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WIU's Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research (CITR) booth at the College of Education and Human Services' Tech Fest event in 2008.
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Photo of attendees of Tech Fest 2008. WIU's College of Education and Human Services' Eleventh Annual Tech Fest event, with the theme "Technology Theater," will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 in the Horrabin Hall gym on WIU's Macomb campus.
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COEHS Tech Fest April 21; 11th Annual Event to Show Tech Innovations at WIU and in West Central Illinois

April 13, 2010

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MACOMB, IL -- Mark your calendars and join faculty and staff members from several Western Illinois University departments and west central Illinois education and business communities to celebrate WIU's College of Education and Human Services' Eleventh Annual Tech Fest on Wednesday, April 21. Slated for 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Horrabin Hall gym, "Technology Theater: Tech Fest 2010" will feature an array of exhibitors and participants, including exhibits and presentations from students at Macomb High School, representatives from the Illinois Virtual School, McDonough District Hospital and Apple, Inc.

In addition, various disciplines and departments at WIU will be showcasing their forays into, and innovations in, technology, with exhibits from education; geography; art; broadcasting; law enforcement and justice administration; instructional design and technology; dietetics, fashion merchandising and hospitality; health sciences; and the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) and the University Relations office. At 1 p.m., there will be a drawing for an Apple iPad. Contestants must be present to win.

"Technology increasingly impacts education and human services -- from the systems we use to provide students with instruction and to get work done, to the ways that we share educational, instructional and professional information. Tech Fest provides us with an excellent venue through which to demonstrate how technology connects the many disciplines within the University, as well as how the University and its many entities are connected to the Macomb community and west central Illinois region and beyond," said College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) Dean Nick DiGrino.

Tech Fest 2010 will be held during COEHShowcase: COEHS Week 2010. For more information about COEHS Week, see wiu.edu/coehs/showcase.

For more information, visit wiu.edu/coehs/TechFest/ or contact Dana Moon, director of marketing and community relations, at (309) 298-1690 or DM-Moon@wiu.edu.

Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing