Music Guild is apparently big into musicals with exclamation points!! Three days before opening its first live musical post-pandemic, “Mamma Mia!,” the Moline-based nonprofit announced the shows for its 2022 season Tuesday on Facebook. They will be: “Disaster!” (April 1-3, 8-10) “Something Rotten!” (June 10-12, 16-19) “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (July 8-10, 14-17) “Jekyll & […]

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 […]

Western Illinois University Fraternity and Sorority Life Coordinator Taylor Zeigler is one of 13 higher education professionals nationwide awarded a scholarship to attend the 2021 Hazing Prevention Institute. The award, from the Harrison Kowiak Scholarship Fund and HazingPrevention.org, brings together representatives from across the country to talk about the dangers of hazing and to provide […]

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University College of Business and Technology (CBT) Adviser Ember Keithley has been named the Outstanding Academic Advisor of the Year by the WIU Council of Academic Advisors. Keithley has served as an advisor in the CBT since 2000. In this role, she advises all students in the School of Agriculture, […]

Western Illinois University’s Office of Study Abroad and Outreach is offering virtual and face-to-face youth programs for Summer 2021. This year’s class list includes: Wednesday, July 7, TechVenturing Virtual Workshop This one day workshop is available only for students in grades 9-12. Program times are 10 a.m. – noon and 1 – 3 p.m. Instructor: […]

MOLINE, IL – After three years of steady growth, the Quad Cities Yoga Foundation, founded by alumni from Western Illinois University’s School of Education, is seeking to grow their professional development and yoga in classrooms services in the Quad Cities for those who would benefit from yoga, and have the need for the services — […]

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Shannon Sutton, director of the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) at Western Illinois University, has been named the interim vice president for finance and administration (VPFA) at Western Illinois University, effective July 1. Teresa Smith, who has served as the interim associate vice president for budget and finance since September 2020, stepped […]

QUAD-CITY MUSIC GUILD PRESENTS Mamma Mia! July 9-10-11 & 15-16-17-18. Shows are Thur-Fri-Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Prospect Park Auditorium, Moline. Tickets are Adult $16 / Child $11; call 309-762-6610 or visit qcmusicguild.com for reservations now! ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This […]

Although cannabis testing is an everlasting topic in the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry program in the Western Illinois University Department of Chemistry, it was recently revitalized by a $160,181 grant, awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and a Certification of Registration (COR), presented by the Drug Enforcement Administration […]