July 2016
FOX2 Features SIUE SBDC and Local Video Gaming Business
29 July 2016, 10:03 AM
RiverBender.com Highlights Young Girl’s Gift to SIUE Police
29 July 2016, 10:00 AM
SIUE East St. Louis Center for Performing Arts Alumni Bring Expertise and Passion to their Classrooms
28 July 2016, 3:58 PM
Venezia Manuel is putting rubber bands around white T-shirts, while observing the ballet moves of a group of six to eight-year-old students enrolled in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) Performing Arts Summer Program.
In another studio, TaShayla Montgomery is showing dance steps she choreographed to a group of 13-17 year o...
SIU School of Dental Medicine Alum Receives National Award
28 July 2016, 1:35 PM
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine class of 2016 alumnus Kasey Kirchner, DMD has earned the Academy of Osseointegration’s (AO) Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award for 2016.
“I am extremely honored and grateful to receive this award, and am eager to use this opportunity to expand my education and experience in implant denti...
SIUE Alumnus Launches Marketing, Branding Firm with Support from SBDC
28 July 2016, 9:15 AM
Never Industries, Inc., a Metro East-based marketing strategy and personal branding agency, got its name from Founder and CEO Alexander Burkart’s core values, which include never giving up.
The name fits Burkart’s venture, and it also describes the dedication of Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Business Specialist Jo Ann DiMaggio Ma...
SIUE’s Redesigned Public Health Program Prepares Students for Expanding Field
27 July 2016, 9:15 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior continues to modify and expand its programming, and is now offering a bachelor’s in public health. The Public Health program, formerly known as community health education, prepares students for this fast-growing field and an increasing demand for health promotion and disease ...
STL BizJournal Honors SIUE Alums Among Most Influential Business Women
27 July 2016, 8:50 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alums Jennifer Cordia and Kimberly Martin are among 25 female leaders being celebrated as the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2016 class of Most Influential Business Women.
The women were selected out of nearly 200 nominees, and are highly regarded for their business accomplishments, as well as their commitment to community ser...
SIUE Upward Bound Students Learn About Food Engineering at PryCor
26 July 2016, 2:57 PM
For several Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound students, making ice cream in class was one of many highlights of the Food Science and Technology Program.
“I loved the food science class,” said Lonnie Roberson, Upward Bound BEM student at the SIUE East St. Louis Center. “It was fun, and gave me a lot of information on what is put...
SIUE Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
26 July 2016, 2:28 PM
The SIUE volleyball team gained national recognition with the awarding of the Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
SIUE was one of 131 NCAA Division I programs honored for the 2015 season.
“There's something exceptional about performance on the court, but when you know the level at which the players perform in the classroom, es...
Popular Construction Leadership Institute 2017 Registration Opens
26 July 2016, 11:19 AM
Success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management and communication skills. The innovative Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) has packaged those skills into a convenient, accelerated, nine-week program. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is now accepting registrations for the 2017 session of this highly popular prog...
Southwest Illinois Trade & Investment Council Names First Board of Directors
26 July 2016, 9:50 AM
The newly established Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council has announced its first board of directors.
The regional trade and investment council was formed in September 2015. It elected its first slate of officers this summer: David Kniepkamp, Smart Controls LLC, as president; Herbert Roach, SW IL SCORE, as vice president; Paul Toskin, Commerce Bank, as treasur...
SIUE’s Odyssey Science Campers Explore and Investigate
25 July 2016, 9:05 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Odyssey Science Camp is in full swing and campers are building, exploring and investigating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through hands-on projects. The SIUE STEM Center offers the two-week camp that runs through Friday, July 29 and includes interactive instruction designed for students entering gr...
SIUE School of Nursing’s Bernaix to Pioneer Creative Curriculum and Expand Area Partnerships
25 July 2016, 8:40 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing continues to educate and prepare nurses to be expert clinicians and healthcare leaders. As dean of the School, Laura Bernaix, PhD, RN, intends to expand opportunities for SIUE School of Nursing students by way of inventive curriculum development and strong clinical partnerships.
Bernaix is an alum of the Scho...
Ledbetter Named to MAC Hermann Watch List
22 July 2016, 4:15 PM
SIUE men’s soccer senior defender Austin Ledbetter is among 28 men announced to the 2016 preseason watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, the highest individual award in intercollegiate soccer. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) released the list Wednesday.
“What an incredible and well-deserved honor for Austin,...
SIUE String Camp Featured on RiverBender.com
22 July 2016, 1:16 PM
The melodious sounds of stringed instruments have been filling Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dunham Hall as 200 young musicians attend SIUE String Camp, led by faculty members Erika Lord-Castillo and Vera McCoy-Sulentic.
The camp was featured in an article posted Thursday, July 21 on RiverBender.com.
