Central Illinois Care Services (CICS) recently opened its newest office in Glen Carbon to provide services to the Metro East and part of southern Illinois to complement its original Effingham location. Owners Jeff Stassi and Steve Boyd have been working with the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since ...
December 2017
Central Illinois Care Services Expands with Assistance of Metro East SBDC at SIUE
28 December 2017, 11:40 AM
SIUE Alum Ed Hightower Eligible for Naismith Hall of Fame
22 December 2017, 11:35 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Ed Hightower is among the eligible candidates for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 announced Thursday, Dec. 21. Hightower was a nationally recognized, award-winning NCAA basketball official for 36 years until retiring after the 2013-14 season.
A press conference announcing the finalists from the ...
SIU and SIUE Faculty Association Reach Agreement
22 December 2017, 9:00 AM
Southern Illinois University (SIU) President Randy Dunn, on behalf of the SIU Board of Trustees, approved an initial Collective Bargaining Agreement between SIU and the SIUE Faculty Association (FA), an affiliate of the IEA/NEA (Illinois Education Association/National Education Association). The agreement applies to tenure-line faculty in the barga...
The American Pain Society Honors SIUE School of Pharmacy’s Chris Herndon
21 December 2017, 2:36 PM
Unfortunately, pain and suffering are a part of life. However, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s Chris Herndon, PharmD, professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, has dedicated his career to easing the afflictions of others, which is one reason why the American Pain Society (APS) has awarded him with the 2018 Distinguished Service ...
SIUE Alumnus, Entrepreneur Keith Alper’s CPG Named Among Top Agencies
21 December 2017, 10:45 AM
SIUE alumnus Keith Alper, CEO and co-founder of the Creative Producers Group (CPG) and co-owner of Geniecast, spoke about “Making Your Own Success” on The Entrepreneur Way, a podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs. His agency, CPG, is also making headlines after being named a Top 200 Non-Advertising Agency by Chief Marketer.
Alper earned a bachelor’s...
Human Rights Advocate Naomi Tutu to Speak at MJCHF Fundraising Event
21 December 2017, 9:05 AM
Humanitarian and human rights activist Naomi Tutu will be the special guest for the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF®) Annual Speaker Series and fundraiser scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The highly anticipated annual event will be held at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the Morris University Center’s Meridian...
Aviston Earns a New Auto Body Shop with SBDC Assistance
21 December 2017, 8:15 AM
Aviston, Illinois is an area that is growing in development and will be gaining a new locally owned business in the New Year. Aviston Auto Body Shop owner Ryan Voss decided to pursue his dream of opening his own shop with the help of his wife, Melinda, and the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. They br...
The Telegraph Features SIUE Alumnus for Paintings, Books Depicting Alton
20 December 2017, 1:10 PM
SIUE alumnus Michael Mossman was featured by The Telegraph for putting “his memories to canvas” as he has produced three books featuring his artwork of Alton sites, people and other happenings.
Mossman earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in 1970.
SIUE SON Graduates Leave Transformed by Global Service Experiences
20 December 2017, 9:15 AM
Transformative, amazing, gracious and fortunate were among the words used by four Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) graduates as they recalled the global service trips they participated in during the fall 2017 semester.
Having earned their master’s of science with a family nurse practitioner specialization during SIUE’s December...
SIUE’s Belasen Featured on WalletHub
19 December 2017, 4:16 PM
SIUE’s Ariel R. Belasen, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, was featured in a WalletHub article about the meaning and importance behind credit scores and the validity of having a cash back credit card.
To read the article about credit scores, click here and to learn more about cash back credit cards, visit here.
SIUE’s Richard L. Millet Named Carnegie Council Fellow
19 December 2017, 4:00 PM
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs selected Dr. Richard L. Millet, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor emeritus of history, as a fellow for the “Living Legacy of the First World War” Project.
Millett, who taught at SIUE from 1966-1999, is one of nine who will receive stipends and other support to pursue original resear...
Students Learning from Students is an Advantage of SIUE’s Partnership with South Korea’s Tongmyong University
19 December 2017, 2:17 PM
During the three-day visit by students and faculty of Tongmyong University’s (TU) School of Engineering in Busan, South Korea, studies and culture were seen through dual lenses.
The exchange afforded SIUE and TU to benefit from learning about the direction and focus of engineering studies at both schools, according to Hyunmin Im, one of several TU students who...
