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CDB Funding for WIU-QC Riverfront Building Two; Building One Renovations Underway | New Partnership for Credit Card Program | Homecoming Less Than Two Months Away | Social Media Updates | Join Us for Two Exciting Events in August

CDB Funding for WIU-QC Riverfront Building Two; Building One Renovations Underway

The Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) has released $4 million for the next step of architectural and engineering design for Building Two on the Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Riverfront Campus. Construction/renovation of Building One, the former John Deere Technical Center, is underway.

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In the meantime, renovations of the 60,000-square-foot Building One on the Western Illinois University-Quad Cities campus are well underway, and what was once the brick façade of the former John Deere Tech Center on River Drive in Moline is now a concrete frame shell of what will eventually evolve into the first building on the WIU-QC Riverfront Campus.

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New Partnership for Credit Card Program

The WIU Alumni Association is pleased to announce a new partnership for our credit card program. INTRUST Bank, one of the oldest banking institutions in the Midwest, is our choice to provide the new Western Illinois University Platinum Visa®, in support of the Alumni Association.
 
Headquartered in Kansas, INTRUST was founded in 1876 and has offered credit cards since 1987. Skilled in all aspects of the credit card business, they currently support 12 affinity programs. Just as important, they share our Midwest values and commitment to service excellence.

We are confident any and all who choose the new Western Illinois University Platinum Visa® will be amazed with the personal rewards opportunities, superior customer service staffed by representatives located right here in the Midwest, and around the clock security protection you will receive with your new card. And, if you choose the new Western Illinois University Platinum Visa®, you will be supporting your alma mater in many ways - helping to fund student scholarships, the Western News publication, Alumni and Friends events around the country AND your University.

In the coming months you will begin receiving information on how to obtain the new Western Illinois University Platinum Visa®. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to provide additional support for our alumni programs.

Homecoming Less Than Two Months Away

Join the WIU Alumni Association for Homecoming 2010 on September 24 and 25. The weekend kicks off on Friday, September 24 with the All-Alumni Social at the Alumni House.

On Saturday, enjoy the the Old Stompin' Ground Runaround 5K run/1.5 mile walk (including a new race route), complimentary breakfast, parade, and lunch at "The Right Place," the big tent west of Hanson Field. While there, visit with faculty and staff from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Technology, Education and Human Services and Fine Arts and Communication; the Centennial Honors College; the Center for International Studies; University Libraries; the Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts Degree Program; the School of Graduate Studies; and staff and friends from Student Services, the Alumni Association and Athletics. Then, cheer on your Fighting Leathernecks as they play Indiana State University.

For more information about Homecoming, or to register, click here. To see a map of the new race route, click here.

Social Media Updates

The WIU Alumni Association is now on Flickr! Flickr is the best way to store, sort, search and share photos online. Now you can view photos from a recent event, or find old friends or classmates you may not have seen for years!

Click here to view the latest event photos on Flickr.

And make sure you are following the WIU Alumni Association on Twitter for the latest news and information! Click here to follow the WIU Alumni Association on Twitter.

Assistant Alumni Director Michael Jones will be "tweeting" daily about upcoming events and sharing photos and information from our numerous gatherings around the globe!

For all other social media opportunities from your Alumni Association, click here.

Join Us for Two Exciting Events in August: The Motorcycle Poker Run in Macomb & the Mt. Carroll, IL Event with the WIU Marching Band

Join your Western Illinois University Alumni Association for the WIU Motorcycle Poker Run on Saturday, August 7 and the Mt. Carroll Alumni & Friends Event on Friday, August 27! The Poker Run to the Mississippi starts at 9:00 a.m. at WIU's Sherman Hall and includes stops in Carthage, Nauvoo, Lomax, Blandinsville and Tennessee. The Mt. Carroll event begins with a pregame social from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and then we will move on to watch the West Carroll Thunder take on the Forreston Cardinals. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. at the West Carroll High School located at 500 Cragmoor St., Savanna. At halftime, the WIU Marching Band will perform.

Saturday, August 7, 2010
WIU Motorcycle Poker Run
Starts at WIU Sherman Hall
Ends at WIU Alumni House
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Friday, August 27, 2010
Mt. Carroll Alumni & Friends Event
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
House of Events
108 Main St.
Savanna, IL

****Congratulations to the August winner--Steve A. Ashenbrener '81. He found Rocky on the Centennial Honors College webpage.

Can you find this exact Rocky (in black and white) somewhere else in the eNewsletter? If you find him, email us at A-Association@wiu.edu and let us know where he was placed. One winner will be picked from all the entries emailed on the first day of the month and will get a WIU Prize Pack! Good luck!

****Congratulations to the July winner--Mike Sebille '91. He found Rocky on the Quad Cities Campus webpage.

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