As the semester ends and spring commencement is over, here is a look back at the 2021-2022 academic year:
August
The fall semester kicked off with move-in, First Night and Quakin' in the...
Eastern will continue with its mask mandate regardless of a ruling by a Sangamon County Circuit Court judge that granted a temporary restraining order to over 140 Illinois school districts, allowing them...
Nearly two years ago on April 6, 2020, the Coles County Health Department announced the first case of COVID-19 in Coles County. Now, the county has seen 13,719 confirmed cases.
Over the last two years,...
This week Eastern “encouraged” and “expected” students and employees to get tested for COVID-19 as they flood back to campus for the Spring 2022 semester. Despite this, they apparently...
Eastern is encouraging, but not requiring, all students and employees to take COVID-19 tests upon returning to campus.
Testing will be available at Court 5 of the Student Rec Center Jan. 10, 11 and 12...
University President David Glassman spoke on the six goals he has for the university in the current academic year during his State of the University address Wednesday afternoon.
His goals included the...
Recently, I was scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video from user @nurse_sushi that started with, “Did you guys know that Covid has a sound?” She went on to say that once a patient is intubated...
The Coles County Health Department has announced the COVID-19 death toll has reached 103 people and the county has seen a 1111.11% increase in cases from June to August.
The most impacted age range is...
Eastern will be expecting but not requiring COVID-19 vaccines during the Fall 2021 semester.
Regardless of vaccination status, however, all students and staff should report their status to the university...
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![Kate Montgomery (right), a freshman psychology major, gets instruction from Corey Bentley, a senior health administration major, at the COVID-19 testing site in the Lantz Arena Fieldhouse on Dec. 2, 2020. [I] just want to make sure I don’t have COVID so I don’t spread it with any family or friends. I’m staying here but I visit home every weekend, Montgomery said.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FEAT-COLOR-KD-900x600.jpg)
