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During the annual Town & Gown celebration in October, Western Illinois University Director of Student Life Jessica Butcher and Steve Silberer were awarded with the 2023 Town & Gown Award and the 2023 Honorary Alumnus Award, respectively. The awards were given to them in recognition of their service to WIU and the Macomb community.
To recognize their service to Western Illinois University and/or the Macomb community, WIU English Professor Emeritus John Hallwas and the late Tate Lindahl received the 2022 Town & Gown Award and the 2022 Honorary Alumnus Award, respectively, during the annual Town & Gown celebration Nov. 3, hosted by the WIU Alumni Association.
Western Illinois University Alumnus Jared Reed has taken over as director of WIU's Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (formerly called Student Judicial Programs).
World Technology Access Program IPM CRSP Outreach and Education A good teacher looks for ways to make learning come alive. When Dr. Murat Aitmatov from Kyrgyzstan visited Michigan State University’s Student Organic Farm in 2006, he knew he’d found something that would touch his students on the other side of the globe. Aitmatov visited MSU to attend the International Agroecology, IPM and Sustainable Agriculture program and to work with Drs. George Bird and Walter Pett. Aitmatov lives in Kyrgyzstan and is a collaborator with Bird and Pett in the Central Asia Integrated Pest Management Col...