MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University recently hosted a special recognition event for its 2025-26 International Presidential Scholarship recipients on March 25. WIU President Kristi Mindrup ...

Just Hired! Through the experiences of local, regional, national, and international students, Western Illinois University has some incredible alumni who are changing the world in the workforce. This ...

There are painful realities that have to be faced by Western Illinois and other enrollment-challenged schools.

Amid declining enrollment and faculty layoffs, Western Illinois University is focused on its evolution with a new president. Jennifer DeWitt with the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal joined ...

Western Illinois University’s hasty, seemingly arbitrary, cuts will undo progress the school has made in fostering social mobility.

MACOMB, Ill. (WMBD) — Western Illinois University received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award on Thursday. According to the University, the award from Insight Into Diversity ...

Western Illinois University Macomb will be closed Thursday after two police officers were shot near the campus Wednesday night, officials said.

In an effort to close a $22 million budget deficit, the university announced today a second round of layoffs, which now total 124 faculty and staff positions since July.

Although Indiana enters its contest with Western Illinois on Friday night with a 1-0 record, head coach Curt Cignetti wasn’t satisfied with how the Hoosiers played during Week 1. Just 16 minutes after ...

Western Illinois University’s board of trustees today approved a second round of layoffs as it tries to close a $10 million budget deficit amid declining enrollment.

Western Illinois University has announced it will lay off additional faculty members. This comes after 35 contingent faculty members were laid off in June.

In a bid to cut costs amid an ongoing financial crisis, Western Illinois University has announced that it will be laying off 89 employees — 57 faculty members and 32 staff — this school year ...