The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Springfield, SPI, spoke about code-switching and tone policing for Black employees in the workspace on Friday in the Black Box Theatre in Doudna.
The co-founder,...
Eastern’s is celebrating Black History Month by having African American Heritage Month with events throughout February.
The first event is Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism...
The Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism has speaker Sunshine Clemons on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre.
The Africana Studies program presents...
The Council on Academic Affairs updated prerequisites and courses for the communication studies minor and the Africana studies minor on Thursday.
The proposals brought before the CAA are faculty-driven,...
The Board of Trustees voted to eliminate the Africana studies major to retain career and technical education and said they would continue to monitor the philosophy major at its meeting Friday.
Students...
The Board of Trustees voted to eliminate the Africana Studies major at its meeting Friday.
Students already in the program will be able to continue on in it until they graduate.
Also voted...
The Faculty Senate finalized language for a referendum on faculty confidence in the vitalization project process at its meeting Tuesday.
The original referendum asked faculty to answer the question,...
A preview of this letter appeared in our print edition on Feb. 2nd, 2017.
Dear President Glassman:
We, the undersigned members of the Women’s Studies program at Eastern, protest in the strongest...
The Faculty Senate voted to create a subcommittee to review the recommendations of Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs and suggested eliminating or consolidating several of them, at its...
Editor’s Note: This story looks at some of the recommendations made in regards to academic programs during the vitalization project. Other Workgroup’s recommendations and how they pertain to and affect...
