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At the start of the fall 2014 semester, more than 11,000 full-time students attended WIU. A decade later, projected enrollment for fall 2024 is 6,000. Meanwhile, the university is running out of cash.
Western Illinois University was founded on April 24, 1899. [7] The land for the university was donated by Macomb's Freemasons (Illinois Lodge #17). Macomb was in direct competition with Quincy, Aledo, Monmouth, La Harpe, and Rushville, as candidates for the site of a "western" university. [8]
The university's total enrollment reached 2,995 in fall 2024, a 3.5% increase from the 2,894 students in fall 2023. Alcorn State's growth this year follows a decrease of 1.3% in enrollment from ...
Online enrollment saw a 3.9% increase, with 1,967 online majors this fall, up from 1,893 last fall. Slightly more than half of the university's enrollment consists of graduate students.
The team played four games against regional high schools and the Western Illinois Normal & Business Institute going 2–2. In 1903, the school formed an athletic association for the fall football season, which is considered the official beginning of Western Illinois football by the school. [4]
The 2024–25 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team represents Western Illinois University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Leathernecks, led by second-year head coach Chad Boudreau, play their home games at Western Hall in Macomb, Illinois, as second-year members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
The 2024 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
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