Faculty Senate raises issues with reorganization plan
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
April 3, 2018
The Faculty Senate raised concerns with Provost Jay Gatrell’s college reorganization plan, which was first proposed Monday, at its meeting on Tuesday. The plan involves the creation of a new College of Health and Human Services, as well as combining the current College of Arts and Humanities with the Colleg...
Faculty Senate discusses plan following final review committee recommendations
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
March 20, 2018
The next steps being taken following the Workgroup Review Committee’s final recommendations were discussed at the Faculty Senate’s meeting Tuesday. Provost Jay Gatrell said for the past week, he has been taking shareholders around and gotten feedback on a possible college reorganization plan that...
Senate to discuss final resolution language for EIU Signature Experience
Staff Report
March 19, 2018
The Faculty Senate will discuss the final resolution language it will use concerning the “EIU Signature Experience” document from the Workgroup Review Committee as passed on March 6. The resolution, among other things, endorsed the recommendations made by the Workgroup Review Committee to establish...
Faculty Senate to address its response to Workgroup Review Committee Recommendations
Staff Report
March 5, 2018
The Faculty Senate will discuss its response to the recommendations of the Workgroup Review Committee at its meeting 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 4440 of the Booth Library. The Workgroup Review Committee analyzed suggestions originally made by Workgroups No. 8 and 9 during the vitalization project. Workgroups...
Faculty Senate to examine Workgroup Review Committee recommendations, discuss potential Charleston Bike Path
Staff Report
February 19, 2018
The Faculty Senate is set to discuss, among other items, its response to the recommendations of the Workgroup Review Committee at its next meeting. During the Workgroup Review Committee’s meetings, it looked at the recommendations made by vitalization project Workgroups no. 8 and 9. These recommendations...
Workgroup Review Committee submits final recommendations
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
January 16, 2018
The Workgroup Review Committee officially sent out their final draft of recommendations on Tuesday, with a copy being available on their website at goo.gl/5Tf55q. This group was originally tasked with looking at the recommendations made by Workgroups No. 8 and 9 during the vitalization project. ...
Workgroup Review Committee to submit final report
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
January 15, 2018
The Workgroup Review Committee, which has been meeting since Oct. 20, will submit its final recommendations on Tuesday for Provost Jay Gatrell, Eastern President David Glassman and the rest of campus to see. The committee will be making three overarching recommendations: the creation of an Eastern ...
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 ...
Keep hard work in mind as semester finally ends
Staff Report
December 10, 2017
The smell of burnt coffee grounds, sorrow, joy and a hint of salty tears linger across campus as students brace themselves for a long week of cramming for finals, and professors grade late work as a one last favor. However, as the year finally reaches an end, and students chug those unhealthy amoun...
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...
Workgroup Review Committee looks at positives and negatives to college restructuring
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
December 3, 2017
As the deadline for the Workgroup Review Committee approaches, members took Friday’s meeting to discuss the positives and negatives of restructuring current colleges and about the addition of a University College. In its previous meeting, the committee discussed moving programs around enough so...
Workgroup Review Committee rejects ‘University College,’ explores possibility of health college
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
November 26, 2017
The Workgroup Review Committee focused on Workgroup no. 9’s proposal to create a “University College” and add a College of Health at its meeting Friday. Right now, Eastern has four academic colleges: the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Education and Professional Studies, the Colle...
