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January 22, 2020
EUREKA — For its first event of 2020, the Eureka College Arts and Lectures Board will host a reading by 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Becker Auditorium of the Donald B. Cerf Center. Admission is free for Eureka College students, faculty and staff, and...
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2020
EUREKA, Ill. — With the 109th anniversary of President Ronald W. Reagan’s birthday approaching, Eureka College has announced that Mark Weinberg —a former spokesman, advisor and speechwriter to Reagan — will be the keynote speaker at this year’s honorary birthday dinner. The event, which is...
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2020
EUREKA — A local high school student whose story has inspired many will be bringing her creativity and generosity to Eureka College for EC’s Day of Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20. Madalyn Schmitt, a senior at University High School in Normal, Illinois, started her own Etsy...
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College is pleased to announce that Dr. Ernest Jackson — the first and only board certified African-American forensic odontologist — will be the keynote speaker at EC’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. program on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The program, “Living the Dream in the 21st Century...
Read MoreNovember 21, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington Community High School — to give students in financial need an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree tuition-free. All graduates from these...
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019
EUREKA — After serving 22 years in the San Francisco Opera Chorus, Mary Finch is coming home. Finch, a Eureka native and a 1984 Eureka College alumnae, will be Eureka College’s first Director of Fine Arts Advancement and Recruitment, EC announced on Friday. She’s set to officially retire...
Read MoreNovember 13, 2019
EUREKA — Join the Eureka College Chamber Singers in ringing in the holiday season with the 31st Annual Renaissance Christmas Dinner on Dec. 6 and 7. Guests will gather in Moser Lobby of the Donald B. Cerf Center beginning at 6 p.m. and seating will begin at 6:30 p.m. The menu for the...
Read MoreNovember 05, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College’s annual Fall Chorale and Chambers Singers Concert will be held on Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. inside Becker Auditorium of the Donald of B. Cerf Center. The event, which is titled “Miracles,” is free and open to the public. This program, EC Director of Choral Activities and...
Read MoreNovember 04, 2019
EUREKA —Eureka College is pleased to announce that Duke University professor Luke Bretherton will deliver the 2019 Humbert Lecture on Religion and Culture. This year’s event will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 inside Becker Auditorium of the Donald B. Cerf Center. The event is free and open...
Read MoreNovember 04, 2019
EUREKA – The Eureka College Theatre Department will continue its season with the Shakespearian comedy, “Twelfth Night” at 7:30 p.m. November 15-16 and at 2 p.m. on November 17. The show, which will take place inside Pritchard Theatre at the Eureka College campus, will be directed by EC...
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