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4 centralight spring '14 CMU Online programs ranked No. 1 in U.S. U.S. News & World Report ranks CMU's online undergraduate programs No. 1 in the nation in its annual rankings for 2014. The ranking evaluates programs on student engagement, faculty credentials and training, student services, and technology as well as a peer review. "CMU continues to be an innovator in online learning," says Provost Michael Gealt. "Much credit can be given to the CMU faculty for our ongoing success. Students continually tell us that the accessibility of faculty is tremendous and that requests for information or help are responded to within 24 hours in virtually every case." More than 10,000 students from around the nation are enrolled in online classes at CMU each year, some as full-time online students and others supplementing their face-to-face classes at the Mount Pleasant campus. CMU's graduate education programs for teachers and administrators placed No. 3 and its online graduate business program placed 17th in the nation. • CMU Today 4 centralight spring '14 Anspach Hall Mobile CMU health clinic hits the road Since many people in Michigan's rural and medically underserved areas live a long way from medical facilities, CMU is bringing health care services to them starting this spring. Operated by The Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, a customized RV will serve Michigan residents by providing access to quality medical care, preventive health education and community outreach eff orts. The clinic's specialties, as an extension of the campus-based Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education, include cochlear implant services; fall and balance therapy; hearing aid sales, service and repair; physical therapy; and speech-language therapy. The mobile clinic also will allow CMU health professions students and faculty to work with school districts and civic groups to promote healthy lifestyles and research regional health issues. • Comedy gold If you were on campus in January, you might have caught a glimpse of Jim Belushi along with his "According to Jim" co-star and CMU alumnus Larry Joe Campbell. They paid a visit to Central as part of Belushi's Board of Comedy Tour. The actors invented hilarious sketches incorporating audience favorites such as The Cabin bar, supplemented with Campbell's deft blues harmonica skills. The actors stuck around for a Saturday morning improv workshop with CMU theater students. • See videos and more at our virtual magazine, alumni.cmich.edu/centralight PHOTO BY CHRISTIANA KURTZ PHOTO BY STEVE JESSMORE PHOTO BY PEGGY BRISBANE

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