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  • Eagle Crest Golf Club
    The golf club features an 18-hole championship golf course overlooking the picturesque Ford Lake in Ypsilanti Township. The par 72 course provides any golf enthusiast with one of the most challenging courses in Southeastern Michigan. The layout of the course - designed by Karl Litten of Boca Raton, Florida - challenges both novice and seasoned golfers with several holes bordering the banks of the lake. The clubhouse was designed by Wakely Associates of Warren, MI. The golf course has four sets of tees that provide a variety of choices for all golfers, stretching 6,750 yards from the championship markers. The Eagle Crest Golf Club possesses a USGA course stroke rating of 72.9 and a slope rating of 140 from the championship tees. The golf course is owned by Eastern Michigan University and is open to guests of the adjoining Ann Arbor Marriott Hotel, Eagle Crest Resort, the university community, as well as the golfing public. This multi-dimensional golf operation offers all the luxuries of a resort facility - a full service golf shop, a spectacular practice range, The Grille providing food and beverage, expansive locker rooms for both men and women, and private dining rooms with a view which are available for group meetings, banquets and social functions.
  • EMU Campus Wellness Center
    Constructed in 2019, the EMU Campus Wellness Center is home to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Community Behavioral Health Clinic (formerly known as the Psychology Clinic). The Center also provides educational opportunities for students and faculty in College of Health and Human Services programs.
  • EMU Children's Institute
    Built in 1963, the EMU's Children's Institute was originally an elementary school adjacent to the EMU Campus; EMU purchased the school from city of Ypsilanti in 2009 for $2.2 million. The EMU Children's Institute offers early childhood education for the children of EMU students, faculty, staff and surrounding communities. The Institute serves approximately 150 children ages 18 months to six years old. Originally, the building was known as Elizabeth Fletcher Elementary School housing grades Kindergarten through 5th. For many years the building was also home to EMU's Autism Collaborative Center (ACC), which provided support to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. It provided assessment, intervention and referral services including but not limited to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, academic support, sibling support groups, social groups, and parent support groups. The ACC is now permanently closed.
  • Ford Hall
    Ford Hall opened as the first college library back in 1929. Normal College had grown considerably since its founding in 1849. The small collection of books housed in one room of the Old Main Building no longer served the needs of the college community. President Charles McKenny (1912-1933) recognized the profound need for a larger library. Under his guidance, the school had become the largest teacher training program in the United States. A one-room library was no longer sufficient. Originally called The Library, it was later renamed Mark Jefferson Library in honor of the head of the Geography Department, 1901-1939. In 1967, when the second library (now Porter College of Education) opened, it became a classroom building. On May 17, 1967, it was rededicated as Richard Clyde Ford Hall. Ford had been head of the Modern Language Department from 1903-1940. The rededication took place on the 90th anniversary of Ford's birth. The building has been remodeled several times over the years to meet the needs of the various academic departments that held classes in Ford Hall. In 1980, a small fire broke out in one of the film studios in Ford, but there was only $4,000 in damages. Today, Ford is primarily used as classroom space for film and design classes, and it is the starting location for EMU’s annual Art Walk.
  • Geddes Town Hall School
    The Town Hall School, built on the Geddes farm, carries with it a rich family and educational tradition. The first Geddes came to this area in 1824 and the family possesses the 1827 deed to the farm signed by President John Quincy Adams. In 1852, William Geddes leased land for a term of 99 years at the corner of Morgan and Thomas roads to build a school. The Pitt (now Pittsfield) district paid six cents per year for the lease. The first Town Hall School was a brick building constructed in 1852. The existing wooden structure was built in 1895, at a cost of $677.50. This one-room school served as a social center for families in the community. Holiday celebrations were highlights of the year for all. From the 1880s, until its doors closed in 1957, student enrollment remained in the 30-40 range. One year, during the Depression there were only two students in attendance. At least 97 teachers taught here during the 105 years that the school was in session. The Geddes Town Hall Schoolhouse was donated to EMU in 1987, and the university originally planned to furnish it with contemporary teaching implements and use it as a working classroom as a testament to the schools founding as a teaching training institution. The schoolhouse was also intended to be a repository for collections and preservation of educational history. When the building arrived on-campus, it was largely bare containing only the original bell and piano. Donations from the Washtenaw community have furnished the remainder of the building. The schoolhouse is still consistently utilized by the university for various classes and social functions, bringing history to life for the EMU community.
