It’ time to celebrate! The Argrow’s 5th year anniversary celebration will be held on September 15th at 6pm at the Quad City Botanical Garden! This year will include a virtual speech from Mrs. Joy Reyes. Joy is the Founder and Executive Director of a social enterprise called New Hope Girls. She works with women and […]
Nominating petitions and other election materials for the 2023 Black Hawk College Board of Trustees election may be picked up at either BHC campus beginning Tuesday, Sept. 20. Petition packets will be available in the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration in Building 1 at the Quad-Cities Campus, 6600 34th Ave., […]
The Multicultural Center at Western Illinois University will host its annual open house for the campus and Macomb communities from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Activities will take place on the center’s lawn, as well as inside the building. The open house will also feature free food and a chance to meet representatives of student […]
From the African Student Association to the Zoology Club, and sports clubs, honor and academic societies, fraternity and sorority life and all other clubs in-between, with more than 150 student organizations at Western Illinois University, there’s something for everyone. WIU-Macomb students can check out registered WIU student organizations at the Office of Student Engagement’s (OSE) […]
The Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services, has finalized its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program and the Afterschool Care Snack Program. State and Local school officials […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Western Illinois University international students have new scholarship opportunities at WIU, thanks to the efforts of 2005 and 2010 alumnus Matthew Toland. Toland, who serves as the WIU Alumni Council president, recently established the President Huang International Student Scholarship to honor the inauguration of Guiyou Huang as WIU’s 12th president. Efforts to […]
The Bettendorf Community School District is announcing recent selections for district administrators beginning their new positions for the 2022-2023 school year. Jillian Bresnan Principal Grant Wood Elementary We are pleased to announce that Jillian Bresnan has been selected as the Grant Wood Elementary Principal beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, pending board approval. Bresnan […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – To mark the 20th anniversary of the annual John Hallwas Liberal Arts Lecture, Western Illinois University Professor Emeritus John Hallwas will deliver this year’s offering, “Liberal Arts Education in a Time of Crisis,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the University Union Grand Ballroom. The lecture series began in 2003 as […]
They did Iowa proud, but Davenport Southwest Little League just couldn’t pull it off in that last inning, losing 8-7 to Great Lakes (Hagerstown, Indiana) in the opening game of the Little League World Series — a game that Bleacher Report called “an instant Little League World Series classic.” Davenport isn’t out of it yet […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – While testing is no longer required for unvaccinated individuals, Western Illinois University health and risk management officials encourage continued frequent testing (at least once per week) for all individuals (vaccinated and unvaccinated). WIU-Macomb students, faculty, and staff can attend free weekly COVID-19 antigen-based (simple nasal swab) testing clinics in the University Union […]
