Archive for October, 2009

  • Paint the Paws Oct. 30

    Paint the Paws Oct. 30

    MACOMB, IL – -- On Friday, Oct. 30, the Student Alumni Association (SAA) at Western Illinois University will host Paint the Paws. The event was postponed earlier this month due to inclement weather. Paint the Paws is the event during which WIU students, alumni, faculty and staff help repaint the Leathernecks' Paws along University Drive and Western Avenue.

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  • WIU Homecoming Campus Competition Wrap-up

    WIU Homecoming Campus Competition Wrap-up

    MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University celebrated its Homecoming, "All Around the World," with weeklong activities and group competitions, as well as with the annual Parade and football game Homecoming Day Oct. 17.

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  • WIU Chemistry Receives Grants from Nat’l Cancer Institute

    WIU Chemistry Receives Grants from Nat’l Cancer Institute

    MACOMB, IL - - "Discoveries come from a pioneering spirit, which teachers and researchers can encourage in students," said Rose McConnell, professor and chair of the Western Illinois University chemistry department.

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  • We Suck And We Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse – It Just Did

    We Suck And We Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse – It Just Did

    University of Illinois and Western Illinois Football Hit All Time Low

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