Administration determines implementation for workgroup recommendations
Staff Report
April 26, 2017
After analyzing the recommendations from vitalization project workgroups, the administration has updated and implemented some suggestions from Workgroups no. 1, 4, 5 and 6. Workgroup no. 1, Student Services, suggested filling positions in the University Police Department. With the recent police...
President Glassman listens to students’ concerns about discrimination
Chrissy Miller, Administrative Reporter
April 10, 2017
Students expressed concerns about discrimination students face from police, in campus housing and the Greek community during a forum with Eastern President David Glassman. Glassman said making all students feel welcome and that diverse groups felt they had a voice in the community was important. “We...
Glassman to hear student suggestions
Mallory Kutnick, Campus Reporter
March 2, 2017
President David Glassman will take ideas and opinions for Eastern’s future from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday in the Buzzard Auditorium. Claire Boarman, student chair for academic affairs, said Glassman plans to use “Dr. G.: You and Me” to plan improvements to the school that current Panthers want...
Conference to focus on best practices for enrollment management
Staff Report
February 7, 2017
An annual conference to highlight recruiting, marketing and student success will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union. According to the enrollment management website, the conference offers an opportunity to attend sessions and discuss ways to “improve...
Search for provost candidates begins
Staff Report
January 26, 2017
The search committee for a new provost and vice president for academic affairs has started soliciting candidates, according to an email sent by Eastern President David Glassman. Executive search firm Witt/Kiefer will work with the committee to find a pool of qualified candidates, the email said. A...
President Glassman to be given award
Liz Stephens, City Reporter
January 26, 2017
Eastern President David Glassman will be honored and presented an award at the 2017 Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony on Saturday. The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce will be awarding Glassman with the Outstanding Citizen Award at the dinner. Cindy White, president and CEO of the Charleston...
Eastern could look at potential compact proposal
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
November 17, 2016
As the University of Illinois attempts to secure funding from legislators from the state for its own campuses, Eastern is potentially looking at and discussing the options for proposals of its own. According to the Chicago Tribune, the University of Illinois system asking for a deal tha...
Glassman to teach forensic anthropology
Nick Teresky, Contributing Writer
November 2, 2016
Even though he is currently serving as Eastern’s president, David Glassman will be taking another role as an anthropology professor next semester. The class Glassman will be teaching is ANT 3960F, Intro to Forensic Anthropology. The class will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evenings in room 3103...
“Pumpkin’ with the Prez” a success
Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor
October 24, 2016
Luiza Soboll, a freshman psychology major, never carved a pumpkin in her life until she and her team, members from the sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma, did at Monday’s Prowlin’ with the Prez event, “Pumpkin’ with the Prez.” Though born in America, Soboll said she was raised in Brazil and always...
CAA looks at moratorium, reviews reports
Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter
October 5, 2016
The Council on Academic Affairs is meeting again after a week off to discuss a moratorium and program review summaries Eastern President David Glassman asked the CAA in an email to send two nominations to him for a committee to help him choose a replacement for Provost Blair Lord. The CAA will...
Glassman addresses university challenges, talks remedies
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
September 7, 2016
Eastern President David Glassman talked about challenges that occurred due to low enrollment and the lack of a budget and his plans to remedy them with a Vitalization Project at his State of the University Address. 7,400 students have enrolled at Eastern this fall, while last fall there were 8,520. “This...
Faculty Senate talks committees, profit-loss sheets
Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter
September 6, 2016
The Faculty Senate discussed concerns with how Eastern is approaching some trouble areas, such as the profit-loss sheets, and it assigned members to committees. Profit-loss sheets look at the cost efficiency of different programs on campus. Senate chair Jemmie Robertson told faculty senate...
