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The University of Michigan offers three academic terms during the spring and summer, offering students opportunities to take additional coursework outside of the traditional academic year.

Lake Land College and Eastern Illinois University recently partnered to establish a two-plus-two transfer agreement for students majoring in English.

The EIU board of trustees approved a proposal removing out-of-state tuition charges for US residents, raised tuition and room and board and approved several new majors in its meeting Friday. This proposal asked for new undergraduate students attending Eastern in fall 2024 who are a legal permanent resident within the United States to receive in-state...

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This year at the 2024 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Polar Plunge at EIU Region I, plungers fundraised for a goal of earning $25,000.  As a whole event, five different teams worked together to raise around $13,000.  The LETR Polar Plunge is held across the nation to raise money for the Special Olympics. ...

Editor’s Note: The previous version of this story contained correct numbers that were misinterpreted by the reporter. This version contains the correct interpretations.   Eastern’s 10th day enrollment report stated that spring 2024 enrollment is steady at 8,688 students, a 0.7% decrease from spring 2023.   On-campus students also decreased by 1.13% to 4,482, compared to spring...

Ryan Hendrickson was announced as Eastern’s next provost and vice president of academic affairs. Hendrickson was one of four candidates that interviewed for the positions. Eastern selected Hendrickson to officially fulfill the role, after being the interim provost for seven months, after Jay Gatrell left the position to serve as Eastern’s University President. Hendrickson has...

Ryan Hendrickson has served as a dean in various areas at Eastern Illinois University since 2015 and came to EIU as a political science professor in 1999.

The Editorial Board majority endorsed Eastern’s current Interim Provost Ryan Hendrickson to serve as the official provost. After weeks of interviews, Eastern heard out the four provost candidates to fill the vacancy. All candidates displayed desirable traits previously published in an earlier editorial.  Simone Cummings and Denise Seabert checked off the “for the students” box,...

After Eastern President Jay Gatrell was elected, the provost position has technically been vacant, but Ryan Hendrickson has been holding the interim position for the last seven months.  Hendrickson is one of four candidates looking to officially fill the provost position, interviewing in an open interview for the position last Thursday. He has been working...