A group of more than 60 graduate students, faculty, visiting scholars and engineering professionals attended the 2016 Annual Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering.
“We successfully met our goal to bring together environmental engineering graduate students from six le...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing and Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) have announced a new partnership that will offer students a progressive track toward achieving a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
The bachelor of science in nursing degree track enables IECC students to rapidly complete their baccalaureate degree from the SIUE Sc...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association has selected Chris Gordon, PhD, as its 2016 Great Teacher Award recipient. He is the associate dean of the School of Engineering and an associate professor in the Department of Construction. Gordon is the 46th SIUE faculty member to receive the honor since its inception in 1970.
The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, won a national award during the 95th annual Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C.
The student newspaper placed eighth in the ACP Best Of Show — Newspaper Special Edition category and was selected for its 2016 Back To School Surviv...
Trying to get an audience with Darryl Cherry, if you’re not a student, can prove to be a lesson in patience. That’s because the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville student advisor always seems immersed in his number one priority – the academic success of minority students.
It’s a mission he takes on with almost religious fervor, and is ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the English as a Second Language International (ESLi) program welcomed a delegation of educational leaders from Vietnam for a campus visit and showcasing of the University’s multiple offerings for prospective international students on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
Visitors included Mrs. Le Thieu Hanh, head of Education Path agency...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is building on its foundation of previous 2+2 agreements with Lewis and Clark Community College. These 2+2 Partnership Programs streamline students’ transfer experience and support efficient progress toward completion of their bachelor’s in multiple programs.
Newly-expanded partnerships have been developed in the areas...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) invites the public to its Resource Center Open House from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9.
“The STEM Resource Center is an important resource for Southern Illinois, as we offer materials and written resources to educators and families in the area, free o...
Wood River native Jeff Stassi and his business partner Steve Boyd are combining their extensive nonprofit, healthcare and emergency relief agency experience in acquiring, operating and expanding a non-medical home care business – Central Illinois Care Services (CICS) – to serve clients across Central and Southern Illinois. The Illinois Metro East Small Business...
Plan now to enroll in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s accelerated winter session. Since the initial launch in 2014, the University has more than doubled the number of courses offered during the special session that runs Dec. 19, 2016-Jan. 8, 2017. More information is available at siue.edu/winter-session.
Leadership preparation through expanded critical thinking, a competitive advantage in the workplace and the excitement of discovery and creativity were among the reasons why prospective graduate students were encouraged to pursue an advanced degree from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School during its Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
It took a lot for Mariana Gonzalez of Cahokia, a mother of three small children, to get to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start Program’s Career Orientation and Job Fair on Oct. 21.
“My babysitter fell through at the last moment, but they said I could bring my children. And I’m so glad I came,” said Gonzalez. He...
A beautiful October evening was enjoyed by approximately 80 individuals on Friday, Oct. 21 during the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s unveiling of a newly-installed paver path and leadership donor wall, signifying the School’s successful Best and Brightest Paver Drive and Endowed Scholarship Campaign.
The work of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jeffrey Manuel, PhD, associate professor of historical studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has achieved the 2016 Hamlin Garland Prize from the Midwestern History Association (MHA).
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continues to expand its 2+2 Partnership Programs with the establishment of its first such agreement with Lincoln Land Community College, in geography. The new partnership will better solidify a seamless transfer experience between the institutions and enable students to efficiently progress toward completion of their bachelor’...
Several Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound students from Cahokia High School saw their studious, hard work pay off when they were inducted into the Cahokia National Honor Society.
Fifteen juniors and seniors from Cahokia High School were inducted on Oct. 4, after making the minimum requirement of a 3.0 accumulative grade point average. The studen...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Dr. Randy Pembrook returned to his hometown roots on Thursday, Oct. 20, and paid a special visit to students at his alma mater, Greenfield High School.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Music Department will present its Orchestra Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 in Dunham Hall on campus.
An orchestra of 52 will perform Sibelius Valse triste, Sibelius – Finlandia and Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 (“Winter Dreams”), according to Michael Mishra, chair of the Department of Music and...
