Congratulations to Sean Payton and Greg Mcmahon — Super Bowl

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Social Network Sites Congratulations to Sean Payton and Greg Connect with the Alumni McMahon — Super Bowl XLIV Champions! Association online Now you can find us on Panthers everywhere were thrilled to watch head coach Sean Payton '87 Facebook and LinkedIn — and the New Orleans Saints win their first Super Bowl championship! Sports writers have lauded Payton's leadership, calling it "gutsy " and the two of the most popular "best coaching we've ever seen in a Super Bowl." social networking sites among EIU graduates. In a bonus for EIU fans, EIU alumnus Greg McMahon '83, the Saints' Join today to instantly special teams coach, executed a key play that has some calling him the game's "unheralded hero." begin to receive updates on the university and Take a look back at Payton's days as EIU's record-setting quarterback in invitations to alumni this great video. events, reconnect with lost classmates, network professionally and much Alumni spotlight: Craig Titley '89 Craig Titley '89 transformed a popular book series into the script for the much-anticipated “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” which hits theaters on Feb. 12.

Old Main In this Q&A interview, Titley calls the project "the most pleasurable National Historic Site writing experience I’ve ever had," which is saying a lot, considering he also penned the screenplays for the “Cheaper by the Dozen” films, “Scooby-Doo” and an episode of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated series.

Titley, a Mattoon native, signed autographs at the Kerasotes ShowPlace 10 in Mattoon on Feb. 20.

Metrics Web Page now Available for Public Viewing Eastern’s constituents include our faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, Board of Trustees and elected officials, as well as the citizens of Illinois. It is our duty and our desire to provide qualitative and quantitative information about the university to all interested individuals and groups, and we do so in several ways. The university’s Web page is becoming more and more important in this regard.

I have instituted a metrics Web page to make a reasonably large set of data about the university readily available to all those who are interested. Access to this Web page enables interested parties to track data over multiple years. And using these data enables the university to track its progress in selected areas, especially those related to our university priorities and related goals.

Make Great Things The metrics Web page can be found here. I invite you to visit the site and review the material Happen! found there. I also invite any comments and/or questions you might have. Please send those to Make a Gift Online! [email protected]. Thank you, Make a gift to your favorite Bill Perry, President area at EIU online. Log on to https:// Change in Celebration Weekend www.give2eiu.eiu.edu/ index.html. It’s convenient, Celebration will be earlier than when it normally falls. Please mark your calendar for April 23-25, secure, and confidential. and follow go to this site for more information. http://www.eiu.edu/~festival/.

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Irwin Chosen as Dean of Arts and Humanities Bonnie Irwin is the new dean for Arts and Humanities as of Wednesday. Irwin, who was the only internal candidate for the position, was previ- ously the dean of the Honors College.

In a Daily Eastern News article written on Dec. 11, Irwin said that she is looking forward to being more involved with the humanities, since she has also been an English professor.

"I look forward to working with faculty again, to being more engaged in my academic home - the humanities - and being able to advocate for humanities and fine arts," Irwin said in the article.

"The most important role of the dean is to collect the stories of the great accomplishments of the students and faculty and communicate that in a compelling way to donors," Irwin said.

Valparaiso Appoints Bradshaw VP of Enrollment Management Dr. Boyd A. Bradshaw, an experienced leader in enrollment strategy and operations, has been appointed to join Valparaiso University's senior leadership team as vice president for enrollment management in March.

He earned his bachelor's degree in business and master's degree in education from Eastern Illinois University, as well as a doctorate in education from Saint Louis

University.

For the full story go here.

Enews Sources Spring 2010 Enrollment 'Right on Target' The Enews is a publica- Spring 2010 enrollment at Eastern is "right on target." "Spring enrollment is always a few percentage points lower than what we see during the previous fall semester," said Blair Lord, tion of the Lumpkin provost and vice president for academic affairs. "And this year is no different." College of Business & The current on- and off-campus enrollment total of 11,075 reflects a slight drop from 11,157 in Applied Sciences Spring 2009. Spring 2010 numbers include an on-campus enrollment of 9,887 and an off-campus Philanthropy Office. enrollment of 1,188. Those numbers were 9,968 and 1,189, respectively, last spring.

