A Community Meet and Greet for new minority employees at Western Illinois University will be held from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 at Macomb City Hall.

Remarks will be given by WIU President Guiyou Huang, Macomb Mayor Michael Inman and Macomb Police Chief Jerel Jones. New employees will be introduced during the event, as will the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian Diversity Teaching Scholars: Lecturers Pechulano Ngwe Ali – Department of Broadcasting and Journalism; Brenda Iglesias Zarco and Alfonzo Cooper Jr. – School of Music; and Jin Park – Department of Kinesiology (Sport Management).

Snacks will be provided by the Boss Food Truck, owned by Pastor Allen and Andrea Henderson.

The event is sponsored by WIU, the city of Macomb and the Shared Community Action Group.

For more information about the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian Diversity Teaching Scholars, visit bit.ly/3zt1TuF.

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