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The Daily Eastern News

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

Faculty Senate to discuss suggestions from Higher Learning Commission

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor January 22, 2018

Correction: The story has been edited to reflect that the meeting will be in a different location because of a scheduling change. A discussion about the suggestions from the 2014 Higher Learning Commission...

Joshua Awalt is the interim associate V.P for Information Technology Services. He said his department is working hard to prepare for the campus-wide switch from Banner 8 to Banner 9, dealing with academic partnership, the WiFi on campus and more.

Faculty Senate discusses creating ‘vitalization’ group

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter January 9, 2018

The Faculty Senate looked at the possibility of creating another “vitalization” group at its Tuesday meeting. Institutional repository librarian Todd Bruns, who is currently on the Workgroup Review...

Faculty Senate to hear about technology Tuesday

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter January 8, 2018

With a new year rolling in, Eastern’s Faculty Senate has overarching themes that will continue to play an important role in meetings throughout the next semester. Its meeting on Tuesday will include...

Larry White is a professor of management information systems and operations management. He also represents Eastern on the faculty advisory board of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Faculty Senate talks IBHE dual credit concerns

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter December 5, 2017

Business professor Larry White, Eastern’s representative for the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s faculty advisory committee, talked about the committee’s concerns about dual credit programs...

President Glassman updates faculty senate on marketing, naming committee

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter November 14, 2017

Eastern President David Glassman updated the Faculty Senate on recent marketing campaigns, calling them the “most aggressive” ones the university has ever seen, and said he met with student groups...

Athletic director updates Faculty Senate on budget

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter October 31, 2017

  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...

Faculty Senate to hear from athletic director, discuss enrollment plans

Staff Report October 30, 2017

The Faculty Senate is set to hear from Athletic Director Tom Michael during the second half of its meeting Tuesday. It will also discuss the follow-up material from Josh Norman, associate vice president...

Brooke Schwartz | Daily Eastern News
Faculty Senate chair Jemmie Robertson explains his meeting with Illinois Board of Higher Education to the rest of the senate. At the meeting, they had discussed Eastern’s future, especially where it concered the budget and the past budget impasse.

Faculty Senate staffs committee, discusses impasse

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter October 17, 2017

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...

Faculty senate votes to ask Glassman to restaff naming committee

Brooke Schwartz, Admistration Reporter October 3, 2017

A resolution to urge Eastern President David Glassman to re-staff a naming committee to discuss changing Douglas Hall’s name was passed at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. The resolution passed...

Faculty senate to discuss new committee proposal

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief October 2, 2017

The Faculty Senate has been sent a proposal by the Provost asking it to look at recommendations made by Workgroups no. 8 and 9 in the vitalization project, according to the agenda for its meeting 2 p.m....

Faculty Senate continues Douglas Hall discussion

Chrissy Miller, News Editor September 19, 2017

The Faculty Senate continued the discussion regarding renaming Douglas Hall and decided to take a vote at its next meeting. Faculty Senate member Todd Bruns proposed voting in the next meeting on sending...

Faculty Senate debates renaming Douglas Hall

Chrissy Miller, News Editor September 6, 2017

After a teleconference with former Eastern professor Chris Hanlon, the Faculty Senate debated how changing Douglas Hall’s name would affect the community and ideas of how to handle the proposal. In...

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