News Progress

•November 7, 2018• The Museum on Main Street exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution and Illinois Humanities will be on display at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center from December 15, 2018 – January 26, 2019. Since 1900, the percentage of Americans living in rural areas dropped from 60 to 17 percent, according to experts with The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street Exhibit. However, Americans still rely on rural communities for the food and other resources that power the nation. The Crossroads exhibit takes a look at the characteristics of rural America. It explores how rural communities change and how rural Americans … Read More

•November 7, 2018• Every year the Newman Catholic Center community gathers to celebrate its past, present and future at its annual Newman Night Celebration. This year the event will take place Saturday, November 10. As part of the event, a social hour, silent auction, dinner and dancing with a live DJ will be held following Newman Catholic Center’s 4:30 p.m. mass in the Eastern Illinois University Union Grand Ballroom. … Read More

Event Will Include Honors Program •November 7, 2018• Lakeview College of Nursing will hold a research day for its faculty and students on Friday, November 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Doudna Fine Arts Building located on the campus of Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. The event will include a guest speaker as well as a Lakeview Honors Program. Rita Wallace, who is one of the event’s organizers and an assistant professor at Lakeview, said “the focus of this semester’s Research Day is to take excellent care of yourself as a nurse so you can give incredible care for … Read More