With public concern mounting over the cost, length and quality of college education, Western Illinois University has taken the unprecedented step of guaranteeing major components of its education.
District of Columbia teachers now have a unique opportunity for professional development and graduate credit through Western Illinois University's College of Education and Human Services.
WIU has been awarded $250,000 from Ameritech to extend the WIU TechKnowledgy Project to address the needs of Illinois teachers who will be required to meet the new teaching technology standards mandated for Illinois recertification.
Both life-sustaining and life-taking, the Mississippi, largest river in North America, is a habitat for fish and mammal species as well as a vital economic resource for the nation.
What has eight legs, three heads and the ability to make someone smile?
Robert Nardelli, president and CEO of The Home Depot, and Eric Gleacher, president and CEO of Gleacher & Co. will be presented with Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters and will speak at Western Illinois University's May 11 Commencement Ceremonies.
With society's growing concerns over the effects of agri-chemicals on the environment and public health, one Western Illinois University agriculture professor is hard at work researching various pesticide-free and organic farming methods farmers can use in western Illinois.
There's more to food preparation safety than just handwashing.
After Sept. 11, a Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Faculty Member started thinking how he could educate students to expect the unexpected.
The family cook has spent the last few days preparing for the traditional Thanksgiving feast. The bird is roasted, the yams are baked and the stuffing is stuffed. Everything is perfect. Or is it? Later, the whole family is trying to see who can make it to the bathroom first. Welcome to a cook's worst nightmare: food poisoning.
Bruce Gebhardt, deputy director the FBI; C. Robert Leininger, former Illinois superintendent of education; John Blackburn, CEO of COUNTRY Insurance and Financial Services; and Dot Richardson, Olympic gold medalist and orthopedic surgeon, will be honored and will speak at Western Illinois University's Commencement.
Former Illinois state representative and now a justice in the Illinois Third District Appellate Court Mary K. O'Brien and international financier Alfred D. Boyer will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and address graduates during Western Illinois University's Commencement Ceremonies May 8.
More than 30 scientists from 14 world nations will participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute Tuesday, July 6 through Friday, July 16 at Western Illinois University.
In sickness and in health it is important to know "What to Ask the Doc," according to Margaret Fitzpatrick, a registered nurse who co-authored the book that was published in October 2003 by RN Interactive, Inc.
A new and insightful discussion on the political and cultural impact of Nazi-era exiled artists who helped shape modern German art is presented in the book, "Modern German Art for Thirties Paris, Prague, and London: Resistance and Acquiescence in a Democratic Public Sphere".
The family cooks have spent days preparing for the annual reunion. The chicken is fried and grandma's famous potato salad is complete. Everything is perfect. Or is it? Later, everyone is trying to see who can make it to the bathroom first. Welcome to a cook's worst nightmare: food poisoning.
It seems like just yesterday that you were dropping her off for the first day of kindergarten. Wasn't it just last month that you were watching him trying to recite his lines for the 6th grade play? Now it's time for college "“ and no more mom and dad to guide the way on a daily basis.
Research science and human emotion, often seen as at odds with one another, are the exact elements that earned Dr. T. K. Vinod his first-ever U.S. patent, which was awarded for the synthesis of a water-soluble reagent named modified o-iodoxybenzoic acid and its demonstration as an effective oxidizing agent.
Ongoing research on the livelihood systems of fishing communities in Louisiana and Texas through NOAA Fisheries grants turned into disaster-related research when Western Illinois University socio-cultural researcher Heather McIlvaine-Newsad visited Grand Isle, LA in Summer 2006, one year after Hurricane Katrina.
Dan Webb, who has been ranked as the No. 1 litigator in the United States by Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and speak to the 2007 class at the 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12 Commencement Ceremony in Macomb, IL.
One of the most astute rock critics and a former Western Illinois University student -- once called "the funniest and most incisive wisecracking bad boy at CREEM magazine" -- lived a quiet existence in Macomb, Illinois, far from the limelight of the musicians he wrote about for internationally-known rock magazines.
Bullying is not a new problem; however, the way it manifests itself, such as via the Internet, is evolving. It has been around for years, but it has taken society twice as long to finally wake up and realize we need to be proactive rather than reactive.
The 2008 presidential campaigns may be wishing for as much steam right now as is rising on the campus of Western Illinois University, where students and faculty across multiple academic disciplines are uniting to present the collegiate nation's largest hands-on civic engagement project this fall "“ a full-scale mock presidential election.
The large-scale education-based presidential election simulation involves some 4,000 students, more than 70 faculty member and countless volunteers to help students learn, by involvement, what the electoral process is about and to hopefully stimulate student involvement in American politics.
"The Iowa caucuses provided citizens rare opportunities to meet presidential hopefuls in person, to ask them questions and engage in meaningful dialogues with fellow citizens. It forced the candidates to fan out among the citizenry "“ at truck stops, churches, senior centers, factories, farms, wherever people gather "“ and listen to their concerns," said Rick Hardy, professor and chair of Western Illinois University's political science department.
Worldwide scholars and poets, authors and reviewers of African literature will convene at Western Illinois University in Macomb April 22 -27 for the 34th Annual African Literature Association Conference, "African and African Diaspora Women Writers, Global Challenges and Cultural Identity."
