MACOMB, IL — Celebrating Town & Gown, the annual signature Western Illinois University and Macomb community event, will kick off 2021 WIU Homecoming activities Thursday, Sept. 23 and include the latest Rocky on Parade unveiling. The event is hosted by WIU and the City of Macomb. This year’s event is the inaugural Town & Gown celebration for WIU’s 12th President Guiyou Huang. The 14th annual Celebrating Town & Gown event, with Huang and Macomb Mayor Mike Inman, will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at The Forum in Macomb, with a short program at 6:15 p.m. All Macomb... Read More

Calling all Leathernecks! Alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members should mark their calendars for Western Illinois University’s Homecoming 2021, Friday, Sept. 24 – Saturday, Oct. 2. Current students Daria Levchenko, a senior political science major, from San Diego, CA, and Elizabeth Orwig, a sophomore special education major, from Ohio, IL, will serve as co-directors of the University Union Board Homecoming Committee. This year’s event theme is “Rocky Undercover: What’s Your Alibi?” “We are so excited to see how Homecoming participants take... Read More

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – As Homecoming festivities at Western Illinois University are underway, the scheduled Paint the Paws event has been postponed until Saturday, April 24. The annual event involves the painting of more than 200 paws along University Drive and Western Avenue. The painting was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 27. The special Spring ’21 Homecoming will have a mix of in-person and virtual activities, with the 5K Old Stompin’ Ground Runaround run/walk, scheduled for Saturday, April 3. The virtual option can be completed any time April 3. The in-person race will... Read More