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Buhs Named December Employee of the Month at WIU

Buhs Named December Employee of the Month at WIU

Western Illinois University IT Technical Associate Jacob Buhs has been named the Al and Elaine Goldfarb Civil Service Employee of the Month for December. Buhs started at WIU in October 2010 as a microcomputer support specialist II in Web Services. In November 2017, he accepted a position in Academic Personnel as a research and instruction […]

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Schuch Named Executive Director of Retention Initiatives

Schuch Named Executive Director of Retention Initiatives

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Justin Schuch, interim executive director of retention initiatives at Western Illinois University, has been named to the permanent position following an internal search. Schuch was named interim executive director of retention initiatives in January 2020. He began his career at Western in 2015 as the assistant director of residence life for leadership […]

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Two WIU CSP Students Excel Through National Student Affairs Organization

Two WIU CSP Students Excel Through National Student Affairs Organization

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Two Western Illinois University graduate students in College Student Personnel (CSP) are advancing through the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), one of the professional organizations designed to help them excel in their future careers and in leadership. Ian Clark, of Macomb, and Austin Quarles, of Glen Allen, VA, are both […]

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Western Illinois VPC Photography Manager Recognized by National Organization

Western Illinois VPC Photography Manager Recognized by National Organization

A visual archive is essential to preserving a university’s history, and the photographers at the Western Illinois University Visual Production Center (VPC) make it a priority each day to capture the essence of life at WIU. From athletics to academics to student activities and more, Sarah Ritter, George Hartmann and Rachael Keating look through their […]

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Western Illinois University Commodity Trading Team Places 43rd in the World

Western Illinois University Commodity Trading Team Places 43rd in the World

For the third time in three years, a team of Western Illinois University students have finished high in the CME Group Trading Challenge, a four-week, international electronic trading competition. This year’s team was made up of Cooper Bounds, a master of business administration (MBA) graduate student from Taneytown, MD; Amy Johnson, a senior agriculture major […]

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WIU Graduate Student Transitions Coursework into Professional Intervention for his Career

WIU Graduate Student Transitions Coursework into Professional Intervention for his Career

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – When Western Illinois University graduate student Tom Reagan began taking classes for his second semester in the University’s College Student Personnel (CSP) program, he wanted to develop a program to help student veterans make informed decisions about where to attend college. Reagan, a retired captain from the East Moline Police Department and […]

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Pandemic Provides Unique Programming Opportunities for WIU RPTA Students and MCSRA

Pandemic Provides Unique Programming Opportunities for WIU RPTA Students and MCSRA

During a period of time when the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting virtually every activity nationwide, faculty and students in Western Illinois University’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration (RPTA) are finding a variety of ways to reach the populations they are learning to serve. RPTA Instructor Julie Eggleston is working with students in her […]

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