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Western Illinois University Emergency Management Alumni Recognized by Gov. Pritzker

Western Illinois University Emergency Management Alumni Recognized by Gov. Pritzker

MACOMB, IL – – Three Western Illinois University School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration graduates were recently recognized at a surprise ceremony by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC). Adison Cunningham, who earned a 2019 bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (LEJA) and 2020 master’s degree […]

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Leathernecks Step Up to Help with Internship Cancelled by COVID-19

Leathernecks Step Up to Help with Internship Cancelled by COVID-19

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – When the recent pandemic handed Leathernecks a challenge, they worked together to make an opportunity for one graduate student who was left without an internship. Western Illinois University recreation, park and tourism administration Master of Science candidate David Brodwyn, of Jamaica, was supposed to spend his summer completing his degree by doing […]

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University Singers, Conductor Win National Awards

University Singers, Conductor Win National Awards

MACOMB, IL — The Western Illinois University Singers have been named the Third Place National Winners of The American Prize in Choral Performance (College/University Division), a year-long national performing arts competition. Choirs of all types and levels, elementary to professional, from around the United States, submitted recordings in late April 2019. From those recordings, a […]

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Two WIU College of Business and Technology Faculty Investigate Small Business Response to COVID-19

Two WIU College of Business and Technology Faculty Investigate Small Business Response to COVID-19

MACOMB, IL – – Western Illinois University Instructor of Management, and doctoral student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte Sarah Shike, and WIU Assistant Professor of Accounting Jennifer McGarry are performing research to determine how small businesses have responded to the global pandemic and how this could be the key to bouncing back […]

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Western Illinois University BSW Program Awarded Grant for Policy Practice in Field Initiative

Western Illinois University BSW Program Awarded Grant for Policy Practice in Field Initiative

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 […]

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Western Illinois University Student Uses Graduate Work to Improve Local Social Service Agency

Western Illinois University Student Uses Graduate Work to Improve Local Social Service Agency

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 […]

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Western Illinois University Helps Out Charity With 'Vagina Monologues' Performance

Western Illinois University Helps Out Charity With ‘Vagina Monologues’ Performance

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 […]

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Radosh Sociology Endowed Scholarship Established

Radosh Sociology Endowed Scholarship Established

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, […]

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