Join us on Mondays all summer for Yoga!  Free for all faculty and staff, no membership to the SRC required.  Bring your own mat or use one of ours.  All skill levels welcome from beginner to advanced!

Civil Service Employee Evaluations

Civil Service appraisals are required to be completed on an annual basis and should cover approximately 12 months. Typically, the beginning of the fiscal year is the start of the evaluation period, and as such, the end of the same fiscal year (June 30, 2024) is when Civil Service evaluations should be received by Human Resources.

After discussion with the employee, the form should be completed and signed by the employee, then signed by the supervisor and the department head/director. Once this process is complete, the form should be forwarded to Human Resources.

For more information about the performance appraisal process, please go to this link www.eiu.edu/humanres/classification/performanceappraisal.php.  At the bottom of the page, click the “Appraisal Handbook” link for more in-depth information regarding the performance appraisal process.

Please use this link to access the EIU Civil Service Performance Appraisal form www.eiu.edu/humanres/forms/cs_employee_appraisal.pdf.

Thank you to everyone that helped support the EIU Campus Food Pantry during the past year! Our visits and student needs continue to grow each semester. Should you feel inclined to support the pantry, consider adding this as a payroll deduction option. Check out the year-end data below: 

Textbook Rental Service will be closed for inventory Monday, June 24 through Sunday, June 30.  As part of this process, we will not be able to conduct any business and the external book drop will be unavailable during this time.  We will reopen for regular business on Monday, July 1 at 8 a.m.

Eastern Illinois University’s Information Technology Services (ITS) has recently implemented a new policy in compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the associated Rule on Standards for Safeguarding Consumer Information. This policy is designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer information, protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information, and guard against unauthorized access or use of such information.

You can find more information about the GLBA here: https://www.eiu.edu/panthertech/policies/glba.php

Please see the following:

• EIU Annual Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report
• City of Charleston Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report

Part of your responsibility in driving a university owned vehicle is to report any accidents involving that vehicle to Mike Hutchinson, the University Risk Manager. You will need to come to Old Main - Room 1140 within 48 hours to fill out a claim report. If there is a police report, please bring it with you. Incidents involving damage to university property must also be reported. If you are unable to come into the office, call 217-581-2921.

As of June 1, 2024, Julie Lockett, the Director of Learning Innovation in the FDIC has retired. Julie was a founding member of the FDIC and served in this role as a standard bearer for educational excellence.

Julie received a degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University and a graduate degree in Curriculum & Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Technology & Design from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale. She has been an educator since 1992 and has been teaching online courses in higher education since 2000. Julie earned the Master Online Teacher certification from the University of Illinois and is a certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer. Julie has served higher education in the field of instructional technology and design since 1999.

Julie spent nearly 20 years at EIU including positions in the College of Education as well as the Center for Academic Technology Support (CATS) before moving to the FDIC. She served as the lead consultant for instructional technology, and provided leadership, training, and consultation to assist EIU faculty in creating and implementing effective strategies to incorporate technology into their curriculum. Most notably, Julie served as the facilitator for the Online Course Development Institute (OCDi), which she designed and implemented since 2008. In this capacity, she guided over 500 EIU faculty in the design and implementation of quality online courses.

In addition, Julie was the FDIC’s administrator for our suite of instructional technologies including D2L, Turnitin, and Respondus. She was our Quality Matters (QM) Coordinator and in 2021, Julie developed the Quality Online Course (QOC) certification program. The QOC was established by the FDIC to recognize the hard work and dedication of EIU faculty for their excellence in online education and quality online course design. With these foundations, Julie also contributed the Quality Online Design Institute (QODi) to the FDIC’s Excellence in Online Instruction program.

There will not be a retirement reception, but please feel free to contact Julie at her EIU email (jalockett@eiu.edu).

Clearly, Julie will be missed. Her impact on the FDIC and more importantly EIU is tremendous. With her retirement we lose not only a valuable staff member, but an incredible and passionate colleague who served as an exemplar of the mission of EIU. 

The EIU Writing Center is offering online appointments to students enrolled in summer courses May 28–July 19. Hours vary weekly, with appointments available most Sundays–Fridays. Students can find available times and book an appointment at www.eiu.edu/writing.

Students and faculty can reach our staff with questions by email at writingcenter@eiu.edu.

As part EIU’s  strategic plan ‘Plan 2028,’ Bureau Veritas Technical Assessments will be conducting facility assessments of campus buildings beginning May 6, 2024, with a tentative conclusion at the end of June.  Their technicians will be assessing most of EIU's buildings, including interior public spaces, offices,  classrooms, resident rooms, mechanical rooms, utility closets, restrooms, rooftops, and the exterior of the building and site.  During the assessment they will be cataloging conditions, reviewing equipment and documenting this through photos.  They will be careful not to include people, personal items or photos, or anything of a sensitive nature.  They will announce themselves when entering private spaces.  All Bureau Veritas employees have been background checked and vetted, and they will be uniformed with vests and display a Bureau Veritas badge.  They will checkout a set of master keys from Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) for access.  They will not require escorts or input from your area, and very little inconvenience or disruption is expected as a result of the assessment.