New episode of EMU Today TV features Interim Chief Diversity Officer Doris Fields and Football Coach Chris Creighton

Episode covers Black History Month, the Memphis tragedy, and EMU’s MLK Celebration, as well as the dominating EMU football win in The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Mark S. Lee interviews Doris Fields virtually on EMU Today TV

YPSILANTI --  The latest episode of EMU Today TV provides perspective from Eastern Michigan University Interim Chief Diversity Officer Doris Fields into the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Black History Month and a recap of last month’s campus MLK Celebration.

The second segment features EMU Football Coach Chris Creighton discussing the team’s dominating win in The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the successes of last season, this year’s recruiting class, which has been named No. 1 in the Mid-American Conference, and the effort involved in helping football student-athletes excel on, and off, the field.

Now in its sixth season, EMU Today TV, produced by the University’s Division of Communications, highlights positive programs, events and initiatives at Eastern.

Mark S. Lee, host of CBS Radio’s Small Talk with Mark S. Lee, is the host of EMU Today TV. Lee is an Eastern Michigan University alumnus, and part-time lecturer of Marketing at Eastern. He is an entrepreneur, Crain's Detroit blogger and frequent contributor to various Detroit-area media outlets on business topics.

This episode, and previous editions can be viewed on the University's YouTube channel.

About Eastern Michigan University
Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest public university in Michigan. It currently serves more than 14,000 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; Engineering and Technology; Health and Human Services; and its graduate school. National publications regularly recognize EMU for its excellence, diversity, and commitment to applied education. Visit the University’s rankings and points of pride websites to learn more. For more information about Eastern Michigan University, visit the University's website. To stay up to date on University news, activities and announcements, visit EMU Today.

February 13, 2023

Written by:
Walter Kraft

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