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Central Michigan University highlights rural health programs, new nursing and AI offerings
Summary
Central Michigan University President MacKinnon told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education that CMU is expanding rural health efforts, launching a four-year nursing degree, and adding applied artificial intelligence instruction while emphasizing workforce outcomes and affordability.
President MacKinnon addressed the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education to describe Central Michigan University's role in preparing a career-ready workforce and expanding rural health services.
MacKinnon said CMU focuses on training doctors, nurses and other health professionals to serve communities across Michigan. He noted the CMU School of Medicine's Rural Health Excellence Institute and said CMU was ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 20 programs for placing graduates in rural and underserved areas. He described a new four-year nursing degree launching in August and cited hands-on student training through the Carl Center for Clinical Care and Education and a Mobile Health Central vehicle for preventive outreach.
MacKinnon also described workforce and entrepreneurship programs, including the Isabella Bank Entrepreneurship Institute's New Venture Challenge and CMU Research Corporation incubator sites in Mount Pleasant, Midland, Bay City and Saginaw. He said CMU will offer an applied artificial intelligence program starting this fall and cited research into aluminum-sulfur batteries supported by the U.S. Department of Defense.
During questioning Representative Longjohn asked how CMU achieved rural placement success; MacKinnon attributed results to a focused mission, residency expansion via CMU Medical Education Partners and the link between residency location and the likelihood graduates remain in rural communities.
No formal committee action was taken on CMU-specific items at the hearing.
