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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

Todd Bruns speaks to Faculty Senate members during a Jan. 8 meeting at Booth Library.

Faculty may have voice in 360-degree review of administrators

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief January 9, 2019

Faculty may now have a say in the 360-degree review process of administrators, including vice presidents and deans. Members of the Faculty Senate revisited the 360-degree review process at a Jan. 8 meeting....

Todd Bruns, the Faculty Senate chair, speaks to members of the senate during a meeting Tuesday afternoon in Room 4400 of Booth Library.

Faculty Senate hears concerns regarding information technology centralization plan

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief January 8, 2019

Concerns regarding the integration of library technology services with Eastern’s information technology services were brought before the Faculty Senate Tuesday afternoon. Stacey Knight-Davis,...

Faculty Senate to discuss Unit B senate seat proposal

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor November 26, 2018

Faculty Senate will discuss a proposal to create a dedicated Unit B seat on the senate, the email draft for faculty to be a part of the think tank and a topic for the presidential lecture series. The...

Faculty Senate discusses proposed 360 review

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor November 13, 2018

The Faculty Senate looked at the proposed 360 review for administrators and the contractual language of the combinations of the Academic Program Elimination Reorganization Committee and the Sanction Termination...

Faculty Senate to discuss potential constitution changes

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor October 29, 2018

The Faculty Senate will look at senate constitution changes and the university think tank proposal at its meeting Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. in Room 4440 of Booth Library. Proposed changes to the senate constitution...

C. C. Wharram (left) is the director of the Center for the Humanities and a Faculty Senate member, and Donald Holly is an anthropology professor and and is also a senate member. The senate met Tuesday and looked at many resolutions, including one for shared governance and one to update the 360 review process for administrators.

Faculty Senate looks at solutions with shared governance, think tank

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor October 17, 2018

The Faculty Senate had a full agenda Tuesday, which included looking at resolutions for shared governance, an updated 360 review process for administrators and a university think tank. The shared governance...

Todd Bruns is the Faculty Senate chair and the scholarly communication librarian and institutional director. The Faculty Senate met Tuesday at 2 p.m. in room 4440 of the Mary J Booth Library.

Faculty Senate discusses Unit B involvement in senate

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor October 2, 2018

The Faculty Senate met on Tuesday to discuss Unit B faculty members serving on the senate and the possible combination of the Academic Program Elimination Reorganization Committee and the Sanction Termination...

Faculty Senate to discuss potential university think tank

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor October 1, 2018

The Faculty Senate is meeting Tuesday in room 4440 of Booth Library to discuss updates to a possible university think tank, the bike path and the panther statue. The campus strategic vision group, a type...

Rebecca Throneburg is a member of the Council on Academic Affairs and is a communications disorders and sciences professor. CAA discussed new changes in the shared governance discussion and added two action items to their agenda for next week.

CAA expresses shock, concerns with shared governance proposal

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor September 20, 2018

While the end of shared governance discussions may have seemed over to some following the conclusion of the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, members of the Council on Academic Affairs were in for a surprise...

Teshome Abebe, a member of the Faculty Senate and economics professor, at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday in Booth Library. The senate discussed shared governance and possible ways to boost communications between organizations on campus.

Faculty Senate sets January as end date for resolution on shared governance

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor September 18, 2018

After a year of discussion, the question of what to do about the Higher Learning Commission’s concerns with Eastern’s organizational communication is coming to a potential end. Many solutions and...

Faculty Senate to discuss subcommittees

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor September 17, 2018

The Faculty Senate will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in conference foom 4440 in Booth Library. The senate will look at how they are organized and what their college representation should look like after the...

Faculty forum to discuss role of liberal education in currently-disengaged environment

Staff Report September 5, 2018

This semester’s faculty forum will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Charleston/Mattoon room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union. The topic of the forum, according to the informational poster,...

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