Purple Post News Today

For more than 11 years, the Western Illinois University Office of Student Engagements (OSE) "Purple Post" site has served as the premier resource for WIU students looking to get involved. Beginning July 1, 2022, the Purple Post will transition to a new format, the Leatherneck Link, which will provide even easier access and opportunities for students to make the most of their WIU experience.

If you're taking a hike in Illinois and you come across a purple post, do not go any further...or else.

- 2-3:30 p.m. - OSE Activities Fair #5 (see Purple Post for more details) - 4-5:30 p.m. - OSE Activities Fair #6 (see Purple Post for more details) - 4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. - Multicultural Center Open House, in-person at the MCC • - 1-2 p.m. - Casa Latina Café y Hablamos, in-person at the MCC The project is being coordinated in cooperation with Campus Recreation, the University Union, the Multicultural Center, Athletics, University Housing and Dining Services and Transition and Retention...

MACOMB, Ill. - On the day of celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Western Illinois Athletics and the WIU Multicultural Center proudly announced Tammie Brown-Edwards and DeShon Gavin as the first recipients of the MLK Scholarship. The MLK Service Scholarship recognizes two Western Illinois students, one student-athlete (Gavin) and one non-student-athlete (Brown-Edwards), who embody and exemplify the characteristics promoted by Dr. King - a vision of peace, persistence in purpose, inspirat...