Oral Histories Take “Digital East St. Louis” Students Back in Time
22 July 2016, 8:40 AM
East St. Louis middle school students are spending their summer studying the history of their community, including such topics as desegregation, pollution, industry and family traditions, and who better to learn from than the elders among them.
Through their involvement in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s “Digital East St. Louis” project, the ...
SIUE Upward Bound Students Take a Spin at Reality
21 July 2016, 12:18 PM
Fifteen-year-old Kelsey Simmons wants to become a trauma surgeon. But with a spin of the wheel, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound Math & Science (UBMS) student learned she was a college dropout with an annual salary of $22,040.
Simmons, a sophomore at Cahokia Senior High School, was one of 48 Upward Bound students who participated in the ori...
SIUE’s Schultz Receives Prestigious ACUHO-I Parthenon Award
21 July 2016, 7:25 AM
The Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) has bestowed its Parthenon Award to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Mike Schultz. SIUE’s director of university housing received the award during last week’s ACUHO-I annual conference and exposition in Seattle.
The Parthenon Award is the ACUHO-I Foundat...
SIUE and Community Partners Inspire Kids to Appreciate STEM
20 July 2016, 2:55 PM
Metro East elementary through high school students are exploring science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and generating a desire for continued learning through summer outreach programming offered by the SIUE Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach, and community partners.
One such partnership with the Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn is in its second...
Hundreds Receive Free Dental Care at Mission of Mercy Event
20 July 2016, 9:50 AM
The Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville was abuzz during the Illinois State Dental Society Foundation’s Mission of Mercy event held Friday-Saturday, July 15-16.
Faculty, students, alumni and staff from the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) were among the numerous volunteers who worked to provide free dental care, valued at more t...
SIUE Executive Education offers Professional Development Workshops
19 July 2016, 3:00 PM
The SIUE School of Business Executive Education program announces its upcoming project management courses and workshops.
Fall 2016 Foundations of Project Management
Fridays: Sept. 16, 23; Oct. 7, 14 and 21
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Learn the basics and best practices of project management and prepare for the PMP® certification. Suc...
SIUE East St. Louis Center Students Learn About Manufacturing and Craft Careers
19 July 2016, 9:50 AM
The challenge is educating youth and their parents about the high pay that comes with the 1,500 manufacturing jobs in Southwestern Illinois in the next five years, and connecting them to the right resources to ensure their success, according to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Executive Director Jesse Dixon.
The SIUE East St. Louis Center ho...
Female Leaders Foster Success During “W” Network Leadership Summit
18 July 2016, 2:20 PM
Take risks, be consistently you and provide mentorship were among ample advice presented at The “W” Network’s Metro East Women’s Leadership Summit held Wednesday, July 13 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Morris University Center.
Approximately 50 women, including business owners and professionals, entrepreneurs and community lea...
VALOR Program Selects Four SIUE Nursing Students
18 July 2016, 12:50 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing has had four students selected by the Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunity Residency (VALOR) program at the Marion VA Hospital.
The students are in SIUE’s regional nursing program in Carbondale:
- Melanie Lowe, of Herrin, will be in the medical/surgical unit
- Denetta Magruder, of West Frankfort,...
SIUE Police Department and East St. Louis Charter High School Students Participate in Police Youth Camp
15 July 2016, 3:58 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) student Rozelle Phillips has enjoyed spending the past week with Metro East law enforcement officers.
The CHS sophomore is one of 60 teens, ages 12-17, who was accepted to participate in the 11th annual TeamIllinois Youth Police Camp, sponsored by the Illinois State Police headquarter...
SIUE East St. Louis Center Hosts Manufacturing/Craft Day Experience for Children
15 July 2016, 3:40 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center, Mid America Workforce Investment Board and the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois will host 300 summer program students for its Manufacturing/Craft Day Experience from 9 a.m.-noon, Monday, July 18, at the SIUE East St. Louis Center. The event will challenge, motivate and inspire youth to choose care...
SIU Trustees Approve Contracts for SIUE Chancellor and School of Business Interim Dean
14 July 2016, 12:20 PM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Springfield campus today, approved contracts for SIUE chancellor Randall Pembrook and School of Business Interim Dean Tim Schoenecker.
Pembrook becomes SIUE’s ninth chancellor and will assume his new duties Monday, Aug. 1. He takes control from Interim Chancellor Ste...
SIU Trustees Approve Contracts for SIUE
14 July 2016, 12:06 PM
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Springfield campus today, approved contracts for window replacement in the Art and Design Building East and a grant management system for the Edwardsville campus. The board also approved planning for exterior water distribution equipment on the Edwardsville campus and resurfacing ...
