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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

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: A professor who cares

Ellen Dooley, Columnist April 19, 2022

We all have those classes that we just need to take to say we took them, right? Depending on your major, you might have a list of general education classes you need to take. One of the ones I needed to...

Don Pakey, physics professor, represents the Physics Department for the addition of adding a course called Plasma Physics at Thursday afternoon’s CAA meeting. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the addition.

CAA approves program, course changes

Luke Taylor, News Editor December 9, 2021

The Council on Academic Affairs approved revisions to the astronomy option of the physics major during their meeting Thursday afternoon. In the process of correcting errors in course requirement listings...

National Voter Registration Day

National Voter Registration Day

Luke Taylor, News Editor September 27, 2021

National Voter Registration Day is a civic holiday with the purpose of educating people on voting and encouraging them to get registered. According to U.S. census data from 2020, up to 1 in 4 Americans...

CAA changes bylaws, downsizes

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter December 1, 2016

  The Council on Academic Affairs voted to reduce the number of members, eliminate a political science class, limit another class and grant more flexibility with the major’s independent studies...

Panel to teach about First Amendment

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter September 18, 2016

A panel of professors will discuss a wide variety of topics such as political protests and what it means to exercise one’s freedom of religion for this year’s Constitution Day. The panel is scheduled...

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