Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1892, Central Michigan University is one of the largest universities in the State of Michigan and one of the nation's 100 largest public universities.

 It has more than 20,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and 7,000 students enrolled online at more than 60 locations worldwide.
Central Michigan University offers 200 academic programs at the undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral levels, including nationally recognized programs in entrepreneurship, journalism, music, audiology, teacher education, psychology and physician assistant.

 Central Michigan University has also established a College of Medicine, which opened in fall 2013. Central Michigan  in the NCAA Division I Mid American Conference in seven men's and nine women's sports

Philip A. Hart and William G. Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics. Focuses on political integrity and challenges students to approach politics in a way that embraces America's diversity of ideas and perspectives, working to supplant negativity and partisanship with creativity and innovation in shaping future public policy.

 Named in honor of U.S. Senator Philip Hart and Michigan Governor William .William B. Lecture Series. Focuses on intellectual discussions for future leaders both in the military and across the campus and community. Named in honor of Army Colonel William , the last official combat casualty of the Vietnam War.


 The New Towers, as well as and , are designed primarily for upperclassmen, and are suites. Robinson Hall and the original section of Barnes are the only residence halls designed for double occupancy. Residents of both the New Towers, pay an additional charge over the standard room and board rate.

Each district is connected to one of four Residential Restaurants. The Towers features the , or Real Food on Campus, and the East Complex features the Fresh Food Company. Each area also has an after hours snack shop. Only Barnes Hall, the oldest residence hall at , is not directly connected to a residential restaurant. The original section of Barnes Hall is also the only part of any residence hall on campus that has community bathrooms.

Some residence halls are designated as official Residential Colleges, associated with a particular academic department, allowing students who choose to live there opportunities for study and collaboration with other students from similar programs

 All residence halls except for some Barnes Hall rooms, Robinson Hall, and the remaining Towers are two bedroom suites designed for 4 or 5 persons. The Original Towers, nine story high rise residence halls designed primarily for freshmen, feature one bedroom suites