New Applicants Invited for SIUE/U of I Summer 2018 Research Experience
19 December 2017, 2:10 PM
Undergraduate students from across the nation are invited to apply to spend a summer immersed in unique research experiences in the fields of archaeology and ecology.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will again host 10 undergraduates, five archaeological and five ecological, during June 4-July 27, to participate in a project entitled Exploring Evidence of the Ant...
SIUE Students are among “Get to know m.e.” Campaign Scholarship Winners
19 December 2017, 2:06 PM
Many people love living in the Metro East. Now, three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students have received scholarships for their enthusiasm and appreciation of the area. The 2017 “Get to know m.e.” campaign has awarded Morrisan Connolly, Amber Hansch and Kelsey Walsh each with a $2,000 scholarship for their winning essays.
The SIUE winners...
SIUE December Graduate Derric Roberts is Beating the Odds and Passing it On
19 December 2017, 10:42 AM
For this budding leader and activist, the lesson that took years for him to learn and implement is not a cliché, but rather one he hopes to share with others. “If you want see a change for the better, you have to start with yourself,” said Derric Roberts, who graduated Dec. 16 from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor’s in mass c...
SIUE Alumnus Verheyen Named President/CEO of Edwardsville YMCA
19 December 2017, 9:40 AM
SIUE alumnus Tom Verheyen has been named president and chief executive officer of the Edwardsville YMCA. Verheyen will transition to his new role in February 2018, officially taking the reins on March 1.
Verheyen earned a bachelor’s in kinesiology from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in 2004.
Details on his promotion are available in The Edw...
NEH Awards Humanities Access Grant to SIUE, Will Support Programming in Partnership with the MJCHF and the Regional Office of Education
18 December 2017, 2:05 PM
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a two-year $100,000 Humanities Access Grant for the creation of an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on digital storytelling. By building digital narratives about what it means to be a child, a teenager, and an adult,
the project will create a conversation about how w...
SBDC at SIUE Offers Kauffman Foundation Growth Venture FastTrac Series
15 December 2017, 1:15 PM
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is collaborating with WRS Solutions LLC to bring the highly acclaimed Kauffman Foundation FastTrac Growth Venture series to the Riverbend area.
The FastTrac series is a flexible program with a proven framework to help established companies and entrepreneur...
SIUE Police Team Up with Brother 2 Brother for Friendly Basketball Game
15 December 2017, 8:30 AM
Members of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department engaged in friendly competition on the basketball court with students involved in Brother 2 Brother, an organization that brings together men of color who live in University Housing.
The Unity Basketball Game took place on Saturday, Dec. 9 in the Student Fitness Center on campus. The Brother 2 Brot...
SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Parents Learn the Crucial Skills of Money Matters
14 December 2017, 4:04 PM
A poor credit score can prevent you from buying a home or even getting a job. These are just a few aspects of understanding and properly managing money that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start parents learned in a 10-week Financial Literacy course, which concluded with a graduation on Wednesday, Dec. 13.
Olympic legend and gold meda...
TranSystems Promotes SIUE Engineering Alumnus to VP and Senior Associate
14 December 2017, 2:40 PM
SIUE alumnus F. Allen Smith, PE, SE, of TranSystems’ St. Louis office, has been promoted to vice president and senior associate.
Smith earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in civil engineering from SIUE in 1992 and 1997, respectively.
More information on Smith’s extensive project management and bridge engineering experience is available at TranSy...
SIU Trustees Approve Planning for SIUE Student Success Center Renovation
14 December 2017, 1:25 PM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus today, approved SIUE to move forward in developing plans and cost estimates for renovations to the Student Success Center on the Edwardsville campus. The board also approved a $1.3-million budget to replace the Prairie Hall roof.
The Student Success Center renov...
SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School Angel Tree Program
14 December 2017, 11:25 AM
Care, support and holiday cheer came to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students in Christmas stockings and brightly colored, decorated boxes during CHS’s annual Angel Tree program giveaway on Thursday, Dec. 14.
The program raised more than $1,555 in cash and collected needed items to help all 115 CHS studen...
For SIUE’s Dr. Sasikumar Balasundaram, Reclaiming the Local Food System is Vital to Sustainability
13 December 2017, 4:49 PM
Food is a basic need, and as it relates to sustainability, it is the core concern, according to Sasikumar Balasundaram, PhD, assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Anthropology.
