April 6, 2007

Contact Information: Monday-Friday Jacqueline S. Joines, CFRE Development Office Hours 8:00 am-4:30 pm Lumpkin College of Business & Applied Sciences 600 Lincoln Ave. Charleston, IL 61920

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Old Main EASTERN WINS GRANT MONEY Excerpts from Daily Eastern News, March 29, 2007 National Historic Site Story by Ashley Rueff Eastern was awarded two grants totaling $345,252 from the Board of Higher Education at Tuesday's IBHE meeting in Hilton Hotel in Springfield. Eastern was one of six institutions in the state to receive a portion of the $1.28 million given to IBHE under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Linda Morford, chair of Eastern's department of Educational Administration, is the director of the $232,652 grant that will be used to fund four outreach service programs to assist local teachers and administrators.

"It's directly benefiting education at all levels," Morford said. "It's really important for us to reach out to the schools in the area." Some rural schools don't have as many opportunities for training programs as those in larger cities, she said.

This is the second time Eastern received this three-year grant, and the first time it was awarded in full.

"It's really good to know that the board of higher education thinks we're doing the right things in serving this area," said Mary Bower, who works with grants in the College of Education and Professional Studies. "It feels like they still like what we're doing."

Make Great Things Happen. Make a Some of the programs funded by the grant support a survey administered by Eastern to Gift Online! recent education graduates to evaluate their preparedness in their career. Make a gift to your favorite area at EIU online. Log on to https://www. "We are finding out basically if they feel like their preparation in college is helping them as give2eiu.eiu.edu/ teachers," Bower said. "It gives universities information about things that they're doing well." index.html. It's convenient, secure, and confidential. We appreciate your continued support. Other programs include a mentoring and induction program for new administrators and a workshop program for administrators in the area. The grant also supports a program that targets and assists schools that did not meet the adequate yearly progress as part of No Child Left Behind.

Join the EIU Alumni Association Are you a graduate of Eastern Illinois "I am thrilled that we have received one of the IBHE grants," said Diane Jackman, Dean of the University? See what Alumni Services College of Education and Professional Studies. "This grant will allow us to continue and can do for you when you join the expand many partnerships and projects already under way." Alumni Association. It's just $30 for an annual membership and $45 for an annual family membership! Benefits The second grant awarded to Eastern was $112,600 for a cooperative work-study program range from newsletters to ticket that helps place Eastern students in work-study experiences outside the university. information for EIU events and travel discounts. The Alumni Association "It's putting students out there in the work world where they're getting practical experience," also recognizes the professional and said Dan Crews, grant and director of publicity for the College of Arts and volunteer accomplishments of EIU Humanities. alumni. For more information, visit the web site at: www.eiu.edu/~alumni. The program allows students to get work experience at businesses in Illinois by paying half of Brainard House their salary and having the business pay the other half. The program assists about 100 Home of the EIU students a year. This is the 16th grant of this type Eastern has received. Alumni Association "It just goes to show Eastern's commitment to helping students and preparing them for the work world," Crews said.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LOU HENCKEN GOLF OUTING External Relations has scheduled a Lou Hencken Golf Outing to celebrate President Hencken's years of service to Eastern Illinois University. The golf outing is set for Monday, May 7, at Meadowview Golf Course, located at 6489 Meadowview Lane in Mattoon, IL. Registration will begin at 11:30 am with lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1:00 pm. Dinner is planned for 6:30 pm with a social preceding dinner at 5:30 pm. All proceeds go to the Louis V. Hencken Housing Service Scholarship.

To register, please fill out this PDF form and return to EIU Office of External Relations - Lou Hencken Golf Outing, 600 Lincoln Ave., Charleston, IL 61920. The registration deadline is Homecoming 2007 and Family May 1, 2007. For more information, please call 217-581-5983. Weekend 2007 Dates Family Weekend 2007 is scheduled for October 5-7, 2007, and EASTERN ALUMNA SHOWCASES AT TARBLE Excerpts from Daily Eastern News, March 29, 2007 Homecoming 2007 for the weekend of Story by Beth Hackett October 19-21. For suggestions on Warm and cool colors flow around each piece and complement each other to create a area lodging, contact the Charleston whimsical and dreamy vibe. Themes such as animals and nature are repeated throughout the Chamber of Commerce at 217-345- artwork in colorful expression. It is Anne Hughes' vision. 7041 or the LCBAS Development Office at [email protected] or 217-581- 7969. Hughes' current art exhibit, "Inscrutable Life," is currently on display until April 7 in the Brainard Gallery of The Tarble Arts Center.

She said she allows her work and subject matter to develop without a fixed plan and revolve around her curiosity about the world.

Hughes received her master's degree at Eastern then went on to obtain her Master of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. She now works with artist-in-residence fellowships, which allow her to relocate to different places throughout the year.

