WIU News Archive

  • We Care 2010

    We Care 2010

    MACOMB, IL – In honor of Earth Day 2010, Western Illinois University will host the annual Spring We Care event Wednesday and Thursday, April 21-22.

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  • English Faculty To Read Fiction, Poetry April 21

    English Faculty To Read Fiction, Poetry April 21

    MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University English faculty members Erika T. Wurth and Magdelyn Hammond Helwig will read from their own works of fiction and poetry at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 in Western's Multicultural Center Multipurpose Room

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  • WIU College Student Personnel Alum Michael Shonrock to Deliver Speech about Using Gallup’s StrengthsFinder April 23

    WIU College Student Personnel Alum Michael Shonrock to Deliver Speech about Using Gallup’s StrengthsFinder April 23

    MACOMB, IL -- To cap off COEHS Week -- a weeklong celebration of the students, faculty and staff who work in the College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) at Western Illinois University -- Michael Shonrock, a Western alumnus, will deliver a presentation and take part in a panel discussion at 2 p.m

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  • College of Business and Technology 2009-10 Distinguished Alum Is Donald J. Tomnitz

    College of Business and Technology 2009-10 Distinguished Alum Is Donald J. Tomnitz

    MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University's College of Business and Technology (CBT) is pleased to announce Donald J. Tomnitz as recipient of the 2009-10 CBT Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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  • WIU to Host Premiere of “Carbon Nation”

    WIU to Host Premiere of “Carbon Nation”

    MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University Campus Greens and Sodexo will premiere the film "Carbon Nation" at 7 p.m. in Morgan Hall 109 on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Thursday, April 22.

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  • COEHS Tech Fest April 21; 11th Annual Event to Show Tech Innovations at WIU and in West Central Illinois

    COEHS Tech Fest April 21; 11th Annual Event to Show Tech Innovations at WIU and in West Central Illinois

    MACOMB, IL -- Mark your calendars and join faculty and staff members from several Western Illinois University departments and west central Illinois education and business communities to celebrate WIU's College of Education and Human Services' Eleventh Annual Tech Fest on Wednesday, April 21.

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  • First Tee Event at Feb. 6 Basketball Games

    First Tee Event at Feb. 6 Basketball Games

    MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University's First Tee program will allow people of all ages to test their golf skills during an event that will take place in between the Leathernecks Women's and Men's basketball games Saturday, Feb. 6 in Western Hall.

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  • WIU Planning Haitian Relief Efforts

    WIU Planning Haitian Relief Efforts

    MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University students, faculty and staff interested in helping Haitian relief efforts following the devastating Jan. 10 earthquake are invited to attend an informational meeting with American Red Cross and Salvation Army personnel at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 in the University Union Grand Ballroom.

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  • “The Cartographer’s Dilemma” Opens WIU Art Gallery 2010 Spring Season

    “The Cartographer’s Dilemma” Opens WIU Art Gallery 2010 Spring Season

    January 19, 2010 MACOMB, IL – - “The Cartographer’s Dilemma,” a compilation of maps, myths and machines in images and sounds, is the opening exhibit for the Western Illinois University Art Gallery Spring 2010 series. The show will run through Thursday, Feb. 18. A free...

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  • CPA Review Course Offered through WIU

    CPA Review Course Offered through WIU

    MACOMB, IL - -Western Illinois University's accountancy department, in combination with CPAexcel, will offer a certified public accountant (CPA) review course this winter and spring on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings and afternoons, starting at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. The course will be held on WIU's Macomb campus and the WIU-Quad Cities campus, as well.

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