August 2014
27 August 2014, 2:55 PM
Cutting-edge theater and dance will characterize XFest 2014, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Theater and Dance show, presented Sept. 10-13 in conjunction with the Arts & Issues series.
This year’s fifth season of XFest will have such offerings, in the order of appearance, as Split Knuckle Theatre of Storrs, Conn., Manual Cinema of Chicago...
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26 August 2014, 2:45 PM
Walking at a fast clip across the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville quad, clad in a short dress she made out of bandanas is freshman Bailey Allen.
“I’m just trying to wear the lightest clothes I can,” said Allen, who stopped briefly Tuesday in the 92-degree temperatures. The humidity levels, however, bumped temperatures up to feeling like 97.
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25 August 2014, 9:46 AM
Thousands of people were drawn Friday night to the intersection of Second and St. Louis streets in downtown Edwardsville as the City and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted their annual block party for students.
The festivities included carnival games, activities, tons of local food options and live music by That 80’s Band. SIUE students, faculty, sta...
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22 August 2014, 2:28 PM
For the 10th consecutive year, SIUE University Housing hosted House Calls this week in first-year residence halls for freshmen.
On-campus residents in Prairie, Woodland and Bluff halls received a “House Call” on Wednesday. The event is an official University welcome to students in their new home and allows them a chance to ask any questions they might have r...
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22 August 2014, 9:13 AM
SIUE and the city of Edwardsville welcome back students today with the 15th Annual Block Party. Music, food and fun are the order of the day starting at 6 p.m.
The University and the city host the annual event, which runs until midnight, at the intersection of Second and St. Louis streets in Edwardsville’s downtown. SIUE students, faculty and staff, and the communit...
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20 August 2014, 11:14 PM
Free dental screenings were conducted by volunteer oral health professionals in the Illinois Department of Public Health Wellness on Wheels mobile health van at the Illinois State Fair last week.
Fourth-year SIU School of Dental Medicine students Mark Hobbie and Vance Knauer, alongside Dr. Poonam Jain, director of community and preventative dentistry, were among those who...
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20 August 2014, 4:42 PM
The annual SIUE Merchant Fair and Ice Cream Social took place in the Morris University Center Goshen Lounge from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday. Each year, local businesses and vendors are invited to set up promotional booths and interact with students during the Merchant Fair. Businesses benefit from the exposure and students have the chance to become more familiar with the ame...
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20 August 2014, 7:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hosting an SIU system-wide Innovation Expo Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Morris University Center Conference Center. “Making Better Megawatts, Mousetraps and Medicine” is the theme of the free event.
The expo supports long-term, sustainable innovation in collaboration with regional business and industry – from ide...
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19 August 2014, 3:41 PM
Attorney General of Illinois Lisa Madigan sat down with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe and other members of the SIUE staff on Monday, Aug. 18, to discuss the increase in financial abuses and loan servicing scams targeting current and former students.
The discussion at SIUE’s Morris University Center was prompted by Madigan as p...
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18 August 2014, 7:00 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior announced this week that both the undergraduate exercise science and graduate exercise physiology programs have received accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
SIUE’s undergraduate exercise science program is the o...
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18 August 2014, 6:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville launched a new partnership today with Zipcar, Inc., the world’s leading car sharing network, to offer a Zipcar sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate 24 hours per day, seven days a week for SIUE students, faculty and staff ages 18 and older, as well as members of...
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17 August 2014, 1:15 PM
Rain thwarted SIUE’s attempt to break its own world record Friday, Aug. 15, during halftime of the Cougars men’s soccer match against Oakland University. The event has been rescheduled for the Cougars’ match against Virginia Tech on Friday. Aug. 29.
Approximately 1,800 fans will simultaneously pop the tops on cans of Pepsi. The Cougars and Hokies are set...
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15 August 2014, 6:25 PM
SIUE senior La’Derrick Ward finished eighth his first U.S. Track and Field appearance Friday at the Pan-American Festival in Mexico City.
Ward, who finished last season holding the longest NCAA Division I long jump, made it to the finals where he jumped 7.54 meters.
“I am very satisfied with La’Derrick’s performance at the Pan-American Festival,&#...
