Thursday, October 1
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | C.H.A.T. - Inside the Consulting Session: How the University Writing Center can Support the Writing Assigned in Your Classroom |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Take Back the Night Planning Committee Meetings |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Malpass Library Game Nite |
| 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Feminist Reading Group Discussion |
Friday, October 2
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | The Direct Route from Conference Presentation to Peer Review Publication |
| 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Family Weekend Event - Ball Fore Family Fun Center |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Volunteer, Improve, Protect (VIP) Day of Service |
| 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Family Weekend Event - Soothing Chair Massages |
| 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Family Weekend Check-In |
| 7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. Centenary |
| 7:30 PM | Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: The 3rd Annual Farewell Tour |
Saturday, October 3
Sunday, October 4
| All Day | Last day for 60% refund/credit for total university withdrawal |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Family Farewell Breakfast |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
Monday, October 5
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Understanding the IRB Protocol Forms |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Grant Writing Series: Session 3 - Writing a Request For Proposal (RFP) |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Creating Assessments with Respondus and Western Online |
| 6:00 PM | A Taste of Globalization, Fall Festivals, Foods, and Culture |
Tuesday, October 6
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | Online early warning grading available |
| 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM | Western Walks |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Intro to Creating a Data Set in SPSS |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Fall Career Fair |
| 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | Sociology and Anthropology Brown Bag Colloquium |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Sustainability Brownbaggers - Conversations for the Natural and Social Sciences, Business, and the Arts and Humanities |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Prezi - The coolest online presentation tool. |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Prezi - The coolest online presentation tool. |
| 3:30 PM | Department of History Faculty Colloquium |
| 6:00 PM | Hejab Day Panel Discussion |
| 7:30 PM | Concert: Anne Feeney & David Rovics |
Wednesday, October 7
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | International Film Series: Il Divo |
| 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM | Western Walks |
| 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Western Walks Presents - Mini Health Fair |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Bone Density Screening |
| 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Copyright in a Deconstructed Recording Age: Cultural Workers Feeney and Rovics Discuss.” |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | SURS Retirement Choices |
| 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST: Why and how are women and children peculiarly disadvantaged by corporate globalization, and what are they doing about it?” |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | “Contemporary Peace Workers: A Spark of Hope in Today’s Society” |
| 2:00 PM | Hero Street U.S.A. |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Free and Pretty Cheap Applications We Use All the Time |
| 7:00 PM | Comparing Consumers' On-line Shopping Behaviors in Taiwan and the United States, Ming-Yi Wu, Ph.D. |
| 7:30 PM | School of Music Chamber Series I |
| 8:00 PM | Heritage Comedy Club |
Thursday, October 8
| All Day | International Film Series: Il Divo |
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM | National Depression Screening Day |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Creating Dreamweaver Pages for Western Online (For Beginners) |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Take Back the Night march and rally |
| 7:00 PM | Watch and Discuss: Food Inc. |
Friday, October 9
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Copy, Print, and Mail: Western Standards and Policies |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Getting the Most from Your Digital Camera |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Cultural Cafe' spotlight on Australia |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Coffee, Culture, and Conversation |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | VIP Day |
| 7:00 PM | Paint the Paws Homecoming 2009 Kick Off |
| 7:30 PM | Theatre: Dog sees God |
| 7:30 PM | WIU Symphony Orchestra |
Saturday, October 10
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM | WIU Pre-Engineering, Pre-Architecture Open House |
| 1:00 PM | Homecoming Week Begins! |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Wellness Hike |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Open Climbing Tower |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Open High Ropes Course |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Fall Colors Walk at Horn Field Campus |
| 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 28th Annual Marching Band Classic |
Sunday, October 11
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Wellness Hike |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Canceled: Fall Colors Walk at Horn Field Campus |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | WIU Fishing Club - Fishing Outing |
| 3:00 PM | WIU Choirs Fall Concert |
| 7:30 PM | Musical Theatre Benefit Concert |
Monday, October 12
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Introduction to Instructional Video |
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Departmental Personnel Chairperson Session |
| 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | We Care Fall 2009 - A volunteer beautification program |