Much of the text is A breakdown of Eastern's 9,395 undergraduate students is as follows (with Spring 2009 figures in obtained from the parentheses): freshmen, 1,731 (1,837); sophomores, 1,887 (1,893); juniors, 2,370 (2,389); and seniors, 3,407 (3,338). Graduate students total 1,680 (1,700). University Newsletter, Media Relations, and Female students continue to outnumber male students -- 6,455 to 4,620 (6,496 to 4,661 last spring). Minority students, who represent more than 15 percent of Eastern's total enrollment, the Alumni Newsletter. show an overall increase from Spring 2009. Categories are represented as follows: black, 1,193 Other sources for (1,068); Hispanic, 294 (292); Asian/Pacific Islander, 131 (128); and American Indian/Alaskan campus news include Native, 57 (42).

Panther Athletics, The Daily Eastern News, Congrats to our “Citizens of the Year”! Congratulations to former Business Advisory Board members Rick Seimer and Charlie Adams and the Charleston who were recently named “Citizens of the Year” by their respective Chambers of Commerce in Times-Courier. Effingham, Illinois and Mattoon, Illinois. Their willingness to support their communities and make a difference in the lives of the residents is to be commended. Their gifts of time, talents and resources as a past member of the EIU School of Business Advisory Board, serves as an example to our students of the importance of social responsibility as a business and community leader. Congratulations!

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Handel's Water Music Performed by Symphony Chamber Orchestra In the darkened concert hall, music flowed off the violins like water. The arrangement of instruments created the illusion of floating downstream on a spring day. The Eastern Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Collegium Musicum presented "Water Music," "V'adoro, pupille," "Appalachian Spring Suite" and "Piano Concerto op. 54" in Doudna's Dvorak Concert Hall.

The theme of nature and water inspired two of the key pieces in the nearly two-hour-long concert. During a river party, put on in England by King George I, a barge full of musicians played music specially made for the event by George Handel. The music became popular over time and was used as the first piece of the concert.

Ashley McHugh, a senior studying voice, performed the vocals for "V'adoro, pupille," another one of Handel's works, although there are no singers in "Handel's Water Music." McHugh followed the complexities of the music with French vocals as if her voice were an instrument, and was congratulated repeatedly for her performance during the intermission.

After the audience came back from the intermission they heard Appalachian Spring, which was Bryan Rolfsen's favorite piece. The piece expresses the American spirit of exploration and celebrates a young engaged couple in a new Pennsylvania farmhouse. While the story involves the couple's new relationship, the story was not told in words but through music.

The final piece was a piano concerto played by Natalia Negru. Negru started playing piano at the age of seven and is working on her master's degree in piano performance at Eastern.

For the full story by James Roedl go here.

Lumpkin Relocation Still in Effect NEW! The flood in Lumpkin Hall last month has caused 30 classes and hundreds of students to be relocated across campus.

Check out EIU Professors who had their classes displaced because of the flooding had to work with changing on iTunesU locations or the cancellation of classes altogether that week. Of the 29 1000-level classes scheduled for that Wednesday, three classes were canceled, while the other 26 classes were relocated to classrooms in Coleman Hall, Blair Hall, the Physical Science building and Buzzard Just follow the link Hall, where most of them remain.

and click on the The cost of the damage has not been determined; however, repairs for Lumpkin Hall are still in Public Login on the progress. The hall was damaged when a pipe ruptured on Jan. 12, flooding the 1000 and 2000 left-hand menu. level floor, spraying water down two stories to the basement of the building. The pipe burst because it was exposed to freezing temperatures during winter break. When the building was You MUST download reheated at the start of the semester, the pipe thawed, causing the flooding.

