May 2014
30 May 2014, 11:31 AM
Kelly Gable, Pharm.D., associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the first psychiatric pharmacist to be granted provider and prescriber status by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Gable is currently the only pharmacist in Missouri authorized to function as a psychiatric prescriber on community menta...
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30 May 2014, 10:40 AM
Stephanie Bargiel, a senior in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences, is the 2014 Kimmel Scholarship recipient. The annual scholarship recognizes a student who exemplifies leadership through community engagement and service while achieving academic excellence.
The scholarship was awarded by the Kimmel Student Involvement Center at the ...
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29 May 2014, 10:50 AM
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a second patent within months to Ronald E. Worthington, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Pharmacy.
The more recent patent, issued in March, represents the second of two related inventions aimed at preventing contamination by bacteria t...
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29 May 2014, 12:00 AM
U.S. News & World Report ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville among the best Regional Universities Midwest for the 11th consecutive year and among the top 15 public universities in that category. The listing is in the magazine’s “Best Colleges of 2015” issue that was released today.
SIUE remained in the top 50 of the Regional Universities Mid...
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28 May 2014, 11:31 PM
Maya Angelou, world-renowned poet, award winning author, civil rights activist and actress, died Wednesday morning. She was 86.
The author of the highly influential “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” was found dead in her Winston-Salem, N.C., home. Angelou, who was also known as “America’s Poet,” rose above her own early abuse to give voice...
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28 May 2014, 12:45 PM
Three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville faculty members are participating in a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to improve the quality of life for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
The title of the grant is Transplatin: A Novel Agent to Mitigate Cisplatin Toxicity. The five-year grant began in July 2013 and runs through June 2018.
The drug c...
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28 May 2014, 12:09 PM
Dr. Paul F. Kattner, an orthodontist with Kattner Orthodontics in Waukegan, Ill., will be the keynote speaker at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7.
Fifty students will receive a doctor of dental medicine degree at the event in SIUE’s Meridian Ballroom in the Morris University Center. The ceremony will...
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27 May 2014, 4:07 PM
Dr. Curt Lox, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, has been named interim dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education (SOE). Lox replaces Dr. Bette Bergeron, who resigned to assume duties as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Southern Connecticut State University.
Lox, who will officially begin his ...
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27 May 2014, 10:58 AM
Juan Farrow, a member of the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame, entered the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame in an induction ceremony Wednesday, May 21 in Athens, Ga.
The Class of 2014 includes coaches Billy Chadwick of Mississippi, Kalamazoo College’s Timon Corwin and James Wadley of Oklahoma State. Players inducted are USC’s Matt Anger, Alex K...
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23 May 2014, 10:32 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy was one of four training sites selected by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation for the 2014 Pain and Palliative Care Traineeship program. Dr. Chris Herndon, associate professor of pharmacy practice, is the faculty lead for the SIUE campus training site.
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23 May 2014, 9:31 AM
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine student Nicholas Varney was honored during April for his individual academic achievements.
Varney, a second year student from Springfield, earned the Irwin Robinson Research Award worth $500 from the Odontographic Society of Chicago Research and Education Foundation. The purpose of the award is to grant directly ...
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22 May 2014, 10:47 AM
Swansea resident Todd “Dutch” Eschman is batting a thousand as the first-place winner of a regional business plan competition that is driving his entrepreneurial venture toward success.
Eschman, 44, is the sole proprietor of Old Dutch Classic Bats (dutchbats.com), a manufacturer of custom bats for vintage baseball players. Vintage baseball is a rapidly growing...
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22 May 2014, 10:47 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Rend Lake College have cemented an agreement to ease engineering students’ academic transition from their first two years through their final two.
Rend Lake’s Board of Trustees approved the “2+2” agreement with SIUE May 13. RLC is located in Ina, approximately 70 miles southeast of SIUE.
