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Senate to discuss final resolution language for EIU Signature Experience

Staff Report March 19, 2018

The Faculty Senate will discuss the final resolution language it will use concerning the “EIU Signature Experience” document from the Workgroup Review Committee as passed on March 6. The resolution,...

Workgroup Review Committee looks at re-organizing Eastern into 5 colleges

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief January 7, 2018

At the latest meeting of the committee reviewing Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s recommendations during the vitalization project, members reviewed a draft of their own suggestions, which includes a reorganization...

Todd Bruns is an institutional repository librarian who is working on the committee to review Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s proposals. He, along with biological sciences professor Billy Hung, will began work on writing a draft of the review committees final proposal which is due before Jan 15th.

Review Committee plans final recommendations

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter December 10, 2017

With the final recommendations needing to be in by Jan. 15, the Workgroup Review Committee spent its meeting planning how to structure its proposal. The proposal was created from the committee reviewing...

Being aware, attending meetings is important

Staff Editorial October 30, 2017

The committee to review Workgroups No. 8 and 9 have already had several meetings, and luckily they have been both open and transparent to the public. Committee members, as seen in Monday’s article...

Committee meetings should be open

October 19, 2017

Higher education is now in a time of transition. Eastern is not an exception. Earlier in the week, we reported on the staffing and subsequent first meeting of a review committee that will look at Workgroup...

Final vitalization recommendations posted

Cassie Buchman, News Editor April 25, 2017

Workgroups No. 8 and No. 9, Academic Visioning I and II, posted their recommendations on the vitalization project webpage earlier this week. Workgroup No. 9 recommended looking at reorganizing the academic...

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 members analyze possible administration structures

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2016

Workgroup No. 9, academic visioning II, talked about restructuring and even consolidating some administrative positions at their meeting Wednesday. During the meeting, group members reported how several...

Workgroup talks feedback, potential innovations

Cassie Buchman, News Editor November 10, 2016

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, discussed feedback given to them about their suggestions for reorganizing different academic areas and potentially innovating programs to market them better at their...

Workgroup No.9 discusses organization of colleges

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2016

Workgroup No.9, Academic Visioning II, talked about a proposal that involves eight colleges and discussed suggestions about how to reorganize them at their meeting Wednesday. The Workgroup discussed...

Workgroup 9 discusses new college

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2016

  Workgroup No. 9 talked about recommending organizing a new college of Human Health Studies at their meeting Wednesday. They also focused on reorganizing academic colleges and departments already...

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