Editorial: March is the time to job search
Staff Editorial
March 3, 2019
Filed under Editorials
March has begun, and spring is closing in fast. While that hopefully means better weather, it also means for all of us that it is time to take the next step in our lives: careers. This is the time of year when your laptops and emails need to be full of applications and emails for jobs. That is, if...
Students share pros, cons of working on, off campus
Austen Brown, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2019
Filed under features
Working on-campus jobs has both perks and drawbacks when compared to working off campus. Niarra Mitchell, a senior with a major in emergency management and disaster preparedness, works at the security desk at Booth Library and said that on-campus jobs work with schedules much better than off-campus...
The double life of an employed college student
Tom O'Connor, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2019
Filed under features
Like carrying plates and glasses on a server tray, working a job while attending a university can be quite arduous to balance. “I hate being broke; I am going to be honest,” said Gaige Davis, a music education major who works as a waiter at Cracker Barrel. “I would rather make my own money than ...
Career Services helping with resumes, internships
Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
January 15, 2019
Filed under News
Career Services is hosting a series of workshops to help students with writing resumes and cover letters and teach students how to use LinkedIn and PANTHER TraCS starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Career Services is available to help students with with resumes, job and internship applications and intervie...
Jobs currently available with Housing, Dining Services
Valentina Vargas, Multicultural Reporter
January 14, 2019
Filed under News
Eastern Illinois University Housing and Dining Services is offering Eastern students jobs on campus for this spring semester. Mark Hudson, the director of housing and dining, said Housing and Dining service is the largest single department that employs students. In the dining operation areas, they ...
Explore your talents working for the newspaper
Staff Editorial
August 29, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
As a student publication, we want to get students involved and enjoy working for us. The purpose of The Daily Eastern News is to share the news of what occurs at Eastern, but we also strive to have journalism students and any other students interested get involved and develop experience in print jour...
Students share experiences of working on-campus jobs
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
August 22, 2017
Filed under News
With different jobs around Eastern, students share their experiences of working on the campus itself. Lexie Bustard, a senior communications studies major and cashier at the Panther Pantry, said that it is a pretty fun job, and it has a few benefits too. “The pantry works around my school schedule...
Faculty losses cause departmental challenges
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
August 31, 2016
Filed under News
Editors Note: This is the first part of a longer series exploring faculty departures at Eastern. The next part will explore the effect these departures have on the university. Faculty members have been leaving Eastern over the last few years, leaving academic departments to find a way to cover cla...