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University Waits for Funds A letter from Illinois' university presidents sent last week to the governor and comptroller demanding a timeline for appropriated payments has gone unanswered.

Paul McCann, treasurer and director of business affairs, said the presidents asked for a timeline, but the conversations with the comptroller did not result in any further information. "They have no way of predicting when they're going to be able to make the payments," McCann said. "The governor's office said that we would (receive the full appropriation). Representatives from the comptroller's office (have) said they cannot make any commitment, and their commitment is on how much is actually provided to us and when."

Now three-quarters of the way through the fiscal year, the university has received just more than a third of its appropriation, causing a strain on its cash flow. The letter said that without further payment the state's universities would be forced to take even more drastic actions.

"We've received enough from the state to make it roughly to the end of April," McCann said. "We don't know where it's going to end up. Certainly, we continue to monitor the situation and monitor our cash flow in order to make sure we know where we're at, and then we'll have to make some decisions as to where we're going."

Eastern's appropriation for fiscal year 2010 is $50.6 million. Federal stimulus money makes up $3 million of this total. Illinois applied for higher education stimulus funds in December, but has not yet received it. "As a condition of that stimulus money for education they have to meet the Maintenance of Effort Level," McCann said. "The state has to maintain our appropriation level from 2006 spending, which was $47.6 million. The state elected to fill our budget back up to the 2009 level with stimulus money." Social Network Sites Illinois is legally required to meet this appropriation in order to receive the stimulus funds. "If Connect with the Alumni they have the obligation to do it, they should be sending us the money," McCann said. "Nobody Association online has the right to reduce that without taking it back through the legislature. Now, if you don't have Now you can find us on money, you don't have money, so that's where the whole thing gets complicated." Facebook and LinkedIn — two of the most popular social The university communicates its financial needs to the state regularly, nearly once a week networking sites among EIU recently. Though no timeline has been set, President Bill Perry said the state will be receiving graduates. Join today to additional revenues soon, which could put some much needed money in Eastern's pocket. "There instantly begin to receive will be some revenues coming in with receipt of personal income tax and corporate income tax, updates on the university and and there will also be some stimulus money coming in," Perry said. "There will be a set of invitations to alumni events, revenues that they are going to have to prioritize how they are going to distribute those, but we reconnect with lost classmates, haven't received any signals as to how they might do that." network professionally and Story by Sarah Ruholl at DENnews. much more. LinkedIn: A social networking platform dedicated to helping working professionals expand EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES their online business networks. GRAPHIC DESIGNER ASSOCIATE (WEB DESIGNER ASSOCIATE) More information is available here. Facebook: A fun social utility with an emphasis on your PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST (WEB COPYWRITER) More information is personal life. available here. Also, you can keep up with WEBMASTER (WEB DEVELOPER) More information is available here. tidbits of EIU news via Twitter, where members post updates GRAPHIC DESIGNER (SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER) More information is available containing no more than 140 here. characters. Follow us and keep Applications for the above jobs are available in person at Eastern Illinois University’s Human up with campus happenings. Resources Office (Old Main, Room 2020), Charleston, IL 61920 or online here. Applications must be returned in person or by e-mail to [email protected]. Eligible candidates will be scheduled to take a civil service examination.

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EXHIBITS AT BOOTH LIBRARY Feb. 1-28 -- Kwame Nkrumah Centenary: Ghana/U.S. Relations (1957-1966) - South lobby.

“I Have a Dream” sets the stage for the “Dream Team.” In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, images are on display in the Reference Hallway featuring an excerpt from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech (delivered on Aug. 28, 1963), in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. Some 45 years later, Barack Hussein Obama II, the junior U.S. senator from Illinois, is photographed alongside his “Dream Team” as the first African-American to hold the office of president of the United States. The curator is John Kofi Kuma.

