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'Student Athletes, Unions and NCAA' Panel Discussion April 28

Join an interdisciplinary panel of experts at Western Illinois University for the panel discussion, ''Student Athletes, Unions and the NCAA,'' at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28 in Horrabin Hall 78.

Join an interdisciplinary panel of experts at Western Illinois University for the panel discussion, "Student Athletes, Unions and the NCAA," at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28 in Horrabin Hall 78. Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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WIU Office of Student Activities Hosts Leadership Awards Ceremony

Pictured are members of the Athletic Training Student Association (back row left to right): Kristin Kuhar, Katie Neeley, Kelsey Carleton, Rocky, Renee Polubinsky, Jennifer Plos and Dwayne Hagenow. Front row left to right: Chelsea Davis and Bria Thurman.

The Western Illinois University Office of Student Activities (OSA) annual student leadership awards ceremony, “The Rocky Awards: A Celebration of Leadership,” was held Monday (April 21). Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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Carr Retirement Reception is May 1

A retirement reception for Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center Director Belinda Carr will begin at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1 in the Western Illinois University Multicultural Center. Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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Memorial Services Held for Hoerner

Agriculture Professor Emeritus Harry J. Hoerner, 77, passed away Sunday, April 13 at his home in Good Hope. Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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Memorial Service Set for Dove

Western Illinois University Professor Emeritus Lewis Dunbar Dove, 79, of Macomb, passed away Sunday, April 13 in Macomb. Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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Annual Juried Student Exhibition Opens Saturday

Tanisha Wisslead, Lost and Found, 2011, serigraph. Image courtesy of the artist.

The final two exhibits of the semester at the Western Illinois University Art Gallery will open Saturday and include works by numerous WIU students. Read more. (Posted April 24, 2014)

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Quinn Releases Center for Performing Arts Funding

WIU President Jack Thomas thanks Gov. Pat Quinn for the release of The Center for Performing Arts funding. Gov. Quinn was on the WIU campus today to make the announcement.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced today (April 23) the release of $60 million for the construction of Western Illinois University's The Center for Performing Arts (CPA) in Macomb. Quinn made the announcement at an event on the Macomb campus. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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WIU School of Ag Receives Funds from 1st Farm Credit Services' IAA Foundation

Representatives from 14 organizations received gifts from the IAA Foundation's 1st Farm Credit Services Donor Advised Fund. Pictured are (front row from L to R): Sandra Streed, Northern Illinois University; Rachel Hawk, Illinois FFA; Emily Newell, Illinois State University; Ruth Hambleton, Annie's Project; Brenda Besse, AgrAbility Unlimited; and Angie Bernard, Illinois 4-H Foundation. (Back row, L to R): Roger Schrodt, 1st Farm Credit Services; Gabriel Muhammad, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences; Bob Rohrer; Cook County Farm Bureau; Jackie Jones, Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom; Jessa Barnard, University of Illinois; Diana Ropp, Illinois Agri-Women; Andrew Baker, Western Illinois University; Don Norton, Illinois Ag Leadership Foundation; Bill Johnson, Joliet Junior College; and Susan Moore, IAA Foundation.

The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture is among several educational and non-profit institutions in Illinois that will receive funding from the 1st Farm Credit Services Donor Advised Fund through the IAA Foundation. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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Retirement Reception Scheduled for WIU's Wayne and Kaesdorf

A retirement reception honoring Western Illinois University's English as a Second Language (WESL) instructors Lynne Wayne and Steve Kaesdorf will be held from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 at the Multicultural Center, first floor activities room. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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Quinlan Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

Patrick Quinlan

Chaparral High School Senior Patrick Quinlan, of Parker (CO), has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which covers four years of tuition, fees and a residence hall room at the school. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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Nguyen Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

Harlem Senior High School senior Kyle Nguyen, of Roscoe (IL), has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which covers four years of tuition, fees and a residence hall room at the school. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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Religious Historian to Speak at Western April 28

Wendy Love Anderson, the academic coordinator for the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis (MO), will speak about "Bewitched, Backward and Burned Up: Jewish Children in Medieval Christian Miracles" from 7-8:15 p.m. Monday, April 28 in Morgan Hall 109. Read more. (Posted April 23, 2014)

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Macomb Says Farewell to the EndNotes

Pictured in the front row, from left, are David Rohall and John Simmons. In the back row, from left, are Rick Hardy, Larry Balsamo, Diane Cumbie, David Casagrande (a founding member, who left the band in 2012), Ken Mietus and Greg Hall. Not pictured is Brian Davenport.

A longtime Macomb musical group is disbanding soon, but not before they perform two concerts, including one that will raise money for Western Illinois University scholarships. Read more. (Posted April 22, 2014)

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Western Illinois University Approves New Finance Course

Western Illinois University will add a new course to its list of general education courses next semester. Financial Health (FIN 101) was recently approved by the WIU Faculty Senate to begin in Fall 2014. Read more. (Posted April 22, 2014)

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Tech Fest 2014 April 30 in Horrabin Hall

Tech Fest 2014 (April 30) at Western Illinois University will feature breakout sessions that highlight how technology impacts education and business, as well as examine technological tools people use in both areas. The event, slated from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Horrabin Hall, will also feature a keynote address, ''Why Mobility Matters,'' and a Technology Showcase.

This year, Tech Fest at Western Illinois University will feature breakout sessions that highlight how technology impacts education, business and the technological tools people use in both areas. Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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WIU Purple and Gold Day April 24

Student ''I ♥ WIU'' Photo ContestContest rules at http://bit.ly/1oJYNM9. ''Alumni ♥ WIU'' Photo Contest Contest rules at http://bit.ly/1p4kN4k.

