Eureka College

It's been a busy year for ISU bands. Their latest collaboration invites a Chicago mariachi band onstage with the Wind Symphony for Sunday's concert.

The private, liberal arts college in Woodford County that boasts a U.S. president as an alum has created a new position aimed at bringing students up to speed on college-level reading.

Fifty McLean County authors convene at Bloomington Public Library, representing a range of genres, audiences and publication platforms.

The private liberal arts college in Woodford County also says nearly half of the 242 new students enrolled this year are first-generation college students.

Music director candidate Tania Miller leads the Illinois Symphony for her second of two engagements. And Eureka College tackles a Pulitzer-nominated Sarah DeLappe play done recently by Illinois Wesleyan.

In Bloomington-Normal, you’ll see a 95-96% partial eclipse — not bad, but not as good as the 100% totality that will be visible in the 115-mile-wide strip across southern Illinois.

Media studies professor Phil Duncan directed, shot and produced Mississippi Mud: A Natural History of the Blues during several trips to the Mississippi Delta.

Eureka College is getting a radio station. The Federal Communications Commission has approved a construction permit for the station that will broadcast at 103.1 FM.

WGLT’s Welcome Home series – focused on helping our newest neighbors learn about the area – recently visited the Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka College.

Across the country, higher education institutions are reevaluating what they can offer students in a changing and competitive workforce.