Winter Olympics. Reproductions of posters from past Winter Olympiads are on exhibit in the Marvin Foyer. Books on the Olympics and winter sports are also featured in this display. Stacey Knight-Davis is the curator.

BALLENGER TEACHERS CENTER STORYTIME The Ballenger Teachers Center in Booth Library will again host a children's storytime for children ages 3-7 accompanied by an adult. Storytime starts at 10 a.m. on Saturdays from Feb. 6 through March 6. Join us for stories and crafts! Books to be featured during the Feb. 6 storytime have been chosen from books in the Tarble Arts Center's exhibit "Children's Book Illustrations from the Mariann Dana Younger Collection."

DOUDNA FINE ARTS FEBRUARY 23 7:30 p.m. • Room 1360, EIU Jazz Combos. This evening will include performances by Eastern's three jazz combos. The concert will feature classic jazz selections along with new compositions and arrangements by Eastern students. Free admission. 26 7:30 p.m. • Dvorak Concert Hall, EIU Wind Symphony: The Art of the Wind Band, The EIU Wind Symphony explores both the musical and performance possibilities for Check out the the modern wind band. Admission: $5; $3 for seniors, EIU employees and students. School of Business Open seating.

videos at: MARCH 1 7:30 p.m. • Dvorak Concert Hall, Blues concert: Eric Bibb (guitars/vocals) with Grant Dermody (harmonica). Admission: $15; $12 for seniors and EIU employees; $7 for Business Students students. Reserved seating. Receive Awards here 5, 6, 8, 9, 7 p.m.; March 7, 2 p.m. • The Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof. The EIU theatre department presents Fiddler on the Roof, featuring guest artists Jack Milo as Tevye and Therese Kincade as Golde. Tralen Doler, the new artistic director for The Little Theatre Executive in Residence n the Square in Sullivan, is the director. Admission: $12; $10 for seniors and EIU here employees; $5 for students. Reserved seating. 11 7:30 p.m. • Dvorak Concert Hall, EIU Lab Band. The ensemble will perform contemporary compositions and classic arrangements written for the jazz orchestras of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Stan Kenton. Admission: $12; $10 for seniors and EIU employees; $5 for students. Reserved seating. 25 7:30 p.m. • Dvorak Concert Hall, Celtic Crossroads. Celtic Crossroads has been critically acclaimed as "the most exhilarating and authentic show to come from Ireland in decades — not to be missed." This explosion of youthful energy and dazzling musicianship abounds with fusions of traditional Irish music, bluegrass, gypsy and jazz, along with the exciting rhythms of Irish dance percussion. Admission: $15; $12 for seniors and EIU employees; $7 for students. Reserved seating. Free admission. Go here for further information .

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EVENTS CALENDAR

MARCH 6 President's Reception, Naples, Naples, FL 8 Student Affairs Graduate Program Reception at NASPA, Chicago APRIL 8 President's Reception, Effingham, Effingham, IL MAY 2 Annual Alumni Cardinals Outing, St. Louis Go to http://www.eiu.edu/~alumni/events.html for details on all of the events.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Ongoing Exhibits 2009-2010 Cultivating Creativity: Consolidated Communications Children's Art Exhibit.

NEW PAINTINGS BY MARIA TOMASULA AT THE TARBLE ARTS CENTER The exhibition "Saturation: New Paintings by Maria Tomasula" is on view through March 21 in the Tarble Arts Center Brainard Gallery. This is the first exhibition for most of the paintings. Working with themes of identity, being and self-hood in the 'post-human' age, these paintings work within and extend the tradition of Western painting, especially as developed in Latin American devotional art. Tomasula is the Michael P. Grace Endowed Professor of Art, University of Notre Dame. She is represented by Forum Gallery, New York City, and Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago. This is a Doudna Fine Arts Center New and Emerging Artist Series program, presented in cooperation with the EIU Art Department and the Tarble Arts Center. Tomasula will present a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Tarble Arts Center Atrium. Admission is free and the public is invited.

