Monday, October 1
All Day | Grade screens open for instructors to enter Early Waring Grades for Fall 2018 |
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Kinder Monday: Free Coffee for Students |
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Kinder Monday: Rec Center Tours and Healthy Recipes |
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | FILM SCREENING: White Zombie |
Tuesday, October 2
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | WIU Graduate School Expo |
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | All Major Career & Internship Fair |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | International Coffee Hour - Nepal |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | WIU Art Gallery Reception - Miya Hannan "Beneath My Feet" |
Wednesday, October 3
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Agriculture Career Fair |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | French Conversation Hour |
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Latinx Heritage Month: Bring Your Own Tortilla (BYOT) |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Ireland Study Abroad Interest Meeting |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Wayne N. Thompson Professor Lecture: How Ironic Are You?: A Look at a Sense of Irony |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Western Wednesdays After-Hours in Rosemont |
7:30 PM | FIRST WEDNESDAY: Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert I- Camerata Woodwind Quintet & The Hopper Jazztet |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Thursday, October 4
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Warsaw Alumni & Friends Social |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Friday, October 5
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | School of Agriculture Open House |
10:00 AM | "Patently Risky: Framing, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Preferences" presented by Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Sociology and Anthropology Welcome Lunch |
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Engineering High School Expo |
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Translating Science into Practice: The Odyssey of Evaluating Officer-Involved Shooting Policy |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Anna Dimitrova English and Film Alumni Speaker |
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Latinx Heritage Month: Tradicion Black Light Social |
7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. North Dakota State |
7:30 PM | Guest Recital: "Spectrum" - Silvan Negrutiu, piano |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Saturday, October 6
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | WIU Orchestra Conducting Workshop |
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM | WIU v. ISU Football Game and Pregame Social |
2:00 PM | Piano Masterclass with guest Silvan Negrutiu |
7:30 PM | Wind Ensemble Concert - Mike Fansler, conductor |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Sunday, October 7
1:00 PM | Volleyball vs. Oral Roberts |
1:00 PM | Women's Soccer vs. South Dakota |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | One Man, Two Guvnors |
5:00 PM | Student Recital: Abigail Dominis, trombone & Mitchell Goldberg, trombone, Liang- yu Wang, piano |
Monday, October 8
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Discover Western Open House |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | International Bazaar Interest Meeting |
7:00 PM | Guest Speaker: Jeff McClusky of Jeff McClusky & Associates (JMA) of Chicago |
Tuesday, October 9
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Cultural Cafe - Nigeria |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | London Study Abroad Information Session |
Wednesday, October 10
2:00 PM | Interest Meeting to Study Abroad in Peru |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | French Conversation Hour |
7:30 PM | Jazz Showcase Concert featuring the Jazz Studio Orchestra (JSO), Jazz Band and combos |
Thursday, October 11
7:30 PM | Chamber Orchestra Concert - Richard Hughey, conductor |
Friday, October 12
All Day | FALL BREAK - NO CLASSES |
Saturday, October 13
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Corn Maze |
1:00 PM | Men's Soccer vs. Omaha |
6:00 PM | Football vs. North Dakota State |
Sunday, October 14
All Day | Last day for 50% refund/credit for total university withdrawal |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Corn Maze |
3:00 PM | Guest Recital: Marcia Henry Liebenow, violin and Andrea Molina, piano |
Monday, October 15
All Day | Second eight week session begins |
All Day | 4:30 p.m. - Grade screens close. Instructors may no longer enter Early Warning Grades for Fall 2018 after 4:30 p.m. |
Tuesday, October 16
All Day | Early Warning Grades notices emailed to students and available on STARS |
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Writers: Brandon Hobson and Samantha Hunt have a CRAFT TALK and PUBLIC READING |
Wednesday, October 17
2:00 PM | Interest Meeting to Study Abroad in Peru |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | French Conversation Hour |
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Western Organization for Women Fall Reception |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Study Abroad Interest Meeting: Cinema Italiano |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | National Love Your Body Day: Beautiful in Every Shade |
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Latinx Heritage Month: National Love Your Body Day |
Thursday, October 18
Friday, October 19
Saturday, October 20
All Day | Thriving (or Living) in a Digital World: An Educational Opportunity |
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Discover Western Open House |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Superhero Blue Light Fun Run/Walk |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Corn Maze |
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | WIU Art Gallery Reception - Don Crouch "Art Since Retirement" |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Working, The Musical |
Sunday, October 21
All Day | Last day for 40% refund/credit for total university withdrawal |
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Vishnu Springs Open House |
12:00 PM | Women's Soccer vs. Denver |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Corn Maze |
1:00 PM | Volleyball vs. IPFW |
7:30 PM | Faculty Recital: Ricardo Sepulveda, baritone and Po-Chuan Chiang, piano with guest Giorgi Khatalev, viola |
Monday, October 22
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Take Back the Night Fundraiser |
Tuesday, October 23
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Open Educational Resources |
7:30 PM | Faculty Recital: Moises Molina, cello and Po-Chuan Chiang, piano |
Wednesday, October 24
2:00 PM | Interest Meeting to Study Abroad in Peru |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | French Conversation Hour |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Study Abroad Interest Meeting: Cinema Italiano |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | March Tale |
Thursday, October 25
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Illinois Secretary of State Mobile Services |
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | 29th Annual Take Back the Night |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | March Tale |
Friday, October 26
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Analytics and Economics Day |
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Push 4 Parks Bags Tournament |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Graduate Programs in Psychology Open House |
7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. South Dakota |
7:30 PM | Concert Band Concert - Matt Thomas, conductor |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | March Tale |
Saturday, October 27
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 7th Annual Fallen Soldiers 5K Run/Walk |
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Corn Maze |
1:00 PM | Football vs. Northern Iowa |
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | March Tale |
Sunday, October 28
Monday, October 29
All Day | Grade screens open for instructors to enter Final Grades for Fall 2018 |
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Rocky VOTES: Early Voting |
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | FILM SCREENING: Night of the Living Dead |
6:30 PM | 20th Annual Orchestra Halloween Concert - Richard Hughey, conductor |
Tuesday, October 30
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Rocky VOTES: Early Voting |
2:00 PM | Student Showcase Convocation Recital I |
7:30 PM | Brass Chamber Ensembles Fall Recital |
7:30 PM | Brass Ensemble Concert - Dr. Jena Gardner, director |
Wednesday, October 31
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Rocky VOTES: Early Voting |
2:00 PM | Interest Meeting to Study Abroad in Peru |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | French Conversation Hour |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Why Graduate School? - School of Graduate Studies Seminar Series |