Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor in the School of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance, is the inaugural recipient of the Lawrence B. Heitz Faculty Research Award.
SIUE’s first MBA graduate Lawrence B. Heitz established the award to recognize an SIUE School of Business faculty member for excellence in rese...
The December issue of Small Business Monthly features International Trade Center at SIUE Director Silvia Torres Bowman among its “People to Know in Southwest Illinois.”
Torres Bowman is highlighted for her efforts to assist small and medium-sized businesses in capitalizing on global opportunities and expanding their footprints.
Increased clientele and the popularity of handmade gifts have led a pair of entrepreneurs to expand their quilting business.
Located in Columbia, Warm N Cozy Quilting is owned by mother-daughter pair, Debbie Chitty and Danielle Cyvas. Their recently expanded shop located on 816 South Main Street #2 now allows them to offer more fabrics, classes, additional services like s...
A seventh-grade science project is credited for sparking Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering senior Yelana Moton’s interest in engineering. That spark ignited a strong passion for the industry, and started Moton on an academic journey from which she hasn’t wavered.
Her final steps toward completing her bachelor’s in constructi...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) has appointed Ricki Loar, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, as the new director of the WE CARE Clinic at the SIUE East St. Louis Higher Education Campus. Loar assumes her new responsibilities on Monday, Dec. 3, bringing 34 years of comprehensive experience in the healthcare industry to the clinic.
SIUE alumnus and Hall of Famer Jon Wagner will be part of the 2019 class of inductees into the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame. Wagner is the longtime head coach of Edwardsville High School Wrestling.
He earned a bachelor’s in physical education in 1990 and a master’s in education administration in 2005, both from SIUE.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association has named Sarah VanSlette, PhD, as the 48th recipient of the Great Teacher Award. A seven-year faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences, VanSlette is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies (ACS) and currently serves as the ACS graduate program director.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has formalized a Sino-American Dual Degree Program with Changshu Institute of Technology (CIT) in Changshu, China. An SIUE delegation visited CIT in early November to meet and welcome 25 CIT students to the SIUE School of Engineering’s Mechatronics and Robotics program in January 2020.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville tops in Illinois and among the Top 30 universities nationally in green power usage.
The EPA’s Green Power Partnership program has named the Top 30 colleges and universities in the U.S., representing the largest green power users among higher education institutions wit...
With a smile so big you can barely see his eyes, three-year-old Princeton captures the heart and attention of anyone who has the pleasure of meeting him. If you’re lucky, you may hear a story or two from the imaginative preschooler who loves fire-breathing dragons, counting, kiwis, oranges and more.
Princeton’s personality and educational development are flour...
In the spirit of the holiday, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) continued its tradition of turkey, thankfulness and togetherness during its fifth annual Thanksgiving Day Meal Celebration.
SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook was one of the featured turkey carvers during the luncheon held Tuesday, Nov. 20 in the Multipurpose...
UReCA: The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity has published “Research in Contemporary Painting,” a series of visual art pieces by Sutton Allen, of Highland, a junior in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences. This year’s journal was officially released d...
A fair that covers the ABC’s of college is a valuable tool and Monday, Nov. 19 was the first time the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS), in partnership with the Greater East St. Louis Community Fund (GESLCF), offered the opportunity for its students.
More than 100 CHS students, from grades 9-12, participated in ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Austin Tuttle, of Sherman, was recognized during the Lincoln Academy of Illinois’ 43rd Annual Student Laureate Convocation on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Old State Capitol in Springfield. The annual event honors one senior from each of the state’s four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities for their excell...
Kei’lah Brown-McGee, of Belleville, has wanted to help, love and educate young children for some time, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s (ESLC) Workforce Development Program has helped place her in the front of the class.
“The ESLC’s Childcare Training Program helped me achieve one of my goals in an astonis...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Solar Car Team has donated one of its cars to Berea College (BC) in Kentucky.
“The American Solar Challenge has a rule that you can use the main chassis of the solar car three times, which means competing in three different annual events,” said Andy Lozowski, PhD, professor and c...
Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SIUE SON) faculty and one student were honored at the March of Dimes’ seventh annual Nurse of the Year Awards Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel.
The March of Dimes presented awards across 20 disciplines to nurses who exemplify an extraordinary level of patient care, compassio...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Morris University Center (MUC) marketing team won three first place graphics awards at the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Region V annual conference held Nov. 8-11 at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
The ACUI Region V conference brought approximately 250 professionals, graduate and undergraduate students...
