June 2016
30 June 2016, 1:45 PM
Julian Harvey and Brittney Gibbs of SIUE men’s and women’s track and field have added their marks to the international stage since the NCAA season ended. Harvey and Gibbs have qualified for the U.S. and Canadian Olympic Trials, respectively.
“I’m proud of them, and I've worked hard to give them the best training and coaching I can, but it means...
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30 June 2016, 8:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Chesley Waddell will be among the honorees when the St. Louis Business Journal’s 30-Under-30 are formally introduced on July 14 at a reception at the Palladium St. Louis.
The St. Louis Business Journal’s 30 Under 30 Awards recognize 30 young professionals who are leaders throughout a variety of industries. The ...
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29 June 2016, 4:30 PM
Participants in the SIUE Archaeology Field School are braving the heat this summer, in pursuit of historic artifacts. Julie Zimmermann, professor of anthropology in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences, is leading the group’s efforts at the dig site located on campus.
The work of the SIUE Archaeology Field School was featured by writer Scott Cousins in an article p...
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28 June 2016, 3:50 PM
Little heads line up and stand still in a long line. And when one person makes a sound, a four-year-old boy turns and gives a stern “shhh!” His teacher smiles, because the student is learning one of the many lessons to be grasped at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s “Kamp Kindergarten,” a new Kindergarten Readin...
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27 June 2016, 4:45 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) have added and expanded their 2+2 Partnership Programs, aimed at benefiting students and simplifying the transition from SWIC to SIUE.
The expanded programs include speech pathology and audiology, public health, nutrition, early childhood education, English, including licensure for secondar...
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27 June 2016, 11:05 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Safe Zone participated in the 37th annual St. Louis PrideFest parade Sunday, June 26. For the fourth consecutive year, a large group of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends marched along with 170 floats, bands and other parade entries in the 10-block route on Market St.
“The Office of Institutional Diversity ...
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24 June 2016, 4:05 PM
Edwardsville’s historic Wildey Theatre has a new star – Rich Walker, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s interim vice chancellor for administration.
The Friends of the Wildey Theatre, of which Walker is the president, unveiled a bronzed star on Friday, June 24 that is embedded in the sidewalk in front of the theatre at 252 N. Main St. ...
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24 June 2016, 3:42 PM
HAIRSPRAY, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 8-9 and July 15-16 as well as Sundays, July 10 and 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dunham Hall Theater on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
HAIRSPRAY is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman an...
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24 June 2016, 3:13 PM
SIUE Alum Sara Salger is a new partner at the Edwardsville-based law firm Gori Julian & Associates.
Salger was one of the first attorneys hired at Gori Julian & Associates in 2008. Salger’s representation includes those who have been wronged by the actions of others, victims of asbestos exposure and general personal injury claims.
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23 June 2016, 2:37 PM
When it comes to playing laser tag, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Officer Brandon Sellers enjoys the competitive fun.
The laser tag game at Edison’s in Edwardsville was just one of the many fun activities that Sellers and seven other Metro East law enforcement officers participated in as part of the annual Police and Children Together...
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23 June 2016, 11:20 AM
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine alumni Darryll Beard, DDS, and Randall Markarian, DDS, are co-chairs for the Illinois State Dental Society (ISDS) Foundation’s Mission of Mercy (MOM). They will host a free dental clinic Friday-Saturday, July 15-16 at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville.
They expect to treat approximately 2,...
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22 June 2016, 8:50 AM
SIUE’s Guisel Marmolejo is one of 31 college students working as interns at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
The geography major has a nine-month old daughter and also serves in the Army National Guard. Belleville News-Democrat writer Elizabeth Donald posted this feature on June 21.
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21 June 2016, 10:11 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp has been the catalyst for encouraging students to pursue a healthcare career and bringing some to the University.
“Last year’s SIUE Healthcare Diversity Camp was the deciding factor for me coming to SIUE,” said Jordan Robinson, who plans to attend the University in t...
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17 June 2016, 1:25 AM
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) has awarded its Dean’s Scholarship to three exemplary year-four students. Recipients Seth Barnett and Anna Nord, both natives of Bloomington, and Vanja Cosic, of Rockford, will each be awarded $5,000 for the 2016-17 academic year.
“These students’ journey and accomplishments in life to ...
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16 June 2016, 10:32 AM
Programming traffic signals and working on rocket projects are just a couple of the engaging projects students are working on during the annual School of Engineering (SOE) Summer Camp at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, sponsored by Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery.
The School is hosting two separate weeklong summer campus for high school students. Students on ca...
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16 June 2016, 10:05 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Kaskaskia College (KC) have signed a 2+2 Articulation Agreement in early childhood education to better ensure a seamless transfer experience as students transition from KC to SIUE.
Students enrolled in the program will complete two years of coursework at each institution and will qualify for an associate’s in arts or app...
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15 June 2016, 3:36 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Keith Alper has launched St. Louis startup Geniecast, an online marketplace of experts who connect with businesses and organizations via two-way video. The company expects rapid growth and the creation of hundreds of jobs in the next few years.
Alper earned a bachelor’s in mass communications with an emphasis in tele...
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15 June 2016, 8:53 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Guisel Marmolejo, a junior majoring in geography in the College of Arts and Sciences, has earned a spot in the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s competitive summer internship program.
The program, and Marmolejo’s project in particular, were highlighted in an article posted Tuesday, June 14 o...
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14 June 2016, 3:55 PM
SIUE alumnus James Thompson has been named the chief financial officer of Ruppert Landscape. Thompson earned a MBA from SIUE in 2005.
