ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on May 3, 2021, with Tom O'Dell, collections and natural areas specialist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum: * * * Noisy Brood X periodical cicadas will soon emerge in parts of southeastern Michigan and in a handful of other states in the eastern half of the country, after developing underground for 17 years. Cicadas do not bite and are harmless to humans. However, they can damage small trees a more PR

BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, May 7 (TNSPar) -- Oakland Community College issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Baker College, Michigan's largest private, not-for-profit college and top private transfer school in the state, and Oakland Community College (OCC), Michigan's largest multi-campus community college, are pleased to announce the signing of an official articulation agreement. The agreement was recently finalized by Baker College President, Dr. Bart Daig, and Dr. Jennifer Berne, OCC  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: As the Michigan GOP struggles to find a legitimate candidate to run for governor, the Detroit News reported yesterday that two-time failed politician and potential gubernatorial back-up option John James failed to follow through with a commitment to donate 5% of his campaign contributions to charity -- a promise that was central to his losing Senate campaign. This latest major broken promise from James is just more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The Center on Finance, Law & Policy (CFLP) has expanded its leadership structure by naming Adrienne Harris and Jeremy Kress as Co-Faculty Directors to serve alongside Dean Michael S. Barr, who co-founded the center in 2013. Professors Harris and Kress already have been involved as senior research fellows. CFLP is an interdisciplinary research center that draws together fa more PR

GOSHEN, Indiana, May 6 (TNSGra) -- Goshen College issued the following news: Jan Bender Shetler, director of global engagement and professor of history, received a grant this month from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a Goshen College-led collaboration with Michigan State University (MSU) and others to digitize and make available to scholars and the public an oral history collection from the Mara region of Tanzania. Shetler was awarded $183,935 under the Humanities Collecti more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 7 (TNSPer) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: Grand Rapids Community College basketball player Shonyah Hawkins was named a Division II, second team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association, the latest accolade in a season that included a national tournament appearance. Hawkins, a sophomore point guard from Grand Rapids, brought energy and intensity to the court, earning Player of the Year honors from the Michigan Com more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 5 (TNSPro) -- Grand Rapids Community College issued the following news: GRCC Workforce Training programs provide in-demand skills leading to rewarding careers. Each Wednesday we'll meet students who are heading down an educational pathway and changing their lives by earning occupational certificates. Alex Estrada always liked to play around with fixing cars. After attending two semesters of credit classes, Alex knew that this way not the path for him. "I tried taki more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, May 5 (TNSAwa) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Micah Fernando, a junior majoring in biochemistry, earned a competitive Goldwater Scholarship, a national award that supports undergraduates who want to pursue research careers in STEM fields. Fernando has spent the past two years working in the labs of chemistry professors Brad Wallar and Rachel Powers, assisting with their project on bacterial resistance to antibiotics by studying beta-lactamase e more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, May 4 (TNSEco) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley's Muskegon Innovation Hub (the Hub) has repurposed its building space to accommodate more entrepreneurs. Kevin Ricco, director of the Hub, said it's an expansion of sorts that resulted in three new office spaces and the ability to serve up to 15 more clients. "Redesigning our space is allowing us to serve more entrepreneurs as a part of our program -- more than we could before within t more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, May 6 (TNSPer) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Mychal Coleman was about to graduate from Illinois State University with a bachelor's degree in political science and pre-law when he went to an on-campus interview with Allstate Insurance and got a job offer to be an employment representative. What Coleman, Grand Valley's new chief human resources officer, discovered with that position at Allstate was a foundation to spend an entire career in human more PR