ALL-GREEK ALUMNI REUNION All Greek alumni are invited to the All-Greek reunion scheduled in Charleston, IL on April 13- 15. Event highlights include Alumni tugs and a social reception. Come to cheer your Greek brothers and sisters for their annual Air band competition and Greek Sing. Please visit http:// www.eiu.edu/~alumni/text/greekreunion.html for more information. Please Support EIU Alums and Friends ANNUAL NAIT GOLF AND GOAT EVENT PLANNED The EIU student chapter of the National Association of Industrial Technologists and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers have planned this year's golf and goat event for April 21 21st Century Wealth at the Meadow view Golf Course in Mastodon, IL. This annual event is held to allow faculty, -Jeff G. Scott, Class of 1968 students, alumni, and industry representatives to network. The fee for golf and a picnic is $60 for adults and $50 for students. The fee for the picnic only is $10. For more information or to register for the event, please visit http://www.eiu.edu/%7Enaitech/golf.html. 21st Century Wealth, a primer on the essential principles of financial planning, is designed to be an MASTERS OF TECHNOLOGY SEMI-ANNUAL SOCIAL informative resource for readers MOT is sponsoring a potluck picnic to honor the 2007 graduates. The social will be held on interested in estate, investment, and May 20, 2007, at the large pavilion in Crystal Lake Park, located at 207 W Park Street in retirement planning issues. One of the Urbana, IL. The social will begin at 11:00 am with lunch around noon. Please bring a dish to contributors is Jeffrey G. Scott, CLU, share. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Carol Dobbs at CFP, ChFC. Mr. Scott, retired [email protected]. Please RSVP no later than May 13. Managing Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region for Sagemark Consulting, operated one of the top five financial ALUMNI DAY AT THE BALLPARK planning firms in the Lincoln Financial The Alumni Association has planned an Alumni Day at the Peoria Chiefs' ballpark, O'Brien Advisors distribution system. Field, located at 730 SW Jefferson in Peoria, IL, on Friday, May 25. The Chiefs will be playing the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, and alumni can enjoy the game from the MVP Room, a suite level party room. The suites open at 5:30 pm with game time at 6:30 pm. The cost is $15 per The book is available for purchase at person, including game ticket and all food and beverages. Ticket availability is limited, so the discounted price of $24.95 plus order tickets soon by returning this completed PDF form or calling 800-ALUM-EIU. shipping and handling. To request a copy, e-mail [email protected]. Prepayment is required by personal or CELEBRITY GOLF OUTING corporate check. Join the Old Main Club, EIU administrators, coaches, former pro players and other EIU greats for a round of golf and dinner on June 4 at the Bolding Golf Club, located at 2001 Rodeo Please Support EIU Alums and Drive in Bolding, Ill. Registration will begin at 11:30 am with lunch at noon and shotgun start at Friends 1:00 pm. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm, preceded by a social at 5:30 pm.

Boomtown USA Past celebrity participants have included Tony Romeo '02, Denver Broncos head coach Mike -Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel Hannah '74, '75, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Pay ton '87, Cleveland Browns defensive line coach Randy Melvin '82, '93, former NFL All-Pro punter Jeff Goose '83, former Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel, Inc., Green Bay Packer John Juror ex. '90 and New Orleans assistant special teams coach Greg and past president of Eastern Illinois McMahon '83. Please check www.eiupanthers.com to see which celebrities confirm. For more University's Foundation, has recently published a book focusing on small information or to register, please visit http://www.eiu.edu/~sporting/go panthers/07_chicago- towns that thrive while other small celebrity.pdf. towns are failing.

