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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Layoffs hit Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Northeastern Illinois University

Staff Report May 31, 2017

Two state universities have announced plans this week to eliminate positions and take other measures to stay afloat after weathering two years without a full budget. At Northeastern Illinois University,...

Eastern identifies positions for layoffs

Roberto Hodge, News Editor August 18, 2015

Eastern has identified 118 civil service and administrative and professional positions for elimination, according to a  university press release sent noon Tuesday. More than 50 of those positions are...

Sen. Dale Righter gives a legislative update during a Mattoon town hall meeting Tuesday in the Lumpkin Education Center.

Righter addresses state, university budget issues

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief July 21, 2015

Being more than 20 days into the fiscal year with no budget resolution in sight will continue to create issues in Illinois, and universities like Eastern will have to adapt to compete in the economic climate,...

Faculty layoffs affect class schedules

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief July 19, 2015

Some students will have to adjust their fall class schedules with half of Eastern’s academic departments seeing a reduction in annually contracted faculty. President David Glassman announced last...

Some employees to receive unpaid furlough

Some employees to receive unpaid furlough

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief July 16, 2015

Eastern will be implementing unpaid furlough days for Administrative and Professional employees as part of a university-wide expense-cutting initiative to keep the budget balanced in fiscal year 2016. Paul...

Eastern lays off 3 electricians

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief July 9, 2015

With layoffs on the horizon for some Eastern employees, three of the university’s electricians have already lost their jobs. John Warner, the Eastern representative for Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical...

AFSCME union prepares for potential layoffs

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief July 2, 2015

With all areas of the university expected to see layoffs this summer, workers under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union are preparing for potential losses. Roughly...

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