November 2017
30 November 2017, 2:35 PM
Dr. Rance Thomas has been inducted into the International Educator’s Hall of Fame. Thomas achieved a master’s in sociology from SIUE in 1973 and was a lecturer of sociology and criminal justice from January 2005 through May 2006. He was a 2009 inductee of the SIUE Hall of Fame.
The Telegraph detailed Thomas’s impactful career and hall of fame induction i...
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30 November 2017, 10:45 AM
Representatives from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s University Housing received two regional awards at the 2017 Great Lakes Association of College and University Housing Officers (GLACUHO) conference held Nov. 12-14 in Indianapolis.
University Housing’s Sister Circle Program achieved the Outstanding Project Award. The award is given to a GLACUHO i...
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29 November 2017, 4:50 PM
Col. Marc Packler, commander, 375th Communications Group, Scott Air Force Base (SAFB), will address the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville fall 2017 commencement exercise at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 in the Vadalabene Center. Packler will be speaking to the graduating class in honor of SAFB’s 100th anniversary.
“We are extremely pleased to celeb...
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29 November 2017, 4:30 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Library and Information Services (LIS) invites campus and surrounding community members to a reception honoring Dr. Earl Lazerson’s donation of his expansive collection of mathematics books to SIUE and generous planned gift establishing the Lazerson Mathematical Symposium. The President Earl Lazerson Collection includes more ...
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28 November 2017, 2:40 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) is becoming more adept at reaching and preparing children for kindergarten because of the continued support of The Boeing Company. Boeing recently gave the ESLC a Kindergarten Readiness grant, which is the company’s second award to the Center. The five-week program will begin in summer 2018.&#...
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28 November 2017, 11:05 AM
SIUE’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor and graduate program director in the Department of Economics and Finance, contributed his expertise on tax reform and stock market prices in a WalletHub article posted Monday, Nov. 20.
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28 November 2017, 10:40 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Adam Schneider has been connected to the University since he was an undergraduate studying biology and pitching for the Cougars baseball team. A Nokomis native, he first chose SIUE for its proximity, but it soon became his home away from home as he advanced through academia.
Schneider earned a bachelor’s in biologica...
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28 November 2017, 10:05 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook and School of Pharmacy (SIUE SOP) Dean Gireesh Gupchup visited India in late October and early November to secure agreements that enhance SIUE’s international partnerships.
“We are in the process of increasing our efforts to recruit individuals to SIUE, in particular, Indian students inte...
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28 November 2017, 8:50 AM
Eight SIUE men’s soccer student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that part...
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27 November 2017, 4:30 PM
SIUE’s Kathy Mora, PhD, assistant professor of nutrition in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, appeared on Show Me St. Louis Monday, Nov. 27 to share a nutritious muffin recipe that helps prevent food waste.
Mora also promoted SIUE’s new nutrition lab, which is providing enhanced teaching and learning opportunities for students in the Universi...
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27 November 2017, 1:25 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program is recognizing excellent mentorship and student work through four awards.
The URCA program encourages, supports and enables students to participate in research and creative activities at the undergraduate level. URCA Associates work one-on-one with faculty mento...
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27 November 2017, 8:50 AM
SIUE heads to the postseason for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) and plays its first match Wednesday against Arkansas State at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
The Cougars, 23-6 this season and the automatic qualifier for the Ohio Valley Conference, will face Arkansas State (20-11), an at-large qualifier from the Sun Belt Conference, i...
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27 November 2017, 8:00 AM
The SIUE community is mourning the loss of Courtney Littell, of Bloomington, who died Wednesday, Nov. 22 as a result of injuries from an automobile accident. She was 22.
A Bloomington native, Littell was a senior in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences, was well-known within the English department and applied her talents in the theater department. She was active in E...
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22 November 2017, 9:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is introducing online organizational talent management courses that provide instruction and practical applications for incorporating industrial/organizational psychology into organizational decision-making. Enrollment is open now for the non-credit course modules that will begin in February.
Topics include gathering high-qua...
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21 November 2017, 4:31 PM
An afternoon of friendship and fellowship were the main items at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS) fifth annual Thanksgiving Day Meal Celebration, Tuesday, Nov. 21 at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus.
“I thank God that my parents put me in this school,” said CHS junior Jamerson Williams, ...
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21 November 2017, 9:05 AM
Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SIUE SON) faculty were among the winners at the March of Dimes’ sixth annual Nurse of the Year Award Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch.
SIUE’s Mary Lee Barron, PhD, and Mary Ann Boyd, PhD, were among the more than 20 nurses honored by The March of Dimes for exemplifyin...
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20 November 2017, 5:35 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranks 162nd out of 1,161 colleges nationally for the lowest student loan debt per borrower, according to LendEDU. Among public institutions, SIUE ranks 78th nationally. Among all Illinois public institutions, SIUE is second.
