The 2011 Summer Music Institute at Western Illinois University will begin on June 9 and run through July 1. Camps begin with a 4-day session specializing on instrumental group study, followed by three week-long sessions.

WIU Summer Music Institute will provide young musicians with a highly educational experience of [...]

The Department of Communication would like to congratulate our Spring 2011 scholarship award recipients!

Samantha Gajda - Undergraduate Honors Scholar Thompson Award
Kelsey Reed - Undergraduate Thompson Scholar Award
Kristin Kulasik - Communication Department Scholar
Sarah Hill - Graduate Thompson Scholar Award.

These scholars were recognized at the 21st Annual Thompson Lecture.

In this photo: Pete Jorgensen, chair, Marquita Tajuanna Berry, Jeff Bryant, Nikki Klier, Jeff Cape, Cedrick Ketton, Stephanie Bogner, Jennifer Byers, Michelle Langhout

The faculty and staff of the Department of Communication were grateful to the Graduate Communication Student Society for providing such [...]

Eight student entries from the Western Illinois University broadcasting department recently won prestigious awards at the National Broadcasting Society national convention in Hollywood, California.  This includes three national grand prize winners.  Our student award winners for 2011 and their categories are:
Grand Prize Winners (First Place):

Kale Connell—Audio Music/Entertainment Program; “Weekly Rock Salute”
Frank [...]

Two pieces by Jenny Knavel, professor art, were accepted into the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild’s National Art Premiere 2011 at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL.
Knavel’s artwork, The Lesson, was chosen by juror Peggy Dee for a Third Place prize.
This painting was also featured in an on-line Trib Local Elmhurst, a publication of the [...]

Brett Eberhardt, assistant professor art, has recently shown in Philadelphia at the Artists’ House Gallery.  He is represented by this gallery in Philadelphia and usually has a group show–each artist is given a room–once a year.  

Sara Pavlak, MFA 2009, is wowing audiences in Chicago in Agnes of God at the Greenhouse Theatre Center.
The real powerhouse here is rising star Sara Pavlak, her virgin like innocence and youthful elegance really drives this play home. Chicago Stage Style review of AGNES OF GOD, in which Pavlak plays the title [...]

University Television has been awarded a yearly contract to provide television services for the City of Macomb, Il. University Television will be responsible for video taping all city meetings, and managing the city’s public access channel 15 starting April 1, 2011.