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As the second week of the fall 2020 semester gets underway at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, students, faculty and staff are reflecting on a what has been a different, yet successful transition back to campus and into the new normal of academic and student affairs.

“We hope this momentum continues, as the first week went smoothly and our students were ab...

In one small way to combat a more than “400-year-pandemic” of institutionalized racism in the U.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) Dean Robin Hughes, PhD, is working in a deliberate and calculated way to make her University better, stronger and more equitable by hiring a group of faculty member...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Morris Taylor, PhD, as its vice chancellor for administration (VCA) following a national search. Pending approval by the SIU Board of Trustees, Taylor officially assumes his new responsibilities on Thursday, Oct. 1.

The VCA is responsible for support functions of the University, including planning and budgeting, human...

A resume brimming with long, consistent and committed work involving advocacy for equity and social justice on behalf of working families in the region earned Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Louis Damani Jones a spot on the Catholic Charities of St. Louis board of directors. 

Jones, who graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in social wor...

A crucial part of a graduate student’s collegiate journey includes participating in opportunities that enhance academic development and career preparedness.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville exercise and sport psychology graduate students are benefitting from such an opportunity at the national level. Alyssa Lowe, of Mt. Zion, and Kimberly Ferner, of Wayne...

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine has received a full accreditation report from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), which completed its site visit to the Alton campus in November 2019.

“Full accreditation with no reporting requirements is the best possible report,” said SDM Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, who noted that the School has b...

The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has added Aimee Dillenberger as its new public policy and business development specialist.

Dillenberger, of Waterloo, earned a master’s in business administration last month from the University of Mississippi, where she also earned a bachelor’s of public p...

With banners flying, horns honking and joyful shouts of greetings and well wishes, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students were welcomed to campus during a Reverse Parade held Sunday, Aug. 23 on the eve before fall classes.

Nearly 35 vehicles filled with SIUE administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members lined up for the creative greeting. The ...

“What are you?” “Where did you come from?” “You don’t look Black.” These are a sample of some of the irritating, ignorant, and in some cases, racist questions and statements that biracial and multi-racial people endure.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s (SEHHB) Dismant...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” was penned in “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” and signed in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention held in...

A dozen Southwestern Illinois-based entrepreneurs and their innovative business concepts have been selected to move into the second round of the 7th annual Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC) business plan competition.

More than 25 entrepreneurs expressed interest in the regional competiti...

Former Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, PhD, and his wife, Jo, have donated $100,000 to establish the Glenn and Jo Poshard Scholarship Endowment for the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB).  

Scholarship awards will be dedicated to community college transfer students majoring in education or teaching with demonstrated fina...

“Keep your head in the game.” It’s a common sports phrase that points to the importance of mental focus in competition.

As many athletics organizations had to limit or place in-person training on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club (SLSG) used the opportunity to strengthen players’ mental training. This summ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Bryan Robinson has envisioned himself appearing in a feature role on the television series, “24,” where he’s working under duress to help save the world from an impending enemy, using only his technology skills to do it!

The computer engineering major’s imagination and drive are fueled by his inte...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is once again collaborating with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine to offer free healthcare and education to Chinese speaking patients. 

SNPhA students helped provide services at the free Chinese Clinic that opened Saturday, Aug. 15 and wil...

As students return to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus, they may run into the University’s new furry friend! Marshall the K9 has joined the SIUE Police force, dually trained as an emotional support dog and as an Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) dog. 

The 1.5-year-old, black English Labrador Retriever makes SIUE the first University in ...

As local school districts adjust schedules and suspend certain instructional areas due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Suzuki Strings Program is ensuring developing string musicians can pursue their training and fulfill their love for music by offering a new String Bridge program.

The String Bridge program wil...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville experienced a 2% increase in 2020 summer enrollment over 2019 and reached its highest level since 2017 with 6,165 total students. As a result of the enrollment surge, credit hours taken increased 3.5%, and full-time equivalency enrollment was up 7%.

Of those summer 2020 students, 5,765 (94%) utilized distance-learning, eclipsing t...

With everything going on right now, scrambling to learn about a new campus and its resources shouldn’t be one of them, according to Gretchen Fricke, director of Student Services in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB). 

Fricke and the SEHHB advising team organized the first SEHHB Transfer Stude...

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine’s (SIU SDM) Lexi Nash is the recipient of a $6,000 scholarship from the Illinois State Dental Society (ISDS) Foundation. Nash, of Lebanon, is one of three students statewide to receive the monetary award as they embark on their final year toward completion of a doctorate of dental medicine (DMD).

Applicants we...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus was vibrant and upbeat as residents began their return to campus during the first of five Move-In Days being held Tuesday-Saturday, Aug. 18-22.

During the five-day period, nearly 2,000 residents will move in to the University’s four residence halls and the Cougar Village apartments.

“Welcome to SIUE!&...

When Linda Crawford walked down the halls of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) on Monday, Aug. 17, she had a good feeling about the school. And that was before she received a Chromebook, a bookbag of classroom supplies, a box of food and school shirts for her niece, Kimbra, a CHS freshman. 

