MACOMB, IL — The Western Illinois Bachelor of Social Work program is one of 12 programs nationwide selected to participate in the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Policy Practice in Field Education Initiative. This initiative enables schools of social work to create integrative models that heighten the policy skill set of undergraduate- and graduate-level […]
Café Express Deli (1507 E Locust St. Davenport) will be celebrating their one-year anniversary, under new management, with a Socially Distant Free Community Party this Friday Jul 31 from 5 – 8 p.m. This event will be outdoors. Masks will be handed out and hand sanitizer will be provided for free as well as being […]
The Figge’s Big Picture program returned this summer, in a different format. For the past 3 weeks, virtual free programming has been streaming live from the museum on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. The program will continue through Aug 5. This Wednesday July 29 will mark the fourth week of Big […]
Come join Davenport Parks and Recreation at Vander Veer Botanical Park (215 W Central Park Ave Davenport) as they explore the pollinators that keep our green earth beautiful! Pollinator Week will kick off this Tuesday Jul 28 and will continue Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be a […]
MACOMB, IL – A Western Illinois University graduate student recently used her internship in the Department of Sociology’s graduate program to increase awareness of the Salvation Army office in Galesburg, IL. Jackie Smith, of Galesburg, recently completed her graduate degree in sociology. She had previously completed the necessary coursework, but had not finished her exit […]
DAVENPORT — Like many other Quad-Cities events impacted this year by Covid-19, the German American Heritage Center in Davenport will hold its third-annual Best of the Wurst Sausage Competition virtually next month. Out of an abundance of caution, this year’s Best of the Wurst will be a special, socially distanced event, rather than the usual […]
MERCER COUNTY, Illinois—As school districts across the region consider how education will be delivered this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two largest school districts serving Mercer County students in Illinois will continue their pursuit to ensure every single student has access to technology. The Looser-Flake Foundation, a private foundation administered through the Quad […]
MACOMB, IL – For more than two decades, Western Illinois University’s annual spring performance of “The Vagina Monologues” has existed to serve two purposes: to stop violence against women and girls and to raise fund for the Western Illinois Regional Council-Community Action Agency (WIRC-CAA) Victim Services. Recently, WIU presented the WIRC-CAA Victim Services with a […]
Get the kids out for a day of fun and fishing this weekend! Credit Island Bait Shop is hosting a Fishing Tournament this Sunday Jul 26 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Credit Island Boat Ramp. This free-entry tournament will be broken up into two age groups, 12 and under and 13 and […]
MACOMB, IL – As first generation students, Western Illinois University Sociology Professor Emeritus and WIU Board of Trustees Chair Polly Radosh and Jeff Radosh struggled financially as they completed their college education. To help other first generation students and those with financial need, the Radoshes have established the Radosh Sociology Endowed Scholarship at WIU. Polly, […]
