Review Committee plans final recommendations
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
December 10, 2017
With the final recommendations needing to be in by Jan. 15, the Workgroup Review Committee spent its meeting planning how to structure its proposal. The proposal was created from the committee reviewing Vitalization Project Workgroups No. 8 and 9`s recommendations over the last seven weeks. Members ...
Faculty Senate talks IBHE dual credit concerns
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
December 5, 2017
Business professor Larry White, Eastern’s representative for the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s faculty advisory committee, talked about the committee’s concerns about dual credit programs at Tuesday’s meeting. The IBHE is an agency meant to allow all Illinois universities, public or pr...
Review committee takes a look at reorganizing colleges, four-day academic week
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
October 29, 2017
Editor's Note: The Review Committee for Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s proposals is looking at information based off last year’s vitalization project. Workgroup no. 8 from the vitalization project looked at creating programs that could increase Eastern’s enrollment and academic standings. Workgroup no. 9...
Faculty Senate to populate Review Committee
Chrissy Miller, News Editor
October 16, 2017
Provost Jay Gatrell’s review committee for Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s recommendations during the vitalization project will be populated tomorrow at 2 p.m. Tuesday during a Faculty Senate meeting. Workgroup no. 8 looked at developing programs that could increase Eastern’s enrollment and Workgroup...
Nominations being taken for committee to give feedback on Workgroups no. 8,9
Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief
October 5, 2017
Nominations to serve on a committee to review and give feedback on vitalization Workgroup no. 8 and 9’s recommendations will be taken by the Faculty Senate until Monday Oct. 16. The Faculty Senate has sent out a call to faculty asking for them to nominate people and self-nominate to serve on the com...
Faculty senate votes to ask Glassman to restaff naming committee
Brooke Schwartz, Admistration Reporter
October 3, 2017
A resolution to urge Eastern President David Glassman to re-staff a naming committee to discuss changing Douglas Hall’s name was passed at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. The resolution passed 12 to one, plus one abstention. The semester-long debate has spanned outside the campus and into...
Faculty senate to discuss new committee proposal
Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief
October 2, 2017
The Faculty Senate has been sent a proposal by the Provost asking it to look at recommendations made by Workgroups no. 8 and 9 in the vitalization project, according to the agenda for its meeting 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 4440 of the Booth Library. Provost Jay Gatrell submitted a written report to the...
Workgroup No. 8 approved its final recommendation report
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor in Chief
April 16, 2017
All members present during Workgroup No. 8’s meeting Friday afternoon approved its final recommendation report. The members were united with a majority of the recommendations, however, the members still created a minority report about the workgroup’s suggestions regarding new and modified programs....
Workgroup No. 8 updates draft document for final report
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor in Chief
April 10, 2017
Workgroup No. 8, Academic Visioning I worked on solidifying its final recommendations Friday by adding two micro degrees and two doctorate degree programs. The current draft document recommends a doctorate of nursing practice degree, a physical therapy residential bridge program and a doctorate degree...
Potential signature programs presented to Workgroup members
Analicia Haynes, Online Editor
March 5, 2017
Two departments presented ideas for signature programs at Workgroup No. 8, Academic Visioning I’s meeting Friday. Physics professors Jie Zou and Doug Brandt presented on behalf of the physics department and proposed a bachelor’s degree program in electrical engineering. Kathleen O’Rourke,...
Workgroup make plans to arrange, analyze data
Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief
February 6, 2017
Workgroup No. 8, Academic Visioning I, determined how they will analyze survey results and how they will begin formatting their final recommendations during its Friday meeting. Workgroup member Ryan Hendrickson, interim dean of the graduate school, said the group will look at how to increase...
Workgroups to ask for campus feedback
Staff Report
January 31, 2017
Several workgroups from the vitalization project will be having town hall meetings to hear feedback from the campus on their work. Workgroup No. 8, Academic Visioning I, will have its meeting 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Workgroup...