SALINA, Kansas, May 5 (TNSAwa) -- Kansas Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Kansas Wesleyan's "We're Back" video from August 2020 has been named a Communicator Award winner, according to information released this week by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. KWU received an Award of Distinction in the non-profit category. Other organizations to earn the Award of Distinction included Michigan State University, the Baltimore County Public Library, the Journal of the Am more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, May 6 (TNSRes) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, and Eastern Michigan University's (EMU) School of Information Security & Applied Computing, announced that EMU has selected Keysight's Automotive Cybersecurity Penetration Test System to support the next generation o more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Nessel is warning Michiganders to beware of scammers reaching out to loved ones of COVID-19 victims offering to register them for funeral assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to a fraud alert from FEMA, the agency does not contact people before they register for assistance. FEMA is offering funds to help pay for funeral expenses th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing a Consumer Alert as scammers impersonating Consumers Energy target Michiganders. The Department has received several complaints of someone cold-calling customers and threatening to shut off their power if the person doesn't pay off a balance in 30 minutes, which is a utility imposter scam that attempts to take advantage of the customer's conce more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Attorney General has obtained a guilty plea and prison time in an Alcona County case despite the defendant attempting to interfere with charges against him, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today. Richard Coutts Jr., 43, will serve prison time as a habitual offender by pleading guilty to: * domestic violence, his third offense, resulting in a minimum of four  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today that it has approved a request by New Paradigm For Education (NPFE) to offer a Michigan alternative route to interim teacher certification program. New Paradigm will offer a residency-based alternative route to teacher certification program to recruit, train, and retain high quality educators, particularly teachers of colo more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is pleased to announce additional dates for its 2021 Education Workforce Virtual Job Fairs, presented in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO). The 2021 virtual job fairs are open to employers of educators and educational support staff, as well as all individuals seeking to work in the education field. These ev more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: The city of Douglas will gain new amenities and accessibility within two prominent parks through a new crowdfunding campaign , the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and city of Douglas announced today. The campaign is being offered through the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity. If the campaign reaches its crowdfunding goal of $25,000 by June 30, the project will win a m more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Five Michigan preservation projects today were awarded Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation during a virtual ceremony hosted by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. Communities represented by the projects include Pokagon Township, Dearborn, Flint, Detroit and Charter Township of Alpena. "I'm honored more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 7, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced thirty-two locations across Michigan have been approved as part of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's 'Charge Up' grants totaling $1,868,681.13 to install fast charging stations for private and commercial electric vehicles, adding 88 charging outlets along key travel routes throughout the state. "Michigan put t more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 27 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after Ford announced a $185 million investment to develop a new 200,000 square-foot global battery center of excellence called Ford Ion Park to expand battery research and development for personal, utility, and commercial vehicles. The latest announcement by Ford follows their commitment to invest $22 billion in electrified vehicles  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today signed HB 4469 which appropriates $37.8 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants that will support 76 recreation projects and land purchases throughout Michigan recommended by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board in December. "The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund supports quality outdoor recreation, giving Michiganders the a more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Governor Gretchen Whitmer traveled to the US-127 Rebuilding Michigan construction project in Clare to discuss her Rebuilding Michigan plan to rebuild state highways and bridges that are critical to the state's economy and carry the most traffic. The US-127 project is part of a $14 million Rebuilding Michigan investment that would resurface US-127 from the Clare County Line to Hatton  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Michigan Republicans shamelessly dove in head first with an ad based on false attacks critiquing Governor Whitmer's COVID-19 response despite GOP lawmakers never making an effort to craft a plan to combat this pandemic. As should be painfully obvious by now, Republicans in Michigan know they are running out of time to find a legitimate candidate to run against Whitmer's strong record. more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Right now, the Big Lie crusade is pressing on as Republican state Senators on the Elections Committee gather for a hearing on the third chunk of voter suppression legislation introduced in March as part of the disastrous 39-bill package described by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson as "more restrictive than Georgia's." Some of the most egregious bills in the package are up today, includ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: John James continues to loom over Republican Michigan politics for all the wrong reasons. After raising nearly $50 million only to fall short statewide for the second time in a row, The Detroit News reported yesterday that James broke a major 2020 campaign promise to donate 5% of his received contributions to charities within the state. According to Craig Mauger's reporting, James began touting his fak more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the "Special Profile in Courage Award," for her response to the pandemic, even though Michigan has the highest new case rate in the country. In fact, according to the CDC, Michigan currently has the highest 7-day COVID case rate in the country at 251.5 per 100,000 people--two and a half times the national case rate of 101.6 per 100,000 people more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's (MICRC) public comment portal opened to the public Wednesday with a MAJOR flaw - commenters are only required to provide their name and an email address. This means that anyone, from anywhere, can submit comments on communities of interest to the commission, regardless of whether they live in Michigan. "The Commission should require advocates to rel more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 5 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: Michigan State University's Guan-Hua Tu has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: don't. Or at least, be careful. "More and more people are using bitcoin wallet apps on their smartphones," said Tu, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering who works in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "But these applic more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Educating athletes, parents and coaches about concussion treatment and prevention has been a priority during the last decade, but are the intended audiences hearing the message? New research from the University of Michigan found that 1 in 4 adolescents self-reported at least one concussion in 2020, up from about 20% in 2016. During that same time period, youth who reported one concussion rose f more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: This afternoon, a photo is gaining traction on Twitter displaying Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey looking chummy with William Null, one of the many armed extremist militia men that stormed the Michigan Capitol in April 2020, later described as a "dress rehearsal" for the violent January 6th insurrection at our nation's Capitol that killed five. Null, who faces 22 years in prison for felony domestic more PR

BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, May 7 (TNSPro) -- Oakland Community College issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: The importance of food safety and sanitation techniques has increased greatly in the food-service industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OCC's Culinary Institute experts are addressing the demand by offering the ServSafe Certification Prep course and exam. This course is designed to provide individuals in the food-service industry with detailed knowledge of food safety. Individua more PR

YPSILANTI, Michigan, May 6 (TNSOps) -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news: They showed true grit and persistence in the face of fierce international competition, an intense experience where the learning was like "drinking from a fire hose." That's the summation of Eastern Michigan University lecturer Kimberly Barker of the experience three of her students in management enjoyed by participating in the 2021 Royal Roads University Design Thinking Case Competition this past seme more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 6 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice named two educators with strong local school district leadership experience to be deputy superintendents at the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) today. Dr. Sue Carnell will become the next chief deputy superintendent on August 2 and Dr. Delsa Chapman will become the new deputy superintendent of educator, student, and school supports on J more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 7 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: David McMillon was a middle schooler in Saginaw when he dreamed of space travel and outer space. Anthony Della Pella was working in his high school library when he found a book on theoretical math--and his direction in his educational life. But the route to a doctorate degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for students like McMillon, who is Blac more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A with Abram Wagner, assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health: * * * Since the beginning of the pandemic, herd immunity has been portrayed as the holy grail to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Abram Wagner, a research assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, explains why reaching herd immunity might not be as simple as we thought, and what  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The sounds of a truck racing to the end of the block are soon replaced by the screeching of the brakes bringing the four-axle semi to a stop. The scene is a usual one in the Southwest Detroit neighborhood, where the giggles of children playing in backyards have been drowned out by the noises of trucks barreling down the street, making it impossible to have conversations outdoors and leaving beh more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, May 5 (TNSOps) -- Wayne State University issued the following news: The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a proposal to extend the temporary suspension of the standardized test score requirement for freshmen applying for fall 2022 admission. "Many of the same barriers and challenges for high school students that existed at the beginning of the pandemic, related to access to test preparation and administration of the SAT or ACT, are continuing," said Dawn more PR