Faculty, staff and students at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) demonstrated their appreciation for the sacrifice and service of the nation’s veterans by providing free dental care at the inaugural Veteran’s Care Day on Thursday, Nov. 15.
“I jumped on this opportunity,” said Jason York, of Macomb, who served in...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program is recognizing the excellent work of faculty mentors and students through four awards.
The URCA program encourages, supports and enables students to participate in research and creative activities at the undergraduate level. URCA associates work one-on-one with ...
SIUE alumna Jessica Mefford-Miller has been named executive director of Metro Transit. In this role, she will oversee all Metro Transit operations, including MetroLink, MetroBus and Metro Call-A-Ride.
Mefford-Miller earned a bachelor’s in geography, with a minor in art, from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Original music composed by SIUE alumna Amy Jo Sawyer, of O’Fallon, was performed at a World Accordion Event in Kaunas, Lithuania in September.
Sawyer earned a bachelor’s in music theory and composition with a minor in jazz performances from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 1988. She completed a master’s in music performances from SIUE in 1989.
SIUE Athletics is Illinois’ top public institution in graduating student-athletes and tied for 11th nationally, according to a report released Wednesday by the NCAA.
Five SIUE programs earned a perfect score of 100 percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures. The men’s golf and women’s basketball, softball, tennis, and volleyball teams al...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus and surrounding community members and honored guests celebrated R. Buckminster Fuller’s remarkable legacy in the region on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 9-10 during “Bucky Weekend.”
Two generations of the visionary inventor’s family attended an opening reception for the Center for Spirituality and Sustainabi...
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 29th season with “Clara’s Journey” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 in the Dunham Hall Theater.
“Clara’s Journey,” a dance based on Tchaikovsky’s “Th...
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has renewed its $1.23 million grant with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC). The continued funding will support ERTC operational costs, drinking water and wastewater operator certification exam programs, and other ERTC projects.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering is hosting its first SIUE Energy Symposium at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the Morris University Center’s Mississippi-Illinois Room. The day will focus upon energy topics, and awareness of alternative and clean energy sources.
“Our goal is to create an annual fall event and be...
PinMe Organics owner Maracus Scott started his PinMe Organics mushroom business as a hobby just a few short months ago. It grew rapidly and now has a promising future with help from the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville.
Scott works at SIUE in Information Technology Services. Capitalizing o...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Belinda Carstens-Wickham, PhD, professor of German in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, attended the 2018 Notre Dame Berlin Seminar. The nine-day seminar was held in July at the Berlin Literature House, one of Germany’s most distinguished centers for contemporary l...
The international phenomenon that is Esports has found a home at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Campus Recreation and growth on campus is a certainty.
According to a report from Newzoo, a market analytics company, 380 million people worldwide will watch Esports this year, including 165 million Esports enthusiasts (frequent viewers as oppos...
Maria Anna Nannerl Mozart was a musical genius equal to her younger brother, Amadeus Mozart, but her name has remained virtually unknown. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Arts & Issues series will bring her story center stage when it presents “The Other Mozart” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 at Dunham Hall Theater.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Macey Brown, of Pekin, has achieved an honor not many undergraduates can boast. Brown earned Best Undergraduate Research Poster Award from the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) during their Nov. 3-4 national conference in Miami.
Brown is double majoring in art and psychology. Thanks to SIUE’s unique Undergrad...
The sky’s the limit for a new student organization at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville! On Thursday, Nov. 8, the Cougar Rockets successfully launched their first high-powered rocket on SIUE’s campus near Korte Stadium.
The organization, launched in fall 2018, is dedicated to designing, building and flying rockets. With high speeds, dazzling altitudes,...
FOX2 News featured SIUE’s state-of-the-art Motion Capture and Analysis Laboratory, located in the School of Engineering Building, on Thursday, Nov. 9. View the report here.
Students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering are celebrating strong first and third place finishes in the 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Saint Louis Section Black Box competition held Saturday, Nov. 3 at SIUE.
The competition included students from Saint Louis University and Missouri S&T. SIUE junior compu...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville research assistants from Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive of Madison County, Illinois, visited Collinsville Middle School on Monday, Nov. 5 to introduce eighth graders to the skills of conducting oral history interviews.
In preparation for Collinsville Middle School’s Veterans Day activities, t...
A broad smile replaced a tentative look after a second-grader at Eastwood Elementary School in East Alton learned how to multiply for the first time. Her teacher, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville junior Ashley Scottoriva, could not help but to let her own face erupt into a big grin.
