The preliminary budget for fiscal year 2027 discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday is projected to have a $4.8 million deficit.  By coincidence, fiscal year 2026 also is projected to end...

The previous Eastern Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting ended with faculty, staff and students voicing their disapproval of the university’s October labor cuts. Just over two months later,...

Public comments have been a rarity at Eastern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees meetings.  In nearly five years, there were only four instances in which a member of the public provided comment...

Eastern’s budget for fiscal year 2026 was unanimously approved by the university’s board of trustees last Thursday including a $1.9 million deficit. This means the university plans to spend more than...

Eastern Illinois University’s tuition is raising 2.75% per credit hour come next fall semester for incoming freshman or transfers, according to Vice President of Business Affairs Matt Bierman.   This...

Eastern Illinois University will be losing $260,000 a year for the next 10 years, athletic director Tom Michael said during the board of trustees meeting Thursday. In the meeting at the Tarble Arts...

Eastern’s board of trustees gathered in Doudna’s Dvorak Concert Hall for its final meeting of the year.   The board unanimously approved two purchases, increased funding for three campus projects...

The EIU board of trustees approved a proposal removing out-of-state tuition charges for US residents, raised tuition and room and board and approved several new majors in its meeting Friday. This...

Eastern’s board of trustees revised two multiyear personnel contracts for the football and volleyball head coaches during its meeting Friday afternoon.  Both coaches led their teams to record-breaking...

The Board of Trustees approved fiscal year '24 budget and a view of the projected ‘25 budget during their meeting Friday afternoon.  Eastern’s projected FY24 state appropriation is $46,540,300,...

Approval of the fiscal year 24 and projected FY 25 budget, several purchase approvals and revisions to board regulations are scheduled to be voted on during the semester’s first Board of Trustees meeting...

Eastern’s Board of Trustees held their meeting in the Martin Luther King Jr. Grand Ballroom to discuss different approvals for the school.  Julie Evertt was one of the newer members appointed to...