Eastern Illinois University





Coordinates: 39°29′4″N 88°10′31″W / 39.48444°N 88.17528°W / 39.48444; -88.17528








































































Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University seal.svg
Former names
 Eastern Illinois State Normal School (1899–1921)
Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (1921—1947)
Eastern Illinois State College (1947–1957)
Type Public
Established 1895 (1895)
Endowment $82.1 million[1]
President David M. Glassman
Provost Jay Gatrell
Students 7,526 [2]
Undergraduates 6,012
Postgraduates 1,514
Location
Charleston
,
Illinois
,
U.S.
Campus College town
Colors Blue and Grey[3]
         
Nickname Panthers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FCS
Ohio Valley Conference
Mascot Billy the Panther
Website www.eiu.edu
Eastern Illinois University logo.svg

Eastern Illinois University is a state university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a broad curriculum, including Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in education, business, arts, sciences, and humanities.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Presidents




  • 2 Institution


    • 2.1 Rankings




  • 3 Colleges and schools


  • 4 Campus life


    • 4.1 Organizations


    • 4.2 Media


    • 4.3 Residences


    • 4.4 Dining services


    • 4.5 Greek life




  • 5 Athletics


  • 6 Alma mater


  • 7 Notable alumni


    • 7.1 Authors


    • 7.2 Entertainment


    • 7.3 Politics


    • 7.4 Miscellaneous




  • 8 Notable athletes


    • 8.1 Athletics


    • 8.2 Baseball


    • 8.3 Basketball


    • 8.4 Football


    • 8.5 MMA


    • 8.6 Soccer


    • 8.7 Track




  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





History


Eastern Illinois Normal School was established by the Illinois State Legislature in 1895 "to train teachers for the schools of East Central Illinois." A 40-acre campus was acquired in Charleston and the first building was commissioned. When the school began classes in 1899, there were 125 students and an 18-member faculty.[4]




Old Main building


The first building was finished in 1899 [5] and is called Old Main, though it is formally named the Livingston C. Lord Administration Building in honor of EIU's first president, who served from 1899 to 1933. Built of Indiana limestone in a heavy Gothic revival style with turrets, towers, and battlements, its distinctive outline is the official symbol of the school. Old Main is one of "Altgeld's castles", five buildings built in the 1890s at the major Illinois state colleges. Governor John Peter Altgeld was instrumental in funding the Illinois university system, and he was especially fond of the Gothic style. Eastern's "Old Main" and Illinois State University's Cook Hall are the only schools where the "castle" is not named after Altgeld. Other original Gothic Revival buildings include Booth Library[6] and Blair Hall.[7] Blair Hall was restored after a disastrous fire in 2004.[8] In fall 2008, the university opened the newly constructed Doudna Fine Arts Center, designed by international architect Antoine Predock. The 138,000-square-foot (12,800 m2) complex houses the music, theatre, and visual arts departments.[9]


Through the twentieth century, the school changed its name several times in order to reflect its transition from a teachers college into a multi-purpose institution that could be of wider service to Illinois. Thus, Eastern Illinois State Normal School became Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1921, which then became Eastern Illinois State College in 1947. In 1957, the Illinois General Assembly changed the name of the institution to Eastern Illinois University.[10]



Presidents



  • Samuel M. Inglis (appointed in 1898 but died before officially assuming office)[11]


  • Livingston C. Lord (1899 to 1933)

  • Robert G. Buzzard (1933 to 1956)

  • Quincy V. Doudna (1956 to 1971)


  • Gilbert C. Fite (1971 to 1976)

  • Daniel E. Marvin (1977 to 1983)

  • Stanley G. Rives (1983 to 1992)

  • David L. Jorns (1992 to 1999)

  • Carol D. Surles (1999 to 2001)

  • Louis V. Hencken (2001 to 2007)

  • William L. Perry (2007 to 2015)

  • David M. Glassman (2017 to present)



Institution




The EIU Alumni Courtyard, library quad and the Doudna Fine Arts Center


Eastern Illinois University has roughly 7,500 students. Admission is selective. Tuition is approximately $8,880 per year for residents of Illinois and other bordering states, while it is $11,110 for non-residents. Additional fees amount to $2,923.48.[12] The university estimates its average cost-of-attendance to be approximately $24,640 per academic year.[13]


There are prominent Communication Disorders and Sciences and Biological Sciences programs, though the College of Education remains the largest department. The university has an endowment of approximately $82 million. The current president is David Glassman.



