The SIU Board of Trustees met today. The SIU Board of Trustees did not pass item GG, which would’ve shifted $5.125 million in state allocations from Carbondale to Edwardsville. SIU-Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno said in a blog post that the SIU-C had already cut over $31 million in funding s...

Western Baseball won 4-3 in 10 innings at SIU-Edwardsville.

Weather: 76, clear.

Attendance at SIUE = 75.

Western Baseball will be at home this weekend for a three game series with Omaha. First game will be Friday at 3PM.

Between and during campaign stops, you will hear lots of talk. Action? Not a chance for the rest of this year. The General Assembly has until May 31 to finish the State's Budget for July 1, 2018--->June 30, 2019. So the funding amounts for the state universities are being determined now. Everything...

At an Illinois Chamber event today, Governor Bruce Rauner said that he wants more effective funding for our higher education system--both community colleges and our state university system. He said: "We need a lot of restructuring of our universities and our community colleges because we’ve got...

Guest Editorial in today's Springfield State Journal-Register:

Investment needed to improve higher education in Illinois.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180410/gu ... n-illinois

Southern Illinois University officials are considering a proposal that would reallocate state funding from Carbondale to Edwardsville to reflect enrollment changes at the two campuses. The proposal’s initial phase would shift about $5.1 million in funding to Edwardsville for the upcoming fiscal year...

The growth of the Cape Girardeau area in southeast Missouri has been a killer for Carbondale. SIU-Carbondale has been losing Illinois high school seniors to both SEMO and Murray State. UW-Platteville has been taking in more Illinois students in the northwest corner of the state. Platteville is 25 m...

12-14 athletic scholarships to be eliminated for the fall semester at Eastern Illinois.

From the Daily Eastern News:
https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2018/0 ... to-be-cut/

From WGEM Sports: WIU football looks to fill key spots in spring. http://www.wgem.com/story/37900645/2018/04/06/wiu-football-looks-to-fill-key-spots-in-spring Smooth Operator: Easy transition helping WIU's Coach Elliot. http://www.wgem.com/story/37906977/2018/04/08/smooth-operator-easy-transition-h...

Western Softball won Sunday's game 7-3 to sweep the series with Fort Wayne. Attendance at McKee Stadium = 212. Western Softball will play a double-header at Iowa State on Saturday. First game is at 1PM. Current Summit League standings: Western Illinois 6-0 South Dakota State 4-2 North Dakota State 1...