Order a copy of Boomtown USA: The 2007 PANTHER CLUB GOLF OUTINGS 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small The EIU Panther Club has scheduled their 2007 Golf Outings. For more information or to Towns by calling 1-800-600-8085 or register for one of the events, please visit http://www.eiu.edu/~sporting/go panthers/pnthrclb- visiting www.boomtownusa.net. golf.htm or phone 217-581-2310. Pemberton Hall National Historic Site ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ALUMNI DAY AT THE BALLPARK Join fellow Eastern alumni and friends at on this July 4 to watch your Champions take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. The cost of $80/person includes a seat in the comfort of the air-conditioned Redbird Row Suites, plus all food and beverages. Game time is 6:15 pm with suites open 4:15 pm. To purchase tickets, call 1-800-ALUM-EIU or complete and return this .pdf form by mail or fax (to 217-581-7206) Payment must accompany reservation form. Tickets will be mailed prior to the game. First priority will be given to Alumni Association members. Limit of 4 tickets per person. These tickets sell out quickly, so order fast. Please Support EIU Alumni and Friends EVENTS CALENDAR April More Country Music for Laughin' 13-15 Alumni Event - All-Greek weekend. Charleston, IL. For more information, visit http:// Lovin' and Livin' It Up www.eiu.edu/~alumni/text/greekreunion.html -Gene Newport, Class of 1957 May 7 Lou Hencken Golf Outing - Mattoon, IL. Registration: 11:30 am. Lunch: Noon. Golf: Gene Newport, an EIU business 1:00 pm. Social: 5:30 pm. Dinner: 6:30 pm. Meadowview Golf Course, 6489 alumnus ('57) and 1977 Distinguished Meadowview Ln., Mattoon, IL. To register, please fill out this PDF form and return to Alumnus from the EIU School of EIU Office of External Relations - Lou Hencken Golf Outing, 600 Lincoln Ave., Business, has written another book Charleston, IL 61920. Registration deadline: May 1, 2007. that may interest EIU alums. Newport, 20 MOT Semi-Annual Social. 11:00 am-2:00 pm. Picnic lunch at noon. Crystal Lake Park author of Management Up, Down, and in Urbana, IL. (207 W. Park Street in large pavilion behind lake house. RSVP by May Inside Out, is a professor of 13, 2007. For more information or to RSVP, contact Carol Dobbs at management and dean emeritus at [email protected]. the University of Alabama. 25 Peoria Chiefs Ballpark Day - Peoria, Illinois. Peoria Chiefs vs. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. MVP Suite open: 5:30 pm, Game: 6:30 pm. O'Brien Field, His newest book is Momma Used to 730 SW Jefferson, Peoria. Cost: $15 per person for game ticket, all food and Say. The tidbits of wisdom in this beverages. Ticket availability is limited. Order tickets by completing and returning this book should remind many of their PDF form or calling 800-ALUM-EIU. mothers' caring and instructive June lessons disguised in time-tested adages. Newport's newest book joins 4 Old Main Club Celebrity Golf. Bolding Golf Club, located at 2001 Rodeo Drive in previous titles Country Music for Bolding, Ill. Registration will begin at 11:30 am with lunch at noon and shotgun start at Laughin', Lovin' and Livin' It Up and 1:00 pm. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm, preceded by a social at 5:30 pm. For more More Country Music for Laughin', information and to register, please visit http://www.eiu.edu/~sporting/go Lovin' and Livin' It Up. panthers/07_chicago-celebrity.pdf. July Newport has generously arranged to 4 Alumni Event - St. Louis Cardinals Alumni Day. St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona donate proceeds from the purchase of Diamondbacks. Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo. Suites open: 4:15 pm. Game time: 6:15 Country Music... by EIU alumni and pm. Cost: $80/person for seat in Redbird Row Suites, plus all food and beverages. To friends to benefit the Theodore W. purchase tickets, call 1-800-ALUM-EIU or complete and return this .pdf form by mail or Ivarie Leadership & Innovation fax (to 217-581-7206). Payment must accompany reservation form. Limit of 4 tickets Fund. per person. These tickets sell out quickly, so order fast. August To order Country Music..., priced at 20 Alumni Event - vs. St. Louis Cardinals at . Game time 1:20 $12.50; More Country Music..., priced pm. More details TBA. at $9.50; or Momma Used To Say..., priced at $9.80, contact Jackie Joines Watch your mailbox for information on these and other upcoming at [email protected] or by calling 217- events in your area. For questions, call 800-ALUM-EIU (800-258-6348) 581-7969. or the LCBAS Development Office at 217-581-7969.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Don Gher '73 has been named to chair the newly formed EIU Foundation Investment Committee.

Olaf Hoerschelmann, Communication Studies, presented a paper titled "Post-wall Terror: Changing Visions of Political Violence in German Film" at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference in Chicago. He also chaired the session "Terror on Global Screens" at the same conference.

Please Support EIU Alums and Friends Phyllis Croisant, physical education, received the 2007 Rosabel Koss Honor Award from the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation. It was awarded for outstanding Wellness: Piece by Piece contributions, meritorious service and exceptional leadership to the Council on Aging and -Pat Sullivan, Class of 1975 Adult Development.

Pat Sullivan, creator of the best- selling ACT!© software, has authored Bailey K. Young, history, gave a paper titled "The Imagery of Personal Objects: Hints of 'Do- a book chronicling his struggles with It-Yourself' Christianity in Merovingian Gaul?" at "Shifting Frontiers VII: The Power of Religion chronic illness and offering advice and in Late Antiquity," the conference of the Society for Late Antiquity held March 22 through 25 at encouragement to those who also the University of Colorado, Boulder. struggle with persistent health issues. His book, Wellness: Piece by Piece, is "Zombie Metaphors," an essay by John Kilgore, Department of English, appears in the available from your local bookseller or current issue of The Vocabula Review, an online journal. through Amazon.com.