The Yellow Dog Café & Bar will maintain its historic presence in downtown Worden, under the direction of its new owner Nikki Schreiber-Settles. A former bartender and server at the bar, Schreiber-Settles bought the business from her best friend after working at the establishment for eight years.
With expertise and support from the Illinois Metro East Small Business D...
The American Sports Network will broadcast the Sunday, Jan. 15, SIUE women's basketball game against Murray State from the Vadalabene Center.
The Cougars will take on their Ohio Valley Conference rival in a noon contest to be televised by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. on the American Sports Network (ASN).
“We are excited for the opportunity to be showcased on ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Saint Louis University innovators are forging new territory in the function of telerobotic platforms by creating gesture capabilities that propel them from passive, limited interfaces to social, tangible human-robot interactionists.
Through a $471,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the innovative research is being...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) invites prospective traditional and transfer students, and current students with undeclared majors, to explore its rich career and learning opportunities during its inaugural Explore Academic Excellence Day.
The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 29 on campus. Programming will be from 8:30 a.m...
The Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club, named for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s emeritus professor of English, will continue its weeklong celebration of its 30th year anniversary, a Festival of ‘Conch-Us-nest’, from 1-4 p.m. today at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus.
A Master’s Workshop panel featuring Shirley Bradley Leflore,&#...
SIUE and the Madison County Courthouse have partnered to offer pre-law students internships that will enhance their experiential learning opportunities, while also benefiting community members.
The Alton Telegraphdetailed the internships program in an article posted Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! With one SIUE softball player imitating a mouse and others dressing as an owl, a skunk, a lorax and a raccoon, the Cougar softball team served Southwestern Illinois by becoming members of nature for a recent evening.
The SIUE softball team dressed in costumes to help The Nature Institute (TheNatureInstitute.org) promote the Enchanted Forest wit...
Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn addressed the state of the system today in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom on the Edwardsville campus.
Dunn said Illinois seems to be in the midst of a grand reshaping of the state-university covenant, but he believes all campuses in the SIU system will remain viable for years to come. He pointed t...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy is hosting a special reception on Friday, Oct. 21, in celebration of its Best and Brightest Paver Drive and Endowed Scholarship Campaign. The effort raised more than $63,000 for new and continuing SIUE School of Pharmacy students.
The recognition event will be held from 4:30-7 p.m. in the School’s Stud...
SIUE’s Yan Qi, PhD, assistant professor of civil engineering, was featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s transportation column, “Along for the Ride,” for her ongoing research involving natural snow barriers.
Qi’s research project is in collaboration with Washington State University, with funding from the Illinois Center for Transportation....
Learning, ingenuity, creativity and collaboration went into dressing up the foyers of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start centers with the colors, elements and excitement of fall.
“The SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program held a ‘Welcome to Fall and to Our School’ decorating contest to encourage our Head Start/...
Armed with expertise and one-on-one professional connections from the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center, an independently owned local restaurant will soon be opening its doors and its patio to downtown Edwardsville diners.
Taqueria Z is a locally owned and operated eatery featuring freshly-squeezed margaritas and quick, simple, bold cuisine straight fr...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Dr. Randy Pembrook and Madison County Chairman Alan J. Dunstan today announced the establishment of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville/Community Task Force, an entity charged with promoting the partnership between SIUE and the public/private sectors.
The task force will focus on three primary areas for collab...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Denise Cobb, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Jerry Weinberg, SIUE associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, were on site last week to christen SIUE’s new space in the T-REX Innovation Center in downtown St. Louis. The partnership provides new opportunities for SIUE faculty and st...
Memory capability is crucial in the learning process and in education, according to J. Thad Meeks, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Meeks, a cognitive psychologist, will present his recent findings in the area of memory research at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 15th Annual Con...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) will host its first Noche de Ciencias (Science Nights) event from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Engineering Building Atrium.
The event is part of the SHPE’s nationwide effort to engage high school students from the Hispanic community in the fields of scienc...
