MACOMB, Ill., Sept. 17 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release:
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MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University is inviting the community to a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 on the first floor of Sallee Hall.
This new center will provide state-of-the-art technology that will be available to students as part of WIU's top-ranked Emergency Management program and School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (LEJA). In the near future the EOC could serve the west central Illinois region as a coordination hub for any weather or safety emergencies.
"This is about a lot more than opening a center," WIU LEJA Director Jamie Johnson sa...