The Board of Trustees will receive an update from University President David Glassman on the Naming Committee’s recommendation to rename Douglas Hall Friday during their meeting at 1 p.m.
The Naming...
The Board of Trustees will be meeting at 1 p.m. Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to discuss the new contract for the employees in The American Federation of State,...
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a $698,400 new locker room for the Women’s Basketball team.
The purchase will include $51,800 in design fees, $2,600 in design contingency $584,324...
Students at Eastern need to support the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in their ongoing efforts to negotiate with our university’s administration.
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• April 28, 2020
Paul McCann, the interim vice president for business affairs, estimated Eastern’s COVID-19 related costs to be around $8 million at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
Joyce Madigan, finance and...
The Board of Trustees tabled a proposal to increase housing rates by 2.3 percent for traditional residence hall and Greek Court housing.
However, the Board did approve a “no change in fees” for...
Eastern’s Board of Trustees will look at three new programs and take a vote to potentially approve them during a meeting Friday.
The programs are the master of science in exercise physiology, master...
Students entering Eastern will need to pay an additional $6 per credit hour, as stated in the 2019-2020 Tuition Recommendations (this includes Fall 2019, Spring 2020 and Summer 2020) that the Board of...
Eastern is hitting the technology refresh button by introducing a proposal to implement virtual machines or virtual desktops across campus.
The proposal, a roughly $860,000 initiative that includes upgrading...
The Board of Trustees approved the new contract for Eastern’s chapter of university professionals of Illinois, two new multi-year contracts, a Title 9 update and an update on the Lantz Arena maintenance...
Changes are coming to the university, and they are coming quickly.
Under the new proposal for college restructuring shown by Provost Jay Gatrell, the university is now looking at one new college, two...
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...
