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James Ochwa-Echel isn't drawn to city life. Growing up in Uganda's rural north, Ochwa-Echel walked five miles to school each day on "marrum," or unpaved roads. In 2006, as a well-traveled scholar, he eagerly accepted a short-term position at Eastern Washington University because of that school's rural location. (0) comments
Michael Hoadley is pleased that the faculty members have been working hard to implement new technology on and off campus. Hoadley, the assistant vice president for academic affairs for technology, said that faculty members will be awarded for their usage of technology in the classroom. (0) comments
James Ochwa-Echel developed a passion for women's education. In Ochwa-Echel's sparsely decorated Blair Hall office, tucked away in a cabinet behind his desk is the proof of that passion: a folded and worn white envelope. While researching his doctoral dissertation on Uganda's educational gender gap, Ochwa-Echel, coordinator of Eastern's African American Studies program, developed a passion for women's education. (0) comments
In Wednesday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, Nancy Coutant's last name was misspelled. In Wednesday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, Lou Conwell's name was misspelled. The DEN regrets the errors. (0) comments
RHA to discuss retreat at regular meeting today The Residence Hall Association will meet to discuss its fall retreat plans for this weekend at Camp New Hope in Mattoon at 5 p.m. today in Carman Hall. The RHA's "Rockin' into Leadership" fall retreat is focused on getting members to learn leadership and networking skills that they can apply to both the campus and their everyday lives. (0) comments
was 15 years old. One of Henderson's friends, who was also 15, started tattooing on himself, but ran into a spot on his elbow that he could not reach. Henderson took over and helped his friend finish the tattoo. He has been tattooing ever since and professionally since he was 21 years old. (1) comment
ted in Eastern's study abroad program. President Bill Perry said he wants to increase that participation by 10 percent and increase that number to 330 students. "We want to continue to increase our study abroad participation," he said. A bill on Congress' agenda this year would help make that more possible and easier for students to study abroad. (0) comments
Rock the Vote got 305 people registered to vote Wednesday. The booth in the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union near the Food Court got 85 students registered and booth in the Library Quad got 220 students registered. Joseph Cromwell, a sophomore political science major, said he was already registered at home, but thought it would be a good idea to register a change of address here so he would not have to go all the way back home to vote. (1) comment
Aasif Mandvi said he does not like the word fake. "I hate the word 'fake,'" he said. "Let's use the word 'lettuce.'" Mandvi, from "The Daily Show with John Stewart," will give the lecture "Behind the Scenes of the Real Fake News" at 8 p.m. today in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. (0) comments
Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, addressed Student Senate last night on the issue of the shuttle buses. Last week, it was brought to Nadler's attention that the H&H shuttle service might have been charging students for rides. "We don't know if this bus was charging students for sure, but a few 'mystery riders' from Student Senate got on the bus and reported that they did not get charged," Nadler said. (0) comments
