College of Arts and Sciences

SIUE Alumnus William White wants to makes sure that Air National Guard Airmen are mentally and emotionally prepared to serve. 

White is a licensed clinical social worker and director of psychological health in the 116^th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. He has developed a program that addresses mental health issues, and advocates for and supports Guard men and women and their families. 

White received a bachelor’s and master’s in social work in 19...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, is focused on listening, learning and asking questions such as, “How can we more effectively serve students?” 

Leonard assumed his role on July 1. He most recently served as professor and chair in the Department of History at Middle Tennessee State University since 2017. Prior to that, he served as chair of the Department of History at Western Washington University from...

The first of a series of robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies will explore the difference between memorial and monuments, the current public discourse regarding Confederate monuments, and the goals and purposes of monuments and memorialization.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center, specifically its membership of the international Universities Studying (USS) consortium, will launch th...

SIUE’s Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Geography and Environmental Sciences, was interviewed in two ProPublica articles about the erosion of a privately funded border wall in South Texas.

A practicing geomorphologist, Martinez previously studied the impact of the border barriers on her hometown of Eagle Pass, Texas. In the articles, posted July 2 and July 29, reporters Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz discuss erosion and the impact of Hurricane Hanna o...

As COVID-19 has prevented many traditional, face-to-face summer camp activities from taking place, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s STEM Center got creative with the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois to offer young girls an engaging virtual STEM camp from July 13-17.

“It is important to help girls explore STEM concepts in small, single-gendered groups,” said SIUE STEM Center Program Coordinator Emily Stanley. “The Girl Scouts have been encouraging girls in ST...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Morris Taylor, PhD, as its vice chancellor for administration (VCA) following a national search. Pending approval by the SIU Board of Trustees, Taylor officially assumes his new responsibilities on Thursday, Oct. 1.

The VCA is responsible for support functions of the University, including planning and budgeting, human resources, financial affairs, administrative services, facilities management and public safety.

“I am thrilled that D...

A resume brimming with long, consistent and committed work involving advocacy for equity and social justice on behalf of working families in the region earned Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Louis Damani Jones a spot on the Catholic Charities of St. Louis board of directors. 

Jones, who graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in social work from SIUE in May 2020, was appointed to the board in June. Currently, Jones is in the Master of Social Work program at the ...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” was penned in “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” and signed in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., organized to amplify the need for women’s suffrage. The fight to win the vote for American women f...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Bryan Robinson has envisioned himself appearing in a feature role on the television series, “24,” where he’s working under duress to help save the world from an impending enemy, using only his technology skills to do it!

The computer engineering major’s imagination and drive are fueled by his interest in and love for technology, and gratefully, his education at SIUE is being financed by the Science, Mathematics, and Res...

As local school districts adjust schedules and suspend certain instructional areas due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Suzuki Strings Program is ensuring developing string musicians can pursue their training and fulfill their love for music by offering a new String Bridge program.

The String Bridge program will bridge the gap caused by the suspension of music ensemble programs for the 2020-21 academic year. String Bridge classes wil...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected nine recipients for 2020 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards. The RGRDS program awards small grants worth $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research endeavors and creatives activities initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE education doctorate (EdD) programs, doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs and co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress.

“SIUE doc...

SIUE alumna Susan Converse, BS '92, MEd '01, has been named principal of Woodland Elementary School's in Edwardsville. According to The Intelligencer, she was a special education teacher at Edwardsville High School with about 20 years’ experience and founder of the Tiger Den. She was also named 2019 Illinois Teacher of the Year.

Read the article written by Tyler Pletsch on TheIntelligencer.com here.

At long last, Jennifer Pendergraft, is able to pick back up her educational pursuits because of a Folds of Honor scholarship. The wife and mother paused her schooling to care for her husband, who was wounded in the Marines.  

Pendergraft is now enrolled at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she is majoring in English and minoring in rhetoric and writing. 

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Imagine less gun shootings and fewer violent exchanges among young people in East St. Louis and the surrounding area. The thought doesn’t have to be an imaginary one, if grant writers from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Teens Against Killing Everywhere (TAKE) get their way. 

SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) is working with TAKE in writing and developing a Violence Prevention Plan. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) awarded a tot...

On the surface it may seem like a minor thing – a signature from a medical doctor. But when you don’t have ready access to one, your financial means are limited and your disability restricts your mobility, the “small” thing is huge. 

Once Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student, Larrisha Tidwell, learned of the barrier facing several of her clients at Chestnut Health Systems (CHS) – a physical and mental health support facility in Granite Ci...