March 2014
31 March 2014, 6:37 PM
SIUE students heard what it takes to become a globetrotting Foreign Service Officer working for the U.S. Department of State Thursday, March 27 as part of the campus’ annual Global Awareness Week.
Four foreign policy advisors and three other foreign affairs experts representing U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command, and Military Surface Deployment and Di...
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31 March 2014, 5:57 PM
A student-faculty civil engineering research team within Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Engineering has won the Illinois Center for Transportation and the Illinois Dept. of Transportation’s 2014 High Impact Project Award.
The recognition, which comes as the School of Engineering’s second in three years, is based on the team’s...
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31 March 2014, 4:05 PM
SIUE’s “Homework Hotline” was featured during KSDK-TV’s morning show on Monday, March 31. The local NBC afffiliate’s Dana Dean reported the story.
Students in grades 6-8 can call and receive free help with their math homework during evening hours.
The program was launched Feb. 10 and was developed in collaboration with the Illinois Soc...
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29 March 2014, 2:51 PM
Former SIUE faculty member Adrian Matejka received an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his last poetry collection “The Big Smoke.” He taught creative writing at SIUE from 2007-12.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Jane Henderson wrote of Matejka’s achievement in a story posted March 27.
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28 March 2014, 3:51 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business graduate students have won the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Interuniversity Cup for the third-consecutive year. The competition was held Wednesday, March 26 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac.
The ACG Cup is a case study competition organized to provide business students with mergers and acquisitions, i...
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27 March 2014, 4:22 PM
The SIUE Constructors Club spent Spring Break (3/9-12) in Washington, Ill., providing volunteer aid as the community continues to recover from last year’s devastating tornado.
Mason Musick, a senior School of Engineering student from Lincoln, wrote a description of the group’s experience:
We helped out in Joplin, Mo., after a tornado devastated that town, and...
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27 March 2014, 8:21 AM
p>SIUE professor Robert LeAnder was featured in a
St. Louis American story. Writers Ron Moore and Shantana Stewart posted the
story on Thursday, March 27. LeAnder is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering in the School of Engineering.
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26 March 2014, 4:56 PM
Hundreds of students participated in 7th Annual Cougar World Games and the Great Disability Challenge Tuesday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Students enjoyed a myriad of games and contests as part of the SIUE Global Awareness Week.
Watch video here.
The Cougar World Games highlights various cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities. It became a part of Globa...
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26 March 2014, 4:42 PM
Illuminated paintings, glass mosaics and clay birds are a few hand-made items at a children’s exhibit at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The art work is part of the SIUE Early Childhood Center’s Fourth Annual Children’s Art Exhibit in connection with the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Week of the Young...
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26 March 2014, 8:11 AM
SIUE’s Arts & Issues Series hosts its final event of the season when James Carville and Alberto Gonzales come together for a one-time debate Thursday, April 3. Carville is America’s best-known political consultant, while Gonzales is a former U.S. attorney general. The duo will square off in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.
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26 March 2014, 8:11 AM
Transforming passion into profit that gives back to “those who serve” is one of the best ways to describe Code 3 Spices.
The two-man spice rub business, which launched in Maryville in late 2012, is the brainchild of Chris Bohnemeier – a barbecue enthusiast, grill master and former IT professional- and his long-time friend and fellow BBQ aficionado Mike R...
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25 March 2014, 3:43 PM
Various speaker presentations, panel presentations, performances and events are part of Global Awareness Week 2014 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Kicking off the International Speaker Series on Monday was Lucy Wanjiru of the United Nations Development Program, Bureau of Development Policy Gender Team.
Wanjiru, a programme specialist on gender and environ...
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25 March 2014, 11:37 AM
Two pre-doctoral students at Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine have been awarded honors for academic excellence.
Adam Fritzgerald, a third-year dental student, is the American Association of Public Health Dentistry’s third-place winner in its annual Pre-doctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Health Dentistry...
