July 2014
30 July 2014, 11:14 PM
Jesse Dixon, formerly the special assistant to the superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, is the new director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center. Jerry Weinberg, associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, made the announcement earlier in July.
“I feel both honored and thrilled to be taking on this dir...
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30 July 2014, 5:51 PM
SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe announced that Jim Pennekamp will be adding director of The Gardens at SIUE to his duties effective Monday, Sept. 1. Pennekamp currently serves as special assistant to the chancellor for Regional Economic Development and executive director of University Park at SIUE.
An experienced economic development professional with more than 34 y...
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29 July 2014, 4:39 PM
NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville researcher Dr. Arun Athmanathan will present his findings on corn stover pretreatment methods at a U.S. Department of Energy conference this week in Washington, D.C.
“Arun’s selection for presentation at high-profile Department of Energy conference is a testament to the success of our postdoctoral fellowship p...
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29 July 2014, 2:49 PM
Students, staff and leaders were honored last week at the academic enrichment recognition and 50th anniversary celebration of the TRIO Upward Bound Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center.
The TRIO Upward Bound programs at the ESLC are “federally funded outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide service...
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28 July 2014, 10:26 AM
KSDK-TV’s (Ch. 5, NBC) daytime program ‘Show Me St. Louis’ visited Edwardsville for an episode that aired Friday, July 25. The Gardens at SIUE and Cougar athletics’ home, the Lukas Annex, were prominently featured.
Video of the segment is available online.
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26 July 2014, 3:33 PM
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has announced that SIUE is among the 25 top programs in the country in terms of collective grade point average. The rankings cover Divisions I, II and III. SIUE tied for 13th in the NCAA with Upper Iowa. Both schools had a collective GPA of 3.69 for the 2013-14 school year.
The women’s golf team has had the highest...
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25 July 2014, 4:13 PM
Seven individuals and one team will be inducted into the Class of 2014 SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Morris University Center on campus.
This year’s honorees include wrestling’s Maurice Brown, women’s basketball Head Coach Wendy Hedberg, baseball’s Chad Opel and P.J. Riley, multi-sport standout Kathy (Going) Rogers (fiel...
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24 July 2014, 11:54 AM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Springfield campus approved two administrative reorganization proposals on the Edwardsville campus.
The reporting structure for the East St. Louis campus will change from SIUE’s Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to the Office of the Vice Ch...
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24 July 2014, 11:23 AM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Springfield campus approved contracts worth more than $1.3 million to provide services and equipment to the Edwardsville campus.
Separate contracts were awarded for the Information Technology Services Computer Room renovation. Wissehr Electric, Inc., of Belleville, will mana...
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24 July 2014, 1:20 AM
The Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University annually selects individuals and/or institutions to receive the William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education. The 2014 individual recipient is Dr. Richard Millett, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor emeritus of history.
The award recognizes...
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23 July 2014, 12:15 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing received a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program grant worth $997,076 to support the School’s Student Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP).
SNAP is a successful, ongoing initiative that addresses the critical need to increase the numbers of divers...
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21 July 2014, 10:00 AM
Illinois has a long and highly documented history of exporting significantly more of its high school graduates to out-of-state colleges than Illinois higher education institutions are able to attract from outside the state.
“Many of the students who outmigrate tend to be among Illinois’ best students and are more likely to stay out of state upon graduation,...
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20 July 2014, 3:23 PM
Lorie Nelson, founder and owner of Signature Virtual Assistance, knows that the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center’s path crossed with hers at just the right time.
The entrepreneur credits the local SBDC and its director, Patrick McKeehan, with providing the right expertise on her marketing brochure. Thanks to the Illinois Metro East SBDC, says Ne...
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20 July 2014, 1:54 PM
Shannon Hennessey is the new director of Graduate Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Jerry Weinberg, SIUE’s associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School made the announcement earlier in July. She assumed her new duties on Monday, July 14.
“As director of Graduate Education, Hennessey’s responsibilities include ...
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17 July 2014, 2:58 PM
Bringing financial equity to Illinois classrooms will not totally fix the problems in schools, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) told a group of Golden Apple scholars Tuesday night at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
“What is going to fix the problem is you folks,” Manar said. “You all have the tremendous ability to make a difference in t...
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15 July 2014, 4:26 PM
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SIUE hosted several members of Congress for a seminar on Human Trafficking in the United States, specifically in the Metro East, on Monday, July 14, at B. Barnard Birger Hall. Dr. Denise Degarmo, associate professor and chair of the SIUE Department of Political Science and Dr. Erin Heil, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice ...
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15 July 2014, 10:57 AM
The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach is partnering with the Main Street Community Center in Edwardsville to offer a unique three-part workshop on landscaping beginning Friday, July 19. Edwardsville Intelligencer writer Julia Biggs featured the collaboration in a story posted July 14. Read it here.
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14 July 2014, 4:48 PM
Approximately 190 students and 350 of their guests toured campus today at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s first Summer Preview.
