Tuesday, October 1

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Graduate Proposal Submissions Needed for EGO Conference!
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Supply Chain Management Student Association Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Reception: Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Marketing Club Meeting

Wednesday, October 2

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM WIU's School of Agriculture Career Fair
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Beta Alpha Psi Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Chicago Western Wednesdays in Plainfield
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Women in Business Meeting
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Town/Gown: First Wednesday Art & Design exploration, provided by Department of Art & Design
7:30 PM FACULTY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT I: Camerata Woodwind Quintet & The Hopper Jazztet

Thursday, October 3

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
3:00 PM Board of Trustees Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society Interest Meeting
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Yell Like Hell

Friday, October 4

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
8:00 AM Board of Trustees Meeting
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Analytics & Economics Day Presentations
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM WIU' School of Agriculture Fall Open House
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2019 Reunion: Walking Campus Tour
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 2019 Reunion: Walking Campus Tour
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Office of Academic Services (OAS) 50th Anniversary
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM All-Alumni Social
7:30 PM Showcase: New Friends VI-Puffs

Saturday, October 5

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Old Stompin' Ground Runaround
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM 2019 Reunion: Recognition Brunch and Social
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Homecoming Parade
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Alumni Cookout
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Football vs Missouri State
7:30 PM ANNUAL CHOIRS HOMECOMING CONCERT "Underneath the Stars" w/Alumni Choir - Dr. Brian Winnie and Dr. Jason Hawkins, conductors
7:30 PM Showcase: New Friends VI-Puffs

Monday, October 7

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - Global Business at the Equator

Tuesday, October 8

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Miracle Jeans Day
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM WIU Graduate Program Expo
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fall Career & Internship Fair
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM LASO Presents: Activismo 101
7:30 PM GUEST RECITAL: Daniel Rowland, tuba

Wednesday, October 9

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Analytics & Economics Student Association Meeting
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - Brazilian Agriculture & Manufacturing
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Open Educational Resources
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - British Media Studies
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Society for Human Resource Management Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Film Workshop with Filmmaker from WIU
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Portland Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pizza & Politics: Meet & Greet WIU Democrats
7:30 PM JAZZ SHOWCASE CONCERT - JSO, Jazz Band, Jazz Guitar Ensemble & Combos I-IV

Thursday, October 10

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WIU FLU Clinic
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM International Coffee Hour Begins in October
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM International Bazaar Interest Meeting
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Seattle Alumni & Friends Social
7:30 PM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT - Dr. Richard Hughey, conductor

Friday, October 11

All Day FALL BREAK - NO CLASSES

Sunday, October 13

All Day Last day for 50% refund/credit for total university withdrawal

Monday, October 14

All Day Second eight week session begins
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day 4:30 p.m. - Grade screens close. Instructors may no longer enter Early Warning Grades for Fall 2019 after 4:30 p.m.
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Discover Western
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Scholarly Communication 101: Choosing the Right Conferences, Journals and Publishers

Tuesday, October 15

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Early Warning Grade notices emailed to students and available on STARS
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
8:45 AM - 4:15 PM Dept. of Communication's 11th Annual Career Preparation Day
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WIU FLU Clinic
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - International Health Care Systems Ecuador
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Supply Chain Management Student Association Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Marketing Club Meeting

Wednesday, October 16

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WIU FLU Clinic
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - Recreation, Sport and Hospitality of Spain
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Analytics & Economics Student Association Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Women in Business Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Harry Potter Study Abroad Information Session
7:30 PM ***POSTPONED***FACULTY RECITAL: Jena Gardner, horn & Liang-yu Wang, piano

Thursday, October 17

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Love Your Body Day
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Clean Energy Town Hall
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Harry Potter Study Abroad Info Session

Friday, October 18

All Day Graduation applications due for all students who wish to have their name in the commencement programs
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Student Affairs 101 Conference
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Physics Nobel Prize 2019 Lecture: Understanding the Evolution of the Universe and Earth’s Place in the Cosmos
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM "Making Face, Claiming Space: Reimagining Latinidades Through Aesthetic Practices of Alterity." - Dr. Ariana Ruiz
7:30 PM CONCERT BAND Concert with guest conductors Andrey Cruz & Arturo Martinez with guest artist Andres Leon Rodriquez, trombone

Saturday, October 19

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM EGO Conference: Uncertain Terrain: Negotiating Identities in the Global Community
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Western Illinois football vs Illinois State

Sunday, October 20

All Day WESTERN TROMBONE FESTIVAL 2019 - featuring 2:30pm & 3:30pm performances with guests Andres Leon Rodriguez and Chicago Thunder Chops
7:00 PM Last day for 40% refund/credit for total university withdrawal

Monday, October 21

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Annual Wayne Thompson Lecture: Experiences of Expatriates in the U.S.: Per Aspera ad Astra?

Tuesday, October 22

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Free Flu Shot Clinic
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Reception: Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Western Illinois Volleyball vs Purdue Fort Wayne

Wednesday, October 23

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - Microfinance in Developing Countries Nepal
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Analytics & Economics Student Association Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EndNote Basic: An Introduction
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Beta Alpha Psi Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Society for Human Resource Management Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Film Workshop
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson

Thursday, October 24

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Brazilian Agriculture & Manufacturing
5:30 PM GUEST RECITAL: Rebecca Johnson, flute & Magie Smith, clarinet (Eastern Illinois University)
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Western Illinois University Women's Basketball vs Maryville University
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM 30th Annual Take Back the Night
7:30 PM GUEST RECITAL: Geoffrey Duce, piano (Illinois State University)
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson

Friday, October 25

All Day Serena Stevens and Tim Van Ginkel - Milk and Honey: Tones of Home
All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Reading Room Series...open mic to share your work!
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM Western Illinois University Men's and Women's Cross Country
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson

Saturday, October 26

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Discover Western
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Western Illinois vs. Youngstown State Pregame Social and Football Game at Suzie's Dogs & Drafts
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Western Illinois University Men's Soccer vs Eastern Illinois
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson

Sunday, October 27

All Day Last day to drop regular 16-week course
All Day Last day to make a total university withdrawal
All Day Last day for 30% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Western Illinois University Women's Soccer vs Oral Roberts
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson
5:00 PM GRADUATE RECITAL: Siyuan Chen, piano
7:30 PM SENIOR RECITAL: Kosuke Uchikawa, cello and Dr. Liang-yu Wang, piano

Monday, October 28

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
All Day Grade screens open for instructors to enter Final Grades for Fall 2019
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Study Abroad Interest Meeting - WIFI France

Tuesday, October 29

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
2:00 PM MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION (MTA) WORKSHOP
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Supply Chain Management Student Association Meeting
5:00 PM - 5:50 PM American Political System Presentation
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Marketing Club Meeting
6:30 PM 21st ANNUAL ORCHESTRA HALLOWEEN CONCERT - Dr. Richard Hughey, conductor

Wednesday, October 30

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Free Flu Shot Clinic
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Analytics & Economics Student Association Meeting

Thursday, October 31

All Day Samantha Haring - Persistent Spaces
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Free Sack Lunches at the Western Illinois University Food Pantry
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Study Abroad & Outreach - Germany North to South - A Cultural and Historical Journey
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Halloween Dance Party


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