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35 centralight spring '15 Hidden Central: As the nation marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, graduate students have designed and installed an exhibit at Bohannon Schoolhouse and Gerald L. Poor Museum commemorating Central's role in the conflict. Students chose themes for eight displays. Among them: What life was like on the warfront, people from CMU who died during the war, and a display about the young men and women who were nurses. There are two key reasons for the exhibit, says Jay Martin, director of CMU's Museum Studies program. CMU goes to war "The primary thing we do is provide real-world training in our labs, so we educate students," he says. "And World War I today is poorly remembered. Universities like Central Michigan were mobilized to win the war. That's a story we're going to tell." The Museum Studies course the students are taking for this project is taught by Keith Gill, former curator of transportation at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Also included in the exhibit: A plaque acknowledging CMU's role in WWI. It had been tucked away on campus for years. "This is a symbol of forgotten history," Martin says. "Now we have a place for it." The exhibit opened in April and will be on display all summer. The one-room schoolhouse at the corner of West Campus Drive and Preston Street is open periodically, usually on the second Saturday of each month through the summer. It's closed in the winter and for all university holidays. Admission is free. To make an appointment for group tours or to ensure the museum is open, call (989) 774-3829. • Central's role in WWI highlighted in new exhibit 35 centralight spring '15