MACOMB, Ill. (WMBD) — Western Illinois University received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award on Thursday. According to the University, the award from Insight Into Diversity ...

Amid declining enrollment and faculty layoffs, Western Illinois University is focused on its evolution with a new president. Jennifer DeWitt with the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal joined ...

Western Illinois University campus in Macomb in 2021. (Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune) coronavirus, COVID-19 By The Editorial Board | Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: August 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT.

As a 1995 graduate of Western Illinois University, I was dismayed to read the editorial on the university (“The crisis at Western Illinois University and beyond,” Aug. 13). While it is ...

Whether it’s Macomb, Carbondale or DeKalb, Illinois’ “directional” public universities such as Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, and Northern Illinois have an outsize impact on the ...

In a bid to cut costs amid an ongoing financial crisis, Western Illinois University has announced that it will be laying off 89 employees — 57 faculty members and 32 staff — this school year.

Students, staff, and administrators at Western Illinois University Quad-Cities are asking Illinois lawmakers for $7.2 million in operational funding to develop WIU-QC's Innovation Campus vision.

"Both the Western Illinois University Macomb and Quad Cities campuses will be closed Thursday, Sept. 5 due to the ongoing police emergency near the Macomb campus," the school's alert said.

MACOMB, Ill (KWQC) - Western Illinois University is facing potential layoffs starting Tuesday. It’s expected that the WIU administration and board of trustees will approve layoffs at Tuesday’s ...

MACOMB, Ill. (WMBD) — In Macomb, a rally was held with a decision looming. Western Illinois University faculty and staff are currently facing layoffs. At this time, the amount of people who will ...

To help regional high schoolers explore high-paying, in-demand careers, Western Illinois University and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges will host the third-annual Supply Chain Management ConNEXT ...

Western Illinois University has announced it will lay off additional faculty members. This comes after 35 contingent faculty members were laid off in June.