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In this Issue
First Doctoral Students to Graduate | Commencement Weekend | Six to Receive Alumni Achievement Award | Molinari Records First Leatherneck Victory | Former Math Chair Joseph Stipanowich Passes Away
First Doctoral Students to Graduate
 Nine of the 22 members of the first student cohort in Western Illinois University's educational leadership doctoral program will walk across the stage at the Dec. 20 Commencement Exercises in Western Hall on the WIU-Macomb campus, marking the first doctorate degree recipients at Western.
"These first graduates have demonstrated a strong commitment to academic excellence and high quality educational opportunities for all Pre-K-12 students through their coursework and research projects, which address the various challenges faced by 21st century schools," said College of Education and Human Services Dean Bonnie Smith-Skripps '73 MA '74 ED SP '89.
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Photo: Michael Oberhaus defends his dissertation.
Commencement Weekend
Newest members welcomed into the Alumni Association
Ceremonies recognizing the academic and personal accomplishments of Western Illinois University students and alumni will be held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19-20 in Macomb during Western's Fall 2008 Commencement Weekend.
More than 1,200 students - - including almost 900 undergraduate students, 93 nontraditional students in the Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts degree program and more than 235 graduate students have applied for graduation in Fall 2008.
Click here for all the commencement details.
Six to Receive Alumni Achievement Award
Six Western Illinois University alumni have been selected to receive the WIU Alumni Achievement Award at the Saturday, Dec. 20 Commencement Exercises.
This year's recipients are Matthew D. Miller '92, president of Rally Appraisal LLC, Bettendorf, (IA); Col. Lois Beard '76, Brigade Commander of the U.S. Army's 42nd Military Police Brigade (MPB), Ft. Lewis, (WA); Tamara Harris '92, instructional technologist/learning specialist for IBM Learning Development in Atlanta, (GA), and founder of Selene’s Sensations bakery; Nancy Brattain Rogers '86, professor and director of the Center for Public Service and Community Engagement at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, (IN); Bart Rogers '92, chief administrative officer of the US Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington, (IL); and Joseph "Skip" Begley '74 MS '86, chair of the Hinsdale (IL) Central High School Department of Physical Education.
Western's Alumni Achievement Award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to any of the following: exceptional accomplishment in one's chosen field of endeavor; exceptional service in community affairs at the local, state or national levels; and exceptional service in support of the advancement and continued excellence of WIU.
Click here to read more about this year's recipients.
Molinari Records First Leatherneck Victory
Jim Molinari coached four Leathernecks into double-digit scoring to record his first victory as the Western Illinois head coach with a win over Eureka, 75-57, on November 19.
Eureka is coached by Western Illinois alumnus Chip Wilde
'91 MS '94.
 “I think we showed some character in a game where we were suppose to win and when the team stays in the game, you can really get tight. I thought our guys did a good job of not doing that tonight,” said Coach Molinari.
After capturing their first win of the season, the Leathernecks hit the road for a five-game stint.
Four of the five road games were a part of the Global Sports Classic. Rounds one and two of the tournament were played at the host schools, with the final two rounds played in Las Vegas, Nev., at UNLV.
Click here to read more about the WIU vs. Cincinnati game. Click here to read more about the WIU vs. Florida State
game.
Rounding out the five-game road trip is the conference-opening game at IUPUI on December 6.
For more on Coach Molinari and the Leathernecks, click here.
Photo courtesy: WIU Visual Production Center
Former Math Chair Joseph Stipanowich Passes Away
 Joseph J. Stipanowich, former Western Illinois University mathematics chair and longtime mathematics faculty member, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 19 in Macomb. He was 87.
Upon completing his bachelor of science degree from Western in 1946, Stipanowich went on to obtain a master's degree from the University of Illinois (1947) and an Ed.D. from Northwestern University (1956). In 1947, he joined the mathematics faculty at Western, serving in that capacity until 1984. He taught thousands of students, many of whom remember him as a favorite teacher. From 1958 to 1968 he served as chair of the department of mathematics, supervising a dramatic expansion of the faculty and the move to a new building. He received Western's Distinguished Teaching Award (1970), the Alumni Achievement Award (1973) and the Distinguished Alumni Award (1974).
Click here to read more on Stipanowich.
Ann Lamb, chair and professor emeritus of the women's physical education department at Western Illinois University passed away Oct. 1 at the age of 84. Click here to read more on Lamb.
Western Illinois University Economics Professor Emeritus Karl B. Marx III, 78, of Colchester, passed away Sept. 22 in Macomb.
Click here to read more on Marx.
Photo: Joe and Mary Stipanowich (from the College of Arts and Sciences "Focus" magazine Fall 2005 issue -- See complete story at wiu.edu/cas/about/focus/). Photo by WIU Visual Production Center.
Congratulations to the December winner--Kit Clark '71. She found Rocky on the From the Director webpage.
Can you find this exact Rocky (in black and white) some where 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 November winner--Roger Glazer '68. He found Rocky on the "Move the Bus" webpage.
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