 “I could feel th...

Developing future campus leaders who will inspire next generation students through inclusivity and care, is a critically important task that educators like Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Pietro Sasso, PhD, do not take lightly.

Sasso excels in that mission as assistant professor and immediate past director of the University’s College Student Pers...

They are the enormous, illustrious and hugely talented shoes of the legendary Madame Katherine Dunham and the late great Theo H. Jamison, that Homer Simmons now finds himself stepping into. But Simmons is doing so with reverence, excitement and eagerness. 

Simmons is the new director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Performing Ar...

This is an interesting and challenging time for educating students, but teachers and parents have no other choice than to make virtual learning work, was the motivational edict from Principal Baruti Kafele, award-winning educator and best-selling author. 

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) hosted a Zoom webinar on W...

Sweet Cravings, LLC, which provides a variety of homemade fresh quality ice cream, gourmet popcorn, and other sweets to satisfy sweet cravings, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 706 Lincoln Highway in Fairview Heights.

Owner Vickie Fair has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois Uni...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering Associate Dean and Professor Chris Gordon, PhD, has dedicated his professional life to the construction industry, with special emphasis being placed on the development of future industry leaders through quality education.

Among his latest contributions to ensuring student success and industry advancement is...

Backed by a National Science Foundation research grant, SIUE’s Carol Colaninno, PhD, research assistant professor in the Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach, in collaboration with a nationwide team of experts, is studying ways to reduce sexual harassment and assault at archeological field schools. 

Science Magazine detailed the need for...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected nine recipients for 2020 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards. The RGRDS program awards small grants worth $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research endeavors and creatives activities initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE education doctorate (EdD) programs,...

Women can share a host of experiences – marriage, parenting, work/life balance, service in the armed forces. But it’s the latter that brings its own set of challenges and accomplishments, and leaves some women veterans needing special services and/or wanting to close ranks among themselves. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Veterans Upward Bound ...

SIUE alumna Susan Converse, BS '92, MEd '01, has been named principal of Woodland Elementary School's in Edwardsville. According to The Intelligencer, she was a special education teacher at Edwardsville High School with about 20 years’ experience and founder of the Tiger Den. She was also named 2019 Illinois Teacher of the Year.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marketing and Communications (UMC) has received two University & College Designers Association (UCDA) awards.

The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work by communication professionals to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational or higher education), and supports the exchange ...

The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to support its client, Profile by Sanford, in the opening of a new location at 146 Junction Drive West in Glen Carbon.

Owner Kevin Hill announced, “We’re extremely excited to bring this new weight loss and health coaching program to ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Mary Ettling as the director of the Office of Online Services and Education Outreach following a national search. After serving as the interim director since 2017 and at the conclusion of a search, Ettling assumed her new responsibilities on May 26, 2020.

Ettling and her staff work to provide community programs and&#1...

At long last, Jennifer Pendergraft, is able to pick back up her educational pursuits because of a Folds of Honor scholarship. The wife and mother paused her schooling to care for her husband, who was wounded in the Marines.  

Pendergraft is now enrolled at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she is majoring in English and minoring in rhetoric and wr...

In light of the drastic changes and fluidity of circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Admissions is giving students more time to contemplate their educational plans and consider enrolling at SIUE in the fall. 

Admission and scholarship deadlines for fall 2020 have been extended through Wednesday, ...

The pursuit of higher education and journey toward achieving personal and professional aspirations of three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students is being supported and amplified by SIUE’s University Staff Senate. The Staff Senate awarded summer scholarships to seniors Grace McBride and Avalyn Mosby, and sophomore Samantha Segrist. 

“By award...

Offices and departments at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are preparing to connect with students this fall semester by offering videos of their services online. 

The 2020 Cougar Welcome Resource Fair will be virtual this year, according to Alexa Bueltel, coordinator of Campus Life in SIUE’s Kimmel Student Involvement Center (KSIC). The deadline for S...

Beth Schwarz and her family have opened a Tropical Sno at 2134 S. Morrison Ave. in Caseyville. Schwarz has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Director Jo Ann Di Maggio May since early June to successfully plan and start the business, which officially opened Thursday, July 2...

Online learning and alternative credentials such as digital badges are increasingly in the spotlight, as higher education administrators and learners seek a path forward during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Mary Ettling, director of Online and Education Outreach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, joined a global panel to discuss the University’s innovative...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar Village resident Hayleigh Lutz, of Decatur, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020-21 James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship. 

The James R. Anderson scholarship is awarded annually to an academically motivated student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, who has demonstrated civic leadership in community service and Uni...

The DREAM Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hosting a webinar, entitled “Who’s on First? Student Athletes, Social Justice, Safety and Health” from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Aug. 4. 

Registration is available at https://siue.zoom.us/webinar
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College athletes, administrators, presiden...

“There are two public health crises going on in this country—COVID-19 and racial injustices.” This is the viewpoint of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s (SOP) Lakesha Butler, PharmD, a national leader in conversations related to the growing relationship between the pandemic and the racial divide.

As president of the N...