Campus Briefs: Blood drive Thursday
Issue date: 9/10/08 Section: News
Blood drive Thursday
Eastern will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Andrews Hall basement.
Free T-shirts will be given to all donors. Food and refreshments will be available.
For more information, call 581-6435.
Secretary of State services come to campus Friday
The Illinois Secretary of State mobile services will visit campus from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The group will offer renewals to students' driver's licenses and Illinois ID cards. The group will also conduct vehicle sticker sales, vehicle registration and other services.
For more information, visit www.cyberdriveillinois.com.
Alum to host book signing in Mattoon
Eastern alum Craig Sanders will sign copies of his book "Mattoon and Charleston Area Railroads" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Waldenbooks in the Cross Country Mall, 700 E. Broadway Ave., Mattoon.
Sanders' book explains why railroads were instrumental to the development of Mattoon and Charleston. The book details how railroads allowed both cities to become regional centers for agriculture, industry and commerce.
Sanders, a Mattoon native, graduated from Eastern in 1974 with a degree in history and political science.
For more information, call 235-3441.
-Compiled by News Editor Stephen Di Benedetto
Eastern will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Andrews Hall basement.
Free T-shirts will be given to all donors. Food and refreshments will be available.
For more information, call 581-6435.
Secretary of State services come to campus Friday
The Illinois Secretary of State mobile services will visit campus from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The group will offer renewals to students' driver's licenses and Illinois ID cards. The group will also conduct vehicle sticker sales, vehicle registration and other services.
For more information, visit www.cyberdriveillinois.com.
Alum to host book signing in Mattoon
Eastern alum Craig Sanders will sign copies of his book "Mattoon and Charleston Area Railroads" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Waldenbooks in the Cross Country Mall, 700 E. Broadway Ave., Mattoon.
Sanders' book explains why railroads were instrumental to the development of Mattoon and Charleston. The book details how railroads allowed both cities to become regional centers for agriculture, industry and commerce.
Sanders, a Mattoon native, graduated from Eastern in 1974 with a degree in history and political science.
For more information, call 235-3441.
-Compiled by News Editor Stephen Di Benedetto




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