CMU Today Topping Out Ceremony
The last beam of the $28.5 million Central Michigan University Graduate Student Housing Project is raised and put into place for the Topping Out Ceremony Sept. 28, 2012. The ceremony is a Scandinavian symbol of growth, with a live tree attached to the last beam to appease the tree-dwelling spirits of their ancestors who have been displaced. •
University anniversary CMU celebrated 12 decades of growth
and success on Sept. 13, 2012.
President George E. Ross covered Central's 120-year journey, which began as a
31-student school in 1892, in his 2012 State of the University Address.
Ross lauded faculty who have excelled, winning awards and securing patents and noted accomplishments of outstanding students.
"Nurtured, inspired, taught and coached by an outstanding faculty and staff, CMU students achieve profound success," Ross said.
celebration and helping cut the cake was Madalin Zigray, who attend Central in the 1940s and is one of CMU's oldest graduates. •
and recognize the accomplishments of its students, faculty and staff. Joining in the
Central's 120th anniversary provided the university an opportunity to look back
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