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Ground Broken on New WIU Quad Cities Campus
Construction is expected to begin May 1 on the new Moline campus of Western Illinois, following a ground breaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

Gov. Pat Quinn and Western Illinois University President Al Goldfarb were the principal speakers at the ceremony.

In 2003, a donation from Deere & Co. of 20 acres on the Moline riverfront provided significant momentum for an expanded Quad Cities campus. Planning began to build an additional campus on the riverfront to serve more students.

The cost to renovate Building One, the former John Deere Tech Center, is $15.2 million.

Western has conducted classes in the Quad Cities for nearly 50 years and serves more than 1,400 students at its current 60th Street campus in Moline and in rented space in other facilities.

To view architect's renderings of the proposed WIU-QC Riverfront Campus renovation, CLICK HERE.

(Illinois Radio Network)
03 31 10 by Newsroom
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