MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Professor of Music and Director of Bands Mike Fansler, made a landmark debut at New York City's Carnegie Hall on May ...

Western Illinois University is forever a part of the history of bands and artists who have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. WIU’s Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie in late May, after the ...

I n early August, Hunter Dunlap, a professor and librarian at Western Illinois University, was with his wife to celebrate her final chemotherapy session when he opened an email from work. He was ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Campus is shown Aug. 6, 2024. The university is set to cut full-time and tenure track faculty. Katelyn Metzger ...

MACOMB, Ill. — During a Tuesday morning meeting, Western Illinois University's Board of Trustees approved a resolution to let go an unknown number of employees, from tenure-track faculty to ...

Western Illinois University closed both campuses Thursday due to an ongoing police emergency near the main campus in Macomb, where two officers where shot Wednesday evening.

On Monday, Aug. 5, dozens of Western Illinois University faculty and students, along with community members, protested against an upcoming vote by the Board of Trustees set for Tuesday morning.