News Archives
December 10, 2020
EUREKA – Following a national search, Eureka College announced on Thursday that Josem Diaz has been named Eureka College Vice President of Advancement. Diaz, who has over 15 years of experience in development, strategic planning, campaign management and leadership, comes to Eureka College...
Read MoreNovember 06, 2020
EUREKA – Jessica Woyak's artist reception for her senior art show has been postponed to a date yet to be determined. The reception, originally scheduled for Nov. 16 in Burgess Memorial Gallery, will be rescheduled and posted online in the near future. “Art Tells Stories” is a collection...
Read MoreNovember 05, 2020
EUREKA – The Eureka College Theatre Department’s online staged reading of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s masterpiece, The Visit, is coming up and will soon be available to watch via Zoom. The production will be recorded and live-streamed on Nov. 12-15 at 7 p.m. each day. After each performance,...
Read MoreNovember 04, 2020
EUREKA – The Eureka College Music Department has a trio of concerts coming up to round out the fall concert season. The concert season began with the first half of a two-part program of work about seeking and finding connection, “Alone/Together,” on Oct. 18. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the companion...
Read MoreOctober 22, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College is extending its Uniquely Eureka Promise to 14 local schools to give students in financial need an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree tuition-free. The Uniquely Eureka Promise is a promise to assist students in financial need, who have proven themselves...
Read MoreOctober 21, 2020
EUREKA — On Friday, Eureka College’s Grace Steidinger will host an opening reception for her senior art show in Burgess Memorial Hall from 4-7 p.m. The exhibition is free to attend, but masks are required and the max occupancy is 10 people at a time. Steidinger’s exhibit, “You are...
Read MoreOctober 16, 2020
EUREKA – On Monday, Eureka College’s Melissa King will host a closing reception for her senior art show in Burgess Memorial Gallery from 4-7 p.m. The exhibition is free to attend, but masks are required and the max occupancy is 10 people at a time. “Feelism Over Realism” is a collection...
Read MoreOctober 15, 2020
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Board of Higher Education announced on Thursday that Eureka College is one of nine colleges and universities to be awarded a grant that will target equity in recruitment and retention. The $3 million in funding — over $165,000 of which was granted to EC — comes...
Read MoreOctober 15, 2020
EUREKA — On Wednesday, Eureka College English and creative writing professor Dr. Ezekiel Jarvis will share with the campus community some passages from his latest works. The reading will take place in the Gammon Room of the Melick Library on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. In-person attendance is...
Read MoreOctober 14, 2020
EUREKA — On Sunday, the Eureka College Chorale and Chamber Singers will perform the first part of two programs of work about seeking and finding connection. The pair of concerts are titled “Alone/Together,” and will be live-streamed on the Eureka College Music Department Facebook...
Read MoreOctober 07, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College takes voter registration and engagement very seriously, and this year, we are affirming our commitment by participating in the All In Voter Challenge. As part of the challenge, the College will be participating in the National Study of Learning, Voting, and...
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2020
EUREKA – With the passing of Leo "Doc" Traister at age 101 on Saturday, Eureka College lost an irreplaceable legend. Doc touched countless lives within the Eureka College community, and was directly or indirectly connected to every Eureka athletic program for generations. His passing came...
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2020
EUREKA – Eureka College was heartbroken to learn on Thursday of the passing of beloved alumnus and longtime professor Dr. Loren Logsdon at age 84. Revered for his kindness, generosity and devotion to his students, Dr. Logsdon mentored, challenged, entertained and enlightened countless...
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2020
EUREKA – On Friday, the Eureka College music department is hosting and live streaming a concert on The Arts at EC Facebook page. The concert will take place at 4 p.m. and is planned to be the first in a series of virtual concerts and events by members of the Fine and Performing Arts Division...
Read MoreSeptember 09, 2020
EUREKA – Four years ago, Eureka College created a Spanish version of the college’s website to provide more effective communication with Spanish-speaking parents of current and prospective students. This fall, EC’s Spanish website has been fully updated and relaunched. It can now be found...
Read MoreAugust 20, 2020
EUREKA – Despite the limitations of COVID-19, the Eureka College Theatre Department will continue to offer programming that allows the community to appreciate and interact with the bright young talent developing on campus. On Wednesday, Eureka College Theatre released its plan for a...
Read MoreAugust 14, 2020
EUREKA — An even 150 students received Eureka College Dean’s List honors for the Spring 2020 semester. The list includes students from 79 different Illinois communities and seven states, including California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Eighteen communities had...
