January 2014
31 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Sixty Triad (St. Jacob) Middle School students visited the Southern Illinois University School of Engineering last week.
Jenna Gorlewicz, assistant professor in mechanical and industrial engineering, introduced the group to the Intelligent Mechatronic, Haptic and Robotic Systems (IMeHRS) lab. They were able to test demonstrations of various research projects involving med...
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31 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The LehrerDance Co., directed by Jon Lehrer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Dunham Hall Theater.
Approximately 30 dancers from various dance studios in the area formed a community group. Lehrer, who has rehearsed with the dancers for the past week, taught one of his choreographed dance routines to the group.
LehrerDance, an inspiring and innovative profession...
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30 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Pictured is the SIUE Charles and Mary Lukas Athletics Annex.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has certified Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Charles and Mary Lukas Athletics Annex, located adjacent to the Vadalabene Center, as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver building.
It is the third structure on the SIUE campus&#...
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30 January 2014, 12:00 AM
SIUE basketball fans can join the women’s team in the Pink Zone to help create awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research.
A week of events culminates with a Saturday, Feb. 8 game at 4 p.m. against UT Martin. Funds raised from the week’s events will be donated to the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen.
Events Schedule:
Snack & Speaker ̵...
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29 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student Sarah Gillespie was featured in the Tuesday, Jan. 28 issue of the Journal Gazette & Times Courier newspaper.
Gillespie, who is studying and teaching art at SIUE, will have her artwork featured in galleries in Illinois and Missouri throughout February.
The complete article is available online.
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28 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Tomorrow’s line up of Lifelong Learning events through Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Educational Outreach includes a discussion on maintaining your brain and a review of the Underground Railroad Quality Code.
The first event, “Maintaining your Brain,” featuring Darrell Coons, Illinois outreach coordinator from the Alzheimer&...
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28 January 2014, 12:00 AM
SIUE’s Chandler Vandenberg is the Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year. Vandenberg is the assistant director of annual giving within University Advancement.
Vandenberg’s primary responsibility is to manage the University’s Student Call Center. A Glen Carbon resident, he also works to enhance the university’s o...
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28 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The SIUE Black Theater Workshop (BTW) will present And the Verdict Is . . . A Campus Response to the Trayvon Martin Case at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 at the Metcalf Theater.
Admission is free and open to the public. &#...
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28 January 2014, 12:00 AM
This morning, in the 22-degree temperatures, many students could be seen walking briskly in and out of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Morris University Center.
“I’m not worried about how I look when it’s cold,” said Scott Stewart, a freshman majoring in computer science. Stewart was dressed for the below-freezing weather in a shirt, ...
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24 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Michael Palmer was featured Wednesday, Jan. 22, on KSDK News Channel 5.
Palmer, whose company, Code Red, received Arch Grants funding last fall, was interviewed about curriculum he developed to help people—particularly St. Louis area youth—gain computer coding skills to fill lucrative, high-demand technology jo...
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23 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville again is offering young girls exposure to the field of engineering.
Girls from grades 5-8 are invited to attend “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2014.” The daylong event will take place from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in the SIUE School of Engineering Building.
This ye...
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23 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Emily Koester, a sophomore French major at SIUE, is the recipient of this year’s MLK Scholarship. She will be honored Feb. 4 during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration on campus.
Tuskegee Airmen will be guests at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Tuesday, Feb. 4, during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration.
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23 January 2014, 12:00 AM
An SIUE Department of Athletics mentoring program, now in its third year, continues to pay dividends not only for local middle schools, but also SIUE student-athletes.
SIUE student-athletes engage in monthly mentoring conversations with students from Edwardsville Liberty and Lincoln Middle Schools. The goal of the community service initiative is to open a dialogue on rele...
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22 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The NCERC at SIUE Research Director Dr. Sabrina Trupia will present her findings on the use of sweet sorghum as an ethanol feedstock this week at an international conference in Orlando.
The Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association invited Trupia to deliver her presentation, “Sweet Sorghum Inclusion Rates in Ethanol Production,” during its annual conference Jan. 23-25...
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22 January 2014, 12:00 AM
A New York dance company that is artistic, athletic and humorous is coming to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The LehrerDance Co., directed by Jon Lehrer, will explode onto the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 in Dunham Hall Theater. Also performing under the direction of Lehrer will be a community group consisting of students from area dance studios. The ...
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21 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis (R, 13th District) visited the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus Tuesday, Jan. 21. Davis toured the School of Business facilities, including the Cougar Business Resource Center and the International Trade Center.
School of Business Interim Dean John Navin and Davis discussed a variety of issues such as economic development,...
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21 January 2014, 12:00 AM
A team of faculty members from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) has received a nearly $225,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to investigate alternative solutions for controlling storm water run-off.
Dr. Abdolreza (Reza) Osouli, assistant professor in the SIUE Department...
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21 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Director of the International Trade Center Silvia Torres Bowman has been designated a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP). The National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE International) awarded the high credential on Jan. 13.
Torres joins an elite, worldwide group of only 1,664 p...
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20 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville seeks comments from the public regarding the University in preparation for its periodic evaluation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, its regional accrediting agency. SIUE will host a site visit beginning Wednesday, March 19, 2014.
SIUE has been accredited by the Commission since 1969. The Commissi...
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20 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Michele Beatty and Stacy Skelton, both School of Nursing instructors, have received Nurse Educator Fellowship Program Awards.