S. Cem Karacal...
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20 May 2014, 10:58 AM
After years of struggles, determination and faith, Crystal Nesbit graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with two degrees. Her most recent one, this month, was a master’s in curriculum and instruction from the SIUE School of Education.
Her scholastic journey, which was suspended at times because of illness, family ties and child rearing, is recount...
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19 May 2014, 2:58 PM
Dr. Robyn Berkley, associate professor of management and marketing in the SIUE School of Business, was featured in WalletHub’s recent study examining the best and worst cities to work for a small business. Berkley was included in the Ask the Experts section of the online report where she speaks to the benefits and risks of working for a small business. Launched ...
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16 May 2014, 10:00 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) graduating seniors, at their 2014 commencement ceremony Friday night, were told that they are just “warming up” for greater success.
Dr. Howard Rambsy II, associate professor in the SIUE Department of English Language and Literature, gave the commencement address at Our Lady o...
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16 May 2014, 2:22 PM
An Nguyen is a first-generation college student scheduled to arrive at SIUE as a freshman this fall. Read her inspirational story in the Rockford Register Star. Writer Corrina Curry posted the profile Friday, May 15.
“Everything Changes:” First-generation collegians lauded in Rockford
By Corina Curry
Rockford Register Star
Posted May 15, 2014 @ 9:12 am...
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14 May 2014, 5:39 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Student Government has selected Madeline McCune as the 2014 recipient of Senator of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to a student senator who demonstrates excellence, goes above and beyond their duties, and serves as a strong advocate and role model for students.
McCune, a sophomore in the School of Business, w...
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14 May 2014, 2:22 PM
SIUE’s Leslie Van Leishout, coordinator of theater education and director of Cougar Theater, was featured in an Alton Telegraph story posted May 12. Telegraph writer Vicki Bennington describes Van Leishout’s successful theater and dance summer camps’ impact on students. Read it here.
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13 May 2014, 10:41 PM
Seven Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing students offered triage services to those in need during a Remote Area Medical (RAM) community health clinic held May 2-4 at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis. The seven senior nursing students are members of the RAM Volunteer Corps, along with Caitlin Phelan, instructor of nursing.
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13 May 2014, 5:13 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduated its second class of students to earn the doctor of education (EdD) in Educational Leadership Saturday, May 10. The 11 graduates received their doctoral hoods the previous day at the Morris University Center on campus.
All of the graduates have significant school leadership positions in the bi-state region. They include:
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13 May 2014, 5:13 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduated its second class of students to earn the doctor of education (EdD) in Educational Leadership Saturday, May 10. The 11 graduates received their doctoral hoods the previous day at the Morris University Center on campus.
All of the graduates have significant school leadership positions in the bi-state region. They include:
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13 May 2014, 2:29 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Tim Jacks, Ph.D., was named the School of Business Professor of the Year by the student organization Emerging Leaders Improving Through Experience (ELITE). Jacks is an assistant professor of computer management and information systems.
The accolade came Wednesday, May 7. Jacks was one of 51 faculty members from the Sc...
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13 May 2014, 1:33 PM
The last few years of high school were full of trials and testing so much so that Ramhad Walker of East St. Louis wanted to quit. But the 19-year-old thanked the staff of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School for not giving up on him.
Walker was one of 35 graduating seniors who completed his 2014 Senior Exit Portfolio Presentations l...
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12 May 2014, 3:13 PM
The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Lisa Lubsch its 2014 Presidential Citation for service during its annual meeting May 2 in Nashville. Lubsch, PharmD, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at SIUE’s School of Pharmacy.
The PPAG is celebrating its 35th year and has nearly...
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11 May 2014, 1:25 PM
SIUE earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament with a convincing 12-1 victory in six innings in the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship game in Jacksonville, Ala.
The Cougars (30-21) became the first SIUE team to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament in the Division I era. The Cougars will play Alabama in Tuscaloosa at 6 p.m. Friday. on ESPN3. S...
