Jay Gatrell, the current provost and vice president of academic affairs, was announced on Friday to be the 13th president following University President David Glassman’s retirement on June 30. Gatrell said he is “really optimistic and excited” to begin his term as Eastern’s president on July 1. With an attendance at the Official Announcement and.
University President David Glassman released a statement on the ongoing union strike by Eastern’s chapter of University Professionals of Illinois, EIU-UPI on Monday. EIU-UPI have been on strike since Thursday after bargaining for a new contract with Eastern’s administration since March 21, 2022. Eastern has a policy to minimally comment on ongoing negotiations. Glassman released.
Eastern’s University Professionals of Illinois, EIU-UPI, gathered at Morton Park at 8 a.m. to picket alongside Governors State University, GSU. The bus left around 8:30 a.m. to pick up union members that live in Champaign. At around 11:45, the bus arrived at GSU and Eastern’s union members picketed with the GSU’s union members. They left.