Showcasing Panther Success
Merit Pages highlights student achievements and shares their stories of excellence.
These stories include:
- Dean’s list inclusion
- Scholarships
- Presenting research/academic work
- Winning awards
- Internships
- Volunteering
- RSO & club involvement
- Work experience
- Other recognition & accomplishments
EIU's Merit Pages helps showcase student accomplishments from admission through graduation and creates an online presence that will set students apart as they enter the workforce. This makes it easier for employers, graduate schools and internship coordinators to discover and recognize student success.
Merit Pages, in partnership with EIU Marketing & Communications, also turns student accomplishments into personalized stories.
Students can share Merit Page accomplishments on LinkedIn and other social platforms, but with Merit, we’re also able to share their achievements with families, hometown media, former high schools and more.
Submit a Story or Accomplishment for Merit Pages
If your department or unit would like to use Merit Pages to feature students receiving scholarships, internships, awards, election results, or other recognitions or accomplishments please fill out this request form.
Suggest a Merit Update
Student Information
sign in & personalize your Merit Page
- Visit the EIU Merit Pages site and search for your name.
- Sign-in to your profile.
- Enter your EIU email address and submit the form.
- Merit will send you a confirmation email.
- Confirm your profile by clicking the link in the email.
What else can you do with Merit Pages?
Merit Pages are automatically created and updated by our university team to ensure all your achievements are accurately captured. You can personalize your profile by adding photos, videos, a bio and additional accomplishments like volunteer work, club memberships, internships, extracurriculars and work experience. You can also customize your profile URL to make it easier to share.
How does Merit Pages enhance your eiu experience?
Your Merit Page showcases how EIU prepares students for success while fostering their growth as engaged and valuable members of their community. By linking academic achievements with career-building opportunities, Merit Pages highlights the holistic education our students receive.
When you and your family share your Merit stories on social media, you help spread the word about the amazing work happening here at EIU. Celebrating student accomplishments not only recognizes your success but also shines a light on opportunities available as a Panther.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Merit Pages work?
- Claim your profile page and customize it by adding photos, videos, bios, club memberships, volunteer opportunities, extracurriculars and work experience.
- When you receive recognition for awards, honors and other achievements, Marketing & Communications will write personalized stories about your accomplishments.
- Stories are published on your Merit profile and shared with your family, hometown news outlets, former high schools and government representatives and you can easily share your achievements on social media.
How do you access your Merit profile?
- Once you are admitted to EIU, you will receive a welcome message that includes a link to your personal Merit page along with a temporary username and password that can be changed once you have logged in.
- You can also visit the EIU Merit Pages site and click “sign in” on the top right corner to follow the “forgot password” steps to log in with your EIU email address.
How to update or customize your Merit profile?
After logging in to your personal page, you can create a customized URL, add a profile picture, bio, other activities, work experience or connect to your LinkedIn profile. Changes can be made to personal information, such as name, email address, hometown and major.
How do you determine where to send my stories?
Your college success stories are sent to your university email address. They are also automatically shared with family member email addresses provided during the admissions process. Hometowns and state legislators are determined based on the zip code associated with your permanent address and high schools are based on the information you provided on your admission application.
Most of this information can be updated in your Merit profile. To view and make changes to addresses on file with your account, login to Merit and go to “My Account.” From there, click on “Privacy.”
How can friends and family receive updates about your achievements?
Family members whose email addresses are on record will automatically be alerted each time a new story is posted. Interested parties may also visit EIU's Merit Pages, search for a student, and click the “follow” button. They will be prompted to create an account that allows them to follow students’ achievements.
If you prefer not to share stories with family members associated with your registration, you can remove email addresses from automatic distribution by logging into your Merit account, clicking on “My Account” and then clicking “Privacy.”
What about privacy?
We value your privacy. Content shared by Merit Pages will only include information about students that is designated as “Directory Information” under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
You can control privacy settings, including how people can discover their Merit profile, disable followers, etc. You can configure your Merit profile privacy settings as needed.
How to opt-out of Merit Pages
We respect your decision to keep certain achievements private. If you wish, simply follow the steps to opt-out or delete your Merit Page account.