Eastern Illinois University's women's volleyball team will play 11 home matches and three tournaments in September as part of their upcoming fall 2025 season.
MATTOON -- Incoming freshmen and transfer students coming to Eastern Illinois University will expect an increase in tuition beginning at the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year. Tuition will be increasing by 2.75% per credit hour, according to a statement by Matt Bierman, the University's Vice President of Business Affairs. This change means that an incoming freshman taking 15 credit hours of coursework will have to pay an additional $139.50, or $9.30 per credit hour. That rate is now $5,214.75, […]
MATTOON/CHARLESTON -- The cities of Charleston and Mattoon simultaneously held city council meetings last Tuesday. In Mattoon, the City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement with G&H Services for the construction of a boat dock at Lake Mattoon’s marina. The 20-year agreement allows the company to construct a dock with 20 boat slips for the general public to rent boats and to rent to individual boat owners. Under the agreement, the company will be responsible for the construction costs including […]
Here is your latest Weekend Sports Brief featuring sports results we might not have had ample time to get published on the website earlier this week: NFHS: 8 million+ participants competed in high school sports in 2023-24 academic year Press Release INDIANAPOLIS — More than eight million participants competed in high school sports in the 2023-24 school year – an all-time record and the first time ever that total participation has exceeded the eight-million mark. The NFHS High School Athletics […]
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Eastern Illinois junior forward Macy McGlone is second in the nation in double-doubles and on Tuesday, she earned another as she has been named the 2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, as well as OVC Defensive Player of the Year. Western Illinois forward Raegan McCowan was voted the Freshman of the Year while Southern Indiana Head Coach Rick Stein was honored as OVC Coach of the Year in voting by league head coaches and communications directors. After […]
CHARLESTON -- Recent revelations are emerging in an ongoing investigation of the Eastern Illinois University men's swim team. On Tuesday, the University determined that the Panther men's swim team was in violation of its hazing policy. Disciplinary actions for student-athletes involved in the investigation are considered confidential. Eastern Illinois representatives alluded to the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act and did not comment further. Coach Jonathan Jordan made the initial report. After fully cooperating with the investigation, EIU officials would […]
CHARLESTON -- Eastern Illinois University is suspending all competition for the men's swimming team in the interim while an investigation is underway on hazing allegations. EIU Athletics is investigating "credible" hazing reports presented to head coach Johnathan Jordan. The athletic department is cooperating with the Office of the Dean of Students in this investigation. EIU Athletic Director Tom Michael declined to comment on the investigation. Inquiries were referred to Austin Hill, the University's attorney. The university's public information officer, Josh […]
CHARLESTON - Macie Begley's goal in the 73rd minute Thursday lifted SIUE Cougars women's soccer to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Eastern Illinois. SIUE opened the Ohio Valley Conference season with a win as Begley scored from 10 yards out on a pass from Matea Diekema. Begley became the 11th different player to score a goal this season for the Cougars. "I'm really happy with the performance on the road today," said SIUE Head Coach Derek Burton. The Cougars, 3-4-1 overall and 1-0 in […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) is the preseason favorite in the inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association football poll. The league's head coaches voted Tuesday as part of Media Day activities at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville. The SEMO Redhawks, the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) co-champion received six of ten first-place votes. SEMO would receive a total of 96 points to claim the preseason pole position. The preseason runner-up, Gardner-Webb, the 2022 Big South champion, […]
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