For four decades, Ceci Brinker served Eastern Illinois University as not only a coworker to her colleagues, but as a friend and role model to the campus community. Brinker’s final role at Eastern...

Eastern Illinois University’s Black Student Union hosted the Sankofa Awards on Saturday to celebrate Black excellence on campus and showcase seven performances from six different registered student organizations...

Miss Black EIU is cancelled this year due to low contestant interest, with only one student interested in competing, according to EIU Black Student Union adviser Ariel Taylor. This year would have marked...

A little over an hour before the pageant began, Arnezia Powers’ nerves were at an all-time high. The anticipation of the moment she had been working towards for months was here.  She was juxtaposed...

Starting a year off with a new executive board, new faces and new ideas, the Black Student Union has made it the mission to show EIU's campus that BSU is back.   Over the last few school years, the...

The transition from a school or neighborhood full of people who look just like you to a PWI, predominantly white institution, in a rural town can be difficult and a bit of a culture shock for African American...

To start off Black History Month, the Black Student Union, BSU, hosted Black History Bingo . The event took place at late night pizza in Thomas Dining Hall from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event included...

Before coming to Eastern at the beginning of the Fall 2022-2023 semester and becoming the vice president of the Black Student Union, BSU, RJ Shields, a senior criminal justice major, was the social events...

Five Eastern students are competing in the 50th anniversary Ms. Black EIU pageant Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom. The 2022 Ms. Black EIU scholarship pageant will be in the Grand Ballroom in the...

Eastern’s is celebrating Black History Month by having African American Heritage Month with events throughout February. The first event is Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism...