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He is Republican. She is Democrat. He is white. She is African American. He is from Illinois. She is from Delaware. However, that does not mean the representatives cannot work together for the good of the country. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13^th District) and U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-at-large) ended their bipartisan tour of Davis' district Wednesday, May 29 at th...

Proficient, purposeful and personable are a few adjectives that describe Stephanie Lewis, account executive for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s radio station, WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound. They are also some of the reasons why the Metro Area Professional Organization (MAPO) honored Lewis with the Professional Businesswoman Award. 

MAPO is a non-profit org...

USA Today highlighted the success of the third Ilgaz Energy Symposium held in May and organized by SIUE School of Engineering’s Serdar Celik, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Celik introduced the symposium in May 2017 at the urging of Turkey energy professionals, with a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy poli...

The Village of Godfrey is collaborating with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to host the Social Media and Marketing Tools for Small Business seminar from 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 at Godfrey Village Hall, 6810 Godfrey Rd.

Please register in advance for the free seminar, by visiting il...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Sinan Onal, PhD, has earned national recognition from the most prestigious organization in the industrial engineering field for his work as the SIUE student chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) faculty advisor.

Onal, an assistant professor of industrial engineering...

There will be singing, dancing, drumming and more at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts Enrichment Summer Camp being held Monday, June 3-Friday, July 19. Hollywood is the theme for the enrichment program. 

The summer camp is for students ages 7-17. It will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the East St. Lo...

Students are engrossed in the story, but some of their little faces are pinched as they listen to New Shoes by Lynn Meyer.  

“Oh, we’ll do something different, Ella Mae, she says. We will make a picture for Mr. Johnson. Pencil and paper are over there, gal, Mr. Johnson says to momma,” reads Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Torie...

It’s both the challenges and rewards that go along with conducting research that fuel Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior biological sciences major Colleen Wagner’s drive and passion for biology and the medical sciences.

Wagner has proven her technical abilities and shown incredible potential as an undergraduate researcher in Susanne DiSalvo&#8217...

The offices of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. Offices will re-open Tuesday, May 28, 2019. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s Serdar Celik, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, held the third Ilgaz Energy Symposium on Monday, May 20 at historic Istanbul University in Turkey.

More than 60 energy professionals from academia, public institutes, the private sector, nonprofit entiti...

The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, received a first place with special merit award in the annual honors by the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA).

Former Editor-In-Chief Ryan Bieri and former Sports Editor Hannah Miller were also acknowledged with Outstanding Reporting for the story “University College Republi...

Rita Cook, of Alton, watched Jaris Waide, of Godfrey, grow up and live a robust and active life. 

So when the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna learned of the disabilities Waide suffered because of a severe asthma attack, Cook was eager to help Waide’s non-profit LungSmarter Foundation promote asthma education, and raise money for asthma-related ...

Jo Ann DiMaggio May, director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, received two awards at the Illinois Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth Association (IESBGA) Conference in Champaign held May 15-17 at the Hyatt Place Hotel.

Among seven Illinois SBDC Network Shining Star awards, Di...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) is gearing up for its 2019-20 partnership with the City of Edwardsville.

Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton announced the city’s partnership with the SSCC at the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce Mayors’ Legislative Breakfast in late April. 

SSCC coll...

Since the start of their first year in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP), 82 students comprising the Class of 2020 have been on a collaborative mission to give back. They have been collecting medication bottle caps in order to recycle them and create a lasting gift for the School.

After capping their collection with 1.5 tons of lids, i...

Conversations about race, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, and other human identifiers and qualifiers will be expanding at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 

 SIUE’s second year of Sustained Dialogue (SD) will offer additional educational opportunities, and reach more members of the University community, according to Jessica Ha...

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine’s (SIU SDM) Eric Langenwalter, DMD, MS, is capping a lifetime of service to the SDM as he has announced his retirement in June 2019.

“Dr. Langenwalter has truly given much of himself to our school, for which he has been so devoted these many years,” said SIU SDM Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, MS. “Con...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s online master’s of science in education with a major in instructional technology degree program is ranked 23^rd in the nation and 2^nd in Illinois for affordability, according to leading education research publisher SR Education Group.

The 120 Most Affordable Rankings lists featured on OnlineU.org represent online scho...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville psychology students taught the importance of forgiveness to middle and high school students at the Conversation Toward a Brighter Future conference held April 20 and May 2, and hosted by the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF).

Seniors Ashley Monier, of Troy, and Abigail Haloftis, of Waterloo, led a short l...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Mark Luer, PharmD, FCCP, has been named dean of the School of Pharmacy (SOP). Luer has served as interim dean since July 2018. The appointment is subject to SIU Board of Trustees approval.

“The SIUE School of Pharmacy has continued its outstanding record of accomplishment during Dr. Luer’s service as interim de...

Barb Razer, owner of B&A Respirator Services, LLC has been a client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) since 2017.

SBDC Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May has assisted and provided Razer with referrals for website design, a list of network connections and helped with registering her LLC...

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) emeritus faculty and SIUE alumnus Dr. Dennis “Denny” Savoca will address 58 SDM students receiving their doctor of dental medicine degrees at the SDM’s commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, in the SIUE Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. The commencement ceremony can be ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville University Housing residents moving out this spring semester had the opportunity to donate excess food and goods before leaving campus, making for a lighter car ride home and a more sustainable May closing.

As in previous years, University Housing partnered with USAgain to collect textiles, including clothes and shoes, and with Co...

Research is being conducted everywhere we look, with curiosity and the pursuit of new knowledge offering an endless array of opportunities to generate important information and expand horizons.

One such example is the continuous monitoring of salt concentration in local water bodies in order to study effect on ecosystem, a research project led by Southern Illinois Univers...

The life instructions were clear, concise and motivational – chase your dreams. 

It was the sage advice given by 18-year-old Radricka Kelly-Oden, valedictorian and graduation speaker at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) 2019 commencement ceremony held Friday, May 17 in SIUE’s Morris University Center, M...

Hilary Scott-Ogunrinde, of St. Louis, was one of more than 60 people attending the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Minority Economic Empowerment’s informational meeting on funding opportunities for minority-owned businesses. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Illinois Metro East Small Business Developme...

More than 30 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) students helped the Madison County Employee Wellness Committee meet its May wellness goals by providing important blood pressure screenings and education to 176 Madison County employees.

On Friday, May 3, the students, along with nine faculty pharmacists, visited nine Madison County facilities...

SIUE alumnus David B. Warning has been promoted to executive vice president-chief credit officer for Midwest BankCentre, a locally owned community bank.

Warning earned a bachelor’s in business administration/marketing from the SIUE School of Business in 1982.

Details on his promotion are available on constructforSTL.org, as well as in the St. Louis Business Journal...

The SIUE Honey Bee Association was featured on FOX2 for the sweet work it’s doing outside the classroom. Reporter Patrick Clark highlighted the student organization, led by faculty mentor Jake Williams, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, in a news story that aired Tuesday, May 14.

A room full of creatively shared stories, featured through a variety of mediums, brought a sense of community to those involved in the Conversations Toward a Brighter Future 2.0 program. A Summit featuring the creations of 62 students from eight participating local high schools was held Tuesday, May 7 at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCH).

The National En...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved contracts to provide infrastructure improvements, technological support and recruitment initiatives for the Edwardsville campus during its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus. The board also approved an alternate tuition rate for active military members to enhance their educational opportuni...

 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has joined the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN), a group of hubs across the state that aims to boost Illinois’ economy through entrepreneurship, research and workforce development. IIN now has 15 hubs, including all of Illinois’ public universities, and spans the entire state.

“SIUE is pleased to participa...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s John Savoie, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature within the College of Arts and Sciences, earned first prize for his poem “Dream House” at the 93^rd annual Original Poetry Contest sponsored by the Wednesday Club of St. Louis.

Savoie was among the honorees at an awards ceremony h...

Delving into the questions of what makes us human and the nature of consciousness, coupled with the collaboration involved in the project, made the science-fiction production of “AreUR?” thought-provoking, captivating and enthusiastically received by audiences and cast members alike. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Theater...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) students Casey Ernfelt and Ania Szyfer have been selected for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Nurse Residency Program. The duo was among a group of 300 selected from an applicant pool of 5,000.

