Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, reported that on average 83 percent of college students have health-related problems throughout the year, including colds, fevers, sore throats and depression.

He said staff and faculty at Eastern will attempt making this percentage of students much smaller by battling and educating students about dangers of alcohol, drug and tobacco use, stress and lack of sleep.

Eastern’s administration discussed goals for the fall and said farewell to outgoing members at the last Board of Trustees meeting of the spring year this semester.

Outgoing Student Government President Ryan Berger expressed confidence in the newly elected Student Government at Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting.

“(Sean Anderson) will do a fantastic job,” Berger said. “In all honesty, he’s a fantastic student leader.”

Berger went on to congratulate the newly elected members of the Student United Party, and assured that they will take care of Eastern students.

Assege HaileMariam, chair of the Faculty Senate, also shared positive words at the last meeting of the year.

“It has been a wonderful year,” she said. “The Faculty Senate has worked closely with the Student Government. We believe strongly in working together and problem solving.”

The board also elected new officers at the meeting.

Leo Walsh took the position of board chairman, Roger Kratochvil will be secretary, Robert Webb is the new vice chairperson and William O’Rourke was elected as pro tem of the executive committee.

The board also authorized four multi-year contracts for administrative personnel. Three contracts were extended and one new administrator was appointed.

Richard McDuffie’s contract as athletic director was extended through June 30, 2009; Brady Sallee was approved to remain women’s basketball coach through May 9, 2009; and Michael Miller’s contract as men’s basketball coach was extended one year through April 30, 2009.

The board approved Diane Jackman, associate dean of the college of education at Northern Illinois University as dean of college of education and professional studies at Eastern. Her contract begins July 1 and will continue through June 30, 2009.

In his report, Eastern President Lou Hencken said the university is making a lot of progress. He cited the completion of Blair Hall and the progress being made at the Doudna Fine Arts Center.