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Western bumps up some rates at Macomb, Quad Cities

By Kathy Adams | Apr 9, 2017

Incoming undergraduate and graduate students at the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses of Western lllinois University (WIU) will see slight rate hikes for fees, rooms and meal plans, the university announced recently.

WIU honor society taking donations by the book

By Kathy Adams | Apr 3, 2017

If you’ve pored over Peter Pan plenty of times or Cassandra Clare just doesn’t cut it anymore, you can drop them off at any of several locations to support Western Illinois University’s Phi Kappa Phi book fair, which is ongoing though April 17.

42 Western students prove they mean business

By Kathy Adams | Mar 25, 2017

It won't be business as usual anymore for 42 Western Illinois University (WIU) College of Business and Technology who have been invited to join the business-oriented Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) honor society.

Western Illinois University hosts archaeological field school

By Kathy Adams | Mar 16, 2017

Western Illinois University (WIU) is hosting an archaeological field school at the Orendorf and Rice Lake Terrace sites in June and July.

Western Illinois University, John Marshal Law School offer 3 + 3 agreement

By Kathy Adams | Mar 16, 2017

Western Illinois University (WIU) and John Marshall Law School (JMLS) have designed a program that allows high-performing students to complete their senior WIU year concurrently with their first year of law school.

WIU's online nursing program named among most affordable in the country

By Kathy Adams | Mar 16, 2017

Western Illinois University's nursing program has been named one of the most affordable online Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees in the United States by College Choice.

Documentary on 13th Amendment coming to WIU

By Kathy Adams | Mar 12, 2017

Western Illinois University (WIU) will screen Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th at 3 and 7 p.m. in the Sandburg Theater on March 22.

District 90 water safe to drink, recent tests show

By Kathy Adams | Feb 28, 2017

The River Forest School District recently reported that the amounts of lead and copper in District 90 faucets and water fountains have dropped to safe levels after a series of efforts to remedy the problem, which was found at the beginning of the school year.

WIU employees invited to wear jeans and raise funds for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

By Kathy Adams | Feb 28, 2017

Western Illinois University employees can raise money for a good cause while wearing jeans to work on March 1.

Green Building Council: Illinois third in nation for sustainable construction

By Kathy Adams | Feb 12, 2017

Illinois ranks third in the United States for LEED-certified green building, as listed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

ISU Police Department offers comforting room for crime victims to speak in supportive environment

By Kathy Adams | Jan 29, 2017

The Illinois State University Police Department (ISUPD) now offers a comforting space for crime victims to speak with officers in a non-threatening, supportive environment.

Ameren donates bucket truck, awards two grants to Greenville

By Kathy Adams | Jan 22, 2017

Ameren has donated a 41-foot aerial bucket truck to Greenville after learning the city no longer had an operational bucket truck.

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Illinois State University grad students wrap up research internship project with RR Donnelley

By Kathy Adams | Jan 6, 2017

Two Illinois State University Department of Technology analytics graduate students recently concluded a special internship project involving research with the logistics branch of marketing firm RR Donnelley.