The Daily Eastern News

Faculty Senate raises issues with reorganization plan

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • April 3, 2018

The Faculty Senate raised concerns with Provost Jay Gatrell’s college reorganization plan, which was first proposed Monday, at its meeting on Tuesday. The plan involves the creation of a new College...

Faculty Senate discusses plan following final review committee recommendations

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • March 20, 2018

The next steps being taken following the Workgroup Review Committee’s final recommendations were discussed at the Faculty Senate’s meeting Tuesday. Provost Jay Gatrell said for the past week, he...

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,...

Faculty Senate to address its response to Workgroup Review Committee Recommendations

Staff Report • March 5, 2018

The Faculty Senate will discuss its response to the recommendations of the Workgroup Review Committee at its meeting 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 4440 of the Booth Library. The Workgroup Review Committee...

Faculty Senate to examine Workgroup Review Committee recommendations, discuss potential Charleston Bike Path

Staff Report • February 19, 2018

The Faculty Senate is set to discuss, among other items, its response to the recommendations of the Workgroup Review Committee at its next meeting. During the Workgroup Review Committee’s meetings,...

Workgroup Review Committee submits final recommendations

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • January 16, 2018

The Workgroup Review Committee officially sent out their final draft of recommendations on Tuesday, with a copy being available on their website at goo.gl/5Tf55q. This group was originally tasked with...

Workgroup Review Committee to submit final report

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • January 15, 2018

The Workgroup Review Committee, which has been meeting since Oct. 20, will submit its final recommendations on Tuesday for Provost Jay Gatrell, Eastern President David Glassman and the rest of campus to...

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...

Keep hard work in mind as semester finally ends

Staff Report • December 10, 2017

The smell of burnt coffee grounds, sorrow, joy and a hint of salty tears linger across campus as students brace themselves for a long week of cramming for finals, and professors grade late work as a one...

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 looks at positives and negatives to college restructuring

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter • December 3, 2017

As the deadline for the Workgroup Review Committee approaches, members took Friday’s meeting to discuss the positives and negatives of restructuring current colleges and about the addition of a University...

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:...