MACOMB, Ill., Aug. 31 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release:
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MACOMB, IL - - As Western Illinois University prepares for the opening celebration for the Goldfarb Center for Performing Arts (GCPA) on Tuesday, Sept. 15, a final push is underway to finish naming all of the seats in the Great Hall, the main performance facility in the new center. Chicago-area donor Ernie Wish has committed to a challenge gift of $25,000, which will be fulfilled when WIU donors make gifts to name 100 of the remaining seats in the GCPA's Great Hall.
"I have championed the arts and higher education for decades," Wish said. "I have worked with WIU's assistant vice president Thad Dohrn for the last two decades and wanted ...