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9 May 2014, 3:27 PM
More than 500 Special Olympics athletes from southwestern Illinois competed during the last weekend in April at the annual Spring Games at SIUE’s Korte Stadium. At the same time, approximately 45 Special Olympians took advantage of the Special Smiles program managed by the SIU School of Dental Medicine.
The SIUE Athletics Department partnered with Special Olympics f...
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9 May 2014, 9:07 AM
A meandering journey involving learning, issues of life and death, family and faith led Crystal Nesbit to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. During that trip, Nesbit learned what happened to a degree deferred.
“I believed God had a plan for me,” she said. “I believed I would finish my degree.”
Nesbit will graduate Saturday with a master&...
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9 May 2014, 8:58 AM
Commencement Video – 6:30 p.m. , 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe oversaw four 2014 Spring Commencement exercises during the weekend in the Vadalabene Center on campus. The festivities began with the Graduate School, School of Business and School of Nursing students receiving their degrees Friday ...
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8 May 2014, 5:19 PM
The CosmoQuest team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville kicked off a 36-day fundraiser April 26-27 with a 36-hour Google Hangout-on-Air broadcast. This “Hangoutathon” raised more than $24,000.
CosmoQuest is a virtual research facility that allows the public to aid researchers mapping the solar system using NASA imagery in an environment rich with lear...
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8 May 2014, 3:56 PM
Three SIUE teams were among those receiving public recognition awards for top academic performance from the NCAA Wednesday. The SIUE men’s cross country, women’s tennis and women’s soccer squads were among the 24 Ohio Valley Conference programs that were honored.
“We are extremely proud that SIUE’s student-athletes’ commitment to our va...
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8 May 2014, 2:06 PM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved fee-related changes for the Edwardsville campus for the 2014-15 academic year. The changes made during the board’s meeting on the Carbondale campus included the student fees for Housing occupancy rates, Information Technology, Textbook Rental and Intercollegiate Athletics.
Other fee changes were appro...
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8 May 2014, 1:02 PM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today confirmed Dr. Parviz Ansari (Pair-VEEZ An-SAR-ee) as the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs for the Edwardsville campus. The board approved the appointment at its regularly scheduled May meeting at SIUE’s Morris University Center.
“Dr. Anne Perry and the search committee did an excellent jo...
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7 May 2014, 4:08 PM
It might have been an easier job to pick a winning horse Tuesday than to select two top hat contenders out of the nearly 160 women who came to the Meridian Derby at Fairmont Park Racetrack in Collinsville. The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Meridian Society sponsors the annual Derby at the Top of Turf clubhouse.
“I want to congratulate the Meridian Soci...
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6 May 2014, 1:35 PM
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 May 2014, 12:58 PM
This fall, Zipcar is coming to campus for all 18-and-older SIUE students, faculty and staff. Zipcar is car-sharing, an alternative to bringing a car to school, that gives members 24/7 access to vehicles parked right on campus.
Rates start at $7.50/hour or $69/day with gas, insurance and 180 miles per day included to go wherever you want to go.
Members can reserve cars on...
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6 May 2014, 10:14 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of the Provost announced that Kelly Gable, PharmD, is the recipient of the annual Teaching Excellence Award for tenure-track faculty. It is the most prestigious teaching award that a faculty member can receive at SIUE.
Gable is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy. Sh...
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6 May 2014, 9:47 AM
Joaquin Berrocal, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Language and Literature at SIUE, is a finalist being considered for the 2014 STA Travel – Start the Adventure Award by the GoAbroad Innovation Academy.
The Academy is made up of a selective group of international education professionals working to advance the understanding of what is possi...
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5 May 2014, 5:35 PM
Gillespie native Adam Schmidt is the recipient of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Summer 2014 Dual Admission Academic Award.
All students entering SIUE through dual admission programs are eligible for the award. Schmidt is currently a student at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey.
The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach administers the award, and ...
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5 May 2014, 3:28 PM
On Monday, May 5, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students took a break from the stress of final exams and received a little puppy therapy. From 10 a.m.-1 p.m., nearly 250 students stopped by the Morris University Center Goshen Lounge to connect with therapy dogs and, for at least a few minutes, breathe a little easier.