Many of the world's finest scholars, poets, authors and reviewers of African literature, as well as film makers and traditional performers, will convene at Western Illinois University in Macomb April 22-27 for the 34th Annual African Literature Association (ALA) Conference, "African and African Diaspora Women Writers, Global Challenges and Cultural Identity."
A Western Illinois University physics professor has discovered a way to understand lasing without inversion, which will allow the generation of X-ray and gamma-ray laser light without needing large energy input to begin with. This will also allow for precise control of the behavior of a quantum system leading to its application in an important upcoming area of information processing known as quantum information.
There's still a lot to be said for that old-fashioned "word-of-mouth" way of spreading information. In recent years, such Web-based applications as blogs and social network sites like MySpace and Facebook have amplified that method and taken the World Wide Web into the realm of Web 2.0.
As in much of the rest of the country, personal health and wellness are top of mind at Western Illinois University. As part of the University's "Health and Wellness: Challenges and Responsibilities" 2008-09 theme, WIU's Beu Health Center has launched "Student Health 101," an online health and wellness magazine.
Western Illinois University -- which counts among its four core values opportunities for personal growth and social responsibility -- is developing a comprehensive alcohol risk-reduction plan to help ensure the academic and personal success of current and future WIU students.
Former Elector and constitutional law expert Rick Hardy, professor and chair of the political science department at Western Illinois University, addresses several topics concerning Election 2008 that will affect the future of this nation in a video podcast available on WIU's YouTube site at www.youtube.com/westernillinoisu.
Like many higher ed institutions, Western Illinois University continues to go "2.0" -- as in "Web 2.0" -- in the Information Age. Several departments and campus organizations are taking advantage of the interactive World Wide Web to connect with students, prospective students and WIU friends. Many WIU-related offices and organizations now have a presence on Facebook (including Rocky, WIU's Mascot) and the photo-sharing site Flickr, and various departments and groups are using blogs as a way to interact with web users.
More than one year after the official groundbreaking, Western Illinois University's Multicultural Center looms three stories high, with laborers working daily to complete the structure that will house the Women's Center, Casa Latina Cultural Center and the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center.
At Western Illinois University Libraries, Scrooge McDuck, the Hulk, Batman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer live under the same roof as Jane Eyre, Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield and Anna Karenina.
In times of yore, to trace the path of a meal from your table to the source may have only been a short jaunt out to some nearby woods. But in these days of modern transit, when the foods that people consume hail from various regions of the United States and even the globe, that path, many times, is much more complex.
Two anthropologists from Western Illinois University will meet with residents of three Illinois river counties - - Hancock, Henderson and Mercer - - who were seriously affected by the 2008 floods and are willing to share their insights, in an effort to improve disaster response.
Of the more than 50 schools that participate in the Peace Corps' unique Fellows/USA graduate program, Western Illinois University recently ranked ninth in the nation on this year's list of top colleges and universities partnering with the Peace Corps.
With many college students heading off to sun-and fun-filled spring break trips, Mary Margaret Harris, director of Western Illinois University's Beu Health Center, would like students to take a moment and consider the following advice: "Bring back great memories, not regrets."
The promise of a quality education from an accredited public university may seem more like a dream than a reality these days. Students and families may wonder if they will be able to afford the rising costs of higher education. Western Illinois University makes that dream of attending a college a reality by providing a quality, accessible and affordable education.
According to the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, during the 2006-07 academic year, 66 percent of the 4,160 two-year and four-year Title IV degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the nation offered college-level distance education courses.
The recent election of President Barack Obama has challenged the notion of race and the reality of racism. Western Illinois University's 16th Annual Dealing with Difference Institute (DWDI), set for Tuesday-Wednesday, May 19-20 at Spoon River College's Macomb campus, will examine the longstanding and inaccurate notions of race, which persist in society.
A recent survey conducted at a university in Indiana confirmed what most college students (and those who work with college students) probably already know: Text messaging is the college student's preferred form of communication.
Western Illinois University, one of seven original Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) programs to charter the Degrees at a Distance Program (DDP), offers the unique Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts (BOT/BA) DDP, which enables fire service personnel across the nation to earn a bachelor's degree without losing time on the job.
"I am helping to change the classroom." That's what Mike Dickson told his grandmother once during a telephone conversation when she asked what he did for a living.
One of Western Illinois University's core values is educational opportunity, and one of the many ways WIU provides that opportunity is through its hands-on learning activities, programs and courses. Recently, senior broadcasting major Mike Allison (Milan, IL) showcased some of those opportunities in a video he produced for Western's University Relations office.
Librarians and faculty at Western Illinois University, in recent months, have been engaged in an intense collection development review known as the "Library Materials Budgeting Project 2009-2010." The impetus for the project is attributable to (like many things in a tough economy and in a state facing a significant budget shortfall) cost-cutting measures, as well as changes in the publishing business.
Dr. Dean Alexander, director of the Homeland Security Research Program and associate professor of homeland security at Western Illinois University, has extensively lectured and published on domestic jihads.
The goal of a two-year (Summers 2009, 2010) NIH and ARRA-funded project is two-fold, according to program director and WIU Chemistry Chair Rose McConnell: To develop compounds to slow the growth of cancer, and to train public school science teachers and students how to inspire human curiosity by instilling in them a sense of discovery."
A new dinosaur was discovered in Early Jurassic South Africa that provides clues to the question of how dinosaurs grew to be so big, were able to support their weight and were able to walk on all-fours like the giant sauropods of Late Jurassic.
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