For more than a decade, Sodexo, Western Illinois University s food service provider, has provided more than $1.8 million in scholarship funding, and other initiatives, benefitting WIU students. In 2021, during a ribbon-cutting for Q doba and The Daily Drool in the Union Food Court, Sodexo presented awards to nursing ($7,500), nutrition and dietetics ($7,500) and the WIU Food Pantry ($5,000).