January 2008
Thursday, Jan. 17: Years of Service Luncheon (James Tidwell, Brian Poulter and Joe Gisondi to be honored), Grand Ballroom, MLK Union, 11:30 a.m.
February 2008
Monday-Friday, Feb. 11-15: Fox-Thornburgh Visiting Professional on campus—Chris Sundheim, a national news editor for Associated Press in New York.
Tuesday, Feb. 5: Opening event for “Breaking News” AP Exhibit in Booth Library, 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 18: New Student Open House, Grand Ballroom, MLK Union, 10 a.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 22-23: Illinois College Press Association Convention, Chicago
Saturday, Feb. 23: Homecoming North, site TBA
Thursday, Feb. 28: Breaking News - showing of "The Paper" -inside the newsroom of the Daily Collegian at Penn State, 7 p.m. in Booth 4440
March 2008
Saturday, March 1: IJEA Board meeting, Journalism Conference Room, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 4: Kevin McDermott, Springfield bureau chief for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will be on campus to speak to journalism classes
Wednesday, March 5: Arlene Mannlein, a feature writer at the Decatur Herald & Review, will speak to EIU feature writing classes
Monday-Friday, March 10-14: Spring Break
Tuesday, March 18: Kappa Tau Alpha Induction Ceremony, Buzzard Rm. 1895, 6 p.m.
April 2008
Thursday-Friday, April 10-11: Illinois Community College Journalism Association Conference, Harold Washington College, Chicago
Wednesday-Saturday, April 16-19: Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas
Saturday, April 19: New Student Open House, Grand Ballroom, MLK Union, 10 a.m.
Saturday, April 19: IHSA Journalism Sectionals
Friday, April 25: Last day of classes
Friday, April 25: Journalism/Student Media Banquet, Wesley UMC, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 26: IHSA Journalism State Finals, EIU
Monday-Friday, April 28-May 2: Final exams
May 2008
Saturday, May 3: Breakfast for journalism grads and their families, 9 a.m. in Buzzard Hall
Saturday, May 3: Commencement, noon
