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During its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus, the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved contracts to provide trash and recycling removal services for the Edwardsville, Alton and East St. Louis campuses along with the SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Centers. The board also revised a contract for the School of Dental Medicine&#8217...

KMOX Reporter Megan Lynch spoke with SIUE’s Miriam Roccia, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, and Jessica Harris, PhD, interim assistant provost, about adjustments the University has made for the benefit of students amid the pandemic. While the future is unknown, the two shared that planning is underway for the fall semester. 

The full segme...

For many aspiring educators, student teaching offers an important test of their abilities and is an exciting step that further solidifies their passion. It’s their opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in a classroom filled with eager learners, with the safe oversight of experienced cooperating teachers.

But, with schools across the country moving to an online l...

SIUE School of Nursing alumnae and former SIUE Women’s Soccer teammates Lindsey Fencel and Caroline Hoefert are registered nurses practicing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Both completed a bachelor’s in nursing in 2018. The Alton Telegraph detailed their current experiences and future plans in an article posted Wednesday, April 29. View the article...

Research findings of SIUE’s Chaya Gopalan, PhD, indicate that excess weight may cause mental fatigue. Gopalan is an associate professor in the Departments of Applied Health and Primary Care and Health Systems.

Her research endeavor was highlighting in an article posted Thursday, April 30 on Hindustantimes.com.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering industrial engineering seniors Brittany Booten, Stephen Holdenried and Jacob Muenchau have been selected to participate in the virtual global finals of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)/Rockwell Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition. 

Booten, of St. Louis, Holdenried, of Edw...

“We’re all in this together.” The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing’s (SON) Student Nurses Association (SNA) is proving that to be true, as they host a flash store to help raise funds for their fellow students undergoing hardship due to COVID-19 through the SIUE Student Emergency Assistance Fund.

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From what he wears, precautions he takes before entering the hospital, and how he interacts with medical teams and patients to his educational responsibilities and safety measures upon returning home, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s (SOP) Jared Sheley, PharmD, has changed his daily practices in every way.

A Clinical Assistant Professor...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will present an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Larry Heitz at the fall 2020 commencement exercises in December. Heitz will be acknowledged during the spring 2020 virtual commencement on Saturday, May 9.

Heitz is SIUE’s first student to graduate with a master’s in business administration from the School of Busines...

Among the major challenges educators across the country are facing are the inability to connect with students face-to-face and transitioning hands-on learning assignments to fit the virtual classroom.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni Marie Gipson and Benjamin Scamihorn are among the numerous educators creatively adjusting their communication and teaching t...

SIUE’s Musonda Kapatamoyo, PhD, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mass Communications, has partnered to create Madison Curbside, an online app that connects users with businesses offering curbside pick-up services during Illinois’ Stay-at-Home order.

Now available for use, the app features multiple Edwardsville locations and a few in Alton. It...

With SIUE’s cancelation of study abroad activities until at least Aug. 15 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty like Sorin Nastasia, PhD, director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ International Studies program, have had to get especially creative for their students.

Nastasia has developed a virtual study abroad option for his students who cannot de...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Director of Athletics Tim Hall is dealing with an unprecedented situation as he leads the department through the COVID-19 pandemic. Unique conditions are requiring creative adjustments to be implemented across the board from training, recruitment, academic support and more.

As the Cougars deal with the challenges of caring for the...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) has donated 50 protective face shields to the SIUE Police Department and has plans to provide the critical personal protection equipment (PPE) to Anderson Hospital next week.

SOE Lab Manager Jagath Gunasekara, PhD, and Brent Vaughn, lab specialist and lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering,...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Susanne DiSalvo, PhD, has been honored with the Graduate School’s 2020-21 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award for her outstanding research contributions and exemplary dedication to educating student researchers.

DiSalvo is an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of Biolo...

In 1970, the first Earth Day was organized by a college student. Fifty years later, in recognition of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) is highlighting its Earth Edwardsville research project. 

“The project is a collaborative effort with the City of Edwardsville to mea...

Kevin Leonard, PhD, has been selected as the new dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Leonard will assume the role effective July 1, 2020 contingent upon SIU Board of Trustees approval.

