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Mindrup makes history after being named WIU’s 13th president

When Kristi Mindrup was unanimously selected on Friday, Dec. 6, as the 13th president of Western Illinois University by its board of trustees, she made history as the first woman in WIU’s 125-year history to hold that post. This longtime…

WIU receives DOJ funds to train police

WIU names new deans

Mindrup, new VP, a key player in WIU-QC’s past; now its future

Kristi Mindrup, the leader of Western Illinois University Quad-Cities (WIU-QC) riverfront campus, has spent a…

WIU hosts virtual careers for Quad Cities

Western Illinois University will host a virtual Quad Cities College Career Fair on Thursday, Feb.…

WIU’S famous bulldog now a bobblehead

MACOMB/MOLINE – It’s a grand day for Col. Rock IV (aka Ray) as his sweet…

WIU to offer early childhood major at Moline campus

Western Illinois University Quad Cities (WIU) will begin offering the Early Childhood Degree in the…

GivingTuesday campaign tops $27,000

A fundraising effort to help the students, faculty and staff at Western Illinois University has…

Schmitt named as WQPT’s new general manager

Dawn Schmitt has been named as the general manager at WQPT of the Quad Cities…

WIU partners with college in St. Kitts, West Indies 

MACOMB/MOLINE, Ill. – Western Illinois University (WIU) and Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) of St.…