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On the journey to making WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville self-sustaining, its account executive applied for a scholarship to learn how to better position the station. 

Stephanie Lewis will attend the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference (PMDMC) Tuesday-Friday, July 9-12 in Dallas. The conference scholarship is given by...

Courtney Parker, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start mother,

admits to being highly engaged with the learning and schooling of her four girls. However, the Belleville woman was not expecting to advocate for Head Start parents across the state. 

Parker was chosen to participate in the Illinois Head Start Association (ILHS) Parent A...

With a commitment to and background in youth education and mental health, Precious Grimes is working to continue and enhance the quality programming of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s longstanding Project Success program. 

Grimes, Project Success director since January, believes the mission and goals of the program are need...

Among the students, ages 6-17, are first-timers and veterans. However, all enjoy being a part of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) for the Performing Arts’ summer enrichment program.

Hollywood is the theme of this year’s annual summer camp, which began June 3 and will conclude on Friday, July 19 with a performance at 6:30 p...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) Dean Mark Luer, PharmD, has appointed Joseph Schober, PhD, as the SOP’s director of graduate programs. Schober assumes the responsibilities as of July 1, succeeding Bill Neumann, PhD.

Schober is an associate professor in the SOP Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His current SIUE research focuses...

Lakesha Butler, PharmD, clinical professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacy Practice and president of the National Pharmaceutical Association, contributed to and was quoted in the nbcnews.com article, “How black pharmacists are closing the cultural gap in healthcare.”   

Butler ta...

“Ain’t it funny how life changes.” The lyrics of country star Thomas Rhett leave many people considering where they thought they may be someday and where they are now. It’s a fitting jingle for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Lindy Noel, and maybe even a line she’ll use to promote Rhett’s September concert scheduled at t...

Nurses are vital, highly skilled care contributors. But, for those nurses returning to practice after time away from bedside care, the transition can be challenging given the everchanging nature of healthcare.

To combat those challenges and ensure a smooth transition, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) has partnered with SSM Health to of...

An aunt who had a difficult time in childbirth. A grandfather who died after complications with diabetes. A family history of nursing. These are a few reasons that 35 high school students from Illinois and Missouri came to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s annual Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp.

The collaborative camp, held June 17-21, exposed students to...

Transgender voice therapy is a much-needed service, but accessing treatment can be difficult.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s accredited speech-language pathology and audiology program, housed in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, is doing its part to ensure transgender access to care by training its student clinicians to offer assessmen...

Jeremy Hall has taken over the Happy Hop Homebrew & Gourmet in Belleville. He and his wife, Susan, will be rebranding the shop with their own mark: Down the Hall Homebrew, Inc.

The Halls have been working with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) since April 2018. The collaboration beg...

Instead of sitting at home looking for ways to stay busy, a group of high school students from the St. Louis and Metro East areas is engaging in a free, learning opportunity that is building knowledge and offering hands-on research experience during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Environmental Science Summer Research Academy being held June 17-21 on camp...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will join 27 other institutions in the Truth, Racial Healing, Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers Summer Institute June 25-28 in Philadelphia on the Villanova University campus. More than 200 institutions will participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) various summer institutes.

The A...

The NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is now offering an 18-month, accelerated apprenticeship program as part of an effort with the Madison County Employment and Training Department.

The apprenticeship is designed to provide participants with the classroom skills and hands-on experience needed to succeed in a process operations industry, which includes bi...

There was a time when an East St. Louis teenager got off the school bus, he was never seen entering a home. One day, the bus driver followed him, and discovered that the youth and his mother were living inside a car. 

This story and dozens of others prompted Keith Ware, EdD, Southern Illinois University Edwarsdville East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound (UB) EC/...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated a creative community partnership backed by external support by breaking ground today for the new Harry Gallatin SIUE Golf Practice Facility at Sunset Hills Country Club (SHCC) in Edwardsville.

The indoor practice facility and driving range is named in honor of legendary SIUE coach and supporter, the late Harry Gallatin,...

Three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville leaders spent time in China during May strengthening bonds that will enhance diversity at SIUE as its faculty, students and staff continue to shape a changing world.  

SIUE Executive Director of International Affairs Mary Weishaar, PhD, School of Engineering (SOE) Dean Cem Karacal, PhD, and Keqin Gu, PhD, distinguished ...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences is co-sponsoring the St. Louis Regional Women in Geospatial Technology Summit from 12:30-6 p.m., Thursday, June 27 at the T-REX Innovation Conference Center on Washington Ave. in St. Louis.

