"I recommend WIU to my students. My time at the University was one of the best educational choices I have ever made. My art and education instructors were passionate, talented and dedicated. My WIU instructors were, and are, inspired professionals, and they pushed me to continually learn and challenge myself."

- Marc Nelson, 2006 alumni
Art Education

"Jack (Wahlberg) and Adam (Fackler) continue to go above and beyond when they have an opportunity to apply their skills and to help. When provided an opportunity to help, they both volunteered their time on a day that WIU was shut down due to the cold to make sure the Illinois Emergency Management Agency could receive the support they needed."

- Chad Sperry
GIS Center Director

"Faculty at WIU really take seriously the institution's mission to cultivate academic excellence, to help students achieve great personal growth, to learn about social responsibility, to have educational opportunities that they never would have experienced. I'm really proud to be a part of this tradition."

- Jen McNabb, professor and chair
Department of History