SIUE graduate student Mark Weishaar will demonstrate his off-road racing talents in St. Louis on Saturday, April 1, when the American Motorcyclist Association Supercross tour competes at The Dome at America’s Center.
Weishaar graduated from SIUE in December 2016 with a bachelor’s in exercise science. He is now a master’s candidate in the School of E...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students received a lesson on the importance of education from former NBA Player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The 7-foot-2 Abdul-Jabbar encouraged high school and college students to use education as a tool in following their dreams and using their talents. He was the featured speaker at SIUE’s annual Mannie Jackson Center for...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) is celebrating the continued professional achievements and proven leadership abilities of four alumni.
Edwardsville Community Unit District 7 Superintendent Dr. Lynda Andre has announced changes in leadership positions, including transitions to assistant principal and prin...
It is those middle school students interested in history, writing or even fashion that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Matt Johnson said they are trying to woo toward science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
With the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded to SIUE’s STEM Center and Interdisciplinary Research and In...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of the Provost announced that McKenzie Ferguson, PharmD, is the recipient of the annual Teaching Excellence Award for tenure-track faculty. It is the most prestigious teaching award for an SIUE faculty member. Two additional faculty members were saluted for their teaching skills and accomplishments with Teaching Distinct...
The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) presented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Gireesh Gupchup, BPharm, PhD, FAPhA, and dean of the SIUE School of Pharmacy (SOP), with its Outstanding Dean Award on Sunday, March 26. Gupchup was honored at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) Upward Bound Program wants to interest some of its students in being war heroes of a different kind.
The ESLC’s first CyberPatriot class is well on its way to learning the basics of cyber defense, a most important topic and line of work, that relates to protecting the online rights, saf...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a $204,565 grant through its Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program for a project under the direction of principal investigator George Engel, PhD, professor in the School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has introduced three post-baccalaureate certificates as part of its integrative studies master’s program:
Marketing and public relations, which requires the completion of 18 hours of courses, split evenly between the Departments of Applied Communication Studies, and Management and Marketing
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Mass Communication’s tradition of presenting critical and trending topics, along with engaging and dynamic speakers during its annual Mass Communications Week continues Monday-Thursday, April 3-6, when it is expected to draw its largest crowd yet.
The four-day conference, “Diversity Amidst Adver...
Frankie Muse Freeman will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at its May 2017 commencement. The SIU Board of Trustees approved the presentation during its December 2016 meeting on the Carbondale campus.
Freeman has spent her lengthy career advocating for civil rights issues that have had a lasting impact at th...
Mark Neels, PhD, a 2015 graduate of the SIUE and Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) cooperative doctoral program in historical studies, has been presented the Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize by the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) and the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI).
The prize recognizes and encourages young scholars to conduct research on Abraham Li...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Greg Budzban, PhD, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will speak at “A Focus on Educational Assessment: Advancing African American Education” conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 3. The conference will be held at the Keck Center of the National Academies and is designed to address challenges in...
The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability (CSS) has honored Southern Illinois University Edwardsville student Wolf Mark Veverka for his more than 35 years of work and activism for sustainability.
Veverka received the CSS 2017 Sustainability Leadership Award at its 14th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 25 on the SIUE campus. Veverka was one of three receiving a...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has begun a relationship with the SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) that it expects to be ongoing, rewarding and mutually beneficial.
The ESLC is the recipient of grant money that will fund six projects through CAS’ Targeted Funding Initiative (TFI). CAS received funding from the ...
Dr. Martin F. Land, professor of fixed prosthodontics at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM), was awarded the George M. Moulton Award for outstanding achievement in the Art and Science of Fixed Prosthodontics at the 66th Annual Scientific Session of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics in Chicago.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business celebrated 100 scholarship recipients at the 13th Annual School of Business Scholarships and Awards Program held Wednesday, March 22 in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
The School recognized record donor support with scholarships worth approximately $175,000 for its best and brightest ...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Morris University Center (MUC) is celebrating 50 years as the hub of student life and community engagement on campus.
