The new grant will be available beginning in the Fall 2026 semester and will provide a tuition-free education to eligible students.

The grant will help fund the renovations of the university’s College of Health and Human Services laboratory spaces, including its medical laboratory technology, radiologic technology, and respiratory therapy labs.

The new guarantee states that if students do not begin a career or graduate school within six months of receiving a CMU bachelor degree, the university will provide them with $2,000.

The new program recently began its first cohort. It prepares students to enter into a career as a physician assistant, following achieving licensure.

The new agreement will allow students to complete the first two years of a bachelor degree in elementary education at North Central Michigan College before transferring to University of Michigan–Dearborn to complete the program.

The recent gifts include $2,125,000 from the Morey Foundation, which will name the new event center, and $100,000 from the Strosacker Foundation.

The $11,800 For Good grant from Berrien Community Foundation will provide the college with the necessary funding to rent a suite of professional LED video wall panels and digital scenery to create a professional-level theater background for upcoming performances of the musical “Big Fish.”

The new articulation agreements are in Environmental Science/Natural Resources and Criminal Justice, providing new pathways to bachelor degrees.

The $40,000 grant has been awarded to the university’s School of Nursing and Health Professions and will assist the university in the development of a new Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene program.

The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), which aims to strengthen innovation and workforce development within higher education.