Details on his new position are detailed on LawnandLandscape.com.
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13 June 2016, 3:10 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interim Chancellor Stephen Hansen, PhD, and his wife Julie, associate professor emerita, have been staunch supporters of the University since they first arrived on campus in 1984. They say it was the vibrant energy they felt within the institution that compelled them to commit their life’s work to SIUE’s students, facul...
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13 June 2016, 10:13 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is participating in the Summer Food Service Program.
Meals will be provided to all SIUE East St. Louis Center Summer Program enrolled children free of charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and th...
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13 June 2016, 9:35 AM
Five individuals and two teams will be inducted into the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 on Saturday, Sept. 10, in Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
This year's honorees include Dr. Robert Bruker (special recognition), Ed Huneke (men's soccer head coach), Matt Malloy (men's soccer), Tom Ritzheimer (baseball)...
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10 June 2016, 1:52 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Cougar Theater Camp will present Disney's Aladdin Jr. at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 10-11 in the University’s Dunham Hall Theater.
Disney’s Aladdin Jr. will also be on stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 12.
General admission is $10 for ages 18 and older and $7 for ages 17 and under. SIUE students with va...
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10 June 2016, 12:58 PM
It was the summer of 1971 when Muhammad Ali visited the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, with his unabashed bravado, graceful charm, and rhythmic speech.
The late, great Ali, former heavyweight champion, Olympic boxer and human rights activist, spoke on June 1 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom, according to Stephen Kerber, PhD, ar...
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10 June 2016, 9:36 AM
Two Gentlemen of Verona, William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, will open Friday, June 17 at the Metcalf Theater on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The director is Chuck Harper, professor of performance in SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance. The artistic crew consists of James Wulfsong, scenic and lighting designer; Meredith LaBount...
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7 June 2016, 10:26 AM
Members of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run® on Monday, June 6 to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.
Eight SIUE Police officers sprinted in the Torch Run, starting at TheBANK of Edwardsville, 330 W Vandalia St., and ending at the SIUE Cougar Statute.
The purpose of the annual intrastate r...
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7 June 2016, 8:40 AM
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) celebrated the achievement of 50 students with the bestowal of doctor of dental medicine degrees.
The students received their doctoral hoods during the SIU SDM commencement ceremony held Saturday, June 4 in SIUE’s Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom. Notably, two students were hooded...
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6 June 2016, 4:01 PM
Twelve students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound program were selected to participate in a 12-week program “Two Degrees” that explored career possibilities in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
“Two Degrees connected teens with STEM professionals, resources and prospects to help build their...
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6 June 2016, 9:45 AM
Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn has named Randall G. Pembrook, PhD, as the ninth chancellor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s history. The selection is pending formal SIU Board of Trustees approval, and Pembrook will officially assume his duties in early August. An official introduction and reception will be scheduled for the beginning ...
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3 June 2016, 8:27 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student Md Atiquzzaman has achieved the best student paper award, valued at $600, from the Midwestern Institute of Transportation Engineers (MWITE) for his research aimed at reducing traffic crashes that result from distracted driving.
Atiquzzaman is pursuing a master’s in transportation engineering from the SIUE Gr...
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2 June 2016, 3:22 PM
The research of SIUE’s Ken Moffett, PhD and associate professor in the Department of Political Science, is gaining national attention.
Moffett and his co-researchers looked at why the Supreme Court’s caseload has varied over time, and why the Court is on track to take the lowest number of cases in nearly 70 years.
Their findings were featured in an article po...
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2 June 2016, 11:40 AM
SIUE alumnus Linda Neuman, MD, has been appointed vice president of clinical development for Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, a leading biopharmaceutical company.
Neuman earned a bachelor’s in biological sciences from SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1986.
A release posted Wednesday, June 1 on MarketWatch details her professional accomplishments and executive r...
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2 June 2016, 8:40 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Mark Poepsel, PhD, assistant professor of mass communications in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of six educators nationwide to participate in the 2016-17 Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professors in Social Media Program.
Poepsel, a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (...
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1 June 2016, 3:46 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound students were encouraged to pursue promising career paths, while focusing on character development at two separate conferences, each targeted for males and females.
On April 30, the SIUE East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound Program hosted a Victory Young Men’s Empowerment Conference and a Flawless Yo...
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1 June 2016, 11:05 AM
More than 200 freshmen visited Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to partake in Springboard to Success on Tuesday, May 31. The first of 10 summer sessions of Springboard concludes today.
Springboard to Success is a mandatory freshman orientation and enrollment program for admitted freshmen and their family members that provides a jump-start to their University ex...
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1 June 2016, 10:25 AM
After almost 22 years of service at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Vice Chancellor for Administration Kenneth Neher can say he’s leaving his job better off than when he first arrived.
“I have enjoyed seeing the University grow and prosper,” said Neher, who likens himself to a mayor overseeing the “small city” of SIUE. Neher will...
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1 June 2016, 9:25 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine will bestow doctor of dental medicine degrees upon 50 students during its commencement ceremony being held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4 in the Meridian Ballroom of SIUE’s Morris University Center.
The 41st class of graduates will receive their doctoral hoods, symbolizing the completion of their a...
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1 June 2016, 8:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alums Minnie Johnson, Elaine Kane, Val Harris and Kris Fulkerson have been recognized by the YWCA of Alton as Women of Distinction. They were among 11 women celebrated during the 26th annual Women of Distinction banquet and program held Thursday, May 5.
The women were each lauded for their volunteerism, mentorship to other women a...
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