“Ania and Casey were both confident and dedicated students, who provided quality care for th...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing alumnus Edgar J. Curtis, FACHE, has been named among six recipients of the Order of Lincoln award from the Office of the Governor. The Order of Lincoln is the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service.

The Lincoln Academy of Illinois will honor the outstanding Illinoisans at its ...

The audience was attentive, questioning and supportive even to tears during the annual senior portfolio presentations of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students. 

Twenty-four graduating seniors shared the highs and lows of their high school careers on Thursday, April 25. Taking note were SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembro...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kamran Shavezipur, PhD, has received the Graduate School’s Concept Commercialization Award for 2019. The award provides $15,000 through May 1, 2020.

An assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering, Shavezipur’s proposal was entitled “Pathogen Transport Modeled Biomimetic Sens...

SIUE School of Engineering alumnus Ryan Freeman will serve as president of PayneCrest Electric, Inc., one of the St. Louis area’s largest electrical contractors.

Freeman earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering with a minor in math studies from SIUE in 2001.

Details on his latest career advancement are available in the Illinois Business Journal.

SIUE’s Honey Bee Association is growing, with more students joining forces to learn about bees and help care for the honey bee colonies on campus.

The student organization, under the faculty advisement of Jake Williams, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, offers students hands-on opportunities that take learning beyond the classroom.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Timothy Minnick has achieved some incredible, high-flying feats in his lifetime, some of which have gained national media attention.

A recent $10,000 win on the CBS reality television show Million Dollar Mile and a 2014 appearance on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior are a couple that stand out.

But, what many probably...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Educational Leadership graduated its seventh and most diverse class as 16 students earned the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership on Friday, May 10. The graduates received their doctoral hoods at a ceremony held earlier that day at the Morris University Center prior to the Graduate School comme...

SIUE alumnus Allen Dorsey Jr. has been hired as chief operations officer of Sivia Law. Dorsey earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in business administration from SIUE in 1988 and 1991, respectively.

Details on Dorsey’s new leadership position are available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.

SIUE’s Dennis Mares, PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ criminal justice program shared his expertise in a Wallethub article on “2019’s Best & Worst States to be a Police Officer.”

View the article here.

The SIUE Cougar Rockets student organization has taken off with great success, completing its first high-powered rocket launch on campus in November 2018.

Edwardsville Intelligencer reporter Scott Marion featured the growing organization in the second of a two-part series of articles on space-related student organizations at SIUE. Read the story here.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook, PhD, conferred degrees upon 2,601 graduates during the spring 2019 commencement exercises Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 at the Vadalabene Center. All ceremonies are available on siue.edu/tv.

Pembrook congratulated the graduates on their hard work, persistence, and focus that propelled them to degree c...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) is creatively connecting with high school students in the region to inspire and share the possibilities within the pharmacy profession with the launch of its new Rxcellence program.

Through the program, current pharmacy students are visiting high school classrooms to engage students with a greater unde...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s exciting present and promising future is due in part to its glorious past. The third annual Golden Graduate Reunion is one way of celebrating those who have helped make the University great. SIUE alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago have been invited to attend this celebration in their honor.

SIUE will welcome back ap...

In the Metro East, where can you find an array of fabulous hats, boundless energy, great fun and a love for supporting community work? The answer is the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Meridian Society’s annual Meridian Derby.

The eighth annual Meridian Derby was held Tuesday, May 7 at Fairmount Park Racetrack’s Top of the Turf in Collinsville. Appro...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) recognized 25 nurse anesthesia doctoral candidates for the hard work they have put into preparing for their clinical training with a White Coat Ceremony held Friday, May 3 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.

The registered nurses from the Midwest region are specializing in the practice of...

Senior English and German double major Robin Cummins hopes to one day inspire budding scholars in the same way her excitement for research surrounding the medieval period has been fostered during her undergraduate studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The Casey native will celebrate the finale of her undergraduate career during the College of Arts and Scie...