SIUE alumnus Janet Hogan will lead ProQuest’s Global Human Resources organization. Hogan earned a bachelor’s in mathematics and statistics from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 1988. She achieved a master’s in mathematics from the University in 1995.
Nearly 200 community leaders and business people attended the 11th annual SIUE Day Thursday, Oct. 13 in the Student Fitness Center. The event is designed as a networking opportunity for area business leaders allowing them to connect with key SIUE personnel and learn more ways to partner with the University.
As SIUE Day Chair, Dr. Robert Mock Jr., Charlotte campus presiden...
In hopes of telling the stories of everyday people and the disenfranchised, a group of black College of Arts and Sciences students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville have started an audio, video and sound production company.
Paragon Dynasty Media was founded to be a voice for those who have not had access in the past to production companies, according to LaShau...
Prospective college students can learn about available higher education opportunities when Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosts the Illinois Regional College Fair (IRCF) Fair from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 in the Morris University Center.
The event is sponsored by the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC), in conjunction with SIUE. At...
SIUE’s Mark Poepsel, PhD, assistant professor of mass communications in the College of Arts and Sciences, shared his major takeaways from a two-week visiting professorship at DigitasLBi in Chicago, in an article, entitled “What Happens When a ‘Dinosaur’ Goes Digital First at DigitasLBI-Chicago.” The piece is featured on MediaShift.org.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering Cooperative PhD Program in Engineering Science is training the next generation of creative thinkers and innovators who will continue the advancement of the engineering industry.
Graduates of the program receive a doctor of philosophy degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The program’s...
High school students in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound EC (East St. Louis and Cahokia) and BEM (Brooklyn, East St. Louis Charter and Madison) programs are learning how to build robots, about computer coding and how to protect technology from cyber-attacks.
For the first time, Upward Bound is offering FIRST Robotics, Code Red and CyberPatriot ...
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine provided free comprehensive dental care, valued at $63,514, to more than 125 children during its 11th Annual Give Kids A Smile Day, held Monday, Oct. 10. View a video of the event here.
Dental students, faculty and other local professionals volunteered their time and combined their efforts to offer the care, inclu...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student Philip Alabi has collected 900 used academic textbooks to ship to his undergraduate institution in Nigeria, where he says such books are a rarity.
The Alton Telegraphdetailed Alabi’s book drive efforts in an article posted Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Southern Illinois University System President Randy Dunn announced that both the Edwardsville and Carbondale campuses will cover MAP grants for students for the spring 2017 semester.
The state’s Monetary Awards Program, or MAP, provides grants based on financial need to Illinois undergraduates who study at approved colleges and universities within the state. SIU...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Opera Theatre is hoping to scare, thrill and entertain audiences when it presents its Opera Scenes performance, just in time for Halloween.
Sorcery, spells and other dark enchantments will be portrayed onstage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 in the Elijah P. Lovejoy Library’s Abbott Auditorium.
Four Southern Illinois University Edwardsville faculty members will be presenters at the 8th annual SIU Technology and Innovation Expo Thursday, Oct. 13 in Chicago.
The Expo will bring innovators and entrepreneurs from across the SIU System to Chicago’s 1871 innovation incubator in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart for an afternoon speed pitch and networking event. P...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach is contributing to the development of a Swarovski Waterschool in the Southwestern Illinois region, to emphasize safe water use, water education, and water sanitation and hygiene.
The one-day event “Immigrants in Our Midst: Unleashing the Economic Power of Our New Americans” is dedicated to the profound impact that immigrants have on the U.S. work force. It is scheduled from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Morris University Center.
The symposium features a slate of presenters along with...
Approximately 300 community members, faculty and students learned the inspiration behind 12 student-designed and installed sculptures displayed across Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus during the 16th Annual Sculpture Walk held Friday, Oct. 7.
“As a student, I enjoy walking past these pieces every day,” said Breanna Blackwell, a junior c...
