working for various organizations maintain their brands’ social presence on popular social media networks. You will also gain practical insights into the strategies, tools and techniques used by successful social media influencers and creators, enabling you to build a strong online presence and develop your personal brand.

Media & Cinema Arts Studio Tours and Program Overview
Moore Hall 182, Tours begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 p.m.
Tour the Moore Hall studios that include film, broadcast, audio recording/production, radio, News Central, sports talk shows and more.

Animation and Advertising: Partners in Promotion and Creativity
Moore Hall 105, 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Do you want to create the ads you see on your phone, TV, websites and billboards? The advertising industry involves various sectors and relies on partnerships across careers and disciplines, forming the cornerstone of strong campaigns. Discover how animation in advertising can persuade people to change their behavior. Learn about various advertising strategies and see real world examples of public service announcements.

Art Majors Tour and Program Overview
Wightman Hall 142, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15 p.m 
Explore the state-of-the-art facilities where students gain skills in a wide range of mediums and graduate with a portfolio full of experience. Surround yourself with talented and hard-working artists as you create compelling visual works in Wightman Hall and the North Arts Studio computer labs and studios. Majors: Animation, Art History, Graphic Design and Studio Arts. 

Music Building Tour and Presentation
Music Building 102, Chamichian Recital Hall, 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 
Experience amazing facilities in the Music Building and opportunities in the School of Music for the Chippewa Marching Band, choirs, concert bands and orchestra, as well as academic programs in vocal and instrumental performance, music education, commercial music, songwriting, composition, graduate programs and more. Also, learn about staying involved in our ensembles—even if you are not planning to major or minor in music.

Theatre and Costume/Scene Shop Tour - Programs Overview 
Moore Hall 130, Kiva Theatre, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15 p.m. 
See all the ways you can own the stage. Explore how CMU delivers rigorous training in the performing arts and prepares our students intellectually and artistically for careers in acting/directing, design/tech, music theatre and dance studies/dance. Observe the skills, techniques and experiences that will prepare you for professional success on the stage and behind the scenes.

Dance Studio Tours
Rose Center127, McGuirk Arena, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15 p.m. 
Where will you train for a major in Dance Studies or a Dance Minor? Visit us in our dedicated dance studio and connect with the Dance faculty.

Animation Workshop
Wightman Hall 153, 2:00 p.m - 2:45 p.m. 
Create a two-dimensional stop-motion animation while playing the roles of both animators and stop-motion puppets. The workshop will be led by CMU Animation faculty and current Animation majors and will cover basic animation techniques as well as setting aside time to discuss the path to becoming a successful animator.

Drone Lab Demo and Program Overview 
Moore Hall (Amphitheater, near the Music Building) Demonstrations begin at 12:30 and 2:00 p.m. 
In our Drone Lab, which features more than 30 different drones, you will learn the rules and regulations around drone flight, how to prepare for flight, and yes, even how to fly! As part of the program, you will prepare for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 107 certification, which is basically earning your drone pilot’s license. This event is weather dependent. 

College of Business Administration 

Work Smart with Data-Driven Decision Making
Grawn Hall 101, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. 
Review data examples, brainstorm ideas and learn how information systems professionals solve real-world problems for every industry. 

Invest in Your future 
Grawn Hall 117A, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Discover how business students utilize Bloomberg Terminals in the Voigtman Financial Lab to invest alumni funds while monitoring and analyzing real-time financial market data. 

Storytelling in the Classroom
Grawn Hall 150, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. 
Learn how business faculty incorporate real-world consulting cases in their classrooms. Our industry-expert faculty will demonstrate relevant, hands-on learning and coach students through a unique market research consulting project. 

Expenses, Invoices and Receipts   
Grawn Hall 102, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Follow the money trail in a forensic accounting case study where your investigation and analysis could solve a fraud case. 

3D Printing and Innovation     
Grawn 166, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.  
Take home your own 3D-printed “Action C” and explore the IDEA Den: a collaborative space that connects entrepreneurial-minded students from any academic major on campus with a variety of innovative resources. 

How Work Styles Give You Clues 
Grawn Hall Atrium, Every 30 minutes between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.  
Participate in major exploration activities with a Business Academic Advisor and discover career path clues to help you narrow down your choices from CMU’s 17 business majors. 

College of Education and Human Services

Merchandising and Design Technology Program Overview   
Engineering and Technology Building 115 
Where fashion meets cutting-edge technology. Come see why major corporations come to us for product and design testing and how students can benefit from this hands-on learning experience utilizing the latest technology, including thermal manikins.  

Fashion Merchandising and Design Studio Tours          
Wightman Hall 102, Tours begin at 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. 
Come tour our Fashion Merchandising and Design facilities and see why our program is top ranked in the state and see how we are applying the latest digital skills for the future of fashion with virtual prototyping and augmented reality, so our students are career ready.  

