EMU Today

YPSILANTI – More than 100 students involved in Eastern Michigan University’s EDGE program have combined their smarts and smartphones to visually tell the story of Ypsilanti during a semester-long Photovoice project that is now on display for the public.

In this effort, students turned their smartphones into a collective community camera lens. They also participated in seminars that showed how to properly capture a captivating image that would help in detailing the rich history in Ypsilanti, and how to tell the stories of what the pictures mean to them.

The project began last September and is now on display just inside the main door at Halle Library on the EMU campus. The gallery will be showcased through January.

A formal opening held at 4 p.m. on January 18 in the library. The event will feature student testimonials about the project and recognition of the student curating team.

EMU Edge, now in its 18th year, is a four-year academic support program designed to help students realize their higher education goals beginning with the transition from high school to college and continuing until graduation. Students are recommended by the EMU Office of Admissions, with acceptance to Eastern contingent on the student's agreement to participate in the Edge Program.

EMU Edge provides students with academic workshops, training in study skills, academic monitoring, individualized instruction and advising assistance. All incoming students are welcome to participate in EMU Edge.

For more information, contact Joseph Stranyak at jstranya@emich.edu.

About Eastern Michigan University

Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest university in Michigan. It currently serves 22,000 students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 300 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. EMU is regularly recognized by national publications for its excellence, diversity, and commitment to applied education. For more information about Eastern Michigan University, visit the University's website.