City Council to vote on Illinois Housing Development grant
Staff Report
July 16, 2019
The Charleston City Council will vote on six action items Tuesday, including a resolution that would authorize accepting the Illinois Housing Development Authority APP Grant Award. According to the resolution, the Illinois Housing Development Authority has agreed to issue a grant from the Abandoned...
City Council approves resolution for project to improve Lake Charleston
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
July 2, 2019
The Charleston City Council voted to approve all action items on its agenda, including a resolution to accept a bid award in the amount of $267,785 for a steel sheet pile shore wall for Dam A at Lake Charleston, during its Tuesday meeting. Mayor Brandon Combs said the sheet piling shore wall will...
Righter talks decision to not seek re-election, Illinois’ political climate
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 25, 2019
After being a part of the Illinois General Assembly for 22 years now, State Sen. Dale Righter said it is time for someone else to represent the 55th district. Righter made the announcement that he will not seek re-election on May 31. Following the end of his term in January of 2021, Righter said he...
Faculty Senate to talk Think Tank project
Staff Report
March 17, 2019
The Faculty Senate will hear presentations from three guest speakers and will continue discussion for the Think Tank project at its Tuesday meeting. The meeting will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 4440 of Booth Library. English professor Jeannie Ludlow; Paul McCann, the interim vice president of busine...
Administration should be careful spending
Staff Editorial
November 29, 2018
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
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
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
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
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...