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15 August 2014, 4:51 PM
Time-Lapse Video
In-coming freshmen gathered Friday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar statue. More than 2,125 freshmen are registered for classes which represents a 9 percent increase over last year and an all-time high for the University.
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15 August 2014, 4:30 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Solar Car Team placed 13th out of 20 total cars at the 2014 American Solar Challenge Formula Sun Grand Prix race during July in Austin, Texas.
The SIUE car, Black Nova, was judged on the number of laps and total time per lap. Overall, the team was awarded the Fastest Stop in the Dynamics Brake Test award. The award is based on...
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14 August 2014, 4:43 PM
A record number of volunteers worked all day Thursday to help a record incoming freshman class move into their residence halls at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. More than 2,125 freshmen are registered for classes which represents a 9 percent increase over last year and an all-time high for the University.
View video story here.
“The movers are great, an...
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13 August 2014, 8:00 AM
As the application deadline came to a close on June 30, the SIUE School of Nursing received a total of 102 applications for only 24 open positions in its first doctor of nurse practice (DNP) nurse anesthesia specialization cohort. The next step of the application process involves narrowing down the applicants to half before scheduling interviews.
“It will be difficu...
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12 August 2014, 6:55 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior welcomed 12 visiting scholars on Sunday, Aug. 10, from Northwest Normal University (NWNU) in Lanzhou, China, and Shenyang Aerospace University (SAU) in Shenyang, China.
The scholars will live on the SIUE campus during the fall semester and participate in the School’s Interna...
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12 August 2014, 12:47 PM
Senior member of SIUE’s men’s track and field team, La’Derrick Ward of Alorton was chosen as the U.S. representative in the men’s long jump for the Pan American Festival in Mexico City, Mexico Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16.
The USATF team will include one male and one female for 11 different events in throws, jumps, and distance. The selection is...
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11 August 2014, 7:00 AM
SIUE Director of Administrative Services Bob Vanzo was quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article regarding the recycling process utilized in the repaving of the campus parking lots during the summer. Writer Bob Kelly focused on the recycling process in a story posted Friday, Aug. 8. Read it here.
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11 August 2014, 7:00 AM
The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a new undergraduate degree in nutrition at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville beginning Fall 2015.
The bachelor of science in nutrition, offered by the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, will focus on the study of foods and nutrients and their effect on the health of individuals, according to Dr. Eri...
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9 August 2014, 2:31 PM
SIUE alum Elizabeth Kaegy’s artwork is being featured at the Edwardsville Arts Center’s Dennis DeToye Student Gallery through Friday, Aug. 22. Edwardsville Intelligencer writer Julia Biggs featured Kaegy’s experience dealing with skin disease as her inspiration in a story posted Thursday, Aug. 7.
Kaegy earned a bachelor’s of Fine Art from SIUE̵...
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6 August 2014, 4:42 PM
Several area educators interested in incorporating sustainability into the curriculum, in classrooms and in the community met Monday in a daylong faculty workshop at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Lovejoy Library.
One of the goals of the Mississippi Project IV: Green Curriculum, Green Campus, Green Community was “to help faculty explore the shif...
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6 August 2014, 1:01 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy students Yasmyn Knight and Kathryn Elzerman won the Division 1 Clinical Skills Competition at the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) national conference in Arlington, Va.
The 50-team competition involved writing a pharmaceutical care plan, presenting their drug therapy recommendation to judges, ...
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4 August 2014, 11:17 AM
The Ohio Valley Conference honored two SIUE athletics programs as recipients of the 2014 Team Academic Achievement Awards.
Women’s cross country and women’s golf, garnering the award for the second-consecutive season, finished with the greatest percentage of their student-athletes who achieved a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Eight different OVC instit...
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1 August 2014, 1:48 PM
SIUE students Dalton Hinterscher and Shelby Flach are marketing a game app for Apple devices. Effingham Daily News writer Tony Huffman featured their Letter Rain – Get in the Game app in a story posted July 31. Read it here.
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1 August 2014, 11:40 AM
The Environmental Resources Training Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduated 24 students Thursday, July 31, from its one-year Water Quality Control Operations Program.
Included among the graduates were five women, the highest number of females ever enrolled in the program. “It is good to see more females entering the field of water treatm...
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