FEBRUARY 26 EIU Wind Ensemble: The Art of the Wind Band FEBRUARY 28 Exhibit -- 'Saturation: New Paintings by Maria Tomasula' (Jan. 16 through March 21) 2010 Undergraduate All-Student Art Show (Feb. 27 through March 28) All-Student Show Awards Reception MARCH 01 Eric Bibb with Grant Dermody MARCH 05 'Fiddler on the Roof' -- March 5-9 MARCH 06 'Fiddler on the Roof' -- March 5-9 MARCH 07 Exhibit -- 'Saturation: New Paintings by Maria Tomasula' (Jan. 16 through March 21)

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Marko Grünhagen, associate professor of marketing, is a co-author of the lead article in the most recent issue of the Journal of Consumer Behavior. The article is titled "Effects of U.S.-based Franchising in the Developing World: A Middle-Eastern Consumer Perspective," and is co-authored by Carl L. Witte (Roosevelt University) and Susie Pryor (Washburn University).

Naming of University Property: The Heath Reception Area. The patient waiting area in University Health Service has been named "The Heath Reception Area" in honor of Dr. Jerry Heath, who served as director of the University Health Service from 1956 to 1988. In addition to his professional services to the university, Dr. Heath and his wife, Marge, have been supportive of Please support our Eastern through their philanthropic gifts. Athletics, the Human Services Center, the Department of Alumni Authors and Kinesiology and Sports Studies, and the Eastern Symphony Orchestra have all benefited from the Heaths' generosity. Friends! On Dec. 11, 2009, Professor Joseph K. Heumann and Professor Robin L. Murray presented a *21st Century Wealth by paper titled "The Oil Wells of Baku: The First Eco-Disaster Film?" at the Cinema and Climate Jeffrey G. Scott ‘68 Change Conference sponsored by the University College of London's Department of *Wellness: Piece by Scandinavian Studies. To minimize carbon footprints, international presenters from the United Piece by States and Finland presented their work via video-link. Pat Sullivan ‘75 *Country Music for Dr. Renee J. Kidd-Marshall has been appointed as the new director of the RN to BSN Nursing Laughin’, Lovin’ & Livin’ Degree Program in the College of Sciences. She will begin her appointment on July 1, 2010. The It Up College of Sciences is looking forward to Kidd-Marshall joining its administrative team and *More Country Music for bringing her experiences to advance the nursing program. Rebecca Merten, acting interim Laughin’, Lovin’ & Livin’ director, will continue her appointment until June 30.

It Up WEIU TV aired "Arts across Illinois," featuring Bruce Guernsey, an EIU distinguished professor *Momma Used to Say emeritus of English, on February 18. He explores the mystery and marvels of an October harvest *Management Up, in his poem "October." Guernsey is editor of the Spoon River Poetry Review and taught creative Down, & Inside Out writing and American literature for 25 years at Eastern. Arts across Illinois is produced by By Gene Newport ‘ 57 WTTW Chicago and features various Illinois artists and their crafts. *Boomtown, USA by Jack Schultz, Former Congratulations to Mattoon’s 2010 Citizen of the Year award, Charlie Adams. Adams is a past President — EIU member of the Business Advisory Board here at EIU. For the full story go here. Foundation Congratulations to EIU School of Business Advisory Council 1996-1998, Rick Siemer upon being awarded the 2010 Effingham Daily News Citizen of the Year. For the full story go here.

Pemberton Hall UPCOMING ACADEMY OF LIFETIME LEARNING WORKSHOPS

National Historic Site The Joy, Joy, Joy of Herbs will be presented from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in Blair Hall, Room 2116. Susan Weir will lead the workshop. Registration is $15 for Academy members and $30 for non-members.

For information and/or to register for the workshops, contact the School of Continuing Education at 581-5114.

News briefs from the EIU Alumni Association Advance tickets for Alumni Day at Busch Stadium on May 2 are now available for purchase by Alumni Association members.

