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CAA approves minor, online courses
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David Glassman, a university presidential candidate, speaks about budget and staffing during a faculty and staff interview session on Thursday in the Arcola-Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Presidential finalist addresses priorities By Stephanie Markham, Debby Hernandez and Luis Martinez News Editor, Associate News Editor and Administration Editor | @DEN_News The second finalist for Eastern’s next presidency shared his ideas for the position during open forum sessions Thursday. David Glassman, the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bradley University in Peoria, said though he has spent the past five years at a private institution, his passion is with public education, which—along with its location in the Midwest—is one reason Eastern appeals to him. “I’ve been obsessed with (Eastern). I know more about you than you care to know; I’m like the government right now,” he joked. Glassman obtained his doctorate and master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Tennessee.
Friday Who: Sam Minner Where: Arcola-Tuscola Room When: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., He also obtained his bache lor’s degree in anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Glassman said he has spent his time in universities similar to Eastern, with 19 years at Texas State University and six years at the University of Southern Indiana. From 2004 to 2010, he was the dean of the college of liberal arts and a professor of anthropology at the University of Southern Indiana. Chris Dearth, the director of
admissions, asked about Glassman’s vision for enrollment management at Eastern. Glassman said universities in the Midwest are facing more pressure to be competitive than ever before, and he supports expanding opportunities for international students, including online and blended programs into the curriculum, and becoming more inclusive to the growing population of Latino students. “It is my responsibility to come in as president to build enrollment,” Glassman said. “The way that will need to take place is by an integrative enrollment plan; it takes distinguishing how Eastern is different and to know how to deliver that message.” Mary Wallace, the associate athletic director, asked about Glassman’s vision for athletics. Glassman said he believes division-one athletics are important.
“There is a strong connection to universities through intercollegiate athletics; having said that, i n t e rc o l l e g i a t e a t h l e t i c s n e e d s to have accountability,” he said. “They need to understand what is the revenue and what is the expensive ratio that is taking place, and they need to meet neutrality, just like any other division on the university.” Glassman talked about his definition of diversity and what his role would be in discussing diversity in the community should he be named the next president of Eastern. “I look at (diversity) in a very broad sense,” Glassman said. “Diversity, in many factors, can be age related, cultural background, ethnicity.” Glassman had also said he has been a champion of diversity throughout GLASSMAN, page 5
Reported accident raises safety questions By Roberto Hodge and Katie Smith Multicultural Editor and Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news An Eastern student reported a hit and run Tuesday, when a man allegedly failed to yield the right of way to a pedestrian who said she was struck at a crosswalk located at Fourth Street and Grant Avenue at about 9 a.m. Citlally Fabela, a sophomore biology major, said she was on her long board skating to Stevenson Hall when she was struck by the vehicle. “I put my hands out so the side of his car hit me and he ran over my foot,” she said. “He kept going and
then paused for a split second and kept going.” Fabela said that in a moment of adrenaline, she took to her long board again, and followed the driver to a parking lot where she confronted him. “It’s something I thought would never happen because I was being careful,” she said. A similar incident occurred Sept. 21, 2014 when Alexandria Ward, a sophomore special education major, was airlifted to the Carle Foundation Hospital after a truck struck her at the same crosswalk and neglected to stop. Ward said although it is unfortu-
nate, she is inclined to believe similar instances happen frequently in areas with high pedestrian and vehicular traffic. “I kind of am (surprised), and I’m kind of not actually,” she said. “I’ve seen the way people drive on campus.” David Chambers, Charleston Police Department deputy chief, has seen enough accidents to form an opinion of his own about how these accidents come about, and he fears people may have forgotten the basic safety guidelines they are taught as children. “Look both ways before you cross the street,” he said. “When you get to
a street, take five seconds out of your life and look at your environment.” Too often, Chambers said he sees pedestrians crossing the street with their noses shoved in books and buried in their cell phones. “Whether you as the driver have the right of way or you as the pedestrian has the right of way at the end of the day it doesn’t mean anything if you’re laying in a hospital bed,” Chambers said. Ward sustained a severe concussion and two torn ligaments, for which she still attends physical therapy. She was shaken by the incident, though she said it scares her more to know it SAFETY, page 5
The Council on Academic Affairs approved a new marketing minor and revised two business courses to be online-oriented Thursday. According to a memo sent to the School of Business curriculum committee, the minor will allow students to understand proper market terms, plays and strategies. The council voted in favor of creating the new minor, with 11 votes of approval and one against it. Eastern previously only offered a marketing major. The three courses, BUS 1950, BUS 3500 and BUS 3950, will be available online to students who enroll in the summer 2015. Larry White, a business professor, came to the council to discuss each of the revisions for the three courses. “The purpose for the revision is to allow the course to be offered online,” White said. “This is mostly intended for summer class.” The first was BUS 1950, which the council for the most part found no issues with, and passed unanimously aside from one abstention. BUS 3500 was met with some discussion, with many of the council members feeling the course did not clearly state the assignment under the revision; therefore, the council refused to vote on the course until further revision could be made. BUS 3950 also had some vague parts of the course description; however, the council voted unanimously to approve this course as well. The council also reviewed a pending item from the previous meeting: PLS 3253 International Criminal Law. Marita Gronvoll said during the meeting that she had not heard any word back from College of Sciences dean Harold Ornes about the course revision; therefore, the course will remain under pending status. The nature of the revision will change the course title to Human Rights & International Law, as well as include some additions to the courses curriculum, including the study of human rights in both the 19th and 20th centuries as well as looking at some of the human rights movements and leaders from both time periods. The next CAA meeting will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.