In a world full of computerized information and rapid advances in technology, the need for cybersecurity is paramount for both personal privacy and national security. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is taking an innovative approach in training future computer scientists to combat this pressing concern.
With support from the SIUE Center for Science, Technology, E...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Robert Paulett, PhD, associate professor of historical studies, shared his lecture, “Caribbean Sugar and the British Colonies,” with the world Saturday, Nov. 28 on C-SPAN3. The cable network featured the presentation on its series “Lectures in History” which airs lectures on topics ranging from the A...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Terri Poirier, PharmD, has been appointed to the Oncology Specialty Council for 2016-2018 by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).
A professor of pharmacy and Senior Scholar in the SIUE School of Pharmacy, Poirier accepted the national appointment’s three-year term. Oncology pharmacy specialists recommend, design,...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville wishes students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members a Happy Thanksgiving!
“Thanksgiving is a time when we pause and reflect on our lives and the things for which we are thankful,” said SIUE Interim Chancellor Stephen Hansen. “With the tragedies of violence, hunger and injustice around the world, we are ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) administrators and faculty treated students and their guests to a sit-down Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings.
Gina Washington, CHS director; Willis Young, CHS assistant director, and other CHS staff served more than 135 people on Tuesday, Nov. 24 in the ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering graduate student Sheetal Bagga and recent graduate Rakeem Shelby (MS ’15) were awarded best paper at an international conference in Seattle.
The 23rd Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL) International Conference on Advances in Geographi...
General Colin L. Powell, one of the most respected leaders in American history, will appear at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Meridian Ballroom March 31, 2016, to launch a speaker series for the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCHF) in Edwardsville.
Powell will be the guest speaker at the MJCHF’s inaugural dinner beginning at 5:30 p...
The Hospice Volunteer Initiative, a student organization at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is demonstrating heartwarming volunteerism by helping hospice providers celebrate and comfort clients. The group began in 2013 as a class project, but has expanded into a campuswide organization. Now its mission is spreading to other college campuses.
George Winston, one of the most recognized solo pianists in the world, will perform at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Winston will perform his “Winter Show” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. Winston’s performance will include some of Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts&...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Attention and Behavior Clinic is dedicated to meeting the needs of children in the community by providing “best practice” psychological services at an affordable rate.
Licensed clinical psychologists and SIUE graduate students in the Clinical Child and School Psychology program conduct comprehensive assessments for...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Sara Wojcicki Jimenez will replace former state Rep. Raymond Poe in the 99th House District. Jimenez is the chief of staff to First Lady Diana Rauner.
She earned her bachelor’s in mass communications from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 2001.
Culture clashes, social isolation and the need to belong are some of the themes to be displayed on stage in the presentation of SINCE AFRICA, opening Friday, Dec. 4 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
SINCE AFRICA, written by Chicago playwright, screenwriter and stand-up comedian Mia McCullough and directed by SIUE’s Kathryn Bentley, will be presente...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville freshman Emily Hampson is aiming at some impressive goals. She sees a career in nursing, but before that she has her eyes set on the U.S. Olympic team for shotgun trap.
The 18-year-old St. Charles, Mo., native is a member of the USA Shotgun National Junior Team. She participated in her first Olympic trials for Olympic trap shootin...
Residents of Beverly Farm in Godfrey will soon have a new heating and cooling system installed in their building, courtesy of the engineering prowess of students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
“We are upgrading the entire HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) system in the Chappee Cottage in order to make i...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Sonia Deal is one of four finalists in the St. Louis Business Journal’s Catapult Competition, a contest aimed at jump starting a business idea. Deal is founder of Diabetes Education Augmenting Lifestyles Center and Clinic (DEAL-C2).
Deal will advance to the final competition at the Business Journal’s Women’...
More than 70 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students raised $22,397 during the St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn event, a fundraising program hosted nationally by colleges and universities to raise money for the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The total raised was a record for the SIUE effort.
SIUE students joined their counterparts on campuses a...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Greg Pavelka made a potentially life saving bone marrow donation on Tuesday, Nov. 17 for a person battling leukemia. The donation was coordinated through the Be The Match organization. When he was notified that his bone marrow was a perfect match for someone in dire need, Pavelka did not hesitate to help.
State Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton) visited the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy on Tuesday, Nov. 17. He spoke to SIUE’s student chapter of the American Pharmacist Association.
Haine updated the students on laws and regulations pertaining to pharmacists.
After learning about the effects of sugar and bacteria on teeth at Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SDM), 16-year-old Dylan Millitello dug out the candy from his pants pocket and threw it away.
“I like the workshop. I’m learning some good things about my teeth and my health,” said Millitello.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Kurt Emshousen is now the chief administrative officer of Transwestern, a privately held real estate firm. He will also serve on the company’s executive committee and board of directors.
Emshousen earned a bachelor’s from the SIUE School of Business in 2001.
The full announcement of his new position can be found ...
Through the words of an original poem she penned, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Jennifer Roberts expresses her deep love of Illinois. Her ode flows through the changing seasons, encapsulating her fondest memories.
“My Illinois is a blue house with a big yard in a neighborhood nestled between a freeway and a corn field. It’s a lullaby of rumb...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Health Careers Fair connected students with 31 leading healthcare employers Monday, Nov. 16 in the Morris University Center. The event provided students an opportunity to build relationships and inquire about job openings.
Students nearing completion of degrees within SIUE’s health-related disciplines shared resumes ...
Ninety days is not much time to set up a large machine shop, form a new company, find a location and retain large original equipment manufacturing (OEM) clients from a failed firm.
