Sunday, October 1

All Day Last day for 60% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Iowa Museum Association Annual Conference, Power of Place

Monday, October 2

All Day 4:30 p.m. - Grade screens close. Instructors may no longer enter Early Warning Grades for Fall 2023 after 4:30 p.m.
All Day Grades screen open for instructors to enter Early Warning Grades for Fall 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Iowa Museum Association Annual Conference, Power of Place

Tuesday, October 3

All Day Early warning grade notices emailed to students and available on STARS
All Day Early warning grade notices emailed to students and available on STARS
All Day Open House Woodruff Career & Technical Center
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM All Major Career & Internship Fair at Western Illinois University (Macomb)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Study Abroad "Exploring Italy through Film"- information meeting
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM Latinx Movie Night
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Iowa Museum Association Annual Conference, Power of Place

Wednesday, October 4

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Atlantis Interest Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Engineering Seminar Series - Bruner, Cooper & Zuck, Inc.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Department of Art & Design's First Wednesday
7:30 PM FACULTY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT I: LaMoine Brass Quintet & The Hopper Jazztet
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton

Thursday, October 5

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Civil Service Personnel Luncheon
7:30 PM ***POSTPONED to Oct. 24 at 7:30pm*** FACULTY RECITAL: Nicholas E. Miguel, baritone and Jeffrey Brown, piano
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton

Friday, October 6

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Honors College Fall Fling
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM SOCA Dance Class: Come Whine With Us
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton

Saturday, October 7

7:30 PM WIU WIND ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT - Mike Fansler, conductor ftg. James Land, tuba & guest Bernie Potter
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton

Sunday, October 8

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton

Monday, October 9

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Discover Western
1:30 PM Paint the Paws
7:30 PM WIU CONCERT BAND - Matt Thomas, conductor

Tuesday, October 10

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM College Student Personnel Virtual Open House
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Biennial Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Centennial Honors College's Pre-Law Symposium

Wednesday, October 11

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Engineering Seminar Series - Hutchinson Engineering
7:30 PM JAZZ SHOWCASE CONCERT ftg. JSO, Jazz Band, Jazz Guitar Ensemble & Student Combos

Thursday, October 12

All Day WIU ROTC Ranger Challenge Competition
7:00 AM - 10:30 AM WIU's CFFA Pancake Breakfast
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM World War II Living History Exhibit
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Live Webinar: Implicit Bias & Micro Aggressions with Rev. Dr. Jaimie Washington
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30 PM FACULTY RECITAL: Hong-Da Chin, Chinese flutes and Jeffrey Brown, piano

Friday, October 13

All Day WIU ROTC Ranger Challenge Competition
All Day Board of Trustees Meeting
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM World War II Living History Exhibit
4:00 PM Homecoming 2023 Events
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Next to Normal - Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Saturday, October 14

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Imagination Station
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM The Quad City Chess Classic 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Next to Normal - Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Sunday, October 15

All Day Last day for 50% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM The Quad City Chess Classic 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Oktoberfest
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Next to Normal - Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Monday, October 16

All Day Second eight week session begins
All Day Advance registration for Spring
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM Fred Ewing & Lola Case Writer-in-Residence: Emily St. John Mandel
7:30 PM FACULTY RECITAL: Jett Walker, trombone and Po-Chuan Chiang, piano

Tuesday, October 17

All Day Advance registration for spring

Wednesday, October 18

All Day Advance registration for spring
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Graduate and Professional Career/Internship Fair
7:30 PM "OCEANS BETWEEN US": Fall Choral Concert - Dr. Brian J. Winnie and Dr. Jason Hawkins, conductors w/guest musicians

Thursday, October 19

All Day Advance registration for spring

Friday, October 20

All Day Fall Break -- No Classes
All Day Graduation applications due for all students who wish to have their names in the commencement program
All Day Advance registration for Spring

Saturday, October 21

All Day Advance registration for spring

Sunday, October 22

All Day Last day for 40% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
All Day Advance registration for spring
4:00 PM FACULTY RECITAL "Portraits": Alfonzo Cooper, Jr, tenor and Linda Andrews, organ - a dedication performance honoring the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian - First Presbyterian Church, Macomb

Monday, October 23

All Day Advance registration for spring
7:30 PM GUEST RECITAL: Anthony Donofrio, percussion & Ashlee Mack, piano

Tuesday, October 24

All Day Advance registration for Spring
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Marc Nelson "The Caesar Files: War Crimes in the Digital Age"
7:30 PM FACULTY RECITAL: Nicholas Miguel, baritone & Jeffrey Brown, piano

Wednesday, October 25

All Day Advance registration for Spring
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Dept. of Communication's 31st Annual Wayne N. Thompson Professor Lecture
7:00 PM Distinguished Faculty Lecture: "The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project"
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM We Are P*$$Y RIOT or everything is P.R. by Barbara Hammond

Thursday, October 26

All Day Advance registration for Spring
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Applied Anthropology in the Era of Climate Change: Cases in Africa
7:30 PM GUEST RECITAL: Anthony Arnone, cello and Doreen Lee, piano
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM We Are P*$$Y RIOT or everything is P.R. by Barbara Hammond

Friday, October 27

All Day Advance registration for Spring
7:30 PM OCTUBAFEST: TUBA & EUPHONIUM STUDIO RECITAL - students of James Land
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM We Are P*$$Y RIOT or everything is P.R. by Barbara Hammond

Saturday, October 28

All Day Advance registration for spring
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM 31st Annual Smokin' Hog
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM We Are P*$$Y RIOT or everything is P.R. by Barbara Hammond

Sunday, October 29

All Day Last day for 30% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
All Day Last day to make a total university withdrawal
All Day Advance registration for spring
All Day Last day to drop regular 16-week course
1:00 PM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT - Kevin Nichols, director
4:00 PM BCA Presents: The Queen's Cartoonists
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Haunted Trail
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM We Are P*$$Y RIOT or everything is P.R. by Barbara Hammond

Monday, October 30

All Day Open registration begins
All Day Grades screens open for instructors to enter final grades for Fall 2023

Tuesday, October 31

2:00 PM STUDENT SHOWCASE CONVOCATION RECITAL I
6:30 PM ORCHESTRA HALLOWEEN CONCERT - Kenny Lee and Xinyue Liu, conductors


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