Recruitment, retention, partnerships key to WIU’s future

Guiyou Huang’s first year as president of Western Illinois University has been jammed with planning, programming, investments and initiatives to grow enrollment and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

He also has been crisscrossing the Quad Cities region building relationships with communities and between the main Macomb, Illinois, campus and its Moline riverfront campus during the 15 months leading up to his official inauguration. Mr. Huang…