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STARS Password Change Information | Confirmed Cases Of H1N1 At WIU | Athletics Inducts Five New Members Into Hall of Fame | Follow Us On Facebook and Twitter | WIU Visiting Minneapolis And Des Moines

STARS Password Change Information

Due to recent changes in the University's password policy, WIU's Student/Alumni Records System (STARS) has been updated to use eight-character passwords instead of four-digit pins. STARS provides Alumni, students and employees with access to their University records.

Through STARS, Alumni may also access our Online Directory, an exciting, interactive community exclusively for WIU graduates to help reconnect with former friends and classmates. The directory includes Alumni, some attendees, honorary doctorate recipients and certificate holders with the exception of Alumni who have requested that the University not release their information. Click here for more information about the Alumni Directory.

When you attempt to login, you will be notified your PIN has expired and you will then need to create a new password. The passwords must be eight characters long and must contain at least one letter and one number.

Access is available from 6:00 a.m. to midnight (Central Time), seven days a week and is based on your nine-digit Western identification number (WIU ID) and your eight-character password. You will also be required to have two personal identification questions and answers on file which may be used to verify your identity if you forget your password. A WIU ID number is given to students when they begin at Western and remains the same after they graduate. If you do not know your WIU ID number and wish to obtain it, call 309-298-1914.

For more information on STARS, click here.

Confirmed Cases Of H1N1 At WIU

Western Illinois University-Quad Cities has its first confirmed case and one probable case of H1N1 influenza on the Moline campus. According to Joe Rives, vice president of the Quad Cities, Planning and Technology, a WIU-QC student was diagnosed with a confirmed case of H1N1 influenza, while another student has been clinically diagnosed as a probable case. The WIU-Macomb campus has had four probable cases, two of which are confirmed cases, reported since Oct. 14.

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Athletics Inducts Five New Members into Hall of Fame

The Western Illinois University Intercollegiate Athletics Department recently inducted five new members into its Hall of Fame for the Class of 2009.

The induction ceremony for Randy Ball (head football coach, 1990-98), Jerry Cremer (contributor), Daralyn Niedospial-Duffy (volleyball, 1978-82), Todd Hutcheson (men’s basketball, 1980-84) and Venus Taylor (softball, 1994-97) took place in the Grand Ballroom in the University Union on Oct. 30.

Click here to read more.

Follow The WIU Alumni Association On Facebook And Twitter

In addition to our own social networking site
RockeNetwork, the WIU Alumni Association is now on Facebook and Twitter! Create a free Facebook.com or Twitter.com account to begin receiving up-to-the-minute news and information from the Western Illinois University Alumni Association, even when you are away from your computer.

Facebook is a global social networking website that allows users to add friends, send messages and join networks organized by city, school, region or workplace. To follow the WIU Alumni Association on Facebook, click here.

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Followers can sign up to receive your updates as text messages on their cell phone. To follow the WIU Alumni Association on Twitter, click here.

For the latest on reconnecting with the WIU Alumni Association via new media, including linking your RockeNetwork and Facebook profiles, click here.

WIU Visiting Minneapolis And Des Moines

Join the WIU Alumni Association Thursday, November 19, at The Local for our Minneapolis Alumni and Friends Event and on Friday, November 20 at Graze for our Des Moines Alumni and Friends Event.

Minneapolis Alumni and Friends Event
November 19, 2009
The Local
The Sanctuary Room
931 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Social: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Des Moines Alumni and Friends Event
November 20, 2009
Graze
West Glen Town Center
5513 Mills Civic Pkwy, Ste. 100
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Social: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

**Congratulations to the November winner--Jane Woerly '06. She found Rocky on the Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts Degree 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 October winner--Rachelle Hollinshead '86. She found Rocky on the College of Arts and Sciences webpage.

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