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Entire Task Force meeting Wednesday

Staff Report November 30, 2016

  A meeting for the entire vitalization project Task Force will be 4 p.m. today in Coleman Auditorium. On the agenda for the Task Force meeting is an update on workgroup activities and initial...

Workgroup 7 replies to departmental criticism

Cassie Buchman, News Editor November 30, 2016

  After turning in their preliminary draft recommendations for the vitalization project, Workgroup No.7, looking at academic programs, discussed the responses and feedback they received from academic...

Workgroup debates on criteria, process for identifying signature programs

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor November 29, 2016

  Identifying the criteria and process for establishing signature programs and how the colleges will have a role in the programs was discussed at the Academic Visioning Workgroup I meeting Monday. Jeff...

Guest column: Workgroup transparency is a myth

Jack Cruikshank, Guest Columnist November 28, 2016

Editor’s note: Jack Cruikshank represents students on Vitalization Workgroup #6 (Marketing and University Branding) and speaks for graduate students on the Council on University Planning and Budget.   When...

Glassman proposal calls for control over international students’ tuition

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter November 27, 2016

  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’...

Workgroup members analyze possible administration structures

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2016

Workgroup No. 9, academic visioning II, talked about restructuring and even consolidating some administrative positions at their meeting Wednesday. During the meeting, group members reported how several...

Faculty Senate talks vitalization transparency

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter November 16, 2016

  The Faculty Senate passed a resolution saying they rely on Eastern President David Glassman’s assurance that profit/loss sheets are only going to be used as one measure of data to critique...

Workgroup 8 looks at signature programs

Cassie Buchman, News Editor November 15, 2016

  Workgroup eight, Academic Visioning I, looked at what could make a program signature and what they need to do to decide that at their meeting Monday. Workgroup chair Jeff Stowell, a psychology...

Workgroup talks feedback, potential innovations

Cassie Buchman, News Editor November 10, 2016

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, discussed feedback given to them about their suggestions for reorganizing different academic areas and potentially innovating programs to market them better at their...

Facilties workgroup talks project completion

Cassie Buchman, News Editor November 3, 2016

  Workgroup no.5, charged with looking at facilities, talked about the project completions that need to be made and how to present their recommendations at their meeting Thursday. Workgroup...

Student services workgroup uses survey to support recommendations

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor November 3, 2016

  Workgroup no. 1, focused on student services, agreed on recommendations for its report after asking for a weeklong extension. Rick Roberts, the workgroup chair, said Angela Vietto, an English...

Faculty senate seeks transparency

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter November 1, 2016

  The Faculty Senate raised concerns about workgroup transparency and discussed the search for a new provost during their meeting Tuesday. The workgroups the senate talks about are part of the...

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