March 20-24, SIUE students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members enjoyed special offers and participated in a slew of engaging events held in celebration of the MUC’s rich social, recreational, cu...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s collegiate chapter of the American Marketing Association attended the 39th Annual American Marketing Association’s International Intercollegiate Conference (AMAICC) in New Orleans, March 16-18 to participate in professional marketing activities and presentations.
SIUE sent four juniors, Cassie Greenlea, chapter presi...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion recognized remarkable and gifted women who, among other things, have helped improve the lives of others and overcome obstacles to obtain success, at its third annual Phenomenal Women’s Luncheon on Wednesday, March 22.
Xin Wang, PhD, assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been recognized with the 2017-18 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award. Chancellor Randy Pembrook presented the award during a special reception held Tuesday, March 21 in the Morris University Center.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kristine Hildebrandt, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English Language and Literature, was presented the 2017 Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award at the Paul Simon luncheon held Tuesday, March 21, during the 21st Annual Graduate School Spring Research Symposium.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Megan Kaiser has been named Outstanding Undergraduate Major of the Year through the University’s public health program. The award is co-sponsored by Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG), the national health education honorary society, and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of Graduate Admissions will host an open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in the Morris University Center Oak and Redbud Rooms.
Prospective graduate students will receive information on SIUE’s more than 70 master’s programs, post-baccalaureate certificates, specialist degrees, doctoral degrees a...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Upward Bound Math and Science students received special awards and recognition at the regional University’s Science and Engineering Research Challenge (SERC) hosted on campus Saturday, March 18 by the SIUE STEM Center.
The Cahokia High School sophomores’ “How to Make Saltwater Drinkabl...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook has recommended an extended term for Rich Walker as vice chancellor for administration (VCA). The appointment is contingent upon SIU Board of Trustees approval.
Walker stepped into the role of interim vice chancellor for administration when former VCA Kenn Neher retired in May 2016. Prior to serving as in...
Approximately 250 budding scientists filled the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Meridian Ballroom on Saturday, March 18 for the regional Science and Engineering Research Challenge (SERC), coordinated by the SIUE STEM Center. View a video of the event here.
“My project is electromagnetism,” said Logan Jesse, a seventh grade student from Zion Lutheran ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Bill Retzlaff, PhD, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has joined a prestigious group of tenured faculty members, earning the University’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor.
The distinction is awarded in recognition of sig...
Alton native Johnetta Randolph Haley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville emeritus professor and former administrator, is being honored with the University’s Distinguished Service Award. SIUE will present the award to the musician, educator and community leader at the University’s Spring 2017 Commencement on May 6.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomed approximately 700 guests, including an all-time high of nearly 300 prospective students, to campus Friday, March 17 for Preview SIUE. This program, combined with the February Preview SIUE program, welcomed nearly 600 prospective students and more than 1,500 guests.
The day-long program provided opportunities for high scho...
NASA Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison spoke to an audience of more than 900 people Thursday night, March 16 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
Jemison talked about “Exploring the Frontiers of Science and Human Potential.” SIUE’s Arts & Issues and the SIUE Departments of Chemistry and Phy...
SIUE alumnus and Fairview Heights police officer Clay Mason demonstrated a true act of kindness and made a local man’s long commute to work a bit easier. Mason earned a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2016.
His kind gesture was featured in an article posted Monday, March 13 in the Belleville News-Democrat.
Lara Jennings, director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Learning Resource Center, spent the morning singing and signing the “ABC Song,” “How Are You” and other children’s tunes to toddlers from the SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Discovery Center for Little Scholars.
What better way to spend a spring break than to help others get a fresh start? That’s what nine Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students did during their time away from the classroom.
The women were part of a group of students from three out-of-state colleges, who worked to renovate a foreclosed home. Renovation Alliance provides well-built homes to ...
St. Louis entertainer Alan Ox is the featured artist for Lovejoy Library’s “Night in the Stacks” annual fundraiser Saturday, May 13, at 6 p.m. on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus.
Ox will be performing songs of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole in classic crooner style. The 1818 Chop House will provide dinner with a ...
Accomplished teacher-scholar Michael Shaw, PhD, professor of chemistry in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences, has achieved the rank of Distinguished Research Professor for his outstanding and sustained contributions to electrochemistry.
