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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Fidget toys like squishy balls and silly puddy are available to students to alleviate stress during therapy sessions at the Counseling Clinic.

EDITORIAL: Eastern: time to be proactive, not reactive

Editorial Board September 16, 2022

Mental health isn’t new, but you don’t need us to tell you this. The effort to break the stigma around mental health is slowly being spread across the nation.  Eastern students aren’t the exception...

Kelsey Boll, a staff member at the Counseling Clinic, talks with a student about their day Monday afternoon.

Eastern counseling clinic sees over 200 students in first month

Adriana Hernandez-Santana, Feature Junior Editor September 14, 2022

Editor's Note: The job title for Jessica Milburn was corrected within the story to be her correct title. With the start of the 2022 school year under way, students are using the Health Education Resource...

Sasha Redmond, a freshman theatre major, poses for a picture outside the Union Monday afternoon. Mond said Eastern has done a good job with addressing mental health. "You know, some of us are working, some of us have other responsibilities," Mond said. "But I do feel like administration really puts us first as people instead of just, you know, as students."

Students comment on how admin address mental health

Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor April 13, 2022

Tise Ogundeji, a freshman computer and information technology major, poses for a picture in Lawson Hall Monday afternoon. Ogundeji said that although he doesn't have any mental illnesses himself, and...

Faculty Senate Chair, Todd Bruns opens the Faculty Senate meeting with the executive reports at Tuesday afternoon. This meeting, the Senate talked about the recent mental health days and the recent Board of Trustees meeting.

Faculty Senate talks campus mental health

Luke Taylor, News Editor November 30, 2021

Faculty senate discussed the pre-Thanksgiving mental health days held on campus during its meeting Tuesday. Members of the senate raised concern about the late notice given to professors about not having...

EDITORIAL: Bringing awareness to suicide during recent challenges

EDITORIAL: Bringing awareness to suicide during recent challenges

Editorial Board November 3, 2021

We at the Daily Eastern News want to encourage students, now more than ever, to be willing to reach out and talk to others about what they’re going through. Seasonal changes are difficult for many...

Breathing exercises help students relax, deal with stress

Breathing exercises help students relax, deal with stress

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Associate News Editor October 25, 2021

“Inhale, one, two, three, four, five. Exhale, one, two, three, four, five,” Ann Coddington, an art professor, said in a soft voice, helping guide a group of students through breathing exercises Monday...

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