 At first sight, the small, demure English teacher could pass for a student herself. However, Bridget Nelson has earned high marks as a teacher with her Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students, because of her commitment and care to them and their education. 

“Ms. Nelson is a stellar example of an excellen...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy student Brentsen Wolf has received a research fellowship for 2019-20 from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Gateway to Research Scholarship Program. Wolf is studying DNA mutations in the tumor cells of breast cancer patients.

According to Wolf, approximately 1 in 8 American women will d...

The SIUE Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) student organization was highlighted in the Edwardsville Intelligencer Friday, May 3 by reporter Scott Marion.

The article is the first in a two-part series Marion is writing on space-related student organizations at SIUE.

It’s not a 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday job. It pulls at the heart-strings, bringing abundant highs and difficult lows. Teaching is a worthy professional calling for those who want to do good, be a support system and develop learners into leaders.

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) is celebr...

SIUE alumna Amy Golley is among the 2019 YWCA of Alton Women of Distinction honorees.

An Alton native, Adams earned a bachelor’s in special education in 2002 from SIUE. She has served the community through her work with a number of organizations, including the Elijah P. Lovejoy committee and the Empowered 2B Me program at Alton High School.

Alton Telegraph writer V...

A little rain couldn’t dampen the excitement surrounding a field trip to Edwardsville’s Watershed Nature Center on Tuesday, April 30. Educators brought samples of the Center’s beautiful landscape indoors to allow 15 young girls from Madison to engage in scientific exploration.

The girls, grades 5-8, are participating in the Urban Gardening program led by...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Woodland Hall resident Abigayle Orndorff has received the 2019-20 James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship. The Flanagan native is a freshman studying nursing.

The James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship is presented annually to an academically motivated student who has a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, and demonstrated civic lea...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville inducted six University Housing residents into the Red Storm Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) on Sunday, April 28.

The NRHH recognizes top leaders who exhibit outstanding leadership and service in University Housing. The six students join more than 150 University Housing residents to have been inducted since ...

Great contributions in leadership and service were celebrated at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2019 Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony. 

A total of 59 students, individuals and groups received accolades during the 29^th annual celebration held Monday, April 29 in Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom. 

“The Kimmel Leadership...

Perhaps it was the silent ‘p’ of psychology that made it seem like a magical area of study and first sparked the educational interest of a young Shanique Brown, jokes the now accomplished industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist and academic.

Brown, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna of the I/O psychology master’s program, turned that...

The St. Louis American Chemistry Society (ACS) Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group and Chromatography Discussion Group hosted a joint regional meeting Thursday, April 25 at the NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Alexander Giachetti, a forensic toxicologist with the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s office, explained how his team utilizes Shimadzu ...

The Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) honored Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) alumna Diana Isaacs, RPh, PharmD as a distinguished Under 40 award recipient for professional achievements and vision in the practice of pharmacy at its 141^st Annual Conference held in mid-April in Columbus.   

Isaacs has advanced diabetes patie...

“Right now, people across the country are ready for a new generation to step up and lead.” Granite City native Zack Nunn is ready to put his words into action.

Nunn will graduate from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Saturday, May 11 with a bachelor’s in political science from the College of Arts and Sciences. He has already added a major l...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Department of Teaching and Learning hosted the state-wide College Instructors of Reading Professionals (CIRP) Early Career Conference on Saturday, April 27.

CIRP members and Early Career Award winners attended the conference that centered on the topic of “Linking Literacy an...

 Life in East St. Louis – as experienced and written by a few students at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School – will soon be on stage. 

“This year, the students decided to write their own scenes about life in East St. Louis,” said Kathryn Bentley, associate professor in the Department of Theate...

Responding to the need and request of a community member and his family, Rebecca Harper, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Learning Resource Library Center (LRC) director, held the instructional and encouraging session, “Tech Apps and Autism.” 

The workshop was held as part of the LRC’s Lunch and Learn series on...

High school students entering grades 9-12 will be inspired to pursue an entrepreneurial future by learning the steps to transform an innovative idea into a successful business venture during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Summer Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA).

Hosted by the SIUE School of business, the SEA will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, ...