Also, Pat Sullivan has established a PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES health information network, Jigsaw INSTRUCTOR-ART HISTORY (1-Year sabbatical replacement) Health. The web site offers nutritional The Art Department is looking for an instructor to teach one section of Art Appreciation (large foods, dietary supplements, and class) each semester, one section of art survey each semester, one section of 20th Century resources on illnesses and treatments. American Painting and Sculpture in Fall07, and one section of upper level art history in area of expertise in Spring 2008. For presentation of visual material during lectures, candidates ENEWS SOURCES must be able to use digital/electronic media. A Ph.D. or ABD in Art History with interest in The ENEWS is a publication of the Lumpkin modern/contemporary art and the ability to teach art survey and art appreciation required as College of Business & Applied Sciences well as current involvement in research/creative activities related to art history. Development Office. Much of the text is obtained from the University Newsletter, Media Relations, and the Alumni Newsletter. The starting date is August 16, 2007. To apply, please include a letter of application, current Other sources for campus news include the PANTHER ATHLETICS, the DAILY resume which includes evidence of ongoing research/creative activities, name/address/phone EASTERN NEWS, and the CHARLESTON number/e-mail of three current references the screening committee can contact, transcripts of TIMES-COURIER. graduate work (unofficial grad transcripts acceptable for screening committee purposes), representative syllabi, and samples of scholarly work. Review of complete applications will begin April 12, 2007 and continues until position is filled. Submit applications to the Art Department ([email protected]).

SPORTS NEWS

SOFTBALL: EASTERN CLOSES HOMESTAND WITH WALKOFF WIN Excerpts from Sports Media Release, April 3, 2007 Story by Ben Turner Sarah Coppert capped a four-run, seventh-inning rally with a walkoff double, lifting Eastern Illinois to a 4-3 victory against Ball State Tuesday evening in the finale of a six-game homestand at Williams Field. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was called off due to inclement weather. The game that was played was delayed by more than two hours by afternoon rain showers.

Sandyn Short singled in her first two at-bats, tying the EIU all-time total bases record in the process. She now owns four career records at Eastern (14-17).

BASEBALL: HUBER & CHAGNON LEAD THE WAY IN COMEBACK WINS Excerpts from EIU Sports Release, April 1, 2007 Story by Ben Turner Erik Huber and Mark Chagnon finished a combined 11-for-13 with eight RBIs and nine runs scored as Eastern Illinois baseball rallied for a pair of wins, 8-5 and 8-7, against Tennessee- Martin Sunday afternoon to claim an Ohio Valley Conference series victory. Eastern (11-12, 4- 2 OVC) trailed 5-0 and 4-1 at one juncture in games one and two, respectively. The Panthers are 7-2 since returning from the annual spring break trip.

Huber went 6-for-6 with a two-run homer, three doubles and five RBIs, extending his career- best hitting streak to 21 games in the process. Chagnon was equally productive, finishing 5- for-7 with a double, triple and three RBIs. His hitting streak now stands at 12 games. Huber posted his fourth career four-hit game and tied his personal best with four RBIs in the first game. His two-run shot, which was his seventh of the season and 10th career, put EIU ahead for good. He has homered six times in the last 13 games.

SPORTS EVENTS & RESULTS FRIDAY, APRIL 6 W-Golf - at Illini Invitational - All Day in Urbana, Ill. Track & Field - Big Blue Classic/Multi's - All Day at O'Brien Stadium * Softball - at Eastern Kentucky (2) - Noon in Richmond, Ky. * BASEBALL - vs. Murray State (2) - 1 pm at Coaches Stadium

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 W-Golf - at Illini Invitational - All Day in Urbana, Ill. Track & Field - Big Blue Classic/Multi's - All Day at O'Brien Stadium * Softball - at Eastern Kentucky - Noon in Richmond, Ky. * BASEBALL - vs. Murray State - 1 pm at Coaches Stadium

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 M-Golf - at Tennessee State Invite - All Day in Nashville, Tenn.

MONDAY, APRIL 9 M-Golf - at Tennessee State Invite - All Day in Nashville, Tenn. M-Tennis - at Northern Illinois - 2 pm in DeKalb, Ill.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 M-Golf - at Tennessee State Invite - All Day in Nashville, Tenn. * W-TENNIS - vs. SE Missouri - 3 pm at Darling Courts

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 * SOFTBALL - vs. SE Missouri (2) - 2 pm at Williams Field BASEBALL - vs. Indiana State - 3 pm at Coaches Stadium VOLLEYBALL - vs. Western Illinois - 5 pm in Lantz Arena M-SOCCER - vs. SIU-Edwardsville - 5:30 pm at Soccer Practice Field

THURSDAY, APRIL 12 BASEBALL - vs. Olivet Nazarene - 3 pm at Coaches Stadium

* - Ohio Valley Conference or Missouri Valley Conference (soccer) game All times central Home events in caps