"The program has challenged me to become a better communicator, advocate and caregiver. I am a firm believer that it is not where you come from, it is where you are going. With the support from the WIU nursing staff, I have confidence that I will be successful in my career as a registered nurse."

- Brandi Crockford, Student
School of Nursing

A National Science Foundation grant to study the formation of the most massive stars in the galaxy will allow WIU undergraduate and graduate students to visit observatories, take part in other scientific conferences and outreach activities and provide special scholarships for high-school students to participate in a WIU summer science camp.

"I think the faculty here, in part because of the communities that we build and the students that we have, we're around and available to the students all the time. We help get them the individual attention that they need to succeed. Our program succeeds by what our students do when they leave here and that's kind of how I measure our success."

- John Cooper, Professor
School of Music