Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. For Benjamin Wade, it was a sad homecoming. A couple of years ago, he graduated from Fontbonne ...

MACOMB/MOLINE — A recent estate gift of land and real estate valued at more than $2.3 million has pushed the Western Illinois University Foundation’s endowment to nearly $55 million.

At Western Illinois University-Macomb, the Multicultural Center is a hub of campus life. The center houses the Women’s Center, Casa Latina Cultural Center, and Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center.

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