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Memorial Tree Planting May 11

May 4, 2015

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MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University-Macomb employees who passed away between March 2014 and March 2015 will be remembered at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 11 during a brief ceremony at the Memorial Tree Grove, located on the southeast section of campus by University Village, near the Pierce Street entrance. The ceremony is open to the public.

Dennis Bliss, School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration; Kevin Hazell, Facilities Management; Jack Koontz, Building Services, Rebecca Schluter, Intercollegiate Athletics, and Diane Garlisch, Student Judicial Programs, will be remembered.

The May 11 ceremony marks the 12th annual planting in the Memorial Tree Grove, which was established in Fall 2003, following a recommendation by members of Western's American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 417, with support from the Civil Service Employees Council, the Council of Administrative Personnel, Faculty Senate and University administration.

The annual ceremony includes one tree planted in memory of all employees who passed away during the preceding year. Honorees include employees who die while either actively working, on disability, on workers compensation or on an approved leave from the University.

Employees may be granted release time to attend during their regularly scheduled work hours, subject to supervisory approval and the operational needs of the department.



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