EIU president Jay Gatrell held a meeting Friday presenting data concerning enrollment and finances about the university.   The last 15 fiscal years have seen a decline in total enrollment. For example,...

Editor's Note: The date in this story was updated from Jan. 26 to Jan. 27. A Funding Formula Town Hall was held on Jan. 27 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Lecture Hall for the campus and community...

One of the first acts Donald Trump took as president of the United States this past week was to put all diversity, equity and inclusion staff in the federal government on paid leave via executive order. The...

Eastern Illinois University will be losing $260,000 a year for the next 10 years, athletic director Tom Michael said during the board of trustees meeting Thursday. In the meeting at the Tarble Arts...

EIU President Jay Gatrell announced in his spring update that EIU has been reaccredited by the Higher Learning Commission through 2034 among other updates.   Eastern Illinois University’s first-time...

Next year, Eastern’s volleyball team will not be at Groniger Arena. The Panthers will hold all of their practices and play all of their home games starting in the fall 2025 season in south McAfee...

With colorful, flashing lights and screams of joy, the centerpiece of EIU’s Welcome Weekend kicked off officially in the Tarble Arts Center Field Friday evening.  The Panther Fall Fair, a carnival...

It was only a little more than a year ago when Jay Gatrell was voted as Eastern’s 13th president.    Gatrell, who acted as provost and vice president of academic affairs for Eastern from 2017 to...

The presidential investiture ceremony began at 1 p.m. Wednesday and there were students with also a lot of staff that celebrated the confirmation of Eastern's president, Jay Gatrell.   Students found...

The loud music echoing across the campus from Eastern’s Panther Marching Band started off this year's First Night Spirit Rally. As they made their way to O’Brien Field the school’s spirit was...

In 2022, the cost of living for a single parent was $33,602 according to livingwage.mit.edu. Since then, the wage has increased roughly 31 percent to $43,981. With the current lack of contracts for Eastern’s...

Throughout Eastern's 128 years, the university has seen 13 presidents. Eastern was established in 1895, but the first president was elected in 1989. However, that president never began his term in 1899,...