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Friday, September 28, 2018 - Vol. 119 Issue 18
School of Agriculture's annual Open House is approaching By Marc Ramirez news editor
School of Agriculture Director, Andrew Baker, began his time at Western in 1999.
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Friday, Oct. 5 at the University’s Livestock Center, the School of Agriculture at Western Illinois University will host its annual Fall Open House for prospective students and their families. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Transfer and high school students are welcomed and highly encouraged to come out and learn more about Western’s agriculture program. The Open House, sponsored by Nutrien, is open to the public and registration is still open which includes complimentary lunch. Faculty and students of the School of Agriculture will be giving tours across campus, including the University Farm and Western’s agriculture facilities, and will be available to answer any questions that come to mind in regards to the program and college. The event will begin with registration and a student fair beginning at 9 a.m. and running until 9:45 a.m. Immediately following prospec-
tive students and their families will get warm Western welcomes by Ag Vocators, students who promote the School of Agriculture and help with recruiting, and by School of Agriculture Director Andrew Baker. Baker earned his A.S. in Agricultural Technology from Missouri Western State University in 1984. He then proceeded to get his B.S. in Agricultural Education from the University of MissouriColumbia in 1988. Baker became an Assistant Professor at Western in 1999, received his tenure in 2003 and became Interim Chair of the Department of Agriculture in 2003 and held the position until 2005. In 2003, Baker also was promoted to associate professor and was awarded full professor status in 2008. Baker was selected as the “Interim Director” of the School of Agriculture in 2013 and the position became permanent in 2014.
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Macomb maintains secure campus
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By Steven Barnum assistant news editor The crime report statistics at Western Illinois University show that the office of public safety is keeping students safe. Western’s office of public safety has released numbers from 2015,
2016 and 2017 that highlight major categories in crime. The categories include dating or domestic violence, aggravated assault, burglary, forcible sex offenses and judicial referrals and arrests for liquor and drug laws. As seen in the Western Security Report, there are 48 emergency
call boxes scattered across the Macomb campus. When individuals feel they are in danger, they are encouraged to activate one of the boxes, which will trigger a flashing blue light and alert safety officers to the location. The emergency call box system has been in place
since 1989, and the number of lights has doubled since then. Darcie Shinberger, the Director of University Relations, believes that the university maintains a safe campus thanks to the patrol from police officers and students. “We have the officers, but we
also have student patrol who are on foot every evening,” Shinberger said. “Because our campus is smaller, their response time is very swift.”
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