But that’s precisely what Madison-based HB Coatings LLC has done with support and expertise from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metro East Small Business Development Ce...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s new Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Commander, Lt. Col. Scott Reed, plans to continue in the program’s strong tradition, as well as meet bench marks of his own.
Reed came to SIUE in July as the professor of Military Science, replacing Lt. Col. Dave Motes, who retired. Reed&#...
On this Veterans Day, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s new Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. (ROTC) Commander, Lt. Col. Scott Reed, recalls important times in his life when his father was absent and significant events in his family’s life when he was not there due to military service.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start is one of several area agencies that have joined to help improve the lives of children, including expectant parents and children birth through five years, throughout the Greater East St. Louis community.
“We don’t have to compete for children. We need to align our...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Student Nurses Association (SNA) has more than tripled to become one of SIUE’s largest student organizations.
The Student Nurses Association is a pre-professional organization for the American Nurses Association (ANA). SIUE member students participate in the 10th District Illinois Nurses Association.
The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, won a national award during the 94th annual Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) / College Media Advisers National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas.
The Alestle placed fourth in the ACP Best Of Show — Newspaper Special Edition category for its 2015 Back-to-School Survival Guide. ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Joshua Pritsolas, a senior geography major from Glen Carbon, has been honored by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois for his excellence in curricular and extra curricular activities. He was among the state’s most outstanding students celebrated at the annual Student Laureate Convocation on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Old Sate...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering is adding a bachelor’s program in mechatronics and robotics engineering. The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the program earlier in August.
“Mechatronics and robotics engineering is a well-known discipline in many industrialized countries, but there are just a handful of programs i...
Devyn Jambga’s overtime game winner sent SIUE to its first Missouri Valley Conference men’s soccer regular season title Saturday, Nov. 7 as the Cougars defeated Loyola 1-0 at Korte Stadium.
The win was the eighth consecutive for the Cougars who will take the No. 1 seed into this week’s MVC Tournament hosted by SIUE. The Cougars improved to 12-3-1 ove...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Theater and Dance will present Dance in Concert 2015, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 in Dunham Hall Theater on campus.
Audiences will be treated to a spectacular evening of dance and music as envisioned by the artistic leadership of Kristin Best Kinscherff, dance program head.
Nearly 200 community members gathered in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Meridian Ballroom on Monday, Nov. 2 to discuss ways to combat substance abuse in Madison County high schools and communities. The Madison County Youth Forum offered an opportunity for high school students to share possible solutions to the dangerous use of alcohol, marijuana, tobacco...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Nathan Spangler brings his expertise in geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) to Continental Mapping where he will serve as vice president of federal services.
Spangler earned a master’s in geography from SIUE in 2002.
Directions Magazine shared the announcement of Spangler’s leadership role on Monday, Nov. 2.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Nursing (SON) and Lewis and Clark Community College (L&C) have announced a new partnership. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree track enables community college students to rapidly achieve their baccalaureate degree from the (SON) after attending Lewis and Clark to complete an associate degree and the majo...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is set to host the 33rd annual Hospice Conference of Southwestern Illinois Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. KSDK-TV featured the conference and the soothing tranquility harp during its Show Me St. Louis segment on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The Conference is for all walks of life: family members and frie...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Cheryl Norton has been named president of Missouri American Water, the largest and most geographically diverse publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company.
Norton earned a bachelor’s in biological sciences in 1987 and a master’s in environmental studies in 1994, both from SIUE.
For Janina Turley, director for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Project Success program, Tuesday, Nov. 3 was better than Christmas Day.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois’ Joint Community Outreach Committee gave the program $500 worth of toys and school supplies. The items included board games, a...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been designated a 2016 Military Friendly® School by Victory Media, the leader in successfully connecting the military and civilian worlds. SIUE attained the designation for the seventh-consecutive year.
The premier Military Friendly® Schools designation provides service members and their families with transparent, da...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is once again participating in St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn, a student-led fundraising program hosted nationally by colleges and universities to help kids who are battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
SIUE students will join their counterparts on campuses across the country beginning Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 p.m. to ...
SIUE is among the top 10 public universities nationally and is Illinois’ top public institution in graduating student-athletes, according to a report released Wednesday, Nov. 4 by the NCAA.
Eight SIUE programs earned a perfect score of 100 percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures. The men’s tennis, men’s track and field/cross country, ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Ronda Sauget will serve as executive director of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, effective Tuesday, Dec. 1. Sauget earned a bachelor’s in finance and marketing in 1996 and an MBA in 1998, both from SIUE.
Veteran White House Correspondent and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Peter Maer will discuss his experiences as a radio journalist covering the presidential beat for approximately 40 years. “My Journey from Granite City to the White House” is Maer’s presentation for the next Arts & Issues series at 7:30 p.m. Thursda...
Best College Reviews has named The Gardens at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a top 50 College Arboretum. The Gardens rank 43rd on the list of beautiful sanctuaries that are “conducive to study, contemplation, meditation and research.”
RideFinders, the St. Louis region’s free rideshare program, announced that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Scott Air Force Base are recipients of the second annual Regional Sustainability Awards.
The Awards recognize the outstanding efforts that employers in the ...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ice Hockey Club will be hosting a Military Appreciation Day with a pair of games on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the East Alton Ice Arena. The Cougars entertain the Northern Illinois Huskies at 3 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. with the Division II squads facing off in the opener followed by the Division III teams in the second game.
With the current presidential campaigns of female candidates Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina in the U.S., and the 20th anniversary of the Women’s Conference in Bejing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. Elza Ibroscheva’s pioneering research on gender representation in media and politics is particularly timely.