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EIU-UPI, administration enter contract negotiations By Cassie Buchman Editor-in-Chief | @cjbuchman The EIU-UPI and administration are entering the process of negotiating a new contract this semester. Both teams will meet on March 9, to talk about the issues they would like to see addressed. On the EIU-UPI’s negotiating team is philosophy professor Grant Sterling, vice
president of the EIU-UPI; English professor Lucinda Berry; Jeff Duck, an academic adviser from the Early Childhood/Elementary/Mid-Level Education department; biological sciences professor Billy Hung and business professor John Willems. The administration’s negotiating team consists of associate vice president for academic affairs Jeff Cross; Amie Calvert, the director of Employee and Labor Relations; Doug Bower, dean of the College of Educa-
tion and Professional Studies; Shellie Gregorich, chair of the music department and Austin Cheney, chair of the technology department. Sterling is acting as the lead negotiator for the EIU-UPI and Calvert is acting as the administration team’s lead bargainer. When The News asked about negotiations, questions were directed to university spokesperson Josh Reinhart. Newly adopted negotiation guidelines re-
quire joint statements from both sides to the media, and exclude both the EIU-UPI and university administration from sharing other details at this point, Reinhart said. In a joint statement from Calvert and Sterling, it said members of both bargaining teams met with facilitators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services on two separate occasions.
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Office of Study Abroad searching for coordinator By Olivia Swenson-Hultz Associate News Editor | @DEN_News Eastern has narrowed down its search for a study abroad coordinator to three final candidates. Ryan Hendrickson, dean of the graduate school, said the position calls for someone who is able to work with faculty and students to further advance study abroad. “Kurt (Olausen, assistant dean for international education) has done a great job as director of the study abroad office, but he now has new administrative duties,” said Hendrickson.
Kurt Olausen, director of study abroad and assistant dean for international education Olausen has been serving in his position since January. He will continue to serve as the director of study abroad, with the study abroad coordinator serving beneath him. The three final candidates for study abroad coordinator are Tia Van Hester, the international education coordinator for Illinois Central College, Margaret Leimkueler, a program adviser for Institute for the International Education of Students Abroad and Emily Tooy, the associate director for global international programming at Utah Valley University. Hendrickson said all three candidates came in and interviewed in open sessions and that they are moving onto the next stage. Olausen currently is responsible for most Study Abroad duties. Olausen said that it will be great to have somebody working full time to fill in for some of them. He said that the new coordinator will help with student advising for prospective study abroad students and become the first point of contact for them. “We’re ready for new blood in the office,” said Olausen Olausen said the search committee has had their final meeting regarding the finalists and that somebody should be hired by the end of the semester.
All three candidates have studied abroad in several different locations. Hester has studied abroad in France, Cambodia and Colombia, while Tooy has studied abroad in France and Quebec and Leimkueler in Norway, Spain and Austria. “We’re always open to new ideas and programs and they can bring in knowledge and experience from previous positions and study abroad experiences,” Olausen said. “The three candidates have had a lot of positive study abroad experiences themselves and will be people that students can get positive feedback from.” Nima Lane, a graduate student in european history who works inside of the study abroad office, has studied abroad in Salzburg, Austria. Lane said bilingualism is an important trait for a prospective study abroad coordinator to have because many international students who might want to study abroad speak multiple languages. “People come from all over the place these days, so you never know,” he said. George Anaman, who is currently pursuing his master of arts in economics, initially came to the U.S in 2014 from Sekondi College in Ghana through study abroad, arriving at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. He said as a result of the wonderful experience, he wanted to pursue his master’s degree in the U.S. as well. “I would love to see more students participate and apply to study abroad. It increased my confidence levels through participating in more classroom presentations and writing projects than I did in Ghana. We need a new director who is open and jovial and can share real experiences with students,” Anaman said. Anaman said he would love to see a new study abroad director who can drum up more support for the program so that trips will not be canceled. He suggested a new coordinator use international students like himself to help create interest in study abroad for prospective applicants. There are currently 583 different programs offered in 63 different countries for study abroad. Programs are structured into four different catagories of exchange programs—faculty-led programs, direct enrollment and third party programs. Olivia Swenson-Hultz can be reached at 5812812 or omswensonhultz@eiu.edu
ANALICIA HAYNES | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Zac Cohen (front), the student vice president of student affairs, stands with Will Outzen (left), the student speaker of the senate, during a diversity activity Wednesday night at the Student Senate meeting. Senate members participated in the “privilege walk,” where participants moved forward or back depending on their response to certain questions.
Student Senate tables Apportionment Board bills By Analicia Haynes Managing Editor | @Haynes1943 The Student Senate introduced two bills asking for additional allocation for student government and the University Board during its meeting Wednesday night. In the first bill, the student government asked for an additional allocation of $8,363 from the Apportionment Board to help pay for the base, pad, brick work, labor and other materials for the recently approved Panther Statue. The second was for the University Board and asked for an additional allocation of $13,600 to pay for the PantherStock event that takes place before the spring concert, purchase a new lighting board for the UB productions committee, clean the tents the UB uses and replace the ropes used to hold down those tents. The additional allocations come from the Apportionment Board’s reserve fund, which is currently sitting at $117,543.19. Zac Cohen, the student vice president of student affairs, said the reserve fund is made up of student activity fee money that was left over from the student government, UB and student recreation center budgets over the years. The funds in both bills have already been approved by the Apportionment Board. However, Cohen said Senate approval is needed because it
is the “next step” in the bill process. Both bills were tabled for the next Student Senate meeting on March 7, where senate members will discuss the bills, ask questions and take a vote. Cohen said he felt a sense of accomplishment when the Apportionment Board approved the additional funds for the Panther Statue expenses. “(The student government) made it over another hurdle and onto the path for a new panther,” he said. Young said current senators who were appointed during this semester need to run as well. Young asked senators to “represent their school well” throughout the weekend since there is an Admitted Student Day on Saturday. “Unofficial,” a student-run holiday, is also on Saturday. “We all know what’s coming up this weekend,” Young said. “Please, please, please represent the school well. We’ve had good numbers with our Open Houses and our Admitted Student Days, we’ve had good weather and overall positive feedback, so let’s not let this one be the one that doesn’t get all of those things.” Analicia Haynes can be reached at 581-2812 or achaynes@eiu.edu.