Central Michigan junior Treyven Salas-Peters and others bow their heads during a prayer at the candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost to school gun violence at Kesseler Circle, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
Central Michigan freshman Grant Stahl (left) gets held down by University of Michigan redshirt freshman Nolan Wertanen (right) during a match in McGuirk Arena in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024.
Athlete Ben Bednarz successfully squats 225 pounds during the weightlifting competition at the the Special Olympics State Summer Games in MAC Gym 2 in the Student Activity Center, Friday, May 30, 2025.
Central Michigan seniors Eric Elmoore, right, and Cohen DeYoung, left, perform in their band during Rock Rally in Plachta Auditorium, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Elmoore and his friends began Rock Rally with a few songs.
Central Michigan graduate student Aaron Vlasak, left, senior Jessica Gibbins, center, and senior Kyle Reynolds, right, search for and study native mussels found in roadside creeks throughout the Tittabawassee River watershed, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Vlasak found a rare mussel species, the Slippershell mussel, that is Threatened in Michigan 10 minutes from campus and is surveying more creeks to determine its preferable habitat.
Central Michigan sophomore Quentin Heady (right) and Buffalo Bulls junior Noah Batchelor (left) both watch a free throw being made during a basketball game in McGuirk Arena, 360 E. Broomfield St., Mount Pleasant, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Heady scored two points for the Chippewas.
A pair of sisters talk about their experiences with hearing about the MSU shooting and share their emotions at the Central Michigan University Seal outside of Warriner Hall in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.
Members of the "Magificent" Mu Theta Chapter, Central Michigan's chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., dance during the Black Alumni Tailgates at Homecoming outside of Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.
Central Michigan recent grad John Gardner (left) hugs the rest of the 24th Annual OBU Fashion Show committee for his final CMU fashion show in Plachta Auditorium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Gardner was the director for the ‘7 Sins of Fashion’ show.
Children reach their hands out in the Lloyd Carr Tunnel for University of Michigan players at the end of the game against Central Michigan University in Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, MI, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. UofM defeated CMU 63-3.
