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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

Enrollment numbers to be released

Chrissy Miller, News Editor September 5, 2017

Tenth day numbers were being finalized as of late Tuesday evening by institutional research, according to Provost Jay Gatrell. Until the official memo goes out, Gatrell said he could not release any...

Faculty Senate to see proposal to rename Douglas Hall

Staff Report September 5, 2017

The Faculty Senate will review a proposal to consider renaming Douglas Hall, submitted by Professor Chris Hanlon, a former Eastern professor who now teachers at Arizona State University, at its meeting...

Faculty Senate votes to support Teach Out

Cassie Buchman, News Editor March 21, 2017

The Faculty Senate discussed the report it sent to the administration reviewing Workgroup No.7’s recommendations on academic programs and passed a resolution supporting a Teach Out at its meeting Tuesday. The...

Departments, programs respond to referendum, vitalization project

Abbey Whittington, Contributing Writer February 26, 2017

Following the Faculty Senate's referendum last Tuesday, programs considered for elimination or consolidation reflected on how they are being affected by the vitalization project. Last week, 145 faculty...

Referendum results to be announced at next Faculty Senate meeting

Cassie Buchman, News Editor February 14, 2017

The results of a referendum asking faculty to vote on whether or not they have confidence in the process and outcomes of vitalization project Workgroup No.7 are set to be announced next Tuesday. The...

Vitalization referendum sent out

February 14, 2017

Faculty were emailed a referendum Monday asking them to vote on whether or not they have confidence in the process and outcomes of vitalization project Workgroup no.7. The Faculty Senate sent out the...

Faculty Senate finalizes vitalization referendum language

Cassie Buchman, News Editor February 7, 2017

The Faculty Senate finalized language for a referendum on faculty confidence in the vitalization project process at its meeting Tuesday. The original referendum asked faculty to answer the question,...

Faculty Senate creates subcommittee to review recommendations

Cassie Buchman, News Editor February 1, 2017

The Faculty Senate voted to create a subcommittee to review the recommendations of Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs and suggested eliminating or consolidating several of them, at its...

Committee meets to discuss its role

Cassie Buchman, News Editor January 23, 2017

This story has been updated to add information that was not received as of press time Sunday. The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee met for the first time to discuss its...

Committee needs information on program elimination, consolidation by Friday

Cassie Buchman, News Editor January 20, 2017

According to the EIU-UPI Unit A contract, the Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee needs to receive information by Friday about each program being considered for elimination or...

Eastern President David Glassman attended the weekly Faculty Senate meeting to discuss the vitalization recommendations that were posted online last week.

President Glassman Meets with Faculty Senate for vitalization discussion

Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter January 18, 2017

In the Faculty Senate meeting, Eastern President David Glassman clarified the roles of the Council on Academic Affairs and Faculty Senate, as well as how the administration plans to move forward with program...

Music professor, Stefan Eckert (left) and Economics professor Teshome Abebe (right) discuss the recommendations made by Workgroups in the vitalization project that were posted on the project’s webpage Monday.

Faculty Senate raises concerns about vitalization report

Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter January 11, 2017

*Correction: C.C. Wharram was erroneously attributed. The News regrets the error.  In a special meeting to discuss the vitalization project, the Faculty Senate raised concerns about what it called...

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