Eastern Illinois University

Boys track and field | 1A state prelims: Athletes keep cool on Day 1

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Several 1,600-meter runners emerged from the check-in tent at O'Brien Stadium on Thursday and were hit with cool, rainy gusts of wind as they took their starting positions during the Class 1A boys track and field state...

Tags: Track and Field, Illinois High School Association, High School Sports

Paul Rowan Weiler, 56

Paul Rowan Weiler, 56, of Science Hill, passed away Sunday, April 28, at his residence. Born Sept. 24, 1956, in Harlan, Paul was a son of the late Sandford Logan Weiler Sr., M.D. and Betty Fulton Weiler. He attended Frankliin County High School and...

Tags: Music, University of Kentucky, Elementary Schools, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Adele (music artist)

Taking the less-known route

If you can't get in — or can't afford — a top business school, is an MBA from a lesser-known school worth it? The answer depends largely on the student. Those gunning for the top of the organizational chart, and without the networking...

Tags: Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Manufacturing and Engineering, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago Mortgages

Lake Zurich High School hires new principal

The District 95 school board has hired a principal for Lake Zurich High School who is a familiar face around the district. Kent Nightlinger, who lives in Palatine, will rejoin the district July 1. He served as assistant principal for student services at...

Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Northern Illinois University

The University of Chicagoland — at Missouri

— Take a walk around Lathrop Hall at the University of Missouri, and it won't take long before you meet someone from the Chicago area. There are the roommates from Barrington and Cary, and, two doors down, freshmen from Lemont and Mount Prospect....

Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, O'Hare International Airport, Twitter, Inc., U.S. Department of Education, Colleges and Universities

SDSU win over USD comforting; upcoming playoff game exciting

Thanksgiving is all about football, right?  OK, OK, it's about giving thanks. I know that. I do.  Giving thanks for all of those wonderful folks in your life that can be described with words that begin with the letter F. Like family. And friends....

Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Eastern Illinois Panthers, Football, College Sports, Holidays

Grammar gripes: The ask-a-teacher edition

Tags: Burnham, Students, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Lifestyle and Leisure

Remarkable Woman: Ann E. Smith

Firsts come up a lot in conversations about Ann E. Smith. She was the first African-American woman to win a statewide election in Illinois, for a spot on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Years before, she was the first African-American to be...

Tags: Fisk University, Politics, Illinois Elections, Back Pain, Colleges and Universities

A lift or a drag?

Huma Gruaz picked a precarious time in her personal life to enroll in a Master of Business Administration program. She had just moved to Chicago from the suburbs. She had to figure out how to navigate life after a divorce. And she had just started her...

Tags: Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Loyola University Chicago, Indiana University, Sara Blakely

Remarkable Woman: Dorene Wiese

Dorene Wiese isn't afraid of going against tradition — even though tradition means everything to her. She was one of seven American Indians in the state of Minnesota to ever graduate high school in 1967. She went on to get her bachelor's degree and...

Tags: Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Culture, Social Sciences

For Brittani Schisler, Miss Illinois County Fair Queen title is last beauty pageant hurrah

COD names new police chief