The survey demonstrates that undergraduate SIUE students, who choose to borrow, carry a low ...
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20 November 2017, 1:15 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has a new series of non-credit courses on tap, catering to beer connoisseurs and microbrewers interested in the science of home brewing and distilling.
SIUE is offering beer, wine and spirits 101 and 102, an online course and in-person lab, through a partnership between the NCERC at SIUE and faculty from the Department of Ch...
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20 November 2017, 12:17 PM
Investigating ways to increase awareness and education about opioid abuse in Highland is just one way Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) is partnering with the public to tackle important community issues to advance local resilience and livability.
“The objective of the program is to focus SIUE’s most val...
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20 November 2017, 9:40 AM
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is partnering with the Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce to promote Small Business Saturday on November 25. Small Business Saturday is a day to celebrate and support small businesses for their significant roles in the community. It ...
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17 November 2017, 2:44 PM
Shirley Moore lives in Cougar Village at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with her husband and four children. The SIUE senior, majoring in social work, said she was grateful to learn about the University’s outreach efforts to food insecure students during the Thanksgiving holiday.
“Sometimes things get a little tight as it relates to finances fo...
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17 November 2017, 8:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is the fastest growing public institution in Illinois over the past 20 years. In statistics from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), SIUE has demonstrated a 26.8 percent growth in total enrollment from 1996-2016.
“SIUE’s consistent and steady growth over the past 20 years can be attributed to the ever-evolvi...
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16 November 2017, 10:40 AM
Students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville proudly represented the School of Engineering, achieving two first place finishes and a runner-up award, during the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Saint Louis Section Black Box competition held Saturday, Nov. 4 at Missouri Science & Technology (S&T), in Rolla, Mo. As a result, SIUE wi...
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16 November 2017, 9:50 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association has selected Jack Glassman, PhD, as its 2017 Great Teacher Award recipient. The New York City native is a physics professor in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Glassman is the 47th SIUE faculty member to receive the honor since its inception in 1970.
Glassman will receive a plaque and a $1,000 aw...
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16 November 2017, 9:25 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering Baja team finished seventh at the Backwoods Baja competition held by the University of Wisconsin-Stout in late October.
SIUE competed against 20 other vehicles in the competition at Menomonie that included a timed lap event, as well as a four-hour endurance race.
“Our team placing seven...
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16 November 2017, 8:45 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been designated a 2018 Military Friendly® School by Victory Media, the leader in successfully connecting the military and civilian worlds. SIUE attained the designation for the ninth-consecutive year.
The premier Military Friendly® Schools designation provides service members and their families with transparent, da...
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15 November 2017, 10:12 AM
Taking advantage of the season and using the opportunity to promote diversity, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) celebrated various cultural traditions at its annual SOP Thanksgiving Potluck on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The event was hosted by the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) and the SOP Diversity and Inclusion Committe...
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15 November 2017, 9:35 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing and SSM Health today announced a new arrangement to offer two online Master of Science nursing degrees to SSM Health nurses, beginning in January.
Under the agreement, online Master of Science-Nurse Educator and Master of Science-Health Care and Nursing Administration cohort programs will be available to nurs...
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15 November 2017, 8:35 AM
A heartfelt gift to The Gardens at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will allow visitors places to relax, visit and take in the natural beauty of the sprawling 36-acre landscape.
This fall, Curt, Paul and Roger Madison presented a $25,000 gift to The Gardens in remembrance of their late parents and sister, Eldon Harold Madison, Grace Lenore Cubb Madison and Carol ...
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10 November 2017, 3:02 PM
With the addition of three new federally funded Upward Bound grants totaling more than $10 million over the next five years, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) has expanded its programs and services for low-income, first-generational college-bound students.
According to ESLC Executive Director Jesse Dixon, the goal of the ESLC Upw...
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9 November 2017, 2:00 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will soon house the first comprehensive motion capture and analysis system (MCAS) to serve the Southwestern Illinois and Eastern Missouri area, through a $185,358 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation (NSF MRI) program.
The innovative technology system will be a core research and educati...
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9 November 2017, 1:15 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected Belleville native Allison Newton as the University’s 2017 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant. A current master’s student in biological sciences, Newton earned a bachelor’s in biology with a genetics and cell biology specialization from SIUE in spring 2016.
Newton has served a...
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9 November 2017, 11:13 AM
While it is commonly known that college students can experience many challenges in their academic and personal lives, it is not so obvious that many of them face food shortages. For this reason, the Southern Illinois University Sociology Club, led by senior Jalela Mitchell, hosted a Cougar Thanksgiving Drive to feed students in need.
Donations for the food drive conclud...
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9 November 2017, 10:10 AM
Twenty-three leather-bound scrapbooks featuring a historical record of World War II have been donated to SIUE. The well-preserved materials comprise the D.W. Wilton WWII Collection.
The St. Cloud Times detailed how the materials were collected and by whom in an article posted Wednesday, Nov. 8.
