WIU Board Approves New Housing & Dining Rates; Foundation Loan
At Friday's meeting of the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting, the Board unanimously approved increasing the housing and dining rates and student health insurance fees for Fiscal Year 2027.
Double occupancy housing and dining rates will increase by $474 (3.99 percent). The Student Health Insurance fee will be $1,075 for a semester, or $2,150 for a full academic year, a 1.3 percent increase. Working with the administration, Western's Inter-Hall Council, which is composed of a group of students residing in the dorms, approved the proposed housing and dining rate increase for the 20262027 year.
'Inflationary costs on our housing and dining operations are felt more significantly and their total revenues are tied only to the housing and dining assessed for students living on campus,' said Ketra Roselieb, vice president for finance and administration. 'Housing and dining receive no state appropriations or additional fund sources. They are a self-sustaining auxiliary.'
In other business, Roselieb told the Board that the institution will borrow $2 million from the WIU Foundation's unrestricted funds.
