Academic Programs

Give to Promote Academic Excellence.

Giving to an unrestricted Excellence Fund within the school or department of your choice provides essential funding to address their most critical needs. Your support will:

• Foster Student Success by increasing merit-based and need-based scholarships to ensure that a Western Illinois University education is within reach for every deserving student.
  
• Fuel Learning Innovation by building and enhancing technology, laboratory settings, and classrooms to modernize the student experience and provide experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom.
  

• Provide Scholarly Support by empowering us to take advantage of emerging learning opportunities, including student and faculty attendance at professional conferences and symposiums.

  Make your Western Challenge gift today and create a lasting impact by contributing to the Excellence Fund in the academic unit of your choice—offering the flexibility to support students, faculty, and staff where it’s needed most.