The Western Illinois University Track and Field team delivered several standout performances at Saturday’s Hawkeye Invite, rewriting the school record books. Edward Clark got things started for the Leathernecks posting an impressive time of 6.94 seconds in the men’s 60m sprint, landing him 3rd place overall. Clark’s time not only marks a new personal best, […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – – This year, Western Illinois University invites all students and faculty to attend career and internship fairs provided by the WIU Career Center and various academic departments. These fairs are for job seekers looking for information about local and regional organizations. “Career Fairs play such an important role on campus. Studies show […]
Congrats to Ms. DeBroeck for being named the Rock Island Schools Parent/ Guardian of the Month! As one of the Thomas Jefferson Booster Club Co-Presidents, Ms. DeBroeck was responsible for arranging a fundraiser event with the Milan Subway to raise funds for our scholars’ activities. She also spearheaded the Community Build event to put up […]
Trenton Taber, a 2015 graduate of Western Illinois University’s Agriculture Education program, has been named the Region 4 Outstanding Agriculture Teacher by the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE). “My career as an agriculture teacher wouldn’t be anything without the mentors and support I’ve received throughout Illinois Ag Education, including, but not limited to: Dr. […]
A Western Illinois University student and professor earned a scholarship and grant from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) to attend their national conference in Anaheim, CA, in January 2025. Senior Music Business major Makenna Frank earned the prestigious Lamond GenNext Award and WIU Director of Music Business Kyle Jones was given a NAMM […]
Shout out to a group of Rock Island Thurgood Marshall scholars for creating heartfelt holiday cards for local hospitals and nursing homes before their winter break. What an awesome way to spread cheers this season!
Join a Naturalist for an interpretive trail walk through the Nahant Marsh to get your year started off on the right foot! Coffee and Hot Chocolate will be available in the Education Center afterwards to warm you up. Details & Sign-up: First Day Hike
Denkmann Elementary School in Rock Island held a wonderful surprise for one of their teachers, Ms. Olson, last week, as she was selected for WQAD and UScellular‘s Grant A Wish educator for the month of December! Ms. Olson received We Both Read kits to help her scholars in various programs and levels to succeed in […]
Rock Island Police Department continued an annual holiday tradition yesterday with their Cops and Firefighters for Christmas event, teaming up to help out people in the community. The police department noted, “Once again we were blessed to be able to shop with some amazing kids for our annual Cops and Firefighters for Christmas event! Thank […]
Rock Island teachers Krystall Trice and Ramona Dixon had the honor of presenting at this year’s ESSA/Multilingual Conference!They discussed our district’s journey to building a comprehensive model for family and community engagement (FACE) and educated attendees on how to build, maintain, and sustain a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for FACE in schools or districts.Thanks […]
