Central Michigan University
Privately organized by citizens of Mt. Pleasant in 1892, Central became Michigan's second state-supported normal school in 1895. This met a long-felt need for a state school in this region. At first the college was designed to prepare rural and grade school teachers. In the next three decades, however, the school grew into a four-year teachers college. Progress and growth since then have been even more notable in terms of standards, enrollment, facilities, and educational goals. Central had become a multi-purpose institution by the 1940's, and in 1959, by legislative act, it achieved university status.
Marker is on East Campus Drive 0.3 miles south of East Broomfield Street, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