  • George Gervin GameAbove Center
    The George Gervin GameAbove Center (formerly the Convocation Center) at Eastern Michigan University is located on the west campus. Built in 1998 as part of a campus upgrade initiative, the George Gervin GameAbove Center is a 204,316 square-foot structure that features three user-friendly levels including arena, concourse, office space and boasts versatile seating configurations, which allow clients to maximize space usage. The George Gervin GameAbove Center is ideal for concerts, commencements, family entertainment, conferences banquets, trade shows and athletic events. The arena accommodates 20,000 square-feet on the main floor with an additional 18,000 square-feet throughout the entire facility. The Convocation Center was renamed in 2021 for George Gervin, a former professional basketball player who played for EMU between 1970-1972. In 2023, a statue of Gervin was unveiled in front of the center, and Gervin was in attendance at the unveiling ceremony.
  • Hill Residence Hall
    The Hill-Hoyt-Pittman complex was constructed in 1969 to house ever-growing numbers of students at the university. The University financed the $6.25 million project through the sale of self liquidating bonds. Standing 11-stories tall, the residence halls in the complex stand taller than anything on or near campus except the city water tower at Cross and Washtenaw. Designers built the residence halls to house a total of 1,404 students. Hill and Hoyt were originally dedicated to women while men lived in Pittman. Like many of the other campus dormitories, the buildings surround a courtyard. The fourth side of the court is closed by the Conference Center which contains the Eagle Market and Einstein's Brothers Bagels. As of 2024, Hill is no longer utilized as a residence hall.
  • Honors College
    The home of the EMU Honor's College is 511 W. Forest. Being a part of the Honors College provides students with many benefits, such as exclusive honors advising, priority class registration, scholarships & fellowships, access to Honor’s residence halls, and smaller class sizes. The Honors College Hosts a number of programs that allows students to engage with fellow scholars as well as faculty from many departments. Once accepted into the Honors College, students will have the opportunity to graduate with three different levels of Honors - including the possibility of a published thesis!
  • Hover Building
    Hover laboratory was built during the Munson era building project. Munson was able to use Works Project Administration (WPA) labor to build a new laboratory building for $53,000. The WPA was a Depression Era program run by the federal government in an effort to give jobs to hundreds of unemployed workers. Using his broad influence, Munson was able to get WPA labor to construct not only the laboratory, but also hundreds of miles of pipes under the campus of EMU. The building was designed to house the Department of Biology laboratories, a greenhouse, and a plant laboratory and Biology Career Center. The brick building had classrooms on either side of entrance, with workrooms behind them, and offices connected to the workrooms. A green house was connected to the back. Currently, Hover contains single rooms that are available for upperclassmen to live in during the school year. Offices of Business and Finance are also located here.
  • Hoyt Residence Hall
    Hoyt Residence Hall was constructed in 1968 as one of three 11-story structures known as “The Towers”. Hoyt was originally a women only dormitory. There were fires in all three of “The Towers” buildings in 1987, and Hoyt was the most heavily damaged resulting in a $1.5 million remodeling project which spanned five floors. As of 2024, Hoyt is no longer utilized as a residence hall and is likely going to be demolished.
  • IHA Health Center @ EMU
    The IHA Health Center @ EMU (a joint collaboration between Eastern Michigan University, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and IHA) opened on November 4, 2019, replacing Snow Health Center and privatizing health care services on-campus. The center provides vital primary health care services to members of the Ypsilanti community at-large as well as the EMU community.
  • Judy Sturgis Hill Building
    This building was originally constructed as the Quirk Dramatic Arts Building was named for Daniel L. Quirk, Jr., a member of one of the founding families of Ypsilanti, and also a philanthropist who not only supported EMU but also was patron of the little Theater movement in Ypsilanti. When it opened, newspapers called Quirk Dramatic Arts Building the "most modern building of its kind." The theater was originally built for the Department of English and Speech and included a theater with seating for 400, classrooms, television and radio studios, and an outdoor amphitheater. In 2021, Quirk was renamed as the Judy Sturgis Hill building in honor of the late Emeritus Professor of Communication, Media, and Theatre Arts, Dr. Judy Sturgis Hill. The theatre's located in the Hill building were also renamed from the Quirk-Sponberg Theatre to the Legacy-Sponberg Theatres.