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The transition from high school to college is challenging for any student. For foster care youth, without family support, that challenge is magnified. Melody

Ribbons of dyed water zipped through the springtime air, while clouds of colorful powder enveloped EIU’s Library Quad.    Vibrant music painted the air with lively tunes, as celebrators clad in white danced along, all backdropped by the stately Booth Library.   Eastern’s unofficial Holi celebration was well under way Friday afternoon.   “I would say Holi...

CHARLESTON — A rally marking five years of publisher Julian Assanges imprisonment in Belmarsh in Great Britain will be held on Thursday, April 11, on Eastern Illinois Universitys campus.

On April 8, Charleston will experience a 99% totality solar eclipse. Dr. Derek Hennig led a presentation on how to safely view the upcoming solar eclipse Monday afternoon on the fourth floor of Booth Library. The presentation comes a week before the highly-anticipated solar eclipse. This eclipse will be the first solar eclipse in the...

Eastern Illinois University and the Regional Office of Education in Charleston have created a partnership that allows qualifying high school students to be admitted to the university at the end

Eastern Illinois University and the Regional Office of Education in Charleston have created a partnership that allows qualifying high school students to be admitted to the university at the end

A new partnership allows easier access to college for local high school students who are high-achieving.

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) – Eastern Illinois University and Illinois’ Regional Office of Education #11 (ROE #11) are introducing a program that will allow direct admission to EIU for local, incoming high school seniors in good academic standing. A partnership has been forged between EIU and ROE #11 in pioneering the program. ROE #11 schools will provide […]

Six authors will be featured in three spring events to celebrate the research, scholarship and creative success of EIU faculty who have recently achieved publication of a book.

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 building, which has been in the works for years. Eastern...