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9 November 2017, 10:10 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ice Hockey Club team will host its fourth annual Military Appreciation Day game against the Saint Louis University Billikens at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the East Alton Ice Arena.
SIUE will wear special camouflage jerseys during the game, and individuals will be able to acquire the jerseys through a silent auction. A ...
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9 November 2017, 9:40 AM
Mike Stith, owner of One LegacyⓇ, has been nominated for the 2018 RootsTech Family History Innovative Product of the Year for his Legacy Sharing program.
One LegacyⓇ collects and shares real stories from everyday people through Legacy Sharing, a guided story-sharing program for groups of all ages.
Stith is humbled by the recognition. “Receiving this nom...
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9 November 2017, 9:40 AM
Mike Stith, owner of One LegacyⓇ, has been nominated for the 2018 RootsTech Family History Innovative Product of the Year for his Legacy Sharing program.
One LegacyⓇ collects and shares real stories from everyday people through Legacy Sharing, a guided story-sharing program for groups of all ages.
Stith is humbled by the recognition. “Receiving this nom...
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8 November 2017, 4:37 PM
More than 800 people packed Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Meridian Ballroom on Wednesday, Nov. 7 to hear the riveting Arts & Issues presentation of former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin.
“Five Days in November: A Multimedia Presentation with Clint Hill,” based on the book Five Days in November written by Hill and Mc...
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8 November 2017, 4:10 PM
SIUE continues to be Illinois’ top public institution in graduating student-athletes and among the top 20 public schools nationally, according to a report released Wednesday by the NCAA.
Four SIUE programs earned a perfect score of 100 percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures. Women’s basketball, softball, tennis and volleyball all earne...
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8 November 2017, 2:35 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Amanda Lotter, of Edwardsville, has achieved a $1,000 scholarship from the Illinois chapter of the Society for Public Health Education (ISOPHE). The competitive award is granted annually to three public health students from across the state.
A first-generation college student, Lotter has always been interested in pursuing ...
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7 November 2017, 12:10 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Keelah Washington, a senior English major with a concentration in secondary English language arts, is being honored by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois for her leadership, service and overall excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities.
Washington, a Chicago native, will receive the Academy’s esteemed Abra...
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6 November 2017, 1:30 PM
The field of computer science is a rapidly growing field with a projected employment growth rate of 19 percent by 2026, but males greatly outnumber females in the industry.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SIUE SOE) aims to inspire more females to pursue computer science by sparking the interest of middle and high school students throug...
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3 November 2017, 11:50 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Metro East Startup Challenge (MESC), a regional business plan competition for entrepreneurs and startups, announced its three cash prize winners today with Alton-based Pint Perfect earning first place and the grand prize of $10,000.
Idea Factory Educational Services (IFES), founded by Nicole Grimm, a former employment relation...
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3 November 2017, 11:14 AM
A group of female students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) ECM program got to hear honest, frank and uncensored remarks about life’s challenges and self-improvement from one of today’s popular actresses – Gabrielle Union.
Union talked to more than 300 women about her New York Times best-selling book...
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3 November 2017, 9:15 AM
Five Southern Illinois University Edwardsville industrial engineering graduate students have presented their scholarship at internationally attended conferences during the fall 2017 semester. Two of the master’s candidates received Distinguished Paper Awards for their standout studies.
Award winners Priyank Shah and Jijo Varghese each presented at the IISE (Institut...
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3 November 2017, 8:50 AM
SIUE School of Engineering’s Yan Qi, PhD, PE, assistant professor of civil engineering, was featured in the principal investigator spotlight of the Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) November newsletter.
The article highlights her past research contributions, and details her current project, entitled “Design of Living Barriers to Reduce the Impacts of Sn...
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2 November 2017, 2:15 PM
The Illinois Eta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville raised $9,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois during its annual philanthropy event. The chapter increased its fundraising revenue by 73 percent as compared to the 2016 event.
This year, monies were raised through restaurant fundraisers, shirt sales, ticket sale...
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2 November 2017, 10:10 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, PhD, has appointed Lydia Jackson as the interim dean of Library and Information Services (LIS), effective immediately. Jackson steps into the role for former Dean Regina McBride, who retired in early October.
“As interim dean, Prof. Jackson will lead the LIS facul...
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2 November 2017, 8:25 AM
The public is invited to engage in exciting, educational and authentic science activities that benefit the local environment by participating in the new community-based collaborative program, DANCES (Day and Night Citizen Environmental Science).
DANCES is hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center...
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1 November 2017, 10:20 AM
Chief Judge David Hylla, of the third Judicial Circuit in Illinois, is the new chair of the state’s Conference of Chief Judges. An SIUE alumnus, Hylla will assume his new role effective Jan. 1, 2018.
He earned a bachelor’s in government from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 1981. Details on his professional background and duties as chair are available ...
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