The half-day conference features the contributions of women, who are creating, using and promoting geospatial...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni Andrew Ahlers and Amina Musa are among 30 rising leaders named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s coveted 30 Under 30 Class of 2019. Honorees were selected from a competitive pool of 300 nominees for their dedication to advancing the local community.

Ahlers, a project manager for S.M. Wilson, earned a bachelor’...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s University Marketing and Communications Department (UMC) has received a CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Circle of Excellence Award for the SIUE Global Impact-Costa Rica extended video.

SIUE received a gold award in the category: video recruitment – long video. The CASE international awards pro...

Use a metal straw. Turn off the water when brushing your teeth. Shop local. These are things that will help make our planet more sustainable, according to Kennedy Profaizer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s intern for the Food to University Internship Network. 

“Sustainability is important, because lives depend on it,” said Profaizer, a s...

SIUE alumna Hannah Lukowski will open Chicken Salad Chick in Edwardsville next week. The grand opening marks the entrepreneur’s latest franchise endeavor, this one sparked by her former SIUE roommate and fellow alumna Ali Rauch.

Lukowski and Rauch both earned a bachelor’s in speech communication from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2008. Details on Lukowsk...

Entrepreneurs and new business startups are invited to compete in the 2019 Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s sixth annual regional business plan competition.

The MESC is organized by the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at SIUE. The purpose of the Challenge is to identify, encou...

A Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) team of three second-year students are celebrating their proud accomplishment of finishing as a finalist in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Research Challenge (CRC). The team offered strong showings through three rounds of competition to land among the final eight teams nationall...

Armed with 20 years of service to veterans with the goal of training them for academic and employment success, James Robbins is working to help advance Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program participants. 

 “Veterans Upward Bound prepares veterans of all eras for postsecondary education, ...

From California to Texas, Georgia to Pennsylvania, and back to Missouri, 12 master’s candidates in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s college student personnel administration (CSPA) program are completing competitive national internships, gaining real-world professional training and elevating their job prospects.

“This year, the college student ...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) hosted U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13^th District) on Monday, June 18.

Davis toured the SON’s facilities in Alumni Hall, watched one of the simulation scenarios in the SON’s simulation lab, and spoke with students and faculty.

“Having the opportunity to showcase our School of Nursing to...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville University Honors Director Eric W. Ruckh, PhD, has named Ian J. Toberman as University Honors Program assistant director. Toberman currently serves as the academic advisor for SIUE honors students, guiding current students on their curricular, career and co-curricular plans.

The University Honors Program offers a small liberal art...

A future in engineering presents boundless opportunities to become an innovative, impactful leader. But, given the robust possibilities, it can be difficult for teens to decide which focus area they may enjoy most.

That’s why Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Summer Camp exposes high school students to the broad array of o...

Do you know a student, age 14-17, who is interested in the environment and research?

Encourage them to participate in a free, engaging learning opportunity this summer during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Environmental Science Summer Research Academy!

Registration is still open for the Summer Research Academy that will be held from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mo...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Greenhouse is a beautiful educational resource that continuously supports the University’s value of excellence and its emphasis on high-quality learning within and beyond the classroom.

Positioned behind the Science West building, the SIUE Greenhouse is filled with plants being groomed for use as a supplement to core c...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted a delegation Friday, June 7 from JSS Science and Technology University located in Mysuru, India. The JSS visitors included Vice Chancellor B.G. Sangameshwara, Engineering and Technology Dean T.N. Nagabhushan and B.S. Harish, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Information Science and Engineering.

SIUE Chancellor R...

Infinite Wellness Integrative Medical Center owner Dr. Ryan Cleland worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to successfully open his newest wellness center on Saturday, June 1 at 220 Evergreen Dr., Suite B in Glen Carbon.

Cleland has been in the medical and health industry for 13 yea...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach has announced its FY20 Faculty Research Fellows.

The competitive fellowship is granted to outstanding faculty with proposals aimed at innovating ways to engage students in STEM and improve undergraduate STEM learning. The FY20 f...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville places strong emphasis on supporting the mental health of its students and the campus community, including through Counseling Services, the University’s interdisciplinary iCARE initiative, Active Minds at SIUE, and by the training of faculty and staff who interact with students daily and educate the region’s future work...

