Dr. Gatrell, My perspective is a unique one that demonstrates my pride for EIU and its community through multiple avenues. PAST: I am a proud EIU alumnus who remembers the positive impacts my...

In 2022, the cost of living for a single parent was $33,602 according to livingwage.mit.edu. Since then, the wage has increased roughly 31 percent to $43,981. With the current lack of contracts for Eastern’s...

Inclusion of all types of people in different programs and ways to make them feel included has been a topic at Eastern Illinois University. It is just one place that claims to be "committed to diversity...

Isabel Spear is a freshman criminology major at Eastern and despite it only being her second semester of college, she has already taken a class where she had to pay out-of-pocket to access her homework. The...

Jay Gatrell, the current provost and vice president of academic affairs, was announced on Friday to be the 13th president following University President David Glassman’s retirement on June 30. Gatrell...

Eastern will announce the 13th president of the university on Friday at 3 p.m. in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The new president will begin on July 1 following...

University President David Glassman has the highest paid salary at Eastern in 2021 and makes 66.2% more than the second highest paid salary. In 2021, Glassman’s salary was $325,412 along with an additional...

Often in college, administrators are seen as inaccessible people. The Daily Eastern News set out to bridge that gap and give the campus community an inside look on who is running Eastern. To get a better...