Show your Western pride Thursday, April 24 when Western Illinois University celebrates Purple and Gold Day! Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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Media Advisory: Center for Performing Arts Announcement

Area media are invited to attend an event regarding an update for the Western Illinois University Center for Performing Arts. Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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Nine Inducted Into Lambda Pi Eta

Nine students were inducted into Western Illinois University's chapter of Lambda Pi Eta (LPH), the National Communication Association's student honor society, in an April 21 ceremony in Memorial Hall on the WIU-Macomb campus. Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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Leatherneck Battalion 5K is Saturday at Spring Lake

The registration deadline for the Saturday, April 26 Western Illinois University Leatherneck Battalion 5K run/walk at Spring Lake Park is Friday, April 25. Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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WIU Welcomed Area Students for Accounting Challenge

Area high school students demonstrated their financial accounting knowledge at Western Illinois University last Friday (April 11) at the ninth annual Accounting Challenge. Read more. (Posted April 21, 2014)

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Tree Canopy at WIU Provides $800K+ of Value for Campus Community

Fall 2013 at Western Illinois University's Lake Ruth. According to Paul Blome, an urban forestry instructor in the WIU School of Agriculture, the tree ''canopy'' at Western provides a value of somewhere around $830,000 in pollution reduction alone.

The beautiful trees spread across Western Illinois University's Macomb campus do more than just increase the aesthetics of the University grounds. According to Paul Blome, an urban forestry instructor in the WIU School of Agriculture, the tree "canopy" at Western provides a value of somewhere around $830,000 in pollution reduction alone. Read more. (Posted April 18, 2014)

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WIU Arbor Day Celebration April 25

Western Illinois University's celebration of Arbor Day in 2013. WIU School of Agriculture Forestry Instructor Paul Blome addressing those who attended the ceremony in April 2013. Last year was the first year Western was designated as a Tree Campus USA and earned the honor again in 2014.

Western Illinois University's Facilities Management and Horn Field Campus invite the WIU and Macomb communities to celebrate Arbor Day, Friday, April 25, by volunteering to plant trees and attend a special tree-planting ceremony at Western. Read more. (Posted April 18, 2014)

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Edwards to Receive Honorary Doctorate

Sandra Keiser Edwards, deputy director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR, will receive the Western Illinois University Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at Western's Spring 2014 Commencement exercises Saturday, May 10. Read more. (Posted April 18, 2014)

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Nine Inducted into Phi Beta Delta at WIU

Pictured are the most recent inductees into Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for International scholars. In the front row, from left, are Rodney Fink, a charter member of PBD and guest speaker, Omotola Ashafa and Jo Davis. In the back row, from left, are Harrison Heilman, Jennifer McNabb, Christie Carmack, Gary Schmidt and Paula Rhodes. Not pictured are Richard Carter and Levor Henry.

The Eta Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Delta inducted nine new members during its sixth ceremony Monday, April 7. Read more. (Posted April 18, 2014)

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Sinex and Pynes Garner Awards at the 2014 Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day

The Western Illinois University Centennial Honors College presented two awards of excellence to faculty members during closing ceremonies for the 2014 Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day, held Wednesday, April 16 in the University Union. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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WIU 2014 Undergraduate Research Day Student Winners

Nine students earned awards at the Western Illinois University Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day, Wednesday, April 16. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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Patrick Retirement Reception is April 25

David Patrick

A retirement reception for WIU Department of Theatre and Dance Chair David Patrick will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the Hainline Theatre lobby. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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Spring Gala Dance Concert April 24-26 at WIU

Western Illinois University’s annual Spring Gala Dance Concert will offer an evening of modern and ballet dance, choreographed by students, faculty and a guest artist in University Dance Theatre (UDT), at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26 in the Hainline Theatre. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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Pollock Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

Sean Pollock

High school senior Sean Pollock, of Peoria (IL) has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which covers four years of tuition, fees and a residence hall room at the school. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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Luncheon for Administrative Assistants Planned for April 23

The annual Derby Days Administrative Assistant Luncheon at Western Illinois University will be held from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in the University Union Grand Ballroom. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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WIU Employees Honored for Years of Service

The 31st annual Western Illinois University Employee Recognition Reception begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 in the University Union Grand Ballroom. Read more. (Posted April 17, 2014)

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Boyer, Hare Awarded WIU Service Honors

The Western Illinois University Department of Human Resources has released the names of its annual Civil Service recognition and service award winners. Read more. (Posted April 16, 2014)

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Inaugural Rocky Run April 26; 5K Run/Walk for Purple and Gold Day Celebration

The inaugural Rocky 5K Run/Walk at Western Illinois University is set start at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 26 at the WIU Alumni House. Read more. (Posted April 16, 2014)

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Retirement Reception for Jeanne Clerc April 29

The Western Illinois University Department of Health Sciences is hosting a retirement reception for Professor Jeanne Clerc from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in Stipes Hall 501.

The Western Illinois University Department of Health Sciences is hosting a retirement reception for Professor Jeanne Clerc from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in Stipes Hall 501. Refreshments will be served. Read more. (Posted April 16, 2014)

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Wall Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

Malone Wall

Waterloo High School senior Malone Wall, of Waterloo (IL), has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which covers four years of tuition, fees and a residence hall room at the school. Read more. (Posted April 16, 2014)

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Spring Semester, 2014

  • January 13, Mon. -- Classes Begin
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