Beatty and Skelton teach in the Department of Primary Care and Health Systems Nursing. They are among 22 nursing faculty in Illinois colleges and universities selected by the Illinois Board of Highe...
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17 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Anthony Wilmington, a senior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS), is sitting in his free hour reading the first chapter of Psychology (10th Edition in Modules) by D.G. Myers.
The textbook is for the SIUE course, Foundations of Psychology, taught by Dr. Andy Pomerantz, a professor of psychology through the School ...
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17 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The SIUE School of Pharmacy’s Dr. Lisa Lubsch has been appointed to lead the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group-University (PPAG-U) initiative. As part of her role beginning in spring 2015, Lubsch will direct section leaders from 15 areas of expertise in the field of pediatric pharmacy.
“I have had the pleasure and honor working my way through the ranks of the ...
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17 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The International Hospitality Program (IHP) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is seeking donations of gently used and new items to welcome the campus population of international students and help them adjust to life in the United States.
“The need for items is great at this time,” said Dr. Ron Schaefer, director of the SIUE Center for International ...
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16 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today announced a capital investment of more than $1.7 million to renovate Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s chiller plant.
The project is part of Quinn’s $31 billion Illinois Jobs Now! Program, which will support more than 439,000 jobs over six years. The SIUE project is part of Quinn’s commitment to create jobs and dri...
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15 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The NCERC at SIUE is expanding its research team with the addition of Dr. Arun Athmanathan, a postdoctoral fellow specializing in cellulosic and advanced biofuels research.
“Following a national search that generated candidates from premier research institutions across the country, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Athmanathan to the team,” NCERC Director John Cau...
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15 January 2014, 12:00 AM
For his invention to protect against bacterial contamination, specifically in industrial processes, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Ronald Worthington was awarded a U.S. patent.
Worthington is a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy. His invention relates to compositions and methods. His work obtained United ...
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15 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Entrepreneurs and new business start-ups are invited to compete in the Metro East Start-Up Challenge, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s first regional business plan competition.
The Start-Up Challenge is sponsored by University Park at SIUE and the Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The Challenge seeks to identify, reward and support entr...
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14 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, pictured, spoke at SIUE in October. She will return Jan. 22 to present “Winners and Losers: Women in the Arab Spring” as part of the SIUE International Speakers Series.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Center for International Programs welcomes a new roster of professionals for its spring installment of the Internatio...
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10 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The cold weather will not stand in the way of Lifelong Learning opportunities through Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Educational Outreach. The office is collaborating with several campus entities to bring an eclectic mix of programs to delight all audiences.
“We are excited to be partnering with a variety of different campus entities to ...
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10 January 2014, 12:00 AM
SIUE Intercollegiate Athletics is relishing a new milestone. Cougar student-athletes have compiled 15 consecutive semesters of a cumulative grade point average (GPA) better than 3.0.
SIUE student-athletes completed the 2013 fall semester with a 3.097 GPA. Among the 265 SIUE student-athletes, 60.9 percent completed the term with a GPA of 3.0 or above and 31.3 percent finis...
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9 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing Community Nursing Services Clinic is responding to the changes in the national health care system. Its East St. Louis clinic’s business and care model is evolving to meet the needs of its patients and adopting a name change. Effective immediately, the nurse-managed, primary care clinic in East St. Louis ...
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9 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Professor Timothy B. McPherson published the textbook “PharmDceutics: Applied Biopharmaceutics for Clinical Pharmacists” in 2012. The text was positively reviewed in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Vol. 77, Issue 8.
Reviewer Dr. Venkata K. Yellepeddi says that while ‘the targe...
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8 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Undergraduate students looking for an exciting storytelling opportunity through National Geographic and the U.S. Department of State are encouraged to explore the options available through a new Fulbright Student Program. The application deadline for those interested is Feb. 28.
The National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship is open to U.S. citizens and provides ...
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8 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Today marks the last day to register for “Get Fiscally Fit with Financial Experts”—a program being presented from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Affairs and the Office of Educational Outreach. The event will take place in the special events room in SIUE’s B. Bernard Birger Hall.
Susan Young, a certified...
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8 January 2014, 12:00 AM
U.S. News & World Report highly ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing in their Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs list released on Jan. 8. The School was ranked 65th among the top 95 schools nationally. View the complete rankings.
The School of Nursing’s online graduate degree programs include a post-master’s doctor of n...
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7 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The SIUE Kimmel Leadership Center has officially changed its name to the Kimmel Student Involvement Center. The name change is effective immediately and indicates the center’s efforts to increase awareness of the wide variety of leadership, campus life and volunteer opportunities available to all SIUE students.
“The new name is a better reflection of the compr...
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3 January 2014, 12:00 AM
Julie Zimmerman Holt, Ph.D., has been named the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2014 Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award recipient. Holt is a professor in the Department of
Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The highly competitive award is given annually to a faculty member who has a proven record of combining scholarship and teaching. I...
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2 January 2014, 12:00 AM
The SIUE men’s and women’s basketball teams welcomed some special guests to the Vadalabene Center on Dec. 30
th. The Cougar hoopsters hosted a free Special Olympics clinic from 5:30-7 p.m.
“We were excited about the opportunity to host a clinic for Special Olympians,” said SIUE women’s basketball Head Coach Paula Buscher. “We feel it is ...
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