year financial aid budgets were increased by 11 percent, approved unanimously by the university’s board, to $33.7 million for the 2011-2012 school year. A 3.65 percent increase was approved in 2011 and a 3.95 percent increase in 2012. A 3.75 percent increase in room and board fees was approved by EMU’s regents in for the 2013-2014 academic year. The increase was said to strike a balance between affordability and the ability to continue investments in the university’s residence halls, since the university had invested $20 million over five years in its residence halls and dining areas. In 2013, Martin testified before Lansing lawmakers to explain how the university managed to keep costs down for students in the past four years, while maintaining its ability to reinvest in academic programs and facilities. She noted that EMU’s tuition had only increased $32 per credit hour (2.86 percent) during that timeframe, the lowest among Michigan’s 15 public universities. The university also increased institutional financial aid by 78 percent from $21.4 million to $38.1 million over the previous 6 years. Financial aid increases continued in 2014, with nearly $4 million added to the budget for the 2015-2016 school year from $44 million for the 2014-2015 school year to $48 million. The 2014-2015 allocation is an increase of 8.9 percent over the previous year’s financial aid budget. The financial aid budget will be allocated as follows: $33.5 million for undergraduate scholarships, awards and grants; $8.9 million for athletic grants-in-aid; $500,000 for federal and state matches; and more than $5 million for graduate student aid. Fundraising Campaign Amid tuition restraint commitments, Martin led the launch of the “largest comprehensive campaign” in Eastern’s history in April 2010, with a public phase lasting three years. The fundraising goal of the campaign, titled “Invest. Inspire. The Campaign for Eastern Michigan University,” was $50 million to fund scholarships, academic programs, faculty, facilities and endowments. At the conclusion of the campaign, the university raised $56 million. Enrollment When Martin took over leadership of EMU, student enrollment was at 21,972. The university saw its first enrollment increase in six years in Fall 2009, when enrollment grew by 933 students to an overall enrollment of 23,000. In 2012, more than 5,000 undergraduates enrolled, the largest number of new students in EMU’s more than 165 year history, bringing the cumulative count to 23,502. Nearly 2,000 moved into student housing, the most in six years.