As a 1995 graduate of Western Illinois University, I was dismayed to read the editorial on the university (“The crisis at Western Illinois University and beyond,” Aug. 13). While it is ...

The First Year Experience is a university wide program focused on helping all incoming first year students make a successful transition to Western Illinois University. The purpose of the First Year ...

Western Illinois University’s purple and gold school colors, inspired by the nearby “vast golden prairie strewn with purple coneflower”, date back to its founding in 1902.

Western Illinois University campus in Macomb in 2021. (Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune) coronavirus, COVID-19 By The Editorial Board | Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: August 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT.