(12-10-2021 08:03 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(12-09-2021 09:07 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  Am I the only one that hears the name Doc Fennel and thinks back to disecting a fetal pig while listening to his voice on a cassette tape?

What? Who was Doc Fennel??

Biology Prof.

(12-10-2021 07:44 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  https://today.emich.edu/story/story/1193...jbzyu6gaWw

Once again EMU has done (is doing) something truly amazing and first class.

High quality housing attracts high caliber students.

(12-10-2021 08:15 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 08:03 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(12-09-2021 09:07 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  Am I the only one that hears the name Doc Fennel and thinks back to disecting a fetal pig while listening to his voice on a cassette tape?

What? Who was Doc Fennel??

Biology Prof.

Maybe as liked as any EMU professor. Was in a league by himself. EMU gave him virtually every honor they could. As close to a complete person as I've ever met.

I believe he started at EMU around 1970 (I'll have to look it up). He retired in the early 90s after turning 70.

I got to know him in 1991 when I met him at Cobo Arena for the 1991 MAC championship which EMU won. We were close friends until his death in October 2017. I emailed him from West Point to tell him that the EMU/Army game was on CBSSN. He told me it was a dreary day in Ypsi. I later learned that he died that night in his sleep. Bill was 94 but in near perfect health (except diminish vision).

i wouldn't be surprised if an academic building isn't named after him some day.

If EMU ever has a new biology or sciences building to name, Bill Fennel would be a good choice.

EDIT: https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/an...d=10447122

(12-10-2021 08:15 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 07:44 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  https://today.emich.edu/story/story/1193...jbzyu6gaWw

Once again EMU has done (is doing) something truly amazing and first class.

High quality housing attracts high caliber students.

I like the A/C in residences...

One summer I was a guest student at MSU. I had a class in statistics (probability). It was taught at 1:50 - 2:40 in a classroom which was not air conditioned. The instructor didn't speak great English.

I enjoyed a nap or two... (and yes, my grade reflected it).

Now that I'm retired, I still enjoy an afternoon nap...

(12-10-2021 08:33 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 08:15 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 07:44 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  https://today.emich.edu/story/story/1193...jbzyu6gaWw

Once again EMU has done (is doing) something truly amazing and first class.

High quality housing attracts high caliber students.

I like the A/C in residences...

One summer I was a guest student at MSU. I had a class in statistics (probability). It was taught at 1:50 - 2:40 in a classroom which was not air conditioned. The instructor didn't speak great English.

I enjoyed a nap or two... (and yes, my grade reflected it).

Now that I'm retired, I still enjoy an afternoon nap...

Steve, you seem too young to be retired! Well done!

(12-10-2021 08:25 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 08:15 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(12-10-2021 08:03 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(12-09-2021 09:07 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  Am I the only one that hears the name Doc Fennel and thinks back to disecting a fetal pig while listening to his voice on a cassette tape?

What? Who was Doc Fennel??

Biology Prof.

Maybe as liked as any EMU professor. Was in a league by himself. EMU gave him virtually every honor they could. As close to a complete person as I've ever met.

I believe he started at EMU around 1970 (I'll have to look it up). He retired in the early 90s after turning 70.

I got to know him in 1991 when I met him at Cobo Arena for the 1991 MAC championship which EMU won. We were close friends until his death in October 2017. I emailed him from West Point to tell him that the EMU/Army game was on CBSSN. He told me it was a dreary day in Ypsi. I later learned that he died that night in his sleep. Bill was 94 but in near perfect health (except diminish vision).

i wouldn't be surprised if an academic building isn't named after him some day.

If EMU ever has a new biology or sciences building to name, Bill Fennel would be a good choice.

EDIT: https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/an...d=10447122

I had a professor named Turner at that time for Biology. (1978)He was excellent. A lot of my friends had Ojela (sp?) and they said that he was also amazing.

One of my "friends" put hung one of those dissected fetal pigs in my 1972 mustang. Good times! lol

(12-09-2021 07:23 PM)RamyEMU Wrote:  Interesting news, and thanks for sharing, Steve! … my guess…

the GameAbove Gervin Center

You get kudos for the closest guess.

That was awesome. He seems so humbled. Proud of my school.

(12-11-2021 02:09 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  That was awesome. He seems so humbled. Proud of my school.

EMU is on a roll doing really good things.

Steiner just said, Game Above has given 25M to EMU.

Obviously the arena now needs a nickname.

The George?

(12-11-2021 04:17 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  Obviously the arena now needs a nickname.

The George?

The Ice Box.

The Iceman arena

Charlie Bach was at the game as well

I think the renaming is pretty cool.
I’m just glad we didn’t land on GAGG or GAGA as an acronym.

Much like The Breslin Center and Crisler Arena have come to be known as simply Breslin or Crisler, I kind of hope it just becomes Gervin or The Gervin. "Hey did you hear, Eastern is playing MSU at Gervin this year."

(12-11-2021 05:15 PM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  Much like The Breslin Center and Crisler Arena have come to be known as simply Breslin or Crisler, I kind of hope it just becomes Gervin or The Gervin. "Hey did you hear, Eastern is playing MSU at Gervin this year."

It rolls off the tongue well. I think you’re on to something.

(12-11-2021 02:46 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Steiner just said, Game Above has given 25M to EMU.

25 mil up front or payable over 24 years?

Its $2.7 million to upgrade the,Convo signage locker room upgrades. So its going to the athletic department. Game above has given over $25 million since its inception.

I was just checking the upcoming schedule, and saw the arena name updated to “Gervin GameAbove Center”. Has a nice ring to it.
https://emueagles.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule