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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...

Faculty Senate talks IBHE dual credit concerns

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • December 5, 2017

Business professor Larry White, Eastern’s representative for the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s faculty advisory committee, talked about the committee’s concerns about dual credit programs...

Workgroup Review Committee rejects ‘University College,’ explores possibility of health college

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • November 26, 2017

The Workgroup Review Committee focused on Workgroup no. 9’s proposal to create a “University College” and add a College of Health at its meeting Friday. Right now, Eastern has four academic colleges:...

Faculty Senate to populate Review Committee

Chrissy Miller, News Editor • October 16, 2017

Provost Jay Gatrell’s review committee for Workgroups no. 8 and 9’s recommendations during the vitalization project will be populated tomorrow at 2 p.m. Tuesday during a Faculty Senate meeting. Workgroup...

Nominations being taken for committee to give feedback on Workgroups no. 8,9

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief • October 4, 2017

Nominations to serve on a committee to review and give feedback on vitalization Workgroup no. 8 and 9’s recommendations will be taken by the Faculty Senate until Monday Oct. 16. The Faculty Senate...

Faculty senate votes to ask Glassman to restaff naming committee

Brooke Schwartz, Admistration Reporter • October 3, 2017

A resolution to urge Eastern President David Glassman to re-staff a naming committee to discuss changing Douglas Hall’s name was passed at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. The resolution passed...

Faculty senate to discuss new committee proposal

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief • October 2, 2017

The Faculty Senate has been sent a proposal by the Provost asking it to look at recommendations made by Workgroups no. 8 and 9 in the vitalization project, according to the agenda for its meeting 2 p.m....

Workgroup no. 9 Academic Visioning II nears completion of final report

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor • April 3, 2017

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, has nearly completed its final report for the April 14 vitalization project deadline. The workgroup is currently working on formatting and stylistic edits and...

Workgroup no. 9 works towards final recommendations

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor • March 27, 2017

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, continued working toward the final report it will turn in for its April 14 vitalization project deadline. The report will include ideas the subcommittees on organizing...

Workgroup No. 9 holds second town hall meeting Tuesday

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor • March 1, 2017

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, held its second town hall meeting Tuesday evening presenting the Differential Tuition subcommittee’s and the Variable Learning Models subcommittee’s recommendations. English...

Workgroup No. 9 holds first town hall meeting

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor • February 22, 2017

Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, had its first town hall meeting Tuesday evening to present its subcommittees' recommendations for the reorganization and presentation of academic colleges. During...

Workgroup no. 9 schedules town hall meetings

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor • January 23, 2017

EDIT: Melinda Mueller was erroneously quoted in a previous version of this article. Mueller should have been quoted as saying the organization subcommittee may ultimately conclude the current academic...