The CMU athletics community is continually striving to engage with the Mt. Pleasant and surrounding communities to create a positive impact on those around us. Through intentional outreach, aim to align student-athletes' passions with their service to enhance their experience and the Mt. Pleasant community as a whole.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Travis Downing, Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Leadership & Development (Travis.J.Downing@cmich.edu)
- If you are interested in having CMU student-athletes volunteer with your charitable, educational, or non-profit agency please submit a request using the following document
- Community Appearance Request Form
- Please email the Community Service form to Central Michigan University’s Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Leadership & Development (Travis.J.Downing@cmich.edu)
Community Service Guidelines
NCAA rules permit an institution entity, a conference or a non-institutional charitable, educational or nonprofit agency to use a student athlete’s name, image, or likeness to support its charitable or educational activities, provided the following conditions are met:
- The specific activity or project in which the student-athlete participates does not involve co-sponsorship, advertisement or promotion by a commercial agency other than through the reproduction of the sponsoring company's officially registered regular trademark or logo on printed materials such as pictures, posters or calendars. The company's emblem, name, address, telephone number and website address may be included with the trademark or logo. Personal names, messages and slogans (other than an officially registered trademark) are prohibited;
- The name or picture of a student-athlete with remaining eligibility may not appear on an institution's printed promotional item (e.g., poster, calendar) that includes a reproduction of a product with which a commercial entity is associated if the commercial entity's officially registered regular trademark or logo also appears on the item;
- The student-athlete does not miss class;
- All moneys derived from the activity or project go directly to the institution, conference or the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency;
- The student-athlete may accept actual and necessary expenses from the institution, conference or the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency related to participation in such activity;
- The student-athlete's name, picture or appearance is not used to promote the commercial ventures of any nonprofit agency;
- Any commercial items with names, likenesses or pictures of multiple student-athletes (other than highlight films or media guides per Bylaw 12.5.1.7) may be sold only at the institution in which student-athletes are enrolled, the institution's conference, institutionally controlled (owned and operated) outlets or outlets controlled by the charitable, educational or nonprofit organization (e.g., location of the charitable or educational organization, site of charitable event during the event). Items that include an individual student-athlete's name, picture or likeness (e.g., name on jersey, name or likeness on a bobble-head doll), other than informational items (e.g., media guide, schedule cards, institutional publications), may not be sold; and
- The student-athlete and an authorized representative of the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency affirm that the student-athlete's name, image or appearance is used in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section.
