University officials are awaiting the next Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting in September, during which phase one of the Holmes Student Center redevelopment project will be put up for approval.The project, which addresses the ground floor of...

The Student Association must prepare student trustee candidates as they wait for the Board of Trustees to adapt a policy for filling the student trustee vacancy.Raquel Chavez resigned from her position as student trustee to focus on her role as a law...

University Council pushed forward a proposal to extend the employment periods for two interim vice presidents Wednesday.Jerry Blazey, interim vice president for Research and Innovation Partnerships, and Harlan Teller, interim vice president for Marketing...

The Board of Trustees Governance Ad Hoc Committee discussed employee salaries and possible language changes to the conflict of interest policy at a Wednesday meeting.The committee members spent time discussing the hiring process of administrators and...

The Board of Trustees approved a $388 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016 Thursday.The budget is an 8.6 percent reduction from FY 2015’s budget of $424.5 million. A state budget for Illinois has not been approved, but Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed a $29.3...