Since 1990, Eastern’s arts department has had Burl Ives Studio Hall as a place for students who are planning on completing their Master of Arts. With its 18 individual studio spaces and critique gallery, the studio was built to help art students succeed in their higher education endeavors. The studio was named after the.
Throughout Eastern’s 128 years, the university has seen 13 presidents. Eastern was established in 1895, but the first president was elected in 1989. However, that president never began his term in 1899, so Eastern’s first active president was its second. President Samuel M. Inglis (1898) Samuel Inglis was appointed to be president of Eastern Illinois.
Both of the buildings placed on the influential Landmarks Illinois list have sat vacant for more than 10 years: the art deco Will Rogers Theatre, built in 1937 and 1938,
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