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25 March 2014, 10:21 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted a graduation ceremony Friday, March 7 for the Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) Class of 2014. Twenty-four freshly minted CLI grads attended the event at the Morris University Center on the SIUE campus.
“The CLI program attracts a variety of high potential individuals, and the group this year was no exception...
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24 March 2014, 4:32 PM
The following is an except from a story by Edwardsville Intelligencer reporter Matt Winte that was posted on Saturday, March 22:With an eye towards the future, the Edwardsville City Council approved the creation of a new board, which will have members from both the city of Edwardsville and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The council heard the second reading of ...
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24 March 2014, 11:47 AM
Dixie Engelman, dean emerita of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences and associate professor emerita of speech pathology and audiology, is being honored with the University’s Distinguished Service Award.
SIUE will present the award to Engelman at the University’s Spring 2014 Commencement on May 10.
Engelman has been a com...
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21 March 2014, 4:30 PM
The SIUE Department of Theater and Dance will present the play, The Caretaker, at the James F. Metcalf Theater, located just west of the SIUE Student Fitness Center.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m., March 21-22, and March 26-29, and 2 p.m., Sunday, March 23, 30.
The Caretaker, Pinter’s 1960 classic, chronicles the peculiar relationships between a tramp and two brothers...
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21 March 2014, 2:13 PM
A former U.S. attorney and one of America’s best-known political consultants will converge on stage at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 3, at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for a night of political debate.
Alberto Gonzales, past White House counsel to President George W. Bush, will face-off with James Carville, “The Ragin’ Cajin,” known for he...
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21 March 2014, 10:51 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center will celebrate East St. Louis’s birthday with a journey through local history. The Center will also honor celebrities, culture and art of the past, present and future while reintroducing the Center’s Performing Arts program to the East St. Louis community.
An array of festivities is planned for th...
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20 March 2014, 12:09 PM
Dr. Keith W. Dickey, emeritus associate professor and director of continuing education and alumni services in the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM), was awarded fellowship in the International Pierre Fauchard Academy Feb. 20 during the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter meeting.
Currently, there are 61 dentists in Illinois who have receiv...
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20 March 2014, 7:00 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy will host “Roll Up Your Sleeves, Edwardsville” during the afternoon of April 11.
It is a citywide wellness event, where teams of 2-3 pharmacy students and one faculty pharmacist will visit Edwardsville businesses to perform blood pressure screenings for employees. Twelve teams will cover the city...
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20 March 2014, 7:00 AM
Dr. Nathalia Garcia, periodontist from the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM), is a principal investigator for the project titled “Biomarkers of Periodontal Disease Progression.” She is seeking 60 volunteers to take part in clinical research.
The multi-center study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A total of 5...
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19 March 2014, 5:56 PM
Alton attorney and philanthropist John Simmons will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Southern University Illinois Edwardsville. The degree will be bestowed upon Simmons at SIUE’s spring commencement exercises May 9 at the Vadalabene Center on campus.
Simmons, who graduated with honors from SIUE in political science, earned his Juris Doctor from S...
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18 March 2014, 7:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host the 7th Annual Cougar World Games Tuesday, March 25, from 4-7 p.m. in the Student Fitness Center on the SIUE campus. Part of SIUE’s Global Awareness Week, Cougar World Games will challenge, inspire and bring together diverse communities among SIUE students.
The Cougar World Games is a special event designed to...
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17 March 2014, 5:56 PM
The SIUE women’s club basketball team won the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Regional tournament the weekend of March 7-9. The Cougars earned a fourth-consecutive bid to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Championship tournament.
SIUE scored impressive wins over the University of Nebraska, and the University of Wisconsin before defeating...
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17 March 2014, 3:21 PM
SIUE junior La’Derrick Ward made history Friday, March 14 by placing sixth in the men’s long jump at NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. He became the first two-time D-I All-American in school history.
