Alumni

Daniel F. Mahony, president of Winthrop University in South Carolina, has been selected to serve as president of the Southern Illinois University System. The SIU Board of Trustees will vote on his appointment during its December 5 meeting on the system’s Carbondale campus.

Mahony’s selection follows a national search advised by a committee representing the system’s two universities, SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville, as well as representatives of the Board of Trustees and al...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business hosted more than 120 companies from the St. Louis region at the 2019 Project Management Symposium Friday, Nov. 22, in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.

Approximately 450 individuals attended the symposium that provides a forum for St. Louis metropolitan area business decision-makers to exchange ideas and knowledge with peers, School of Business faculty, and area experts on complex management issues. 

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering alumna Myesha McClendon was named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40-Under-40 earlier in November. Read more in chicagobusiness.com.

McClendon is vice president, east region at Milhouse Engineering and Construction, a Chicago-based firm that has been named among “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” for 14 consecutive years.

A member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), she has ...

Nothing can excite and set the mood for Thanksgiving, like participating in a turkey-baster, feather race. Well that was the aim of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Campus Activities Board (CAB). 

More than 200 SIUE students enjoyed a few hours of fun and games Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the University’s annual “Turkeypalooza” in the Morris University Center Goshen Lounge. 

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More than 25 local restaurants served up soups and side dishes in delicious and creative varieties at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s first Empty Bowls fundraiser on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. 

The SIUE Rotaract Club joined with the Metro East Community Rotary Club to offer The Empty Bowls Project 2019, which is observed worldwide. Tickets were $9 in advance and $10 at the door for unlimited servings. The proceeds will benefit Co...

SIUE alumna Elizabeth (Elaine) Kane has been named assistant superintendent of educational services for the Alton School Board. Read more in advantagenews.com.

Kane earned a master’s Education/Elementary Education in 1998 and followed with an education specialist degree in educational administration in 2013 from the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior.

A longtime educator in the Alton community, Kane has served the school district for more than 25 years.

As Thanksgiving nears, two faculty members of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Historical Studies and Native American Studies, provided an opportunity to discuss some of the historical facts surrounding the holiday. 

Robert Paulett, PhD, associate professor; and Rowena McClinton, professor, served as facilitators of the topic, “Understanding Thanksgiving and its Connection to Native American History,” on Friday, Nov. 15 in the Morris University Center...

It was a shopping-networking expedition that could result in needed products and services for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and will boost exposure for quality minority-owned retailers. 

Representatives from six minority and women owned companies set up displays during SIUE’s annual Diverse Vendor Spotlight Event on Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Rooms. The Office of Vice Chancellor for Administration organized and hosted the fair....

Saint Louis Bank has named SIUE alumnus Justin Huneke as Metro East Community President. Read more in the Riverbender.com.

Huneke, son of former Cougars men’s soccer head coach Ed Huneke, earned a bachelor’s in business from the School of Business in 2002.

With nearly two decades of banking experience, Huneke most recently served as community bank president for Bank of Springfield in Glen Carbon. Prior to that, he was a top mortgage producer at The Bank of Edwardsville.

SIUE alumna Quintina Fisher, a third grade teacher at Gordon Bush Elementary School in the East St. Louis School District, has received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in St. Louis.

Fisher earned a bachelor’s in elementary education from the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in 2004. Read more about Fisher in the Riverbender.com.

Emerson’s Excellence in Teaching Awards program annually recognizes more than 100 educators in the St. Louis metropolitan area who a...

The Walmart Foundation has donated $1,000 to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound to help further the community-supported station’s impact in the Greater St. Louis and Metro East area. 

Stephanie Lewis, WSIE account executive, learned of the opportunity while networking with the EdGlen Chamber. She was able to secure an intern, Jonathan Koons, through SIUE’s Department of English Language and Literature. Koons researched and submitted a grant...

For the past 25 years, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Department of Music has been performing beautiful and masterful renditions and original musical works. The department will use its collective talents in celebration of CAS’ silver anniversary by presenting a Faculty Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the Dunham Hall Theater. 

“We invite everyone to see and hear our faculty perform a program that is dedicated to...

It is never too early to learn about and to start shopping for a college, which is why 35 high achieving freshmen and sophomores attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Pre-Collegiate Program’s college day Wednesday, Nov. 6 on the University’s campus. 

Fifteen students from the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) and 20 students from Collinsville High School attended the daylong event, which included a presentation from the Office of Admissions, a tour of U...

A Season for the Child (SfC), the family-oriented live theater season sponsored by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Friends of Theater and Dance (FOTAD), opens its 30^th season on Saturday, Dec. 7, with A Stageplay Holiday at 2 p.m. in the Dunham Hall Theater on the SIUE campus.                                   &#16...

Learning activities, arts and crafts, exhibits, field games, and food led more than 250 people to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Early Childhood Center (ECC) 50th Anniversary Alumni Open House and Family Play Day on Saturday, Nov. 2. 

“It was a wonderful day. It was great to see so many past families and employees,” said ECC Director Rebecca Dabbs MacLean. “People enjoyed connecting with new and old ECC friends. We had many varied activities that included a...