| 3:30 PM | "Palestine and the Palestinians in Early Photography," by History Department Guest Lecturer Issam Nassar. |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Lecture: Palestine and the Palestinians in Early Photography |
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | National Coming Out Day |
| 8:15 PM | Faculty/Guest Recital: Hillary Herndon, viola (Univ. Tenn. - Knoxville); Wei-Chun Bernadette Lo, piano |
Tuesday, October 13
| All Day | Royalty Voting |
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Flu Shot Clinic |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | IRB from the Inside Out |
| 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM | Western Illinois University Alcohol and Other Drug Resource Center Open House |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Sustainability Brownbaggers - Conversations for the Natural and Social Sciences, Business, and the Arts and Humanities |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Tradicion Hispana Dance Troupe - Latin dance lessons |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Intro to Analyzing data in SPSS |
| 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Multicultural Center Landscaping |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | C.H.A.T. - The Effective Use of Virtual Speakers in Your Classroom |
| 6:00 PM | Variety Show (Time Changed to 6:00 to accommodate all participants) |
| 7:00 PM | Homecoming Emcee: Bobby Miyamoto |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Student Government Association - General Assembly |
| 7:30 PM | Bureau of Cultural Affairs Presents the Ying Quartet |
| 7:30 PM | BCA Masters of Chamber Music Series presents the Ying Quartet |
Wednesday, October 14
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| 12:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Royalty Voting |
| 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Cancelled: Flu Shot Clinic |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Interactive Student Clicker Response System |
| 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Council for Exceptional Children Presents the Usbourne Book Sale! |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Social Security District Manager - Gary Rehahn |
| 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Council for Exceptional Children Presents UsBourne Book Sale! |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Opendoor a talk on WIU Gay and Lesbian History |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Dealing with Dishonesty and Cheating |
| 1:30 PM | Social Security Presentation |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Social Security District Manager Campus Visit |
| 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Caroline Grote Hall Landscaping |
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Let's Cook! cooking sessions |
| 7:30 PM | Department of Theatre and Dance Presents "The Miser" |
| 7:30 PM | All Jazz Showcase |
Thursday, October 15
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | International Film Series: Food, Inc. |
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Council for Exceptional Children Presents the UsBourne Book Sale! |
| 9:00 AM - 2:45 PM | Choral Music Education Day |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Work Space 2.0-Leveraging free web site tools for new school class projects |
| 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Spencer Student Recreation Center Addition |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Take Back the Night Planning Committee Meetings |
| 7:00 PM | Yell Like Hell |
Friday, October 16
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | Homecoming 2009 |
| All Day | First 8-week session ends |
| All Day | Early warning grades due online |
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Council for Exceptional Children Presents the UsBourne Book Sale! |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Using Synchronous Tools in the Classroom |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Horn Lodge "Volunteer, Improve, Preserve (VIP)" Day |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Tradicion Hispana Dance Troupe |
| 6:30 PM | Third Annual College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Fund Raising Dinner |
| 7:30 PM | WIU Symphonic Wind Ensemble Homecoming Concert |
| 9:00 PM | GROOVEJAM The Dance Party |
Saturday, October 17
| All Day | Homecoming 2009 |
| 10:30 AM | Homecoming Parade |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
| 3:05 PM | Leatherneck Football vs. Missouri State (Homecoming) |
| 5:30 PM | Save the Date - Annual Comida Latina dinner |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | GROOVEJAM The Concert series |
Sunday, October 18
| All Day | Last day for 50% refund/credit for total university withdrawal |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
Monday, October 19
Tuesday, October 20
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | Early warning grades e-mailed to students and available on STARS |
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Total Cholesterol Screening |
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Mastering the Online Gradebook |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Career Fair |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Canceled: Sustainability Brownbaggers – Conversations for the Natural and Social Sciences, Business, and the Arts, and Humanities |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Tradicion Hispana Dance Troupe – Latin dance lessons |
| 7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. Drake |
| 7:30 PM | "The Art of Drumset: A Solo Voice" - Kevin Nichols, percussion " |
| 8:00 PM | Theme: James Scurlock & Film, Maxed Out (QC campus) |
Wednesday, October 21
| All Day | International Film Series: Seraphine |
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | International Film Series: Food INC |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Using Web 2.0 Tools and Other Interactive Web Tools |
| 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM | Love Your Body Day 2009 |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Tell Us What We Don't See, Don't Know, Don't Do, Could Do and Do Better, Should Do, Should Immediately Stop or Start Doing |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Tell Us What We Don't See, Don't Know, Don't Do, Could Do and Do Better, Should Do, Should Immediately Stop or Start Doing |