“For me, sustainable food system involves challenging the growth-oriented capitalist project that undermines the close human and nature rela...
Former SIUE President Earl Lazerson Honored for Leadership and Generosity
13 December 2017, 4:21 PM
A crowd of SIUE administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees attended the special event whi...
First SIUE International Studies Graduate Set to Shape a Changing World
13 December 2017, 8:35 AM
A native of Columbia, Thurston is the first to complete the program, which began in fall 2016. She will recei...
Middle School Students Explore Local History and Culture through Digital Humanities Club
13 December 2017, 8:20 AM
The afterschool program is coordinated by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship (IRIS) Center and Center for STEM (science, technology, engin...
SIUE East St. Louis Center and Other Community Agencies Showcase Programs and Services at Family Resource Fair
12 December 2017, 11:17 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center programs, along with other area agencies, were on display during a Family Resource Fair held Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus. The fair was designed to inform the public about the comprehensive services available to assist and bolster the lives of families and others in the Metro...
St. Louis Section Names SIUE IEEE Outstanding Student Branch of the Year
11 December 2017, 1:35 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) student organization was honored as Outstanding Student Branch of the Year during the St. Louis Section’s annual banquet held Saturday, Dec. 9 in St. Louis.
The St. Louis Section executive committee voted unanimously to recognize SIUE’s IEEE Student Branch wit...
Students Enjoy Delicious Late Night Breakfast to Kick Off Finals Week
11 December 2017, 1:05 PM
Approximately 640 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students were treated to a hearty breakfast Sunday night, served by SIUE administrators, faculty and staff.
SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple, and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, joined approximately 30 faculty and staff members to dish...
SIUE Students Turn Business Ideas into Crowdfunded Entrepreneurial Successes
11 December 2017, 10:15 AM
The 28 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students in Dr. Zachary Schaefer’s fall 2017 organizational communication course can now add entrepreneur to their resume.
The class broke into two teams at the start of the fall semester for an assignment in crowdfunding. Each team was tasked with implementing a business plan, and each has completed the semester havi...
The Tibbett’s House: Bed, Breakfast & Books Welcomes All for the Holiday Season
10 December 2017, 1:40 PM
When you stay at a hotel, do you get the warm comfortable feeling of a home?
Didn’t think so.
When you choose to stay at The Tibbett’s House: Bed, Breakfast & Books in Highland, you are greeted with the smell of freshly baked cookies, and genuine hospitality from owners Brett and Mindy Casto. They even have their company mascots to greet you, too … thei...
SIUE School of Engineering Solidifies Global Partnership with South Korea’s Tongmyong University
8 December 2017, 3:39 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) Dean Cem Karacal, PhD, welcomed a contingent from Tongmyong University (TU) of Busan, South Korea on Monday, Dec. 4, the first of the group’s three-day visit to the SIUE campus. Among the Korean visitors was TU’s School of Engineering Dean Kim Jung-In.
Karacal stressed the value of the...
Five SIUE Alumni to be Inducted into IBCA Hall of Fame
8 December 2017, 3:10 PM
The DeShasier sisters will achieve a life milestone together as the three SIUE alumni will be inducted into the 2018 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame, along with two fellow alums. The Carrollton natives include Stosha DeShasier Flowers, Liz DeShasier Bray and Alicia DeShasier McDonnell.
Liz played SIUE Cougars Women’s Basketball from 1999-...
Former SIUE Employees and Alumni, Dr. Johnetta Haley and Keith Tyronne Williams, to Receive Acclaim at the 2018 St. Louis Art Awards
8 December 2017, 2:59 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville emeritus music professor Johnetta Randolph Haley and one-time SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) for Performing Arts instructor Keith Tyronne Williams will both be honored at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards on Jan. 22, 2018 at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis.
Haley, who retired from SIUE as the ESLC executive director and wh...
SIUE Fall Commencement Bestows Degrees Upon Graduates
8 December 2017, 1:25 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook, PhD, oversaw the 2017 Fall Commencement exercises Saturday, Dec. 16 in morning and afternoon ceremonies for the 1,257 eligible graduates in the Vadalabene Center on campus.
Ceremony Videos - 9 a.m. | 1 p.m.
McKenzie Ferguson, PharmD, associate professor in the School of Pharmacy and SIUE’s 2017 Te...
