Central Michigan University

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Central Michigan University is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution and offers more than 70 graduate degree programs at the master's, specialist, and doctoral levels. CMU is investing heavily in new buildings, enhanced classrooms, and state-of-the-art labs and research facilities. At CMU, you will work closely with faculty mentors to succeed in your field, your personalized graduate program plan, and beyond the classroom.
From the CMU Board of Trustees to the senior officers and senior leadership team, we are dedicated to all students' success. We believe in the transformative power of education. We also uphold a profound responsibility to the broad, professional campus community — to the faculty and staff who collectively provide the academics and services that make Central an extraordinary university.
Together, we pursue the mission: "At Central Michigan University, we are a community committed to pursuing knowledge, wisdom, discovery, and creativity. We provide student-centered education and foster personal and intellectual growth to prepare students for productive careers, meaningful lives, and responsible citizenship in a global society."
Central Michigan University, an inclusive community of scholars, is a national leader in higher education, inspiring excellence, and innovation. We are a community where 28,000 students a year acquire the skills to research and preserve the earth's resources, start businesses, teach our nation's youth, and treat and prevent disease. Here students learn to pursue excellence. To live with compassion. To be leaders. Here faculty, staff, students, and alumni leverage their skills to have a global impact.
John Andraka has been teaching physical therapy courses at the doctoral level at CMU for five years. In that time, he has instructed hundreds of students and directed the university's Hands for Health Clinic, a pro bono clinic dedicated to providing physical therapy services for underinsured members of the Mount Pleasant community. John was nominated for Instructor of the Year by the Michigan Physical Therapy Association in 2012.
While working toward her Bachelor of Science degree in public health education and health promotion at CMU, Victoria Peterson is an MSA student, earned credits toward her graduate degree. Whether you are a current student already in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, or a student in another country is looking for a place to call home. At the same time you complete your studies, the Office of International Affairs will be with you every step of the way. Our goal is to create and foster a global partnership between our students, faculty, and staff. Increasing our global student population and providing U.S. students international learning experiences will enrich our always growing, diverse community.
We look forward to encouraging and supporting you on your global educational experience.
Please search through our more than 150 programs in nearly 50 countries to find the destination to enrich your college experience. Encourage your student to take the study adventure of a lifetime. We have all the information you need to give you peace of mind as you send your student off. Learn how you can lead a group of students on a short-term study abroad program or take advantage of one of the opportunities to teach abroad. Start the process today by visiting with a student expert! They've been there and will help guide you throughout the process. We recommend that you attend one of these sessions to be introduced to the first steps before scheduling an appointment with a Study Abroad Advisor.
Meet the staff, see where our office is located, and learn about the services we provide. Our office is here to guide you through the immigration process and help you with other questions that may arise during your time in the United States. Here, you will find request forms, checklists, and other helpful information to answer your questions. From pre-arrival information to student organizations, various resources are available for new and current international students to assist their academic journey. Our community evolves as we bring academic professionals from around the world together to CMU. Get all the information to invite a scholar or visiting professor to campus.
At CMU, our faculty and students work with state-of-the-art technology and the latest techniques to tackle the world's most pressing issues and find sustainable solutions based on research. Focusing on everything from preserving the Great Lakes to how neurological deterioration diseases compromise brain function, research teams at CMU are on a quest for answers.
At CMU, you are surrounded by staff dedicated to helping you get the most out of your time here to ensure you are happy and healthy and guide you through this unique process called college. All you have to do is stop by or call.
At CMU, your path to learning will include far more than the courses you take. Involvement in a variety of groups and organizations is not only an indicator of academic success, but it is also another avenue for students to engage with their fellow CMU Chippewas and share experiences and ideas on cultural, recreational, professional, and social topics through CMU's nearly 400 student organizations. Whether it be intramural or club sports, theater, dance, fraternities and sororities, social activism, volunteering, or any other form, CMU's student organizations offer a platform for continued success outside the classroom. They build leaders, not for tomorrow, but today.

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