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In this Issue WIU Sends Our Condolences to NIU | Show Your WIU Pride | WIU Alumni Association To Host a Complimentary Social at the Art Institute of Chicago WIU Sends Our Condolences to NIU
Many across campus joined President Goldfarb in remembering NIU. The University website's colors were changed to red and black, reflecting solidarity with the NIU Huskies. The WIU Alumni Association took down its Alumni Event photo on its home webpage and replaced it with the NIU black ribbon. Many faculty, staff and students attended a vigil in the University Union; another was held on the Quad Cities campus. The Student Government Association displayed a banner in the Union Concourse where everyone has been asked to write messages to Northern. At the end of February, it was sent to NIU, showing them how their neighbors to the southwest are thinking of them. Click here to read more on WIU's response and available support. Show Your WIU PrideMake each Friday a "Purple and Gold Day!" Western Illinois University staff, students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to wear purple and gold on Fridays to express their school spirit and to show their support not only for Western's athletic teams, but to demonstrate their overall pride for the University. Western's school colors were chosen more than 100 years ago due to the "vast golden prairie strewn with purple coneflowers" surrounding the University. If you are in need of any purple and gold apparel, you can find a few options on the Alumni website. Click here to start shopping.
WIU Alumni Association To Host a Complimentary Social at the Art Institute of Chicago The social will be in the Millennium Park Room. Please enter The Art Institute of Chicago via the 230 S. Columbus doors. For directions and parking information, click here. This unique opportunity is open to all WIU Alumni and Friends; there is no charge for it. Preregistration is required. Call 309-298-1914 or email us at A-Association@wiu.edu with your full name, graduation year, phone number and guests' names/graduation years (if applicable). We hope you will join us!
**Congratulations to the March winner--Debra Aimers Loehrke '75. She found Rocky on the College of Education & Human Services webpage. Watch for your chance to win in April! 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. If you're the first one to email us, you'll win a WIU Prize Pack! Good luck. Congratulations to the February winner--Carol Kalkstein-Silkes '85. She found Rocky at the bottom of the Student Life webpage. You are receiving this newsletter because you are an alumnus or friend of Western Illinois University. Click here to unsubscribe.
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The Western Illinois University community immediately sent its thoughts and condolences to the students, faculty and staff at Northern Illinois University where six individuals were killed on February 14 by a lone gunman, who also killed himself. President Al Goldfarb offered these words to our Northern colleagues, "Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. The University extends its thoughts and deepest sympathies to the Northern Illinois community."
You are cordially invited to join your Alumni Association at The Art Institute of Chicago. On April 4, you will be able to enjoy a complimentary social and private viewing of the Edward Hopper & Winslow Homer Special Exhibitions. You can stop by any time between 6-8 p.m. This special event will feature spectacular food stations and a cash bar.
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