MACOMB, Ill., Sept. 17 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release:
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MACOMB, IL - The annual Employee Memorial Tree Planting Ceremony has been postponed to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Memorial Tree Grove on the east side of Sherman Hall due to weather.
Each year, WIU honors employees who passed away the year prior in a memorial planting ceremony. This year, the ceremony will honor:
The Memorial Tree Grove on the west side of Sherman Hall, was established in the Fall of 2003, following a recommendation by members of Western's American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 417, with support from the Civil Service Employees Council, the Council of Administrative Perso...