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co-sponsorship and promotion of
events at EMU and to the Federation
holding an Israel celebration
and its major annual fund-
raiser on the EMU campus.
New connections have been
made with Ann Arbor JCC's
lecture series.
"We've been working closely
more than a year now and we
feel great about it:' Shtulman
said. "EMU is really dealing
primarily with Michigan stu-
dents and professionals. Their
[education] students are going
to be filling the classrooms
across the state."
Proud Alumni
One of the Jewish alums who
rediscovered EMU is Steven
Tapper of West Bloomfield, a
successful enterprenuer who
founded Tapper's Diamonds
& Fine Jewelry with his broth-
er Howard. He graduated in 1976 with a
degree in Fine Arts and Arts Education
and a teaching certificate.
"I wasn't in the position right after-
ward to appreciate what I had received
from EMU," he said. "But now I realize
that over the last 35 years my work expe-
rience and life have been an exercise in
the education that I received there'
After visiting campus and meeting
with President Martin, staff and faculty;
he was surprised to get a call from
Martin asking him to give the com-
mencement speech in April.
"I asked, 'Why me?' and she said it
was because I was an entrepreneur and
an artist who helped build a family-
owned-and-operated business that
stayed in Michigan. She said this rep-
resented the type of thing
that an EMU student should
want to do. I was honored."
Though his three children
attended U-M, he wishes
he had thought more about
EMU.
"We didn't consider the
tremendous opportunities
at EMU that don't exist at
other institutions," he said.
Larry Berry, a successful
investment banker living in
Farmington Hills, graduated
from EMU in 1969. While
he says he got "an excellent,
excellent liberal arts educa-
tion," he hadn't been back to
campus since the 1970s.
"I was pleasantly surprised;
I hardly recognized the place,"
he said of his return to cam-
pus. "I found very dedicated
people who are trying to make sure a
Jewish student can feel at home, prosper
and identify with other Jewish students.
"It's a top-notch university we can be
proud of. If you want a good education
with dedicated faculty and an admin-
istration that supports you as a student
and as a Jewish student, you get a well-
rounded education at EMU." El
Eastern Michigan University
Location: Ypsilanti, in the midst of 8 Michigan counties with almost
45 percent of Michigan's population.
Students: 23,000; an estimated 1,000 are Jewish
Claims To Fame: 1 of every 4 teachers in the state has an EMU
teaching degree; 75 percent of graduates stay and work in the state;
feels like a smaller private college; diverse student body
Jewish Elements: Jewish Studies, Hillel at EMU, AEPi, SAEPi, work-
ing affiliations with Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor Jewish communities