The Alorton native took sixth in the long jump with a mark of 25 feet, 5.25 inches. The mark was a school record ...
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17 March 2014, 3:21 PM
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine’s (SIU SDM) new and expanded presence in Alton earned an Award of Achievement from Pride, Incorporated, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to community beautification.
The award recognizes the construction of the School’s Multidisciplinary Simulation Laboratory and adjacent space, an 18,000-square-fo...
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17 March 2014, 1:10 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Hospice Volunteer Initiative donated more than $1,500 to Hospice of Southern Illinois on March 11. Last fall, the “Hands for Hospice 5K Race” was held on the SIUE campus to raise money to further enrich Hospice’s volunteer program and to educate the community on their health care services.
“The Hospice ...
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17 March 2014, 12:16 PM
Creating and employing a strategy to balance historical preservation with economic development is the topic of a panel discussion that includes Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jeff Manuel. He is an assistant professor from the Department of Historical Studies with the College of Arts and Sciences.
“Marketing Our Heritage? Cultural Conservation and ...
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17 March 2014, 8:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host India Night 2014 on Friday, March 21, from 5-8 p.m. in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. This event, sponsored by the SIUE Indian Student Association, will immerse guests in Indian culture through traditional cuisine and entertainment.
India-inspired dishes will be served to guests. Everything from a m...
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17 March 2014, 8:00 AM
With more than 700 classes to choose from and more online classes than ever before, now is the best time to “dive in” and enroll in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Summer Session. It’s a smart move that could mean a chance to attend classes with an even lower student-teacher ratio than usually offered (17:1) at SIUE.
According to Dr. Ch...
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14 March 2014, 2:14 PM
Dr. Masangu Shabangi, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at SIUE, died Thursday, March 13, at the age of 48.
Shabangi was born on October 28, 1965, in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
He taught at SIUE for 14 years.
The first visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, March 21, at the First Baptist Church of Maryville, 7110 State Route 16...
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13 March 2014, 3:03 PM
A team of scientists working with the CosmoQuest virtual research facility (CosmoQuest.org) has demonstrated that it is possible for everyday people to map the Moon with the same quality as a group of experienced professionals.
These crowd-sourced results are being published in the journal Icarus and highlight the ability of citizen scientists to advance planetary resea...
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13 March 2014, 1:48 PM
Join us March 24-29 for Get Your Business Online Week, when the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Google partner to get the businesses in the Metro East region online and growing (www.gybo.com/gybo-week).
Today, 97 percent of Internet users look online for local products and services, yet 55 percent of American busin...
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12 March 2014, 1:54 PM
On the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sits a four-foot tall, two-tier fiber glass birthday cake. The cake is one of 250 throughout the bi-state region, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis.
SIUE was chosen to be one of 250 places of distinction in the 15-county region and is part of the “Cakeway to the West” c...
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12 March 2014, 1:54 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering doctoral student Ikechukwu P.N. Ohu was one of 107 students awarded a Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Program Fellow for the 2013-2014 academic year.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education awards the fellowships to increase the number of underrepresented faculty and staff in Illinois i...
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11 March 2014, 11:20 AM
Kev Marcus and Wil B will explode on stage playing a fresh fusion of classical music, rock, R&B, pop and hip hop from their stringed instruments on Monday, March 17 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Black Violin, the American duo from Florida, will give a high energy performance at 7:30 p.m. in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. Marcus plays the v...
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11 March 2014, 10:51 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has pledged to double the number of students studying abroad over the next five years as a lead partner in the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad initiative, announced earlier this month.
Committing to specific, measurable actions to achieve this ambitious goal, SIUE joins a host of other well-ren...
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11 March 2014, 9:29 AM
SIUE’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is making an impact locally. Alton Telegraph writer Brett Luster featured the Center in an article posted March 11. Director Patrick McKeehan manages the Center which is housed within the SIUE School of Business.
