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University of Michigan Greek organizations raise more than $210K for nonprofits during annual Winterfest
Read full article: University of Michigan Greek organizations raise more than $210K for nonprofits during annual WinterfestStudents who participated in the annual Winterfest broomball fundraiser surpassed their goal of raising $200,000 for charity.
Michigan State University suspends Pi Alpha Phi fraternity after student’s death
Read full article: Michigan State University suspends Pi Alpha Phi fraternity after student’s deathThe death of a Michigan State University student has prompted officials to suspend the school's chapter of a fraternity that the student was involved with.
U-M’s Student Life launches new website to help students find community during pandemic
Read full article: U-M’s Student Life launches new website to help students find community during pandemic'The Cube' is motionless in the video portraying an empty U-M campus. ANN ARBOR – Life during the coronavirus pandemic has been turned upside down, and for college students whose normal experience relies so heavily on social interactions, this year in isolation has left many feeling disconnected. In response, University of Michigan’s Student Life recently launched Find Community, a new website geared toward helping students connect with one another. The site has suggestions for a variety of interests, including those who want to:Join a student organizationJoin a fraternity or sororityConnect with others and exerciseConnect with others and volunteerLearn about leadership opportunitiesConnect with resources during a difficult time“Meeting people, participating in Student Orgs, volunteering and just getting involved is so essential to the campus equation,” Susan Thwing from Student Life Communications wrote A4 via email. “Student Life’s new Find Community website is available to help by providing many options for getting involved either virtually or through activities with safety protocols in place.”For more information, visit www.studentlife.umich.edu/find-community.
Victims testify in sexual assault case involving men from Eastern Michigan University fraternity
Read full article: Victims testify in sexual assault case involving men from Eastern Michigan University fraternityYPSILANTI, Mich. – A former Eastern Michigan University student charged with others in a string of sexual assaults that occurred during his time as a student heard from his victims in court on Tuesday. READ: More victims come forward in Eastern Michigan University sexual assault investigationDustyn Durbin is facing 15 separate charges in connection to the alleged assaults. For hours on Tuesday, victims told the judge what happened to them. The victims said the men who assaulted them were fraternity brothers. One of the victims said she repeatedly told Durbin to stop.
More victims come forward in Eastern Michigan University sexual assault investigation
Read full article: More victims come forward in Eastern Michigan University sexual assault investigationYPSILANTI, Mich. The Ypsilanti Police Department is investigating allegations of multiple sexual assaults from 2014 to 2018 by members of Eastern Michigan Universitys fraternity system. The investigation has resulted in two men being charged, and sources said more people are coming forward. McWilliams friend, Dustyn Durbin, who has also graduated, was charged with sexually assaulting eight different women. The alleged assaults happened while both men were EMU students, either at fraternity houses or other off-campus residences. A woman went to Ypsilanti police this year to make a complaint and now the amount of people coming forward has doubled.
Deputy charged for allegedly sexually assaulting 3 women at Eastern Michigan University
Read full article: Deputy charged for allegedly sexually assaulting 3 women at Eastern Michigan UniversityYPSILANTI, Mich. – A Washtenaw County deputy has been charged with criminal sex conduct toward multiple women during his time as a student at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Deangelo McWilliams, 24, is facing charges after allegedly sexually assaulting three separate women beginning when he was 20 years old. The man is accused of sexually assaulting two of the women on separate occasions at a fraternity house. Durbin was charged on Friday with nine counts of criminal sexual conduct stemming from the sexual assault of seven separate women, officials said. Officials say sexual assault complaints regarding Durbin date back to 2014, but were not investigated by EMU.
Friends, family mourn senseless death of 34-year-old father, brother, mentor
Read full article: Friends, family mourn senseless death of 34-year-old father, brother, mentorDETROIT Friends and family mourn the death of a man was shot and killed in northwest Detroit on July 8. Kevin Wheeler -- a 34-year-old father, brother and mentor -- was reportedly shot just 20 minutes after speaking with his fraternity brother on the phone and visiting with his father. His life mattered, said Glenn Jackson, Wheelers fraternity brother. They related to him.Fraternity brothers say Wheelers death is especially painful because it was so senseless. He is not going to have a father, Jackson said to the shooter.