Sharing the Appeal of History: SIUE Alum Curates Local Route 66 Exhibit
13 July 2016, 9:38 AM
It was an evening course at an Illinois junior college that first sparked Sharon Smith’s interest in history. That spark ignited into a flame while Smith went on to achieve both a bachelor’s and master’s in historical studies from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and it is still burning brightly today.
Smith is curator of civic and personal ide...
Monsanto Fund Grant Sparks Learning at SIUE Engineering Camps
12 July 2016, 11:30 AM
The Monsanto Fund helped the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering successfully conduct its annual Summer Camps during June. The $15,000 grant assisted the School in hosting two separate weeklong camps for 55 high school students from six states by providing scholarships, supplies and instruction costs.
The camps are designed to provide students ...
SIUE Alum Named CFO of Leading Cancer Diagnostics Lab
11 July 2016, 1:31 PM
SIUE alumnus Michael Grattendick has been named chief financial officer of Aurora Diagnostics, a nationally recognized laboratory company focusing on anatomic pathology and cancer diagnostics in the U.S.
Grattendick earned a bachelor’s in accountancy from the SIUE School of Business in 1992.
A release posted Monday, July 11 on BusinessWire.com details Grattendick&#...
SBDC Walks Scientist through Purchase of Belleville Manufacturing Firm
11 July 2016, 1:15 PM
St. Louis Metro East physicist Huston Liu has acquired ABM Marking, a thermal printing, imaging and packaging company in Belleville, with assistance from the Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Liu actively researched and taught physics for 10 years as a full-time professor at Hubei University in central China where he wrote 400...
SIUE Lands Among Forbes Magazine’s Top Colleges
11 July 2016, 12:50 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is among the top four public universities in the state according to Forbes magazine’s top colleges ranking.
Forbes ranked 660 institutions nationally, but only the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois-Chicago and Illinois State University were listed ahead of SIUE instate.
The magazine’s cri...
Women’s Leadership Network Hosts Second Metro East Event
8 July 2016, 1:44 PM
A cadre of female executive presenters will headline The “W” Network’s Metro East Women’s Leadership Summit being held from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Morris University Center.
The premiere event of The “W” Network of Downstate Illinois, an education and network-building org...
Study Finds Successes, Challenges in Illinois Shift to Intensive Principal Preparation
7 July 2016, 5:10 PM
A report released today from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research (UChicago Consortium), assesses the progress of sweeping legislation to redesign the way school principals in Illinois are prepared, with the goal of improving schools statewide...
SIUE School of Pharmacy’s Bergman to Present at Healthcare Summit
7 July 2016, 8:35 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s Scott Bergman, PharmD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, will present on appropriate use of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, at the Illinois Summit on Antimicrobial Stewardship on Tuesday, July 12 in Springfield.
“Antimicrobial stewardship is based on the premise tha...
Mosquito Joe of Madison County Takes the Bite Out of Metro East
6 July 2016, 10:50 AM
Thanks to no-cost expertise and connections shared by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a new insect control franchise is ready to eliminate flying pests for residents and businesses in Madison County.
Mosquito Joe of Madison County, a franchise owned by Granite City resident James “J.P.” Newcomer, opene...
‘Unbelievable’ Blues Announcer John Kelly Recalls his Broadcasting Days at SIUE
5 July 2016, 2:25 PM
Before his voice was heard by National Hockey League (NHL) fans, St. Louis Blues play-by-play announcer John Kelly was calling Cougar baseball and basketball games at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Broadcasting is Kelly’s family business. Kelly started his career in the American Hockey League and then transitioned to the NHL in 1988. He’s been with...
Happy Independence Day!
1 July 2016, 2:00 PM
Wishing you and yours a very Happy 4th of July from SIUE.
The offices of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will be closed Monday, July 4, 2016. Offices will re-open Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
Open House in Springfield for SIUE’s Online Master’s in Healthcare Informatics
1 July 2016, 10:00 AM
Find out how a master’s in healthcare informatics from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville can help advance your career. The open house is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday, July 12 at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation in Springfield, Ill. Register today to learn more about this fully online program.
“With increasing demand for electronic h...
SIUE Alum Elected to The Bank of Edwardsville Board of Directors
1 July 2016, 9:41 AM
SIUE alumnus Matthew Pfund has been elected to serve on TheBANK of Edwardsville’s Board of Directors. Pfund earned a bachelor’s in construction management from the SIUE School of Engineering in 1996. He is a senior vice president at Tarlton Construction in St. Louis.
AdvantageNEWS expanded on Pfund’s professional successes in an article posted Thursday, ...
SIUE Head Start Screening Better Prepares Greater East St. Louis Children
1 July 2016, 9:15 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start is one of 30 partners working to ensure that Greater East St. Louis children are linked to high quality early learning programs and services that will help them succeed in school and life.
The Greater East St. Louis Early Learning Partnership & Innovation Zone is offering its second annual enrollmen...