Administration should be careful spending
Staff Editorial
November 28, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
At the Board of Trustees’ meeting on Nov. 16, a budget for FY 19 was approved. Eastern’s recent history surrounding budgets is a troubled one. As many know, lots of different institutions in the state of Illinois suffered from a budget impasse that lasted from 2015 to 2017. This meant that, for the...
Faculty Senate discusses plan following final review committee recommendations
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
March 20, 2018
The next steps being taken following the Workgroup Review Committee’s final recommendations were discussed at the Faculty Senate’s meeting Tuesday. Provost Jay Gatrell said for the past week, he has been taking shareholders around and gotten feedback on a possible college reorganization plan that...
Stop overshadowing bad news with good news
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
February 20, 2018
During the first century A.D., Emperor Augustus would provide free grain and entertainment to lower-class citizens to make them forget their hunger and displeasure; switch the grain and entertainment for a bronze panther statue, and you have Eastern today. I am the administration reporter for The Dai...
Raise in housing rates approved by Board of Trustees
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
January 28, 2018
Filed under News
The Board of Trustees voted in favor of raising the housing rates by 1.5 percent for the upcoming school year at its meeting on Friday. This increase is paired with a 1.5 percent increase in grants-in-aid fees. A regulation passed in 1982 by the former Board of Governors makes it necessary to increase...
Workgroup members analyze possible administration structures
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief
November 17, 2016
Filed under News
Workgroup No. 9, academic visioning II, talked about restructuring and even consolidating some administrative positions at their meeting Wednesday. During the meeting, group members reported how several in-state and out-of-state universities structure their academic colleges, departments and schools. Workgroup...
Presidential subcommittee discusses new report template
Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor
October 16, 2016
Filed under News
The President’s Liaison Subcommittee of the vitalization project opened discussion for the pending issue on analyzing administration personnel data and a new report template for Workgroups at the meeting Thursday. The administration personnel data separates the amount of current Eastern personnel...
Admistrators share hobbies, histories
Debby Hernandez, Administration Editor
August 28, 2014
Filed under News
Bill Perry Although Bill Perry is entering his last year as president of Eastern, he will still have plenty of hobbies to keep him busy. “My interests and hobbies are mathematics, history, languages, hiking and working out,” Perry said. He said he even enjoys weight-resistance training. President Per...