Read MoreJune 11, 2020
CHICAGO – The Board of Trustees of Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI) elected Eureka College student Chloe Overstreet as the board's first student representative in ACI's 68-year history last month. Overstreet, who is from Stillman Valley, Illinois, will begin her junior year at Eureka...
Read MoreMay 11, 2020
EUREKA – Now that spring classes are over and the college is planning for a fall return to in-person instruction, Eureka College is looking to ease the transition to college for its incoming freshmen. Eureka College is offering incoming freshmen an opportunity to jumpstart their Uniquely...
Read MoreMay 08, 2020
By Blake Baxter This is the last piece of a three-part series that focuses on how Eureka College has responded and adapted to the unprecedented circumstances posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. You can read Part 1, on the EC Admission department, here, and Part 2, on student engagement,...
Read MoreMay 07, 2020
EUREKA – After spending the last months of the spring semester off-campus due to the pandemic, Eureka College is planning for a fall reopening with a new normal. EC leadership is in the process of constructing a tangible plan that will ensure the safety, health and well-being of its campus...
Read MoreApril 30, 2020
By Blake Baxter This is the second of a three-part series that focuses on how Eureka College has responded and adapted to the unprecedented circumstances posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. You can read Part 1, on the EC Admissions department, here. HIGHLAND, Wis. – Nearly 230 miles...
Read MoreApril 29, 2020
EUREKA — Dr. Ezekiel Jarvis is Eureka College’s 2020 Helen Cleaver Distinguished Teaching Award winner. Jarvis, who has been teaching creative writing at EC since 2008, and has been the humanities division chair since 2015, received the honor in a virtual honors ceremony that was released on...
Read MoreApril 21, 2020
By Blake Baxter This is the first of a three-part series that focuses on how Eureka College has responded and adapted to the unprecedented circumstances posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. EUREKA – Before this semester became a blur of rapid information consumption and unprecedented...
Read MoreApril 08, 2020
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College's Ronald Reagan Museum is proud to announce that it is one of 75 institutions in the United States selected to participate in the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. CAP helps museums improve the care of their collections by providing support...
Read MoreMarch 27, 2020
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College has partnered with MacMurray College to offer transfer options to students affected by MacMurray’s impending closing. Eureka College President Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Wright and MacMurray College President Beverly Rodgers have formally signed an agreement that...
Read MoreMarch 26, 2020
EUREKA, Ill. – In order to maintain a safe campus environment during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Eureka College classes will continue being offered online or through alternative delivery methods for the remainder of the semester. Also, students will remain off campus for the rest of the...
Read MoreMarch 23, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College is proud to announce the four freshmen from the class of 2024 who have been chosen as Reagan Fellows in the Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program. The new Reagan Fellows are Hannah Cliff of Gibson City, Illinois, Patricia Garrett of Galesburg, Illinois, Madalyn Schmitt...
Read MoreMarch 20, 2020
Dear Campus Community, As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to spread, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a statewide “stay-at-home” executive order through April 7. This means that residents, if at all possible, are to stay in their homes as officials take drastic and necessary...
Read MoreMarch 12, 2020
Dear Eureka College Community, Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Eureka College is proceeding with extreme caution and taking action to protect the health, safety and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and campus community. For the past several weeks, Eureka College’s...
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2020
EUREKA – The Eureka College Science and Mathematics Division is welcoming Dr. Nathalie Haurberg to speak at the 66th annual William Thomas Jackson Day Lecture. The event, which was established to honor the late EC alumnus and longtime chemistry professor, will take place in Becker Auditorium...
Read MoreFebruary 06, 2020
EUREKA, Ill. — On Friday, Eureka College senior Max Martin will host an opening reception of new artworks called “By Trial and Error” in Burgess Memorial Gallery from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. “By Trial and Error” is an exploration of the ritual of art making and individuation, which includes mixed...
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College has announced 128 Dean’s List honorees for the Fall 2019 semester. The list includes students from 63 different Illinois communities and four states, including Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin. Eighteen communities had multiple representatives. Washington had the most...
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2020
EUREKA — Eureka College is set to host its annual Founders Day Convocation on Feb. 6 at 12:30 p.m. inside Becker Auditorium of the Donald B. Cerf Center, and Reverend Scott Woolridge will serve as guest speaker at the event. Eureka College was incorporated on Feb. 6, 1855, by an act of the...
Read MoreJanuary 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...
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