Archive for June, 2009

  • “Seussical” Opens WIU Summer Music Theatre Season June 19, 20

    “Seussical” Opens WIU Summer Music Theatre Season June 19, 20

    June 17, 2009 MACOMB, IL – - Kids of all ages will enjoy the opening Summer Music Theatre production of “Seussical” Friday-Saturday, June 19-20, and Thursday-Saturday, June 25, 26 and 27 at Western Illinois University’s Hainline Theatre. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Join narrator Cat in...

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  • WIU Students’ Designs Fly Sky High in National Intramural Sport T-Shirt Competition

    WIU Students’ Designs Fly Sky High in National Intramural Sport T-Shirt Competition

    June 15, 2009 MACOMB, IL — Recent Western Illinois University graduate Alex Lake (Arlington Heights, IL), a graphic communication major, is a “quack” shot when it comes to T-shirt design. Lake’s winning design — based on the early Nintendo game “Duck Hunt” — “brought down”...

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  • WIU Names Student Employees, Supervisor of Year

    WIU Names Student Employees, Supervisor of Year

    June 12, 2009 MACOMB, IL – - David Sharer, a senior computer science major from Fulton (IL), was named Student Employee of the Year at the end of the Spring 2009 semester at Western Illinois University. Sharer, a student worker in Western’s Center for Best...

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  • Western Faculty Promotions

    Western Faculty Promotions

    June 11, 2009 Western Faculty Promotions MACOMB, IL — Forty-eight Western Illinois University faculty have been granted promotions, effective Fall 2009. Promotion recommendations were initiated at the departmental level, reviewed by the college deans and Provost Jack Thomas prior to final approval by President Al...

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  • Elfrink Named Associate CBT Dean

    Elfrink Named Associate CBT Dean

    June 10, 2009 MACOMB, IL — Jack Elfrink, Western Illinois University accountancy department chair, has been named associate dean of Western’s College of Business and Technology (CBT), effective June 1, according to CBT Dean Tom Erekson. Elfrink replaces Larry Wall, who retired last month after...

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  • Bierman Named COAP Employee of the Year

    Bierman Named COAP Employee of the Year

    June 10, 2009 MACOMB, IL – Matt Bierman, director of residential facilities at Western Illinois University, has been named the 2009 Employee of the Year by the Council of Administrative Personnel (COAP) for his extraordinary leadership of Western’s housing division. The annual award, presented by...

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  • Celebrate ‘Juneteenth’ June 20 in Macomb

    Celebrate ‘Juneteenth’ June 20 in Macomb

    MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University's Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center (GBCC) invites the community to gather for free food, music and entertainment -- and to commemorate the official end of slavery in the U.S

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  • Clover Chapel Church To Close After 150 Years

    Clover Chapel Church To Close After 150 Years

    A rural church that has served the Woodhull area for more than 150 years will have its last service at 8:30 a.m. June 21.

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  • WIU Summer Film Series

    WIU Summer Film Series

    Western Illinois University's broadcasting department will host the annual Summer Film Series, "The Dead Filmmakers Society 2009," beginning Wednesday, June 10.

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  • Horn Field Campus Open Climb June 20

    Horn Field Campus Open Climb June 20

    Open tower hours will be held at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus climbing and rappelling tower from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 20.

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