Rankings


In the US News & World Report college rankings, EIU is classified as a regional public university and fits into one of four regions: the Midwest Region. In the publication's 2019 rankings, EIU ranks No. 5 among its peers in that region.[14] EIU’s Business Program is ranked No. 405 as Best Undergraduate Business Programs.[15]



Colleges and schools


Eastern is divided into four colleges:



  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences[16]

  • Lumpkin College of Business and Technology[17]

  • College of Education[18]

  • College of Health and Human Services[19]


Other academic divisions include The Graduate School,[20] Sandra and Jack Pine Honors College,[21] and the School of Extended Learning.[22] The Graduate School was founded in 1951 and has an enrollment of approximately 1,800 full and part-time students with more than 300 faculty holding graduate faculty status. The university also includes the Center for Academic Support and Achievement, the Office of Inclusion and Academic Engagement, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Office of Study Abroad. The university's Booth Library hosts yearly exhibits, the Ballenger Teachers Center, and numerous digital collections. The main university art museum, the Tarble Arts Center, maintains a 1,000-piece permanent collection, including a 500-piece collection of late 20th-century Illinois folk arts and related archival information. A majority of the holdings are concentrated on art from the state of Illinois and the Midwest region.[23]


Eighty-eight percent of graduates find work in a field related to their major within six months after graduation.[24]



Campus life



Organizations


Eastern Illinois University offers over 150 student organizations, ranging from religious, multicultural, service, academic, Greek, honorary, governing, social, athletic and political organizations.



Media


The school's daily newspaper is The Daily Eastern News which was founded on Nov. 5, 1915 and is one of only three universities in the United States to run its own newspaper printing press and is one of the smallest universities in the country to have a daily newspaper.


Eastern Illinois also has a student-run radio station, Hit-Mix 88.9 WEIU, WEIU (FM). The radio station can be heard across Coles County on 88.9 FM, as well as online through their website.


WEIU-TV is Eastern Illinois University's student-produced television newscast, broadcasting and streaming live 30-minute newscasts. WEIU covers Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, and Vermilion counties in Illinois and Vigo County in Indiana.



Residences


Eleven on-campus residence halls include seven co-ed, three female-only, and one male-only. Throughout the year the residence halls participate in competitions and various community service activities.



  • Andrews Hall (all female)

  • Douglas Hall (all male)

  • Ford Hall (co-ed)

  • Lawson Hall (co-ed)

  • Lincoln Hall (all female)

  • McKinney Hall (co-ed)


  • Pemberton Hall (all female)

  • Stevenson Hall (co-ed)

  • Taylor Hall (co-ed)

  • Thomas Hall (co-ed)

  • Weller Hall (co-ed)



Dining services


Eastern Illinois University features three residence hall dining centers (Taylor, Thomas, and Stevenson), the University Food Court with five fast food locations, Java Beanery & Bakery (Java B & B), Chick-fil-A, Charleston Market, Panther Grille, Freschetta Pizza, Subway and two Marketplace Convenience Centers.[25] They also operate a restaurant-style option (Reservation-Only Dining) on the weekends.



Greek life


Fraternities on campus:[26]



  • Alpha Phi Alpha

  • Kappa Alpha Psi

  • Lambda Chi Alpha

  • Omega Psi Phi

  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon

  • Sigma Phi Epsilon

  • Sigma Nu


Fraternities with privately-owned housing:



  • Pi Kappa Alpha

  • Sigma Pi


Sororities on campus:



  • Alpha Gamma Delta

  • Alpha Phi

  • Alpha Sigma Alpha

  • Alpha Sigma Tau

  • Delta Delta Delta

  • Delta Sigma Theta

  • Delta Zeta

  • Kappa Delta

  • Sigma Gamma Rho

  • Sigma Kappa

  • Sigma Sigma Sigma

  • Zeta Phi Beta



Athletics


Main article: Eastern Illinois Panthers

Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and grey; the sports teams' mascot is the Panther. The teams participate in NCAA Division I (I-AA FCS for football) in the Ohio Valley Conference. The football team is coached by Kim Dameron and competes at home in O'Brien Stadium. Eastern Illinois University was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1912-1970.


