Glassman talks capital development needs request, Springfield
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 4, 2019
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Eastern requested $145 million in capital development needs and emergency capital needs from Springfield on Feb. 28. Eastern President David Glassman said he and Paul McCann, the interim vice president of business affairs, were asked to testify in Springfield and discuss the university's capital dev...
Student safety addressed, Glassman’s plan
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2019
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Eastern President David Glassman said he wants to meet with African-American student organizations on campus to understand what they mean by “not feeling safe” on or off campus. Glassman also said he plans to have the Student Government, the different vice presidents and the deans to participate in...
Glassman to give State of University
Staff Report
September 11, 2017
Eastern President David Glassman is set to give the university’s annual State of the University Address 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. According to a press release from the university, the address will cover topics such as the university’s FY18 budget,...
Glassman to Senate: We’ve already cut back all we can
Analicia Haynes, Online Editor
March 8, 2017
Eastern President David Glassman met with the Illinois Senate Committee on Higher Education Tuesday and presented the ongoing struggles the university has endured as a result of the budget impasse. After Gov. Bruce Rauner introduced a budget proposal in which spending exceeds revenue by $4.6 billion,...
Students voice ideas at forum
Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter
March 7, 2017
Students told Eastern President David Glassman their suggestions and concerns about the university’s community at an open student forum Tuesday evening. Hashni Vidana, an international graduate student studying biological sciences, said while getting her bachelor’s degree in England, she noticed...
Glassman proposal calls for control over international students’ tuition
Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter
November 27, 2016
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The Board of Trustees heard a report about progress of the vitalization project and Eastern President David Glassman’s proposition asking the board to give him control over international students’ tuition at its meeting Friday, Nov. 18. The vitalization project consists of nine workgroups,...
