Eastern Illinois University President Jay Gatrell issued a hiring freeze across campus effective immediately at his spring update Tuesday morning in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. The hiring freeze is one of the plans aimed at balancing Eastern’s budget that Gatrell discussed during the update. “We have lots of international students who are admitted to Eastern. We have lots of international students who have the capacity to study here in terms of finances. Campus infrastructureNearing the end of the update, Gatrell talked about upcoming projects to improve campus infrastructure.