Calling all BINGO lovers! Join us for Zoom Bingo. Prizes will be awarded. Registration is required in order to get the login information. Your Bingo cards will be emailed to you on the day of the program. The event URL will be sent via a registration email. Households can use the same Zoom login. Registration […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — For 11 years running, Western Illinois University has been selected as a Military Times “Best for Vets College” by Military Times magazine. Western is one of two Illinois public institutions in the top 25. According to the Military Times, 136 schools – from four-year to two-year, public, private and trade schools – […]
Celebrate biodiversity at the 6th annual BioBlitz, held at Illiniwek Forest Preserve from 2 p.m. on July 9 to 2 p.m. on July 10. A BioBlitz is an intensive survey of as many species as possible within a specified area during a 24-hour period. This is a rare opportunity to join over 40 scientists and […]
Western Illinois University and The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) entered into a formal partnership on June 17 by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, the signing was held virtually and broadcast online in the Barbados. Under the agreement, Caribbean students seeking to take advantage of degree programs at […]
If you’re puttin’ on the ritz and looking to celebrate Taco Tuesday tonight, why not shop local and get some delicious Mexican food from the variety of awesome local restaurants here in the Quad-Cities? If you’re down for some south-of-the-border eats and wondering which local hot spots are still open for delivery, carry-out or curbside, […]
BREAKING NEWS: Tyson Foods Inc., based in Dexter, MO, is recalling ready-to-eat chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). “Some of those products were served at our weekly meal pick-up site from Davenport Learning Center on these dates: Feb. 9, […]
If you’re a golfer, or a huge golf fan, I don’t need to tell you that the John Deere Classic is going on in the Quad-Cities this week. If you’re neither, well, consider yourself placed at the tee for this hard-hitting (and long driving) information. Yup, the JDC will once more hit the links for […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – More than 33,700 individuals considered Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) reside in Illinois, according to the Migration Policy Institute. To help these childhood arrivals to the United States achieve their dreams, one Western Illinois University professor has created a scholarship for DREAMers (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors). Political Science […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University-Macomb COVID-19 summer test clinics will be held from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, through Thursday, Aug. 12, in the University Union Sandburg Lounge. Fall 2021 test clinic times and days will be announced prior to the start of the fall semester, which is set to begin Monday, […]
Western Illinois University students, faculty and staff on the WIU-Macomb campus in need of an official University ID will now be able to get their identification card at the University Union Service Center. Previously, the ID services were available in Seal Hall. The Union Service Center, located on the first floor across from the food […]
