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Faculty Senate to have first meeting of new year

Staff Report August 19, 2019

The Faculty Senate is scheduled to meet at 2:00 p.m. in room 4440 of Booth Library Tuesday afternoon. No agenda had been posted as of 8:00 p.m. Monday evening and the content of the meeting is unknown. The...

City Council to vote on release of closed session meeting minutes

Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor January 14, 2019

The Charleston City will vote on authorizing the release of closed session meeting minutes as well as nine other action items during their Tuesday meeting. The council will vote on partial minute releases...

CAA to vote on revisions to majors

Brooke Schwartz, News Editor November 14, 2018

The Council on Academic Affairs will meet Thursday in the Edgar Room of Booth Library at 2 p.m. to discuss six action items ranging from a revised major to new courses. A new course titled ‘NTR 3500:...

Coles County Board to appoint new positions at meeting Tuesday

Staff Report September 10, 2018

The Coles County Board will be meeting Tueaday at 7 p.m. in the courthouse. The board will be appointing 11 new positions, including different drainage districts and a fire protection district. Drainage...

CAA meeting canceled Thursday due to light agenda

Staff Report February 8, 2018

The Council on Academic Affairs meeting, originally set for 2 p.m. Thursday, was canceled because of a light agenda. Per CAA Bylaw VII.4.d, the CAA chairperson has added FCS 2244, Textile Analysis; FCS...

Workgroup No. 9 opens meeting to feedback

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor March 20, 2017

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, invited Mona Davenport, director of Minority Affairs Kimberlie Moock ,director of New Student Programs and Karla Sanders, executive director of the Center for Academic...

Workgroup sets date for town hall meeting

Analicia Haynes, Online Editor January 16, 2017

  Workgroup no. 8, Academic Visioning I, established a town hall meeting to collect feedback and discussed several micro-degree proposals at its meeting Friday. With the deadline to submit the...

Faculty Senate to close part of meeting, vote on resolution

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor November 16, 2015

The Faculty Senate will invoke the Open Meetings Act to close part of the meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Booth Library. The first hour of the meeting will be open like any other Faculty Senate meeting,...

CAA meeting canceled

Staff Report October 22, 2015

The Council on Academic Affairs canceled its Thursday meeting. The items to be added were a revision for MUS 4980 A, B, D: Workshop in Music One, Two, Three and a new course, HIS 3950, History of U.S....

City Council to vote on future road closures

Mackenzie Freund, City Editor October 5, 2015

December road closures are going to be voted on during the Charleston City Council Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Charleston City Hall, Tuesday. The city council will be voting on potential street closures...

Faculty Senate meeting set to review constitution, bylaws

Bob Galuski, Editor-in-Chief July 22, 2014

The Faculty Senate will be meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Witter’s Conference Room of Booth Library to review the constitution and bylaws. Grant Sterling, the chair of Faculty Senate, said it is...

City council to vote on equipment purchases, street closures

Blake Warman, Staff Reporter June 16, 2014

The Charleston city council will explore the possibility of obtaining a loan of $275,000 for the purchase of various pieces of equipment and vehicles during its meeting on Tuesday. Mayor Larry Rennels...

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