The distinction is the highest academic rank a faculty member at SIUE can achieve. It is awarded ...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy hosts "Locked in to Stay Out" at the Vadalabene Center from 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22 until 7:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23. The event engages 6th and 7th grade students in discussions about prescription drug abuse and the associated dangers.
Registration is available through Friday, April 7 at siue.edu/pharmacy/...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kim Durr, chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor, has been appointed chair of the National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE) organization’s Board of Directors. Durr assumed the one-year post at NAPAHE’s annual meeting on March 12 in Washington, D.C.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville summer session 2017 offers a quality education that features flexibility and convenience through nearly 1,000 available courses. Register now!
A variety of introductory general education and required upper-division classes are offered during summer session. Most courses meet for five weeks or fewer, and classes begin Monday, May 8...
Eyes and minds were opened as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community members walked through Student Government’s Tunnel of Oppression on Tuesday, March 14. The maze of impactful experiences demonstrated issues people face at home and globally.
More than 400 people walked through the Tunnel of Oppression, which included topics encompassing immigration, s...
Don’t let looks fool you. Don’t give up on yourself. These are two central messages dramatically conveyed in “Beauty Inside and Out,” the original play written, directed and produced by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Curtis Lewis.
Lewis, who received his bachelor’s in theater performance in 2011 from SIUE, founded Journey L...
Feelings of rejection and thoughts of hopelessness were on the mind of Angel Dotson the first day she walked into the Connections to Success class, funded by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s (ESLC) Workforce Development Program.
“I had been fired and was extremely depressed. I had low self-esteem and felt crushed, but a H...
A special visitor to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start program at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis generated smiles and engaged children in scientific interaction.
The visitor was Mo, a humanoid robot also called NAO. The robot is part of an ongoing SIUE research project focused on teaching children about social-emo...
Ryan Perryman, vice president – Building Group for L. Keeley Construction, is the recipient of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2017 Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) Alumni Leadership Award. The ceremony was Friday, March 10 as a part of the CLI Alumni Day and Graduation celebration.
Program Co-Directors Chris Gordon, associate dean of the SI...
A series of events focusing on world-renowned architect Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924), and hosted by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and community partners, have engaged and inspired crowds of attendees from across the state.
One of the featured events will continue through Friday, March 17 at the Edwardsville Arts Center. The exhibit, “Louis’s Legac...
SIUE alumna April Becherer, assistant principal at Eagle View Elementary in Columbia, is making a positive impact on her students, leading by example as a person with incredible character. Once a month, she pays a special visit to the home of the winner of the character education award to recognize their great work.
Becherer earned her bachelor’s in elementary educa...
Renovations are complete in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Vadalabene Center, offering new accommodations that promote an inclusive campus environment.
Campus Recreation led the addition of three separate spaces, including an accessible family restroom in one of the main hallways, and an individual changing room and a restroom with full shower accommoda...
Twenty years of working in the produce industry duly prepared Belleville resident Darnell Lee for the March 9 grand opening of his company Just Produce’s second regional location, this one in the Metro East.
Thanks to one-on-one business counseling and expertise provided by the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Edw...
As Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Bike Share Program pedals to its seventh year of operation, it has made modifications and added features to better serve the University community and the environment.
“When classes resume on Monday, March 13, the University community will be able to check out bicycles through Campus Recreation’s Studen...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Pietro Sasso, PhD, assistant professor and director of the college student personnel administration graduate program, has been named Emerging Scholar in Residence for the American College Personnel Association’s (ACPA) Coalition for Men and Masculinities.
In this role, Sasso will work with other emerging leaders and ...
SIUE alumnus and former baseball player, Darin Hendrickson, will be inducted into the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 13.
Hendrickson earned a bachelor’s in political science and a master’s in sociology from SIUE in 1993 and ‘96, respectively. He played two seasons for the Cougars, 1990 and ’91.
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) has been honored as a 2016 Center of Excellence by the national dental management firm LIBERTY Dental Plan. A special award presentation was held Monday, March 6 with LIBERTY representatives and State Representative Dan Beiser (D-Alton) in attendance. Illinois State Senator Bill Haine (D-Alton) also exten...