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SPORTS NEWS

OVC Makes Changes to Basketball Tourney The Ohio Valley Conference announced a change in format and a new venue for its men’s and women’s basketball championships on Monday. Starting with the 2011 Championships, all eight men’s and all eight women’s teams that qualify for the tournament field will gather at a single site for the entire tournament. All tournament games will be played at The Nashville Municipal Auditorium. For the full story go here.

McKinney Wins OVC Newcomer Award DATES TO Junior Curry McKinney was named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week following his efforts in two wins over UT Martin and Northern Illinois. McKinney averaged 9.5 REMEMBER points per game providing a spark off the bench in both games. For the full story go here.

2010 DATES TO EIU Slugs Past GSU to Steal Invite Title REMEMBER 2.21.10 | Softball A four-run bomb by sophomore Hailee Hanna and a solo blast by junior Kiley Holtz helped lead Eastern Illinois softball to the championship of the Georgia State Panther Invitational on Sunday, as the EIU gutted out the 6-2 win over the host squad in the final game of FAMILY WEEKEND the four-team invite. For the full story go here. OCTOBER 1-3

HOMECOMING Eastern Clinches OVC Title with Win at Murray St. OCTOBER 22-24 2.20.10 | Women's Basketball MURRAY, Ky. – Led by a double-double performance from Maggie Kloak, Eastern Illinois women’s basketball rallied for its first victory at Murray State since 2002, 76-71, and in the process clinched its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference championship title Saturday afternoon. For the full story go here.

Panthers Take Third & Fifth at Summit Meet 2.20.10 | Men's Swimming, Women's Swimming The Eastern Illinois men and women swimming squads capturing third and fifth places, respectively, following final day action at the end-of-season Summit League Championships, on Saturday. The meet was hosted by IUPUI at Brainard House the UI Natatorium in Indianapolis. For the full story go here. Home of the EIU Alumni Association Athlete of the Week Melinda Jackson is the Student-Athlete of the Week after helping lead EIU to the team title at the Georgia State Panther Invitational in Atlanta. She finished the weekend 4-for-9 with a team-high five RBIs, reaching base safely in eight of her 13 plate appearances. Jackson hit a game-tying solo homer in the season opener against East Tennessee State and helped blow the Temple win open early with a three-run shot in the second inning.

Huskies Scratch Past Panthers, 4-3 2.21.10 | Women's Tennis Eastern Illinois women’s tennis dropped a 4-3 match at instate foe Northern Illinois on Sunday, with the contest being held at the Clock Tower Racquet Club in DeKalb. For the full story go here.

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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS **Bold denotes a home game

Sport Date Opponent Location Time

W BB 2/25 Austin Peay Lantz Arena 5:30 pm 2/27 Tennessee State Lantz Arena 4 pm 3/2 OVC Champ First Rnd Lantz Arena TBA 3/5 OVC Champ Semifinals Nashville, TN TBA 3/6 Championship Game Nashville, TN TBA 3/21 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA

McAfee Gym M BB 2/25 Austin Peay Lantz Arena 7:30 pm 2/27 Tennessee State Lantz Arena 6 pm National Historic Site 3/2 OVC Tournament 1st Round TBA 3/5 OVC Tournament Nashville, TN TBA 3/6 OVC Tournament Nashville, TN TBA 3/19 NCAA Tournament TBA

M&W IndTrk 2/26 OVC Indoor Championship Nashville, TN TBA 2/27 OVC Indoor Championship Nashville, TN TBA 3/5 NCAA Last Chance Meet South Bend, IN TBA 3/6 NCAA Last Chance Meet South Bend, IN TBA 3/12 NCAA Indoor Championship Fayetteville, AR TBA 3/13 NCAA Indoor Championship Fayetteville, AR TBA

M Tennis 2/28 Marquette Milwaukee, WI 9 am

W Tennis 2/26 Illinois State Normal, IL 7 pm