Leonard brings nearly a decade’s worth of administrative experience in strategic planning, the recruitment, hiring, mentoring and...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Zhi-Qing (Z.Q.) Lin, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Departments of Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences, has achieved the University’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor.

Lin is an environmental ecologist with special research interest in phytoremediat...

Onlineu.org has ranked the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing’s (SON) Master of Science in Nursing - Healthcare and Nursing Administration program 11^th among its 2020 Most Affordable Colleges. See the entire list at onlineu.org/most-affordable-colleges/nursing.

Optimal published its 2020 Best Value Colleges rankings on Guide to Online School...

SIUE School of Nursing Dean Laura Bernaix, PhD, RN, and senior nursing student Emilie Olmstead, shared their perspective on what graduating nurses will face upon entering the workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The two noted the training, preparation and coping mechanisms that will be put into action as graduates join nursing colleagues on the front lines.

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“We came to work for you. Please stay home for us.” A recurring national headline, this plea from healthcare professionals reverberates across the country as the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic remains in full force. Among those courageously serving on the front lines are countless Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni.

The rapid spread of the ...

Governor J.B. Pritzker has appointed SIUE alumnus Robert Maguire to serve a four-year term on the Illinois Arts Council.

Maguire earned a bachelor’s in art and design from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 1971. Details on his appointment were posted Friday, April 17 in The Telegraph.

Their dark appeal, undisputable talents, blazing notoriety and even miscarriages of justice, have inspired the creativity of numerous writers and artists throughout the years. These “bad” men are the subject of the new book penned by Howard Rambsy II, PhD, professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of English Language and Literature.&...

When Edwardsville Public Library Director Jill Schardt wanted to respond to a growing need of patrons and area residents, she turned to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Social Work for help. 

The result was securing SIUE alumna and graduate student Brejani Owens as the library’s first social worker. Owens, whose internship began Frida...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is introducing an Intensive English Program (IEP) beginning the fall 2020 semester. IEP is a pre-university English language program designed for international students to complete in one or two semesters before starting their degree coursework.

“SIUE’s IEP is a wonderful resource for international students who would f...

When called into action, members of the National Guard and Reserves can always be relied on to offer help and support in a variety of ways. Units across Illinois have been deployed to assist as essential workers combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to have 157 students who are active members of the National Guard and Reserves...

SIUE alumnus Corey S. Bradford Sr., PhD, will serve as Harris-Stowe State University’s 20^th president, effective Monday, May 4. 

Bradford earned his bachelor’s in math studies/statistics and his master’s in mathematics from SIUE in 1993 and ‘95, respectively. 

Bradford has worked in higher education for more than 26 years and returns to ...

As Stay-at-Home orders and social distancing recommendations are the new, temporary normal, connecting with friends, mentors and other acquaintances is challenging.

Knowing the importance of having those exchanges, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office for Accessible Campus Community and Equitable Student Support (ACCESS) is hosting daily “Virtual Liv...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, international travel and the trade marketplace have been hugely impacted with in-person trade missions appearing “unlikely for the foreseeable future.”

Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at SIUE Director Silvia Torres Bowman shared her plans for virtual exchanges to ensure continued assistance to Southwestern Illinois ma...

Rising recycling and waste management costs have the Madison County Planning and Development Department seeking resident input to determine how to effectively use county resources and ensure a better environmental future. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Omasan Ayonronmi, an environmental science management graduate student, is collaborating with th...

SIUE alumnus Patrick Hill has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Allsup, a nationwide provider of disability representation and return to work services.

Hall earned a bachelor’s in accountancy from the SIUE School of Business in 1999. Details on his promotion are available at TrueHelp.com.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Retention and Student Success is helping keep students on track to graduate by offering its Student Academic Success Sessions (SASS) online, which is one of several options to fulfill the Health Experience requirement for general education. 

“For more than five years, SASS has been offered in person. H...

With a ceremonial “bite” from a trackhoe, the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SDM) began construction Monday, April 13 on the site that will house its new Advanced Care Clinic (ACC) on the Alton campus. Drone footage captured the launch of demolition, making way for the $11.5M facility, which has an anticipated completion of June 2021....

A slew of event cancellations caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have left children and adults alike disappointed for a variety of reasons. Thankfully, not all previously scheduled events have had to cancel altogether. Instead, many event organizers are creatively using technology to move online.