“I learned how friendly and straightforward some of the professors are,” said Timothy Noble of Chicago. The senior at St. Patrick High School came to SIUE with his parents, James and Patricia Noble.
“I also go...
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14 July 2014, 1:09 PM
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) featured Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kelly Gable on its website. Gable, PharmD, is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice within SIUE’s School of Pharmacy. She is the first psychiatric pharmacist to be granted provider and prescriber status by the Mis...
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10 July 2014, 2:11 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start has awarded a cluster of grants worth $11,621,178 annually to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start Program. The five-year funding is known as “Birth to Five” programs, named for the ages of the children who will receive services through SIUE Head Start/Ea...
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9 July 2014, 4:50 PM
Loami native Travis Cox earned an SIUE degree in psychology on May 10. Since then, Cox has been trying something new each and every day. State Journal-Register writer Dave Bakke profiled Cox’s adventures in a story posted July 8. Read it here.
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8 July 2014, 10:38 PM
Henrietta Young has been selected as the new superintendent for the Brooklyn Unit School District 188. The Chicago native earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from SIUE’s School of Education after achieving a bachelor’s in English education from SIUC. Belleville News-Democrat writer Jamie Forsythe wrote about Young’s career in an artic...
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8 July 2014, 12:09 PM
Oates Associates announced that SIUE School of Engineering alum Tim Verheyen (2007) was named the 2014 Young Engineer of the Year by the St. Clair Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE).
The award recognizes young members, who have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and their community. Verheyen assists with teaching eng...
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8 July 2014, 10:26 AM
SIUE professor Rik Hafer has compared states’ economic performance to their ranking on various measures of educational attainment. Hafer’s thoughts are featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch business writer David Nicklaus’ column posted on July 8. Read it here. Hafer is a distinguished research professor in economics and finance within SIUE’s School of...
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7 July 2014, 10:26 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. Jim Hanlon has been appointed director of the Institute for Urban Research. Jerry Weinberg, associate provost for Research and dean of the Graduate School, made the announcement Tuesday, July 1.
An assistant professor in the Department of Geography within SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences, Hanlon has served as ...
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6 July 2014, 2:17 PM
SIUE School of Engineering students and alums played a significant role when the Associated General Contractor’s (AGC) of St. Louis’ Construction Leadership Council volunteered to work on fixing a severe drainage issue Saturday, May 31, at the Epworth Children & Family Services Center on North Elm Ave. in St. Louis.
Three construction management students from ...
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6 July 2014, 1:26 PM
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has honored three SIUE women’s golfers as All-American Scholars. Alison Gorman (Rockford), Molly Marcum (LeRoy) and Ashton Stair (Milton, Wis.) were honored for their respective academic performances.
Student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 to be recognized by the WGCA as All-Ameri...
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6 July 2014, 2:17 AM
SIUE School of Engineering students and alums played a significant role when the Associated General Contractor’s (AGC) of St. Louis’ Construction Leadership Council volunteered to work on fixing a severe drainage issue Saturday, May 31, at the Epworth Children & Family Services Center on North Elm Ave. in St. Louis.
Three construction management students fro...
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5 July 2014, 5:00 PM
One of the most beloved shows of all time, The Wizard of Oz, comes to life at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dunham Hall on Wednesday, July 16, as the final summer offering for Summer Showbiz 2014. Young Dorothy, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow.
One day a twister hits Dorothy’s Kansas farm and carries her away R...
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5 July 2014, 4:45 PM
For the second straight year, SIUE’s Safe Zone participated in the St. Louis Pride Festival and Parade during the final weekend in June. The annual event was held at Soldiers’ Memorial in downtown St. Louis.
The parade was one of dozens held around the country to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots, credited with launching the modern gay ...
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3 July 2014, 9:59 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the City of Highland have agreed to partner on a pilot program focused on supporting small business owners and entrepreneurs. The program is intended to leverage the University resources to build upon the City’s already successful Highland Entrepreneurship Program (HEP) and recently deployed citywide gigabit level Interne...
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2 July 2014, 1:07 PM
Sally Mullen has been appointed director of Student Financial Aid at SIUE. Scott Belobrajdic, associate vice chancellor for Enrollment Management, made the announcement in late June.
Mullen earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from SIUE. She achieved a bachelor’s in social work 1982 and a master’s in Education Administration 1991.
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2 July 2014, 7:00 AM
The National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) has accredited Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The four-year process came to a conclusion in early June.
Accreditation is achieved through both self-study and peer review processes. The comprehensive evaluation process began in 2011. The next comprehensive review is scheduled during the 2021-22 acade...
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1 July 2014, 5:00 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Elizabeth Sheley is among the St. Louis Business Journal’s 30-Under-30 honorees for 2014. The awards recognize the future leaders of the region and those who someday might appear on the cover of the Business Journal. See the complete list.
With the help of 10 judges (past 30-Under-30 winners), the St. Louis Business Jou...
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