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Ph.D. program in Environmental Science approved by WIU Board of Trustees

21-September 2012,  A Ph.D. in Environmental Science, with an emphasis on large river ecosystem science was approved by the WIU BOT. The multidisciplinary degree will allow WIU to provide greater coherence to the field of large river ecosystem science, broaden the advanced training available to its students, enhance opportunities for faculty engagement in scholarship, directly support regional economic and community development and advance its position as a leader in environmental research on the upper Mississippi River. The new degree program will be forwarded to the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) for consideration.  The full press release is available here.

Voices of the Hennepin Canal - A new book by Dr. Bill Griffin,WIU Professor Emeritus of Geography

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