Interior Design Tour                                        
Education and Human Services Building, first floor, meet by red couches, Tours at 1:00, 1:45 and 2:30 p.m.  
Learn about our nationally accredited Interior Design program and how our students create inspirational, sustainable, inclusive and human-centric spaces in our design studios and labs. 

Child Development and Learning Laboratory Tour       
Education and Human Services Building, first floor, meet by red couches, Tours at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00 and 2:30 p.m.  
Experience the wonder of our dynamic learning setting crafted to nurture the growth of our little ones. Our state-of-the-art preschool provides a rich learning environment to provide both applied experiences, observing and working with young children, and a venue for faculty and student research. 

What Drives You? Identifying Your Core Values 
Education and Human Services Building, French Auditorium, 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. 
This session will provide an overview of the importance of values and guide you in the process of uncovering the two values that are at the core of who you are and how you can use them to achieve your goals and dreams. 

The Past, Present and Future of Education  
Education and Human Services Building, French Auditorium , 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. 
We’ve all done it. Whether at home or in the classroom, whether public, private or charter, you have arrived at CMU having been schooled as a K-12 student. Yet, what does it mean – for you, for those younger than you, and for the future of education – to be schooled in twenty-first century America? In this session, we will explore photographs related to education from the past, present and future and share what we see, think and wonder about the images themselves, and the ways that students will learn and teachers will teach in the future. 

Finch Fieldhouse Tour                            
Finch Fieldhouse 110, 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. 
Explore the historic Finch Fieldhouse, a cornerstone of CMU’s campus life. This guided tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the facility’s athletics spaces, training areas and multipurpose rooms. Learn about its legacy in supporting student recreation, varsity sports and special events, while discovering how it continues to serve the CMU community today. 

College of Health Professions

All activities available 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Interprofessional Education and Practice Center                   
Health Professions Building 2050 
Experience how health professionals are trained using high fidelity simulators in hospital rooms and standardized patient scenarios in exam rooms, replicating real-life practice settings. 

Athletic Training and Exercise Science Human Performance Labs     
Health Professions Building 1301, 1303, 1307, 1308, and 1337 
Tour fitness and performance labs, strength and training labs. 

American Sign Language Demonstration                 
Health Professions Building Atrium 
Engage with faculty as they demonstrate and describe skills gained by studying the American Sign Language minor. 

Nursing Skills Lab                                       
Health Professions Building 2020 
Visit the nursing education training facility experienced by students pursuing the Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Learn more about the program and meet faculty. 

Allen Foundation Culinary Nutrition Center Tour                                          
Wightman Hall 110 
Explore the newly renovated Allen Foundation Culinary Nutrition Center in Wightman Hall and enjoy a refreshing, healthy smoothie! The center boasts 12 workstations equipped with commercial-style ovens and modern food service equipment. It's a state-of-the-art facility that enhances the learning experience for students in the Nutrition and Dietetics program. Meet with faculty to learn more about the Nutrition and Dietetics program and course offerings. 

CMU's Mobile Health Central                    
Outside of the Health Professions building, main entrance 
Mobile Health Central is a nearly 39-foot mobile health vehicle for research, preventative health education and recruitment. Visit the mobile clinic to see its soundproof booth and equipment, examination room and accessible design to meet the goal of creating an inclusive, healthy society. 

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

All activities available 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

DNA Extraction with CMU Psychology                          
Health Professions Building 2306 
Come and learn about how we do psychology at CMU. You'll tour a psychology lab and learn how we extract DNA…from a banana! 

We Do CSI                                      
Moore Hall and Bush Theatre Courtyard 
Guests will be led through a search-and-recovery of remains at an outdoor (mock) crime scene. Learn the importance of mapping, documenting and bagging evidence to maintain context and chain-of-custody. 

Curator’s Tour: Behind-the-Scenes at the CMU Museum                  
Rowe Hall 124 
Get a glimpse into the world of museums with a behind-the-scenes tour of our spaces at the CMU Museum. Talk with the museum’s director/curator of history and current CMU students pursuing the Museum Studies minor to discover the many career possibilities within the field. While touring the spaces, participants will get the opportunity to handle and learn about some of the historic artifacts and natural history specimens within our collections. 

Murder Mystery 
Pearce Hall 307 
Fingerprints. A handwritten note. And a bloody bandana. Use your best liberal arts skills to help solve the murder of a young mother. 

College of Science and Engineering 

All activities available 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Biotechnology Discovery               
Biosciences Building (First floor)
Interested in careers in biotechnology, medicine or genetics? Come explore DNA technology, model organisms and mutants that help us understand human disease and traits.  

What’s in the Water?                       
Biosciences Building 2014 
What’s swimming with you in Michigan lakes and streams? Join faculty and students to identify living organisms in water samples, learning more about them and why they’re an important part of the food web in the Great Lakes, inland lakes and streams. 