Current National Football League head coach, Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints, is an alumnus of Eastern Illinois. Brad Childress, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2006-2010, is also a graduate, preceding Sean Payton at Eastern Illinois. Additionally, Tony Romo, the former starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, and Jimmy Garoppolo, starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, are alumni of the University.


Eastern Illinois is also the host of the IHSA Boys and Girls State Track and Field Finals, which have been held at O'Brien Field since the 1970s. They also host the IHSA Girls State Badminton Finals and the State Journalism Finals.[27]



Alma mater


Simply referred to as the "EIU Alma Mater," the song itself was composed by Friederich Koch during his tenure as a music teacher at Eastern. The lyrics were composed as a poem titled "For Us Arose Thy Walls and Towers" by Isabel McKinney, a professor of English at Eastern from 1911 to 1945. These lyrics were originally set to the German folk tune Die Wacht am Rhein (The Watch on the Rhine), but were changed around the time of World War I due to anti-German sentiments at the time.[28]



Notable alumni



Authors




  • Glen Gabbard, psychiatrist and author of 20 books[29]


  • Jan Spivey Gilchrist, children's book author and illustrator



Entertainment




  • Tony Romo, Color commentator on CBS and Thursday Night Football


  • Joan Allen, actress[30]


  • Burl Ives, singer/actor who has the Burl Ives Studio on campus named after him (dropped out his junior year)[31]


  • Charlotte Martin, singer-songwriter[32]


  • William Phipps, actor[33]


  • Matthew Polenzani, opera singer[34]


  • Ron Westray, jazz trombonist, member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band


  • LisaRaye McCoy, actress, notably from the sitcom All of Us


  • Gary Forrester, writer and composer



Politics




  • Jim Edgar, Governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999[35]


  • Joe Knollenberg, representative of the Ninth District of Michigan, United States House of Representatives From 1993 to 2009[36]


  • Dennis Reboletti, member of Illinois House of Representatives[37]


  • Brandon Phelps, member of Illinois House of Representatives[38]


  • Marilyn Skoglund B.A. 1971, Vermont Supreme Court Justice, notable for becoming lawyer and judge without attending law school[39]



Miscellaneous



  • Christine Korsgaard, philosopher[40]


Notable athletes



Athletics




  • Ryan Pace, general manager of NFL's Chicago Bears


  • Dave Huxtable, Defensive Coordinator for the NC State Wolfpack football team[41]


  • Dave Slifer, current head women's basketball coach for the Central Missouri Jennies basketball program


  • Kirby Wilson, running backs coach for Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League[42]



Baseball




  • Tim Bogar, retired Major League Baseball infielder[43]


  • Zach Borenstein, professional baseball player


  • Randy Myers, former American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays between 1985 and 1998. 4x MLB All-Star.


  • Marty Pattin, MLB All-Star pitcher[44]


  • Stan Royer, MLB baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox[45]


  • Kevin Seitzer, retired all-star Major League Baseball player[46]



Basketball




  • Henry Domercant, professional basketball player in Europe


  • Kevin Duckworth, former National Basketball Association all-star center[47]


  • Kyle Hill, professional basketball player[48]


  • Jay Taylor, former NBA player for the New Jersey Nets



Football




  • Tony Romo, former quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League


  • Brad Childress, former head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League


  • Ray Fisher, former lineman for Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League[49]


  • Jimmy Garoppolo, quarterback for San Francisco 49ers


  • Kamu Grugier-Hill, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles


  • Jeff Gossett, NFL Pro Bowl punter[50]


  • Mike Heimerdinger, former NFL Offensive Coordinator with the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans, died 2011[51]