Photo: SIUE SBDC Director Patrick McKeehan.
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11 March 2014, 9:15 AM
The Higher Education Marketing Report awarded six Educational Advertising Awards to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in late February. Selections were made from a pool of approximately 2,000 entries spanning more than 1,000 colleges, universities and secondary schools from the United States and several foreign countries.
SIUE awards include:
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10 March 2014, 11:33 AM
SIUE’s Eddie the Cougar is now an Ohio Valley Conference champion.
Fans, students, faculty and alumni of #SIUENation helped Eddie the Cougar gather 3,440 of the 11,000 votes cast in the 2014 OVC Mascot Challenge. The results were announced during the OVC Men’s and Women’s Tournament at Municipal Auditorium.
“We congratulate SIUE’s Eddi...
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8 March 2014, 1:00 AM
SIUE’s La’Derrick Ward was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the Year as voted by the league’s track and field coaches.
Ward, who has been ranked No. 1 nationally after posting a long jump mark of 26 feet, 3 inches (8.00m) at the Gateway Invitational, has been setting the pace for the Cougars all year. He won the OVC outdoor lo...
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6 March 2014, 10:13 AM
Hard-working co-owners Shawnta’ Ray and Rick Harmon are living examples of entrepreneurs who can toughen up when life throws them a steep challenge. They also know how to “Happy Up,” which is why – eight years ago – they incorporated their toy store business under that moniker.
The duo’s successful business, which currently includes sto...
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5 March 2014, 5:11 PM
The Alestle staff recently won eight awards during the Illinois College Press Association’s (ICPA) annual college media conference. The event was in Chicago Feb. 21-22.
The Alestle won second place for general excellence, a category in which the staff had not placed since 2009.
“It was exciting to see The Alestle recognized in all the categories in which they...
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5 March 2014, 4:39 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has collaborated with the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers Foundation (ISPEF) to launch the “SIUE Homework Hotline.”
The hotline is available for students in grades 6-8. They can call and receive free help with their math homework Sunday through Thursday evenings from 7-10 p.m. Tutors can be reached at ...
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5 March 2014, 6:11 AM
Dr. Nathalia Garcia, periodontist from the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM), is a principal investigator for the project titled “Biomarkers of Periodontal Disease Progression.” It is a multi-center study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will award more than $1.2 million to SIU SDM for its contribution to the...
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4 March 2014, 11:28 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s sustainability officer and sustainability fellow both gave a presentation on Monday at the 9th Annual Smart and Sustainable Campus Conference in Baltimore. The conference will end tomorrow.
“We have achieved a lot in the area of sustainability for any campus, let alone one of our size,” said Kevin Adkins, Unive...
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4 March 2014, 8:16 PM
SIUE Alumni Association Hall of Fame member Gib Singleton passed away on Friday, Feb. 28 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The renowned sculptor earned a bachelor’s in art and design from SIUE in 1967. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010.
Writer Bruce Krasnow profiled Singleton in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
For more information on Singleton, visit gibsi...
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4 March 2014, 5:30 PM
The SIUE Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach celebrated its new temporary home in the Vadalabene Center Tuesday, March 4 with an open house. The Center recently moved from its previous home in the School of Engineering’s original building, which is undergoing renovations.
A wide variety of visitors included students, faculty, staff, visitors from the ...
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3 March 2014, 6:29 PM
Middle and high school students will engage their minds and their robots when Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosts its annual Botball tournament on Sat., Apr. 12.
This is the 17th Botball season and the 12th year that SIUE will host the region’s tournament. Twenty-one teams will be coming to the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom for the c...
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3 March 2014, 6:21 PM
Fifteen Southwestern Illinois-based entrepreneurs and their innovative business concepts have been selected to move into the second round of the Metro East’s first regional business plan competition.
Organized and launched by University Park at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the SIUE Metro East Start-Up Challenge seeks to identify, foster and reward entr...
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