Final VPSA candidate speaks with students
Corryn Brock, News Editor
April 27, 2020
The final candidate for the Vice President of Student Affairs position, Sean Blackburn, answered student questions during an open session Monday afternoon. Blackburn is not currently working at any university, according to his vita, but last worked for the University of Wyoming as the Vice President of Student Affairs until September 2019. The university’s spoke...
Live video sessions begin Thursday in search for new vice president
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
April 9, 2020
The first open-meeting video session of Eastern’s search for a new Vice President of student affairs was held Thursday afternoon. Candidate Anne Flaherty was the first of four finalists to answer questions for students and faculty via video. The video interviews, accessible to Eastern students and ...
STAFF EDITORIAL: CAA should be compliant with OMA
Editorial Staff
February 13, 2020
Eastern’s Council on Academic Affairs, at the behest of University Counsel Laura McLaughlin, is considering an amendment to its bylaws which would no longer subject the CAA to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, and instead would encourage the CAA to function “within the spirit” of the OMA. We at ...
CAA tables bylaw vote until January
Logan Raschke, Managing Editor
December 6, 2019
The Council on Academic Affairs tabled a bylaw change regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act Thursday, pending review from Eastern’s counsel after The Daily Eastern News submitted an objection. Laura McLaughlin, general counsel for the university, said in an email that she advised CAA to ta...
Faculty Senate to hear report
Staff Report
November 12, 2019
The Faculty Senate will hear a guest report from Austin Cheney, the dean of Lumpkin College of Business at its 2 p.m. meeting in room 4440 of Booth Library on Tuesday. The senate will hear reports from the executive committee, elections and nominations committee, student and staff senate relations ...
CAA to vote on revision to minor
Logan Raschke, Managing Editor
October 30, 2019
The Council on Academic Affairs will vote Thursday on revising the environmental sustainability and environmental studies minor to both be replaced with a new minor: environmental impact and sustainability. The environmental sustainability and environmental studies minors have needed “major revisions for seve...
Student Senate to hear committee reports
Staff Report
October 8, 2019
Student Senate will meet in the Arcola/Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Wednesday at 7 p.m. The appointment of Justin Richards as Parliamentarian is included in the consent agenda for the meeting. The senate will hear reports from: • Ceci Brinker (Advisor Report) • Sophia Sar...
3 guest speakers visit Faculty Senate
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2019
Testing accommodations for students at Eastern was a hot topic once again at Eastern’s Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday in Booth Library. The topic was brought up for a second meeting in a row; this meeting, however, the topic was discussed for a longer period of time, and the idea of an ad hoc com...
City Council to vote on street closures
Corryn Brock, News Editor
September 16, 2019
The council will vote on six street closures during its meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. A street closure for the Charleston High School Homecoming Parade was requested for 15th Street south of Harrison Avenue to Smith Drive, proceeding west on Harrison Avenue to Seventh Street, then north on Seventh Street to Monroe Avenue, then west on Monroe Avenue...
CAA to discuss BIO course amends
Emilie Bowman, Staff Reporter
August 21, 2019
The Council on Academic Affairs will vote on modifying biology course BIO 3888G to include the study abroad course on Tuesday during its 2 p.m. meeting in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The council will also vote on seven more executive action items. Along with biology, TEC 4970 or Special Topics...
Faculty Senate to have first meeting of new year
Staff Report
August 19, 2019
The Faculty Senate is scheduled to meet at 2:00 p.m. in room 4440 of Booth Library Tuesday afternoon. No agenda had been posted as of 8:00 p.m. Monday evening and the content of the meeting is unknown. The News Staff can be reached at 581-2812 or at [email protected]
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...
