Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations, plans on answering what faculty can do to help raise money Tuesday during the Faculty Senate’s final meeting of the academic year.

After hearing a presentation on April 9 from the EIU Foundation, which invests Eastern’s donated money for future use, the senate had some questions on the process of raising money and where that money goes.

On Tuesday, Nilsen said she will be attending the senate’s meeting to “talk about how we raise the money.”

The meeting is an “informational opportunity to talk about fund-raising and the role faculty can play in fund-raising efforts,” Nilsen said.

Nilsen said she would discuss some of the efforts the university is currently working on. At Eastern, there are two areas attempting to raise money. Some efforts are made throughout each of the university’s four colleges, and other efforts are made “centrally” within administration.

Nilsen said she would discuss what is going on at the college level and what is going on centrally.

Currently, the university has two fund-raising projects happening centrally, Nilsen said.

In other agenda items, the senate expects to hear a report from Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs, on the status of Eastern’s search for a dean of the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences.

The search for a dean of the College of Educational and Professional Studies is hosting its final of four candidates on Monday and Tuesday, so Lord said he would have no new report on that search.

Also, Lord said he will announce his decision to hire Mary Anne Hanner as dean of the College of Sciences. Hanner has served as acting dean since 2000 when Lida Wall left the position to become acting vice president for academic affairs.