Save the Date: Inauguration for President Mindrup is Oct. 16 Save the date! Western Illinois University will be celebrating the inauguration of its 13th president, Kristi Mindrup, at 1:30 p.m.

This fall, WIU is projecting about 5,100 students across its Macomb, Quad Cities and online campuses, including 1,450 new ...

MACOMB, Ill. — College students are starting to settle in at Western Illinois University. But amid the new school year buzz is the recent decision to lay off nearly 90 faculty and staff members ...

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).

So the crisis at Western Illinois is bad news for both Macomb and the Quad Cities, where Western has a campus. Very bad news. In recent days. Western has announced two big layoffs.