With the promise of a state budget that offers a two percent increase in appropriations for Eastern, the freshmen enrollment is also expected to increase for Fall 2018.
Josh Norman, the associate vice...
Eastern can expect to see a two percent increase in state appropriations compared to last year, after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a $38.5 billion budget into law Monday.
Eastern President David Glassman...
Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed shifting the responsibility for paying pension costs to local school districts and public universities in an attempt to balance the state budget Wednesday.
Rauner said in...
The Student Senate will vote on a potential “panther statue” at its meeting Wednesday. This proposal was met with some debate when it was originally introduced.
During the Student Senate’s Feb....
Though the university has not received all the money appropriated to it by the state of Illinois for FY17 and FY18, it is still getting it at a somewhat faster pace than originally thought.
“We are...
Athletic director Tom Michael updated the Faculty Senate on the athletic department’s struggle with the budget impasse, including a lack of funding in facilities and a potential need to cut...
All of us have the same dream: to be financially secure.
Unfortunately, this dream is far from tangible while being a college student.
Working multiple jobs while being a full-time student involved...
It is not yet election season, but there has already been some talk about possible candidates in upcoming races.
Shirley Bell, a retired communication studies professor, announced her intention to seek...
The Faculty Senate met on Tuesday to staff a committee that will review vitalization project Workgroups no. 8 and 9.
The committee to review Workgroups no. 8 and 9 from the previous year’s vitalization...
Despite taking multiple hits as a result of the recently ended budget impasse, directors of departments around campus are cautiously optimistic now that a budget has been passed.
Douglas Klarup, interim...
Although issues with the state government prevent Eastern from moving forward with a $5 million renovation of the heating and ventilation in Coleman Hall and the Life Sciences building, projects including...
Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) will speak about his vote on the Illinois state budget at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Maranatha Baptist Church in Mattoon.
Phillps, along with other members of the Illinois...
