Entrepreneurship Week to feature alumni guest speakers
Katelyn Eddington, Staff Reporter
November 6, 2018
Two alumni guest speakers will give presentations as part of Entrepreneurship Week, which starts Wednesday and goes through Nov. 14. Mike McKenna, an Eastern alum, and Diamond McKenna, who owns Diamond Assets LLC, are the first guest speakers and will give their presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday in t...
Professor, alumnus remember performance with Aretha Franklin
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
August 19, 2018
As the world mourns the loss of the Queen of Soul, some of Eastern’s own take time to rekindle an old memory of when their lives crossed paths with Aretha Franklin. It was Parents Weekend 1997, about 21 years ago when five students and two professors performed on stage with Aretha Franklin in front...
Career Services offers students chance to ‘speed network’ with alumni
Staff Report
January 29, 2018
Students can learn about potential job opportunities and meet new people at Speed Networking, hosted by Career Services. Speed Networking is set for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the 7th Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Participants will talk with alumni to introduce...
Don’t force memories, enjoy final moments on campus
Shelby Niehaus, Columnist
December 10, 2017
Sometimes I think about when my last day visiting The Daily Eastern News newsroom will be. Will it be twenty years in the future, visiting during an alumni event? Or will I find my way back even later than that? Could it even be soon, a day this week, stepping in to look around at the empty chairs, ...
Hello Dali! alumni to join current members in show
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
October 19, 2017
A show featuring alumni members of the improvisation group Hello Dali! will join current student members by performing in the show 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in The Globe in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Grace Eldridge, freshman theatre arts major, said the group is an improvisation comedy group, and...
Arts and Humanities students explore career fair
Travis Moody, Staff Reporter
October 9, 2017
Students from the College of Arts and Humanities got the chance to talk to Eastern alumni about career opportunities for their major at the career fair Monday. Eastern faculty and alumni from many different departments within the College of Arts and Humanities lined the Doudna Fine Arts Center lobby...
Alumna coordinates graduation ceremonies
Lynnsey Veach, Contributing Writer
April 23, 2017
On Saturday, May 6, students will share their accomplishments with loved ones as they make their way across the stage in Lantz Area to graduate. With only twelve days left in the semester and Graduation Day quickly approaching, one woman organizes the ceremony to make the milestone come off without...
EIU Foundation honors three alumni
Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter
April 9, 2017
The EIU Foundation celebrated scholarship and exceptional generosity Friday as Eastern continues to weather the Illinois budget impasse. One-hundred and fifteen donors and 30 students were in attendance as the foundation honored Steve Gosselin, who earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern in 1979...
Alumnus’ memory lives on
January 11, 2017
A gathering honoring Linda Shelton, an alumnus and supporter of the hospitality industry, revealed new furniture for the Klehm Hall faculty and staff cafe Wednesday afternoon. The furniture was donated by Mike Shelton in memory of his wife Linda. ...
Panthers can show school pride through “Giving Tuesday”
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2016
Eastern will join thousands of organizations that participate in the global philanthropy campaign #GivingTuesday by encouraging Alumni to donate money as well as promote students, faculty and staff members’ experiences on social media platforms. Josh Reinhart, director of the annual fund,...
20 years later, Eastern friendship still going strong
Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor
October 23, 2016
As the minutes tick away and tomorrow becomes yesterday, all the jokes adults make about “the glory days,” or times spent partying with friends and being young slowly become reality during Homecoming. It can be easy to forget just how fast time flies and even easier to neglect the...
