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Provost Interviews Begin | Nation's Largest Mock Election | Alumni Association Coming to a Location Near You| WIU Mobile

Provost and Academic Vice President Interviews Begin

Interviews of four candidates for the Western Illinois University provost and academic vice president position began in October and will continue through mid-November according to Steven Rock, search committee chair.

Candidates include Ken Hawkinson, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at WIU; Tom Erekson, dean of the WIU College of Business and Technology; Philip Way, associate provost for undergraduate programs and business professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Dale Ostlie, professor or physics and former dean of the College of Science at Wever State University (Ogden, UT).

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Next U.S. President to be Determined by Western Illinois University Students; Nation's Largest Simulated Presidential Election Began Oct. 25

Tuesday, Oct. 25, nearly 5,000 students representing more than 25 academic departments and each academic college at Western Illinois University, and well over 100 faculty and staff, began a five-night process of electing the next U.S. president in the nation's largest simulated presidential election.

The mock election, "The Road to the White House Starts at Western Illinois University," was, as much as possible, a student-driven event, according to John Hemingway and Richard Hardy, executive co-directors.

Students from WIU’s Macomb and Quad Cities campuses convened in the WIU-Macomb University Union to learn first-hand about civic engagement, while trying to keep the perfect election streak alive. The schedule of events is available at wiumockelection.com.

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Join us this Thursday for the first Western After Hours and Saturday at Illinois State

The WIU Alumni Association's new tradition is almost here! Join us this Thursday as we kick off Western After Hours in the Chicago-area.

Meet us anytime between 5-7 p.m. this Thursday, November 3 at Public House in downtown Chicago. Enjoy complimentary light appetizers (while they last) and the unique Table Tender System, which allows guests to view, learn more about and monitor their selections on a sleek LED screen! Read more.

We will be hosting Western After Hours on the first Thursday of each month in the Chicago-area. Save the dates for these upcoming Western After Hours:

December 1, 2011 - Libertyville

January 5, 2012 - Downtown Chicago

February 2, 2012 - Homewood

March 1, 2012 - Downtown Chicago

April 5, 2012 - Schaumburg

May 3, 2012 - Downtown Chicago

June 7, 2012 - Naperville

July 5, 2012 - Downtown Chicago

August 2, 2012 - Chicago suburb

September 6, 2012 - Downtown Chicago

October 4, 2012 - Chicago suburb

WIU vs. ISU Pregame Social and Football Game in Normal
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011
Redbird Tent Zone (Field 2 behind the U-High parking lot)
Normal, IL

SAVE THE DATE!

Homecoming 2012 September 21-22 (note date change)

WIU Mobile Update

In addition to the Alumni Association’s mobile site which allows you to “Enter Leatherneck Country right from your phone” at m.wiu.edu, WIU Mobile version 1.1 - Western Illinois University's Mobile app, is now available for Apple and Android devices. The update, which launched Oct. 14, includes an interactive campus directory. The campus directory allows users to search for contact information for students, faculty and staff on campus, and each contact can be clicked to email or call the person directly from WIU Mobile.

WIU Mobile was launched in April 2011. The updated app includes  the campus directory, an interactive WIU Macomb campus map, the latest University news and events, campus dining center menus and nutritional information on meals being served, computer lab workstation availability (in real time) and University contact information for numerous departments and services.

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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 October winner--Wendy Hurst '07. She found Rocky on the Student Life webpage.

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