SIUE alumnus Kaleb Johnson has been named chief of the Rochester Police Department. Johnson earned a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Details on his new position are available in The State Journal-Register.

Whether shy and new to theater or a stage veteran, students grades K-12 are encouraged to “Let it Go” and use their creative talents to entertain and inspire during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Cougar Theater Camp being held June 3-14.

This year’s showcase performance of Frozen, Jr. is a student and crowd pleaser! Camp attendance is ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, PhD, has named Robin L. Hughes, PhD, as dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) after a national search. The appointment is subject to SIU Board of Trustees approval, with Hughes slated to assume her ne...

Madison Communications has recognized four area educators through its “Teacher of the Year” program after a record 110 nominees garnered 15,000 online votes during a month-long period.

SIUE alumnus John Masinelli is among the award winners, and has received a pizza party and a $500 contribution to be used toward a student advancement project.

Masinelli is a h...

A Cahokia youth struggled with self-worth as a foster child. Today, the 20-year-old finds himself gainfully employed with a positive self-image and outlook. 

The transformation, in part, is due to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s (ESLC) Building Futures program, according to Director Danette Griffith. 

“Building Futu...

SIUE’s Dunham Hall is abuzz with activity during Cougar Theater Camp being held June 3-14. Participants from grades K-12 are busily preparing for their showcase performances of Frozen, Jr. scheduled for June 14-16.

Edwardsville Intelligencer reporter Scott Marion visited the set of Arendelle, and highlighted the Cougar Theater Camp in a news article posted Saturday,...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Madison County Community and Economic Development (MCCD) co-hosted the Metro East Economic Development Seminar for elected officials on Friday, June 7 on SIUE’s campus.

The goal of the seminar was to support economic development throughout the Metro East. It provided an opportunity for elected officials to come together ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, PhD, has named Elza Ibroscheva, PhD, as associate provost, effective July 1. Ibroscheva’s primary responsibilities in the associate provost role will include academic planning, assessment and accreditation.

Her energetic commitment to the University was developed ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) year three students marked their transition toward becoming pharmacists at the School’s symbolic Pinning Ceremony held Thursday, April 18 in the Morris University Center.

Pins were presented to 82 students signifying their transition to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.

“This next phase ...

East St. Louis native Maracus Scott credits a high school computer teacher for saving his life, by teaching him computing skills that would set him on track for a prosperous future. Inspired by that technical gift, Scott set out for college at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville determined to succeed, despite any challenges.

“He was the first African America...

Two entertaining productions – one a beloved classic and the other a hit musical – will thrill audiences during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2019 Summer Theater Festival, opening Friday, June 21. 

Formerly Summer Showbiz, the Festival’s two plays will span the ages from Elizabethan, with William Shakespeare’s “As You...

Eight Southern Illinois University Edwardsville police officers ran through part of Edwardsville and the campus, but not as part of their patrols. The group ended its three-mile run Monday, June 3 at the University’s Cougar statue on campus as part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run® to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. 

The annual intrastate relay&#...

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) emeritus faculty and SIUE alumnus Dr. Dennis “Denny” Savoca addressed 58 students who received their doctor of dental medicine degrees at the SDM’s commencement ceremony on Sat., June 1, in the SIUE Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. The commencement ceremony is available on siue.ed...

“I planted those yellow flowers, and they’re growing!” five-year-old Leah Sidarous said with excitement.

On Fridays throughout summer, Sidarous and her friends attending the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Early Childhood Center’s (ECC) summer school-age program are helping plant and maintain flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables on the ...

SIUE alumna Ashley Velez has been named executive director of Humility Homes and Services, Inc., which provides housing and support services.

Velez earned a bachelor’s in social work with a minor in psychology in 2008, and a master of public administration in 2012, both from SIUE.

Details on her leadership role are available on qctimes.com.

The Drone Club of SIUE is a new student organization that is quickly attracting interest among students eager to learn about and use the incredible autonomous vehicles.

Reporter Scott Marion with the Edwardsville Intelligencer detailed the Club’s activities and future plans in an article posted Sunday, June 2.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s new Military Tuition Rate offers active duty military, drilling reservists and drilling National Guard, the opportunity to receive a high-quality education at a discounted price.

SIUE’s Military Tuition Rate is equal to the maximum allowable benefit provided by the Department of Defense’s Military Tuition Assis...