Eastern Michigan University

Established

1849

Location

Ypsilanti, MI

Nickname

Eagles

Eastern Michigan University

About

Founded as Michigan State Normal School, this comprehensive, co-educational public university would be governed by an eight-member Board of Regents appointed by the Governor of Michigan for eight-year terms.

Trivia

The athletic programs adopted Eagles as their team name in 1991 and introduced Swoop the Eagle as the school mascot in 1994. The school's first principal was Adonijah Welch.

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