Approximately 60 SIUE elementary education teacher candidates completed the...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) has been awarded a four-year grant worth $2.6 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in support of its WE CARE Clinic.
The WE CARE Clinic provides primary patient care on the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus. The grant will support the training of undergraduate baccal...
The field of computer science is a rapidly growing field with a projected employment growth rate of 19 percent by 2026, but males greatly outnumber females in the industry.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) aims to inspire more females to pursue computer science by sparking the interest of middle and high school students through int...
The Princeton Review has named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business as one of the best in the country for on-campus MBA for the 13th-consecutive year. The education services company features the School in the 2019 edition of its book, “The Best 252 Business Schools.”
“The gratifying aspect of this ranking is recognition fr...
Local companies are finding increased success in global markets thanks, in part, to funding and support made possible by their partnership with the International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The ITC at SIUE is one of the State of Illinois’ nine international trade centers which offer complimentary services to all Illinois business...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men’s and women’s soccer and basketball student-athletes are sporting new gear this season. Under their jerseys during games, and at practice and training sessions, a heart rate monitor and GPS tracker are calculating their every move for the betterment of their play and health.
Two teams each comprising three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville computer science students, made the School of Engineering proud during the local Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) by earning first and third places out of 13 teams on Saturday, Nov. 3.
The championship team comprised seniors Zach Ander...
When it comes to figuring out the process and perfect location to open the first record store in Edwardsville in decades, look no further than Trusty Chords Record Shop. The music store hopes to draw crowds at its grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 1514 Troy Rd., Suite C at 11 a.m. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m.
Behind this musical venture are owners Colin And...
Nine Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SIUE SON) faculty are among the finalists for the March of Dimes’ seventh annual Nurse of the Year Award. The event is Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel.
The March of Dimes will present awards across 20 disciplines to nurses who exemplify an extraordinary level of patient ca...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is now home to the first publicly-accessible comprehensive motion capture and analysis system (MOCAL) to serve Southwestern Illinois and the Eastern Missouri area.
The state-of-the-art laboratory, located in the SIUE School of Engineering Building, is increasing research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students...
Nearly 75 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy students lived their commitment to improving the health and well-being of the region by cleaning up and beautifying senior citizens’ yards across Edwardsville and Glen Carbon on Saturdays, Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3.
The SIUE SOP’s Chris Lynch, PharmD, professor of pharmacy practice and directo...
The impressive abilities of superheroes don’t have to be warp speed, x-ray vision or shapeshifting. Instead, super powers can be kindness, acceptance and other personal qualities. That’s what Kloey of Universe City aims to prove to young girls.
The colorful lead character of the newly published book Marvelous and Kind Kloey is the creation of Southern Illino...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus David Jay Johnson made a career for himself in sports broadcasting by being the voice of the Triple Crown for ABC sports for 25 years and at racetracks from coast to coast for more than 45 years.
However, Johnson’s passion is the arts, and making an indelible mark in that area was his good friend Michael Newton...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School encouraged the pursuit of discovery and creativity at its annual Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Faculty and representatives from each of the graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Nursing; Business; Pharmacy; Engineering; and Education, Health and Human Behavior met with prospecti...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) hosted its second Biennial Alumni and Friends Celebration, “Honoring the Past – Empowering the Future Through Global Outreach,” on Saturday, Oct. 27 in the James S. McDonnell (JSM) Planetarium in St. Louis’s Forest Park.
Approximately 200 alumni, faculty, clinical partners and...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s fifth annual Metro East Startup Challenge (MESC), a regional business plan competition for entrepreneurs and startups, announced its three winners today at the Doubletree Hotel in Collinsville with Waterloo-based VAST Produce earning the $10,000 grand prize.
Beastman Tea, LLC, founded by Bradford Eastman, won the $6,000 se...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering hosted a three-day training seminar and workshop Oct. 23-25 focusing on Electrical Resistivity Imaging with the SuperSting Electrical Resistivity Imaging system. After SIUE students participated in the first two days, more than 15 attendees from various companies, the Missouri Departments of Transportatio...
Adorable children in pajamas from Discovery Center for Little Scholars Early Head Start/Head Start paraded through the corridors of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) to have their bags filled with candy and snacks on Wednesday, Oct. 31 during their annual Pajama Party Parade Fall Festival.
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) will provide FREE dental care to veterans on Thursday, Nov. 15 during its inaugural Veteran’s Care Day.
Appointments are required, and may be scheduled by contacting the SIU SDM’s Valerie Donahue at 618-474-7200.
SIU SDM third- and fourth-year dental students, under the supervision of dental...