  • Otis Hudson, NFL offensive lineman with the Cincinnati Bengals[52]


  • John Jurkovic, former NFL defensive lineman[53]


  • Ray McElroy, NFL defensive back for Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions


  • Sean Payton, head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League[54]


  • Ted Petersen, former lineman for Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League[55]


  • Mike Shanahan, former head coach of the Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League[56]


  • Chris Szarka, fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League[57]


  • Pierre Walters, linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs, of the National Football League[58]



MMA




  • Brian Ebersole, Panther wrestler; professional MMA fighter formerly with the UFC[59]


  • Matt Hughes, NCAA All-American wrestler; retired professional MMA fighter, former 2-time UFC Welterweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame member[60][61]


  • Kenny Robertson, four-time NCAA Division I qualifier for wrestling; professional mixed martial artist formerly with UFC and Bellator Fighting Championships[62]


  • Mike Russow, former wrestler; current mixed martial artist once for Pride Fighting Championships and the UFC[63]


  • Louis Taylor, wrestler; current professional MMA fighter[64]


  • Ryan Thomas (fighter), wrestler; current professional mixed martial arts fighter for American Top Team[65]


  • James Warring, boxing world champion, kickboxing world champion, boxing referee[66]


  • Matt Veach, current mixed martial artist, formerly for the Ultimate Fighting Championship[67]



Soccer




  • Schellas Hyndman, former head coach of soccer's FC Dallas[68]


  • Matt Bobo, former North American Soccer League player



Track




  • John Craft, triple jumper in the 1972 Summer Olympics


  • Dan Steele, track All-American, 400-meter National Champion, and Bronze Medalist at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics[69]



References





  1. ^ "Sortable Table: College and University Endowments, 2007-17". The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 25, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Eastern Illinois University enrollment jumps 7.1 percent from previous yearwork=herald-review.com".


  3. ^ Eastern Illinois University Brand Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  4. ^ ""The Emerging University - A History of Eastern Illinois University 194" by Donald F. Tingley". eiu.edu.


  5. ^ [1] Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.


  6. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Booth Library Homepage". eiu.edu.


  7. ^ Nora Pat Small, "A Building for the Ages: The History and Architecture of Old Main," Archived January 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. September 1999, Department of History, Eastern Illinois University website.


  8. ^ Julie Morss, "Blair Hall bags another award,"[permanent dead link]Daily Eastern News, January 9, 2007.


  9. ^ Nathaniel West, "EIU's Doudna Rededicated," Journal-Gazette/Times-Courier, Coles County, Illinois, October 24, 2008.


  10. ^ Donald F. Tingley, "The Emerging University - A History of Eastern Illinois University 1949-1974" Retrieved December 20, 2012.


  11. ^ "EIU History". eiu.edu.


  12. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Financial Aid - Cost of Attendance". www.eiu.edu. Retrieved July 31, 2018.


  13. ^ "EIU Integrity Documents". Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  14. ^ [2] from USNews.com


  15. ^ [3] from USNews.com


  16. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: College of Arts and Sciences". eiu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  17. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Lumpkin College of Business and Technology". eiu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  18. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: College of Education". eiu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  19. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: College of Health and Human Services". eiu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  20. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Graduate School". eiu.edu.


  21. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Honors College". eiu.edu.


  22. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: School of Continuing Education Homepage". eiu.edu.


  23. ^ "Eastern Illinois University :: Tarble Arts Center". eiu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


  24. ^ USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Eastern Illinois University: Services & Facilities


  25. ^ "Panther Dining | University Food Court". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.


  26. ^ "GREEK LIFE AT EIU". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved August 4, 2018.


  27. ^ "EIU | IHSA State Championships". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved July 27, 2018.


  28. ^ http://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=eiu_history


  29. ^ "Glen Gabbard". Psychiatric Times. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  30. ^ "Joan Allen". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  31. ^ "Burl Ives". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  32. ^ "Charlotte Martin". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  33. ^ "William Phipps". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  34. ^ "Matthew Polenzani". Eastern Illinois University. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  35. ^ "Jim Edgar". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  36. ^ "Joe Knollenberg". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  37. ^ "Dennis Reboletti". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  38. ^ "Representative Brandon W. Phelps (D) - 118th District". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved January 8, 2014.