The finals week tradition, which began fou...
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5 May 2014, 2:28 PM
A team of 13 mechanical engineering students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville won third place in the endurance category at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Human Powered Vehicle Challenge April 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.
More than 30 teams vied in the international competition. SIUE’s finished product–a three-wheeled, steel-framed,...
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5 May 2014, 2:28 PM
Campus administrators helped provide nourishment for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students during Finals Study Break.
Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, among other administrators, served more than 750 students breakfast from 8-9 p.m. Sunday in the Morris University Center Court Area. Students enjoyed a meal of pancakes, hash browns, bacon, ham, fruit, pastries, ...
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3 May 2014, 2:17 PM
Highland News Leader writer Mark Hodapp featured SIUE School of Pharmacy students in a story posted Wednesday, April 30. The SIUE students have taken the program’s drug awareness program into junior and senior high schools in Madison and St. Clair counties.
The article follows:
Students Warned of Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse
It’s hard to talk about her...
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2 May 2014, 4:17 PM
Courtney Gross, Residence Housing Association (RHA) president at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, was chosen to be a 2013-2014 SIUE Outstanding Student Leader.
Gross was recognized Wednesday at the Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony. The Outstanding Student Leader award recognizes a maximum of 10 students who have significantly enhanced the quality of campus life...
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2 May 2014, 3:04 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and The Belleville News-Democrat honored those who made outstanding contributions in leadership and service during Wednesday’s 2014 Kimmel Leadership Awards ceremony.
The SIUE Kimmel Student Involvement Center recognized exceptional students, staff, faculty and community persons. Stephanie Bargiel, a senior in the College of...
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2 May 2014, 1:56 PM
The SIUE Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with Intercollegiate Athletics, held a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday on underage drinking prevention for Alcohol Awareness Month.
The discussion, held in the Goshen Lounge, also coincided with the national movement to prevent underage drinking.
Guest speakers, including University students, staff an...
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2 May 2014, 1:10 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe will oversee the 2014 Spring Commencement exercises on Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10. Ceremonies for the 2,231 eligible graduates will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Vadalabene Center on campus.
Newly installed SIU President Dr. Randy Dunn will participate in his first commencement ceremonies by s...
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2 May 2014, 10:47 AM
SIUE Student Body President Alex Hillery and External Affairs Officer Tre Martin were featured in an Alton Telegraph story posted May 1. Writer Brett Luster wrote about the student leaders welcoming feedback about student life on campus. Read the article.
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2 May 2014, 10:31 AM
Students spin the prize wheel during the Springfest celebration.
Students enjoy the Giant Banana Split served in a canoe during Springfest.
The Stratton Quadrangle was full of students enjoying food, fun and games April 21-26, as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated Springfest. Dating back to the 1960s, Springfest is the longest running annual tradition...
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1 May 2014, 5:44 PM
At the Athletics Academic Awards banquet Tuesday, April 29, SIUE Athletics honored Cougar student-athletes for their accomplishments away from the playing surface. Scott Credit Union was a presenting sponsor of the event in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.
Awards were presented to a wide variety of individuals representing SIUE’s 18 sports.
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1 May 2014, 4:57 PM
Dr. Randy J. Dunn visited Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Thursday on his first official day as President of Southern Illinois University. View the video here.
“This is my dream job, being president of the SIU system,” Dunn said at a press conference in the Morris University Center Mississippi/Illinois Rooms. “I’m a native of Illinois, ...
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1 May 2014, 4:57 PM
Conny Mueller Moody, assistant deputy director of the Office of Health Promotion with the Illinois Department of Public Health, visited SIUE’s Vadalabene Center Wednesday. She spoke to a group of mostly students about the state’s new Medical Cannabis Pilot Program.
Moody, along with Kristyn Budd, SIUE Health Education intern, informed the audience about the ne...
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