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for STEM Research,...

Parents, teachers and students locally and across the nation are trying their best to juggle the new normal of e-learning and completing school at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School Director Gina Jeffries, EdD, reminds everyone to practice empathy, find structure, take a pause and redirect as they work through associated challenges.

In an ongoing effort to build, solidify and improve collegial and community relationships, an honest look at the past is needed, according to Bryan Jack, PhD, associate professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Historical Studies. Jack led the effort of SIUE becoming one of the newest schools, and the first in Illinois, to join the Univer...

“Life has changed in dramatic and unforeseen ways. As a result, perceptions, sensations, feelings, thoughts, behaviors and interactions outside of the norm are to be expected. High doses of grace are needed as we think about ourselves and those with whom we are in personal and professional contact.”

 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Director of C...

When Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Ben Greenfield, PhD, learned that residents of nearby Centreville were living with raw sewage in their yards, he knew he needed to help.

       The infrastructure of the town’s sewer system is in disrepair, causing raw sewage and floo...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON)’s mission is to educate and develop care providers and leaders who will meet the health challenges of a diverse and complex world.

That mission rings abundantly true as nurses and other healthcare professionals bravely work on the front lines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, offering skille...

It wasn’t a pajama party, and they weren’t up all night, but that didn’t stop supporters from hosting a virtual session during the annual St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn (UTD) event to help raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. 

Students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville joined other college and university cam...

The educational experience looks a bit different these days, as current and prospective teachers transition to online learning environments amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

For Southern Illinois University Edwardsville seniors currently completing their student teaching requirements, the ability to adapt, support and overcome may be their biggest lessons learned this semester....

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing (SON) has managed the WE CARE Clinic in East St. Louis for more than 20 years, with the mission of providing comprehensive evidence-based primary care services to people in the Metro East area.  

Longtime clinic contributor Jerrica Ampadu, PhD, RN, CCP, has been named the Clinic’s new dire...

SIUE alumna Anne Moseley has been named director of engagement and curator for the University of Illinois Springfield’s new Sangamon Experience and acting director for the Center for Lincoln Studies, pending official board of trustees approval.

Moseley earned a bachelor’s in history from SIUE in 2009.

Learn more about her professional advancement in The State...

Applying one of the country’s oldest rights to the ever-changing nature of speech, expression and community is a topic of discussion during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Mass Communications’ celebration of First Amendment Week, Monday-Friday, April 6-10.

The first of two live Facebook events, #AppreciateThe1st, was held Monday...

With aspirations to work in clinical psychology, specifically neuropsychology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Josie Wright, of Collinsville, has been competitively selected to participate in the prestigious Summer Program on Neurological Diseases and Aging at Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for Public Health.

“I am excited to ha...

“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” This portion of a Fred Rogers famous quote is as true now as always. Such helpers are making a dramatic positive impact as people join together, virtually or at appropriate distances, to get through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Early Childho...

Bringing awareness to the issue of violence against women, men and children is critical, and so is allowing the message to be expressed creatively. The Clothesline Project does both as participants convey their emotions by decorating t-shirts. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Counseling Services held its annual Clothesline Project online on Wednesda...

In acknowledgement of his proven record and continued promise of making significant research contributions to his field of study, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jon Klingensmith, PhD, has been recognized with the Graduate School’s 2020-21 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award.

Klingensmith is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering&#...

What started out as trepidation for some social work students over the absence of classroom aides and structure, has resulted in those very students filling in the gaps and broadening their learning experience after their courses were transferred online via Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Stay-at-Home” order. 

Ariel Jones, PhD, assistant professor in...

SIUE School of Pharmacy alumni Harry Zollars, PharmD ’13, and Catherine Zollars, PharmD ’15, shared their perspective from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic on CBS This Morning.

The story aired Tuesday, March 31. View it in full here.

Managing your emotions is not child’s play, but Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start is working to make the task simple enough for children to understand and apply, thanks to a $78,000 Violence Prevention grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority. 

The SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program and Children’s Home &...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marketing and Communications Department received four awards in the 2019 Collegiate Advertising Awards (CAA) competition.

The CAA program is an elite national program created to honor today’s most talented marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing and promotion specifi...