  39. ^ "Marilyn Skoglund" (PDF). Vermont Judicial Branch. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  40. ^ http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~korsgaar/CMK.Web.Vita.2016.pdf


  41. ^ "Dave Huxtable". University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  42. ^ "Kirby Wilson". CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  43. ^ "Tim Bogar". Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  44. ^ "Marty Pattin". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  45. ^ "Stan Royer". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  46. ^ "Kevin Seitzer". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  47. ^ "Kevin Duckworth". Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  48. ^ "Kyle Hill". ABC.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  49. ^ "Pro-Football Reference.com". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  50. ^ "Jeff Gossett" (PDF). Eastern Illinois Football. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  51. ^ "Pro-Football Reference.com". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  52. ^ "Otis Hudson". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  53. ^ "John Jurkovic". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  54. ^ "Sean Payton". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  55. ^ "Ted Petersen". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  56. ^ "Mike Shanahan". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  57. ^ "Chris Szarka". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  58. ^ "Pierre Walters". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  59. ^ "Brian Ebersole MMA Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  60. ^ "Matt Hughes". About.com. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  61. ^ "Matt Hughes UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  62. ^ "Kenny Robertson UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  63. ^ "Mike Russow UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  64. ^ "Louis Taylor MMA Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  65. ^ "Ryan Thomas MMA Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  66. ^ "James Warring". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  67. ^ "Matt Veach UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.


  68. ^ "Schellas Hyndman". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved October 3, 2013.


  69. ^ "Dan Steel". Journal Gazette and Times-Courier. Retrieved October 3, 2013.




External links









  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata

  • EIU Athletics website










-

Popular posts from this blog

Understanding the information contained in the Deep Space Network XML data?

Image
up vote 1 down vote favorite NASA's Deep Space Network activity can be viewed conveniently at https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html but if you would like data in a more raw XML form, it can be accessed as described in this answer Below is a small Python script that reads the XML into a list of dictionaries, and saves it to disk as a JSON. The dictionaries are organized at the higher level by dish, then by spacecraft per dish. Question: What are the most-likely meanings of all the data field contained in the Deep Space Network XML data? This is the example url from the other answer, used in the script below: https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/data/1365107113.xml def dictify(r,root=True): # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2148119/how-to-convert-an-xml-string-to-a-dictionary-in-python/30923963#30923963 if root: ret
Read more

Ross-on-Wye

Image
Ross-on-Wye Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy Town centre, looking north from Market House Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye shown within Herefordshire Population 10,700 (2011) [1] OS grid reference SO597241 Unitary authority Herefordshire Ceremonial county Herefordshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town ROSS-ON-WYE Postcode district HR9 Dialling code 01989 Police West Mercia Fire Hereford and Worcester Ambulance West Midlands EU Parliament West Midlands UK Parliament Hereford and South Herefordshire List of places UK England Herefordshire 51°54′50″N 2°35′13″W  /  51.914°N 2.587°W  / 51.914; -2.587 Coordinates: 51°54′50″N 2°35′13″W  /  51.914°N 2.587°W  / 51.914; -2.587 Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy [2] ) is a small market town with a population of 10,700 (according to the 2011 census), in south eastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on
Read more

Eastern Orthodox Church

Image
Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Christianity, or Eastern Catholic Churches. "Eastern Orthodoxy", "Orthodox Church", "Orthodox Catholic Church", and "Orthodox Christian Church" redirect here. For other uses, see Orthodox (disambiguation). This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably . The readable prose size is 132 kilobytes. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding or removing subheadings. ( January 2018 ) Part of a series on the Eastern Orthodox Church Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, Hagia Sophia Overview Structure Theology (History of theology) Liturgy Church history Holy Mysteries View of salvation View of Mary View of icons Background Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension of Jesus Christianity Christian Church Apostolic succession Four Marks of the Church Orthodoxy Organization Autocephaly Patriarchate
Read more