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University news from the past seven days is displayed below. If you wish to view news archives or search previous releases, please visit the University news archive.
May 25, 2012
- WIU Alumnus Wins University of Illinois Concerto Competition
- WIU Web Maintenance
- Career Day 2012: Go West Transit
- WIU Titan, "Corpse Flower," Collapsed, Will Not Bloom
May 24, 2012
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
- Brewer named May Employee of the Month at Western
- Thirteen WIU Students Inducted Into Lambda Pi Eta
- Sweger awarded WIU Centennial Honors Scholarship
- PAC Presentation June 1
May 21, 2012
- Macomb's Juneteenth Celebration Set for June 16 in Chandler Park
- Hamas, Hezbollah & the Arab Spring: Middle East Expert Lectures for LEJA Students
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012
- WIU’s Christopher Sutton Presented IGS Distinguished Geographer Award
- "No Forced Consolidation" Says Lt. Governor's "Improving Education" Report
- Reading Tutors Available This Fall
- Services for former OPS Director Joe Sylvester
Events Planner
Spring Semester, 2012
- January 16, Mon. -- Dr. Martin Luther King Day -- No Classes/University Closed
- January 17, Tues. -- Classes Begin
- February 13, Mon. -- Lincoln's Birthday -- No Classes/University Closed
- February 14, Tues. -- Classes Resume
- March 12-16, Mon.-Fri. -- Spring Break -- No Classes
- March 19, Mon. -- Classes Resume
- May 7-11, Mon.-Fri. -- Final Exam Week
- May 11, Fri. -- Graduate Commencement
- May 12, Sat. -- Undergraduate Commencement
- May 13, Sun. -- WIU-Quad Cities Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
Summer Session, 2012
- May 14, Mon. -- Pre-Session Begins
- May 28, Mon. -- Memorial Day -- No Classes/University Closed
- May 29, Tues. -- Classes Resume
- June 1, Fri. -- Pre-Session Ends
- June 4, Mon. -- 8-Week and 1st 4-Week Sessions Begin
- June 18, Mon. -- 6-Week Session Begins
- June 29, Fri. -- 1st 4-Week Session Ends
- July 2, Mon. -- 2nd Four-Week Session Begins
- July 4, Wed. -- Independence Day -- No Classes/University Closed
- July 5, Thurs. -- Classes Resume
- July 27, Fri. -- All Sessions End
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