The Princeton Review has named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business as one of the best in the country for the 11th-consecutive year. The education services company features the School in the 2017 edition of its book, “The Best 294 Business Schools.”
“We appreciate the Princeton Review’s process of reaching out direct...
Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni have set out to change the world, one classroom at a time. Crystal Frizzell Heimback and Samantha Kinnear, both Collinsville natives, are inspired, passionate individuals. Through their positions as Teach for America corps members, they are on the path to achieving their dreams, while making the same possible for others....
SIUE men’s basketball will have two more nationally televised games with the announcement of the Ohio Valley Conference’s CBS Sports Network schedule.
SIUE’s game against Austin Peay, Thursday, Jan. 12 at the Vadalabene Center is the second game of the OVC’s package and will begin at 8 p.m. The Cougars will take on Belmont in Nashville, Monday,...
More than 100 industry employers and graduate schools are meeting strong student prospects from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the Career Development Center’s Career Fairs being held Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 5-6.
“Our career fairs are growing tremendously,” said Carrie Smolar, assistant director for employer relations in the SIUE Career...
Millions of people are engaging in a worldwide treasure hunt of sorts, exploring the world’s unique geological features through EarthCaching, an activity that uses GPS navigation to offer real-time science learning. Adventurers will celebrate International EarthCache Day on Sunday, Oct. 9.
The engaging activity is open to anyone, but may offer educators in particula...
Black hair can be seen in different ways – as an art form, as self-expression or a political statement – but people were invited to take it all in during a Natural Hair exhibit on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Elijah P. Lovejoy Library.
Howard Rambsy, PhD, professor in the Department of English Language and Litera...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students explored the possibilities of traveling worldwide during the Study Abroad Fair held Wednesday, Oct. 5 in the Morris University Center’s Goshen Lounge.
Hundreds of students explored a breadth of cultural immersion opportunities made available through faculty-led programs, the University’s international partner ...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering will host the 2016 Annual Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference Saturday, Oct. 22. The conference will run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the School’s auditorium.
The conference allows graduate students in civil engineering and environmental engineering to share their academic experiences and res...
SIUE’s Ken Moffett, PhD, and Laurie Rice, PhD, associate professors of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, have contributed an article entitled, “How social media will influence this campaign,” to The Hill.
Moffett and Rice detail how the millennial vote will influence the presidential election, using research from their book, Web 2.0 ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Andrew Neath, PhD, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present “The Replication Crisis in Science: A Statistical Perspective” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Morris University Center’s Conference Room A.
Neath is the 2016 recipient of the SIUE College of Arts and ScienceR...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s Chris Herndon, PharmD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, has been named Pharmacist of the Year by the Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA).
Herndon was recognized for his achievement during the IPhA Annual Conference, held Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Normal.
Nearly 400 individuals attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s third Black Lives Matter Conference: “We Are One … Are We?” Monday, October 3, in the Morris University Center Conference Center. The SIUE Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion presented the event, under the direction of Venessa Brown, PhD, associate chancellor for...
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine first year students and the inaugural class of the International Advanced Placement Program (IAPP) received the traditional coat of medical professionals, during the School’s 16th annual White Coat Ceremony held Friday, Sept. 30.
The first year cohort of 52 students, and six IAPP students, took the professional ...
Accessing essential information that prepares an entrepreneur to launch a new business in Illinois, just got easier. The Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s newly redesigned website offers clear, concise and current business expertise for the region.
When it comes to being a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar, the Jambgas have made it a family business. This fall, SIUE welcomed Hadyn Jambga to campus, joining his older sister, Bailey, and brother, Devyn, to complete the sibling trifecta.
This should come as no surprise since the children’s parents, Gwinyai and Stephanie (Montgomery) Jambga, are S...
Approximately 250 SIUE students, faculty and alumni laced up their shoes on Saturday morning and took part in the University’s inaugural SIUE Cougars Unleashed Homecoming Run. The event was co-hosted by the SIUE Alumni Association, Campus Recreation and the Campus Activities Board.
The RiverBender.com highlighted the success of the event in an article posted Saturda...