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A study abroad meeting took place in Lumpkin Hall from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday where students learned about the opportunity to travel to Florence, Italy, over the summer.

2025年1月27日 · Editor’s Note: The address in this story was updated from 200 W. Lincoln Ave. to the 200 block of West Lincoln Avenue. A 22-year-old Eastern Illinois University student died Saturday at the 200 block of West Lincoln Avenue, the Charleston Police Department and EIU President Jay Gatrell said. CPD said Saturday that officers were dispatched...

6 天之前 · Over 60% of college students in the U.S. reported being addicted to social media in 2024, according to a study from Demand Sage. “I think social media can have both positive and negative effects on students,” said EIU social media coordinator Alyssa Osterday. “Maybe the most obvious negative is that it is distracting. It can...

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2024年10月19日 · Offering professional advice to students, a lead lunch was hosted in the basement of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Thursday. This noontime event was hosted by Executive Director and Senior Diversity and Inclusion Officer John Blue and lasted approximately an hour. Lead lunch events happen often around campus with different speakers informing and teaching the students...

2025年1月24日 · Eastern Illinois University will be losing $260,000 a year for the next 10 years, athletic director Tom Michael said during the board of trustees meeting Thursday. In the meeting at the Tarble Arts Center, Michael talked about the upcoming NCAA settlement. He said that with the settlement, every Division I program will have to pay...

2024年1月26日 · Editors Note: This article has been corrected for accuracy Eastern has received new grants to improve academic life for students and faculty, said President Jay Gatrell at the 2024 spring update Wednesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center at 8:30 a.m. One of the grants received will help with the advancement of the science...

2025年1月23日 · EIU President Jay Gatrell announced in his spring update that EIU has been reaccredited by the Higher Learning Commission through 2034 among other updates. Eastern Illinois University’s first-time full-time student enrollment declined last semester with only 30 such students enrolling—varying from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s national report which increased.

2 天之前 · Redshirt sophomore guard Kam O’Connor started playing basketball around the age of 4. The Lebanon, Ohio, native averaged 14.4 points, 4.3 assists and 4.1 rebounds as a senior in high school. Coming out of high school, O’Connor played two season at the University of North Carolina Pembroke before transferring to Eastern. O’Connor chose North Carolina...