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

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Presidential subcommittee discusses new report template

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor October 16, 2016

The President’s Liaison Subcommittee of the vitalization project opened discussion for the pending issue on analyzing administration personnel data and a new report template for Workgroups at the meeting...

Enrollment workgroup involves campus

Cassie Buchman, News Editor October 16, 2016

  Workgroup no. 3, focusing on enrollment management, took input from different people at its meeting Thursday when seeing what enrollment areas could be improved on campus. In different groups,...

Workgroup no. 7 prepares for academic program recommendations

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief October 11, 2016

  With the deadline to submit a preliminary report on academic programs to the vice presidents fast approaching, Workgroup No. 7 assigned individual members to evaluate a portion of each of the...

Academic Visioning lays groundwork for future meetings

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor October 10, 2016

Workgroup no. 8, focused on academic visioning, drafted their goals for the first week and defined what their mission is at their preliminary meeting Monday. Jeff Stowell, the chairman for the committee,...

University technology workgroup discusses redundancies

Cassie Buchman, News Editor October 10, 2016

Getting data on what software and technological programs could be improved, made more efficient, consolidated, or outsourced was discussed at Workgroup no. 2’s meeting on Monday. Workgroup no....

Subcommittee plans to analyze, compare data

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2016

The President’s Liaison Subcommittee of the vitalization project recognized the challenges of analyzing administration personnel data and comparing this information to other Illinois public universities...

Workgroup No. 1 discusses student services

Abbey Whittington, Associate News Editor October 6, 2016

Workgroup No. 1, focusing on student services, met Thursday to discuss what resources can be defined as student services beyond student affairs and if they are going to expand on them. Rick Roberts,...

CAA holds off on moratorium suggestion

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter October 6, 2016

A temporary stop to approving new general education courses was suggested at a meeting of the CAA’s General Education and Learning Goals Committee. Philosophy professor Jonelle DePetro asked that...

Vitalization project workgroups set first meetings

Staff Report October 4, 2016

The vitalization project workgroups are setting their preliminary meetings for the year and putting them up on the project’s webpage. Some of these groups will figure out a more permanent meeting...

Academics, athletics profit loss sheets raise questions

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter October 4, 2016

Jon Blitz, the president of Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois, spoke to the Faculty Senate Tuesday about the differences between the academic and athletic departments’ accounting...

Vitalization project members announced

Staff Report  October 2, 2016

Editor’s Note: At his State of the University Address, President David Glassman announced the creation of a vitalization project meant to guide planning and budgeting decisions and make changes to programs...

President Glassman announces vitalization chairs

Cassie Buchman, News Editor September 29, 2016

Eastern President David Glassman announced the chairs of Vitalization project workgroups and charged the groups with what they will be focusing on in the coming semesters. The first meeting for the whole...

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