Making Homemade Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream and Lab Tours              
Dow Science Complex First Floor Lobby  
We will start making our secret recipe of homemade liquid nitrogen vanilla ice cream at 1:00 pm and continue until supplies last. Come try some with us!  

Python Crash Course                                                                             
Pearce Hall 402  
In this activity, you will be given a crash course on Python programming. Then, participate in groups to solve a problem programmatically using Python.  

AI for Everyone/Fun with AI                                             
Pearce Hall 402  
In this activity, you will learn how to train your own image classifier.  

Engineering and Technology Demonstrations                
Engineering and Technology Building 123, 129 and Atrium  
Explore the various types of engineering through demonstrations of FANUC robots, drones, mechatronics, BAJA and Formula SAE, AM radio, inverted pendulums, water filtration, optical communication and coagulation/flocculation. 

Discover Geology & Environmental Science                                   
Brooks Hall 337  
Discover meteorites and ‘meteowrongs’, how water flows underground, Yooperlites and other glowing rocks, and the role of today’s critical minerals.  

Storm Chasing Simulation Exercise: Where Will You Chase           
Brooks Hall 307  
Learn the basics of Moisture, Lift, Instability and Shear to predict where storms will occur. 

The Science of “Where”? Make Good Environmental Decisions Using Geographic Information Science                           Dow Science Complex 273  
In a hands-on demo, come see how we can use technology to enhance environmental decision-making.  

AI in Math                                     
Pearce Hall 136/137  
Use machine learning to solve fun math questions. 

Physics Labs: Tours and Demonstrations                                             
Dow Science Complex 004, 112 and 202  
From the tiniest particles via everyday gadgets to the most massive objects, physics lets you understand how the universe works. Join us to investigate some fun activities: trap ions with electric and magnetic fields, use X-rays to study crystals, measure the motion of a bouncing mass with ultrasound, run tiny electric currents through air and your body and learn how a telescope works.  

Rhapsodo Camera and Probability              
Engineering and Technology Building Courtyard  
Learn how data can be used in sports by visiting the Rhapsodo camera set up and tracking the speed and dynamics of a baseball or softball after it is hit.   

Tours of Neuroscience Research Labs in the Health Professions Building              
Health Professions Building  
Neuroscience faculty and students engaged in research in the Health Professions Building will be running tours of the labs and facilities for interested students to observe and have research goals explained. These projects and facilities are used and appreciated by CMU students who regularly work as volunteers or as directed research efforts for course credit. Research explores stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, production of cell-based molecular detectors, optogenetics, drug abuse and explorations of neuronal transplant technology. These tours are hosted in conjunction with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. 

Park Library  

Adobe Digital Lounge 
Park Library 212 , Presentations begin at 1:00 and 1:45 p.m.
The Adobe Digital Lounge is a space that supports collaborative creativity with group seating, flexible furniture and TVs to display and discuss your work. In addition, we have staff who can answer your questions about equipment and digital creation software such as the Adobe Creative Cloud. Come explore all the Lounge has to offer and design your own personal memento with one of our make-and-take activities. 

CMU Traditions 101 
Park Library (Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium), Presentations begin at 1:00 and 1:45 p.m. 
The Medallion. Fire Up! Gentle Thursday. The toilet paper toss. Midnight scream. Gus Macker. The C you don’t walk on. Anspach (pronounced correctly)… CMU’s History goes back over 130 years. That’s over thirteen decades of traditions that have come and gone. Join the staff of the Clarke Historical Library–the home for CMU’s archives–and learn about some of the former traditions of the old Central State Normal alongside the current traditions beloved by today’s Central Michigan University students. Also, take the chance to swing by the Clarke and check out old yearbooks, student newspapers and other documents that capture the history of the student experience at CMU. 

CMU Libraries Tour + Scavenger Hunt 
Park Library (meet by Ponder Coffee), Every 30 minutes beginning at 1:00 p.m.  
Learn more about CMU Libraries through an exciting scavenger hunt activity. As part of this activity, you will receive a tour of the library (roughly 15 minutes). After the tour is completed, participants will be broken up into small groups to complete and fun and engaging scavenger hunt of the library. The first group to finish will win a king-size candy bar (all other guests will win a smaller candy prize). 

Student Activity Center  

We Do Engagement
Student Activity Center, 12:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Discover hands-on how our team in University Recreation provides the fun in the college experience. Drop into the Student Activity Center for activities like wallyball, volleyball, badminton, racquetball, table tennis, giant Connect 4, spikeball, cornhole and billiards. 

Drop in on Competitive Computer Gaming
Student Activity Center, 12:15 - 3:30 p.m.
CMU students have participated in Esports since the mid-2000s. Now, they have their own brand new, dedicated Esports Center, located in the Student Activity Center. After a brief description of the space, guests are welcome to jump into their favorite game!