In the midst of a decline in state funding, a private donation has launched strong support for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s (SEHHB) new nutrition lab. The facility, which is scheduled for completion in August, has received an up to $50,000 investment from the Oberweis family.
For someone who disliked high school and the regiment of schedules, and hadn’t given college serious thought, former Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Upward Bound student Cornell Cox is now achieving academic success, having concluded his first semester at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb with a 3.3 GPA.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School alumni Kyle Griffith and Frank Grasso are making their mark in the local healthcare industry, achieving pioneering success in dual roles as nurse anesthetists and businessmen.
Cape Girardeau native Griffith set the business plan in motion for Edwardsville-based G & G Anesthesia, LLC, while he was pursuing his maste...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosts its 21st Annual Graduate School Spring Research Symposium 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in SIUE’s Morris University Center. This year, the Graduate School is offering prospective graduate students an opportunity to participate by registering at siue.edu/graduate-visit.
Register now for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Odyssey Science Camps being held from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 17-28.
The SIUE STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center offers seven different focus groups, designed for students entering grades 2-9.
The camps provide children an opportunity to experience the excitement of scienc...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Clinical Child and School Psychology program has earned the School Psychology Awareness Week (SPAW) award for its University and community-wide efforts to raise awareness about its work.
The award was presented at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 201...
First-year (P1) students in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) are traveling the area, educating children from pre-kindergarten through third grade about the importance of good hand washing and other hygienic practices.
From Feb. 20-March 10, 40 teams of P1 students are participating in the SOP’s annual service learning experien...
A team of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville undergraduate and graduate student-researchers are playing an integral role in preserving the 20th century history of Madison County, Ill.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host approximately 400 local 5-12th grade students at the regional Science and Engineering Research Challenge (SERC) on campus Saturday, March 18. The 33rd annual competition will be held from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Morris University Center on campus.
The event features the finest science, technology, engineering and mathema...
Six student leaders and a staff advisor from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville attended the annual Illinois Residence Hall Association (IRHA) conference held Feb. 17-19 at Eastern Illinois University. The conference engaged and united Illinois students with a weekend of leadership activities.
This year’s IRHA conference theme was “The Places They Will ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Arts & Issues and the SIUE Departments of Chemistry and Physics will present NASA Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison, who will speak about “Exploring the Frontiers of Science and Human Potential.”
Jemison, who became the first woman of color to travel in space, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16 in...
Multiple Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni were among the representatives from more than 220 major companies seeking prospective employees during the Career Development Center’s spring career fairs held Tuesday, Feb. 28-Thursday, March 2.
“I received my job with the Springfield Public School District 186 during an SIUE career fair when I complet...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the University of Illinois (U of I) a three-year $287,690 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant. The award supports the multi-institutional promotion of scientific skills and interdisciplinary research among first generation students in the areas of archaeology and...
The Alestle took home eight awards at the annual Illinois College Press Association Conference (ICPA). The student-driven publication earned two first place awards, placed in five other categories and earned one honorable mention in the competition with 35 Illinois colleges and universities.
The Alestle competed in 17 categories against 12 non-daily student newspapers on ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook today named Denise Cobb, PhD, as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. The selection is pending Board of Trustees approval.
Cobb served as the interim provost since October 2015. Prior to that appointment, she was assistant provost for academic innovation and effectiveness, and then ass...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook, along with SIUE Emeritus English Professor Eugene B. Redmond, participated in the University’s Black Heritage Month closing ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Pembrook reiterated the University’s commitment to diversity and expressed the importance of the contributions of black people at SIU...
A Student Rural Health Careers Forum will be held at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to showcase the many career paths available for in-demand professionals with backgrounds in business, healthcare and information technology.
The SIUE Graduate School, Illinois Rural Health Association (IRHA) and Illinois Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network are hosting th...
SIUE’s Carolina Rocha, PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Science’s Department of Foreign Language and Literature, was featured in a higher education publication for her innovative integration of virtual guest lectures into her curriculum.
The expanded learning opportunity Rocha is offering SIUE students was featured in an article posted Monda...