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REACCREDITATION
Journalism department seeks reaccreditation By Nike Ogunbodede Campus Editor
The journalism department is going to be critiqued throughout the week in an effort to receive its sixth national accreditation in April. Starting today, journalism students will have special sessions discussing the strengths and weaknesses of Eastern’s journalism program with four representatives of the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Eastern’s journalism program
ENERGY, from page 1 The president of Honeywell Building Solutions, Paul Orzeske said during the ceremony the renewable energy center is a great story of collaboration on many fronts. Many universities pick glamorous projects to gain attention, but Eastern has been making environment improvements on campus before the construction of the renewable energy center, Orzeske said Another speaker, Lisa Bonnett, interim director of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, said Eastern’s energy center should be a model for public and private facilities throughout the state and the nation. This project shows further environmental improvements must not be put on hold till the economy improves, she said. Orzeske said Eastern is also taking this technology and using it in the classroom. A scale model of the energy center is in classrooms and labs at Eastern, he said. A program called Center for Clean Energy Research, sponsored by Eastern will integrate student learning with opportunities from the energy center. Frank McCormick, retired English professor and attendee at the grand opening, said the energy center has been a topic of discussion in the community for many years. “It is state of the art,” he said. “I am curious to see how it works.” Jennifer E. Callahan of the office of philanthropy, wanted to see where the money went. She added the project was collaboration between many different entities. The old steam plant was built in 1925 and has been shut down for about a month, Siegal said. Elizabeth Edwards can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
has been nationally accredited four times since its first national accrediting in 1982, which was four years after Daniel Thornburgh founded and chaired the department. Accreditation is a system of voluntary self-assessment and external review of educational institutions and of professional programs offered by those institutions that are looked over every six years to maintain an institutions accredited status, according to the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The last accreditation was in
2006 and led to different improvements made to the department. The Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication currently accredits 111 programs in 40 states that have a variation of journalism and mass communication departments. James Tidwell, the chair of the journalism department, said he is glad the department wants to maintain its history of striving for continued excellence and improvement. “It demonstrates that we meet strict standards for journalism education established by knowledgeable
academics and media and public relations professionals. It makes it easier to sell our program to potential students and their parents and to promote our students with potential employers,” Tidwell said, according to an Eastern press release. The journalism department is one of five Illinois universities to currently be accredited. The other universities include: Northwestern University, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and Edwardsville and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to the Accrediting
Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication website, the process universally focuses on nine standards: mission, governance and administration; curriculum and instruction; diversity and inclusiveness; full-time and parttime faculty; scholarship: research, creative and professional activity; student services; resources, facilities and equipment; professional and public service; and assessment of learning outcomes. Nike Ogunbodede can be reached at 581-2812 or ovogunbodede@eiu.edu.
MAGICIAN, from page 1
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Illusionist Mike Super prepares to prove to the audience that his volunteer is levitating Friday in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Super also performed tricks such as card and rope tricks, voodoo, and a game of Clue.
Another famous trick is when he made a car appear on the stage with the technique he learned with illusions.
Super said he is currently organizing the biggest magic trick for the Guinness Book of World Records.
Uriah Berryhill can be reached at 581-2812 or usberryhill@eiu.edu.
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