Central Michigan University

Professor James Melton taught a course in Germany designed to bridge gaps in cultural understanding and business communication.

Erika Thomas is a second-year student at Central Michigan University. She lost her father when she was 12, when he was waiting on a heart transplant.

Dr. Alicia Valoti, Associate Professor, CMU’s School of Music, has and will continue to explore his work when she returns to Florence in 2026 as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

Dr. Alicia Valoti, Associate Professor in CMU’s School of Music, will travel to Florence Italy to study a very important figure in the evolution of the viola.

Dan Kildee, a life-long Michigander, served in Congress from 2013-2025. He is currently the President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

A CMU grad who cut his teeth in sports broadcasting. In 2019, he stepped into the role of lead play-by-play announcer for CMU football and men’s basketball.

CMU is receiving national recognition as one of 70 colleges and universities in the U.S. receiving the 2025 Excellence in Mental Health and Wellness.

Michael Brewer can be awake only for four hours until his brain shuts down. When the sun is shining too bright, he has to put the special glasses on. But these are only a few of the symptoms of lead poisoning. There are also migraines, memory loss and seizures that Brewer has been experiencing for the past 20 years.⁠

Working on his master’s in biology, Aaron Vlasak is looking for mussels and mollusks in a really big area, with lots of mud, updating information for the first time in forty years.

Ashley Slaviero, PhD, worked with Professor Ute Hockgesschwender for four years, focusing on a system where light acts like a switch, turning on genes to make proteins…