| 7:00 PM | UFO's- The Secret History with Robert Hastings |
| 7:00 PM | Theme: James Scurlock & Film, Maxed Out |
Thursday, October 22
| All Day | Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition |
| All Day | International Film Series: Food INC |
| All Day | International Film Series: Seraphine |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Grad Prep Day--Quad Cities Campus |
| 5:00 PM | The Peace |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Raleigh/Durham Alumni & Friends Social |
Friday, October 23
| All Day | Undergraduate incompletes due in Registrar's Office |
| All Day | Graduation applications due for all students who wish to have their name in the commencement programs |
| 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM | 4th Annual Western Illinois University Faculty Research Symposium |
| 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Grad Prep Day--Macomb Campus |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | The American Red Cross - Blood Drive |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Coffee, Culture, and Conversation |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | VIP Day |
| 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM | College of Arts and Sciences Museum Grand Opening Featuring the Booth Political Science Memorabilia Special Collection |
| 4:00 PM | Swimming and Diving v Missouri State - Season Opener |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Charlotte Alumni & Friends Social |
| 7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. North Dakota State |
| 7:30 PM | White Ghost Shivers |
| 7:30 PM | WIU Concert Band |
| 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Colleen Kattau and None for Me in concert |
Saturday, October 24
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Make A Difference Day |
| 10:30 AM | History Professor Tim Roberts Book-Signing |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Open Climbing Tower |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Open High Ropes Course |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Gandhian Thought & Human Services |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Atlanta Alumni and Friends Event |
| 7:00 PM | Volleyball vs. South Dakota Stae |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story Documentary Screening |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze Flashlight Night |
Sunday, October 25
| All Day | Last day for 40% refund/credit for total university withdrawal |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze |
| 7:30 PM | Mu Phi Epsilon Fall Recital |
Monday, October 26
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Olympic Conference Choral Festival |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Web of Science |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Health Care Refom 101 - Panel Presentation by the Economics Student Association |
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Let's Cook! cooking sessions |
| 8:00 PM | Murder Mystery Party |
Tuesday, October 27
| All Day | Bruce Walters: Halloween Flight |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Collaboration Using MovieMaker |
| 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Health Sciences Honorary Eta Sigma Gamma Halloween Bake Sale to benefit food pantries. |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Sustainability Brownbaggers – Conversations for the Natural and Social Sciences, Business, and the Arts, and Humanities |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Tradicion Hispana Dance Troupe – Latin dance lessons |
| 3:30 PM | Department of History Faculty Colloquium |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Public Reception for Bruce Walters Exhibition |
| 7:30 PM | The Wedding Singer |
| 7:30 PM | POSTPONED - TBA |
Wednesday, October 28
| All Day | Tri States Public Radio and Radio Information Services Eleventh Auction |
| All Day | Bruce Walters: Halloween Flight |
| All Day | International Film Series: Thirst |
| 10:00 AM | Disability Awareness Day Speaker |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Prevent Plagiarism with SafeAssign |
| 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Eta Sigma Gamma Halloween Bake Sale |
| 11:00 AM | Gallery Walk With Bruce Walters |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 3:00 PM | Men's Soccer v SIU-Edwardsville |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Liaisons: African American Studies Lecture Series- "Black in America Too: Afro-Caribbean Immigrants" |
| 7:00 PM | Tri-States Radio Online/Nonline 'Think Holiday' Auction 2009 |
| 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM | The Census: Why It Matters |
| 7:30 PM | Disability Awareness Day Speaker |
| 7:30 PM | WIU Percussion Ensemble Concert "Worldly Influences" (Music of the World and Its Influences on Contemporary Music) - featuring the WIU Dance Department |
Thursday, October 29
| All Day | Tri States Public Radio and Radio Information Services Eleventh Auction |
| All Day | International Film Series: Thirst |
| All Day | Bruce Walters: Halloween Flight |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Blood Pressure Screening |
| 4:00 PM | "Partition and Fundamentalism: An eco-cosmopolitan approach," by Dr. Shazia Rahman |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | "Partition and Fundamentalism: An eco-cosmopolitan approach." |
| 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Safe Trick-or-Treating |
| 6:30 PM | Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert |
| 7:00 PM | Tri-States Radio Online/Nonline 'Think Holiday' Auction 2009 |
Friday, October 30
Saturday, October 31
| All Day | Tri States Public Radio and Radio Information Services Eleventh Auction |
| 9:00 AM | A Halloween bike ride hosted by WIU’s Student Art League. Everyone’s invited student and public. "Ride In Disguise." |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Open Climbing Tower |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Open High Ropes Course |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Horn Field Campus Corn Maze Open |
| 1:05 PM | Leatherneck Football vs. North Dakota State (Hall of Fame/Senior Day) |
| 7:00 PM | Tri-States Radio Online/Nonline 'Think Holiday' Auction 2009 |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Haunted Night at Corn Maze |