SIUE Helps Celebrate Opening of MJCHF’s Alma Irene Aitch STEM Center
8 December 2017, 9:35 AM
The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF) held an open house for the Alma Irene Aitch STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center on Wednesday, Dec. 6 in Edwardsville. A special program was held at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities at 2 p.m. in honor of Aitch and the new STEM hub for Madison County.
Southern Illinois Uni...
SIUE Team Wins National Prize for Augmented Reality in Head Start Proposal
7 December 2017, 9:10 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville computer science graduate student Ehren Wolfe and Stephen Hupp, PhD, professor of psychology in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, along with a team of creative minds from across the nation, earned first place for their innovative ideas during the 2017 Tech and Early Education Incubator held Dec. 2-3 in Austin, Tex...
SIUE Athletics’ Holmes Honored by Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
7 December 2017, 8:50 AM
SIUE Athletics Hall of Famer and men's basketball all-time leading scorer Jason Holmes is being honored by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Holmes is part of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2018 Silver Anniversary. The team honors individuals who achieved outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago. The native of New Castle, Ind.,...
SIUE Alumnae and Students Inspire Future Computer Scientists During SheCode
6 December 2017, 3:50 PM
Alumnae and current female students in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) used their love for technology to inspire local middle and high school girls to consider a future in computer science during the SheCode event held Saturday, Dec. 2.
The SOE Department of Computer Science hosted participants from Alton, Collinsville, Edwardsvil...
SIUE Faculty, Alumni Achieve Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards
6 December 2017, 11:45 AM
Thirteen SIUE alumni and the School of Pharmacy’s McKenzie Ferguson, PharmD, were among 109 St. Louis area educators who received high praise for their contributions and dedication to the teaching profession and were honored with 2017 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Ferguson is an associate professor of pharmacy practice and director of the Drug Information a...
SIUE’s Exercise Science Program Ranked Among Nation’s Best
6 December 2017, 8:45 AM
College Choice has ranked the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s (SEHHB) undergraduate exercise science program among the best in the nation. SIUE landed 22nd in the 2017 Best Sports Medicine Degrees ranking, which included programs in exercise science, kinesiology and athletic training.
Housed in the SEHHBR...
Retirement Leads to Queen Beedz with the SBDC’s Support
5 December 2017, 5:25 PM
Susan Hackney was looking for a creative outlet as she eased her way into retirement. A lifelong learner, she decided the extra time on her hands provided the opportunity to learn new skills. Having an interest in growing her passion for jewelry making into a business, she learned about the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University E...
A Powerful Combination: SIUE Researchers Innovate Imagery-Assisted Virtual Reality
5 December 2017, 10:55 AM
“You feel relaxed. You’re calm. You’re ready. You’ve prepared. You’ve gone through your routine. You’re confident.”
After hearing these words repeatedly, and watching himself through 3D goggles walk through his game routine and smash his best hits, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville baseball player Dustin Woodcock has incre...
SIUE Student Adam Midden Wins in Team Case Competition at Beta Gamma Sigma’s 2017 Global Leadership Summit
4 December 2017, 3:45 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Adam Midden, a senior in the School of Business, and fellow team members won their case category during the Team Case Competition, sponsored by KPMG, at Beta Gamma Sigma’s (BGS) 2017 Global Leadership Summit.
The Team Case Competition allowed 35 teams of business students to collaborate and provide a solution to a comp...
SIUE Receives Extensive Set of World War II News Scrapbooks
4 December 2017, 9:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services (LIS) has accepted the donation of a unique, extensive set of family scrapbooks dating from the 1940s and containing newspaper clippings that report on American participation in World War II.
Dorris William Wilton, of Alton, a manufacturing executive with McDonnell aircraft corporation, sel...
Illinois Educational Research Council Releases Report on Top Illinois Postsecondary Institutions for Underserved Students
1 December 2017, 11:44 AM
The Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has published a new report that identifies the state’s top seven, four-year postsecondary institutions that are good investments for underserved students.
SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance Presents The End: an Apocalypse Anthology
1 December 2017, 11:24 AM
How will the world end? Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Theater and Dance offers several causes – including fire, ice and a zombie attack in its presentation of The End: An Apocalypse Anthology, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 in the Metcalf Theater on the Edwardsville campus.
The production of eight one-act plays ...