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The VW bus named Honey Bear is on the road again! It has been an interactive part of the Kozmic Clash exhibit and was housed in the Museum?s Lobby area until today. If you?d like to see Honey Bear on the road, attend CMU?s Homecoming Parade at 11:00am on Saturday, October 12. Alumni from the 1969 era will be riding in the bus and hippies will be walking beside it. Those at Alumni Village from noon-3:00pm on Saturday may also get a glimpse of the bus and hippies. When you see Honey Bear, please give her a shout-out!! For more information visit 
Thanks to a recent $128,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a large segment of the Museum?s Biological collections will be further protected against dangerous fumes and off-gassing, made more accessible to researchers and instructors, and securely stored for future generations. The Herpetology and Ichthyology specimens in the Museum?s collection that are stored in 70% ethanol have, until now, been housed in an area not rated for that type of storage. The grant allows for the purchase of twenty flammable storage cabinets that will be placed in controlled areas within the Biosciences Building and Brooks Hall to disperse the flammable load of the collection. This ?dispersed? collection will allow museum staff to safely manage these specimens in accordance with best practices protocol, and cut down significantly on the need to transport the specimens across campus in order to make them available for instructors and researchers. Dr. Kirsten Nicholson, former Curator of Natural History, and MCNH Collections Manager Ron Bloomfield received the grant this year with plans to have the project completed by the end of August, 2020. 
We are pleased to announce that the CMU Museum, Museum Studies Program, and Department of History are partnering with the Historical Society of Michigan to host both the District 5 (March 21, 2020) and State (April 25, 2020) History Day competitions on CMU?s Campus. History Day engages students in the 4th through 12th grades in research projects that help them learn to use both primary and secondary sources. The resulting projects are judged and awards given. Those that win at both the regional and state level have the opportunity to go on to the national competition. The 2019-20 theme is ?Breaking Barriers in History.? For more information about how you or your child can get involved in Michigan History Day, visit 
No mystery about it, our celebration of Scooby Doo?s 50th Birthday Party was a success! Over 400 guests and our friendly Scooby stand-in, Ernie the therapy dog, attended the event and enjoyed the scavenger hunt and birthday cake. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us, and especially to the Museum crew who helped bring the gang to life!
Sara hails from Kingsford, a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She completed her undergraduate degree here at Central with a major in Anthropology and a double minor in Museum Studies and Studio Art. Sara is currently a CRM graduate student working with the biological specimen collection and enjoys all the hands-on experience and great instructors! Welcome to the team, Sara!
A former undergraduate of Central Michigan University, Hannah earned a B.A. with majors in Anthropology and History, and a minor in Museum Studies. She then went to the University of Michigan where she earned an M.A. in Japanese Studies with a focus on Religion and History. After teaching in Japan, Hannah joined the Museum team back at Central as a graduate assistant, working on a second Masters in Cultural Resource Management with a focus on museum education. Her creativity is already on exhibit on the inside of the VW bus in the Museum?s current temporary exhibit. Welcome aboard, Hannah!
Autumn Rivard is a Cultural Resource Management Graduate Assistant with a focus on Museum Studies. She is working on the processing of artifacts that have come into the museum?s possession, as well as assisting undergraduates. Autumn?s hometown is Greenwood, in St. Clair County, Michigan. She has an undergraduate degree in History from Saginaw Valley State University. Her favorite part of working at the Museum is getting to work with tons of different objects, as well as learning and honing skills for her museum career. Welcome aboard, Autumn!
Veronica Gregory is a senior majoring in History with a minor in Multimedia Design and a certificate in Creative Writing. She was inspired to apply to the CMU Museum after working at the campus-run escape room last year, and is excited to lend a hand with marketing and programs ? and anything and everything! Welcome to the Museum, Veronica!
