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Amid the public and economic health crisis of COVID-19 and harsh realities of racial inequities occurring across the nation, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continues to work toward and promote change that unites people and underscores human value, according to Venessa A. Brown, PhD, associate chancellor and chief diversity officer. 

The University will hos...

Getting needed after-school academic instruction and help for high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging, but Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound (UB) EC/BEM program has approached the task with a multi-faceted approach. 

“Virtual learning has been extremely difficult based on the fact...

Fortune Magazine published two articles as a result of interviewing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jocelyn DeGroot, PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Applied Communication Studies. 

DeGroot, an expert in communicative issues of death and dying, provided background and information for the articles.&#16...

“I am large, I contain multitudes,” wrote Walt Whitman in Song of Myself, one of the many poems found in his renowned Leaves of Grass. Whitman’s multitudes have been studied for generations by scholars nationwide, including Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jason Stacy, PhD.

In his most recent scholarly endeavor, Stacy is joining the Univ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected MaKesha Harris Lee, EdD, as its first director of the new SIUE CORE TEAM (College Readiness: Transition, Engage, Achieve and Mentor) office in enrollment management.

As assistant director for the SIUE Precollegiate Programs two years, Harris Lee led the implementation of precollegiate partnerships with high schools in...

There is a global shortage of cybersecurity professionals, according to the 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Workforce Demand Report, including more than 25,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in Illinois and Missouri alone.

To meet this critical demand, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business has launched a new undergrad...

At least a dozen vehicles lined up near the roundabout on the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus awaiting the beginning of a giveaway on Thursday, Sept. 24 that included school supplies, food items, cleaning materials and midterm progress report cards. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) handed out items to more tha...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) alumnus Cody Sandusky, PharmD, was sworn in as president of the Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA) Saturday, Sept. 26 during a virtual conference.

A Carrier Mills native, Sandusky has worked in the pharmacy industry for eight years with experience as a community pharmacist, consultant and now director...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start students and families began the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 8 with the same mission to provide quality preschool education, and its staff with an intense commitment to provide programming in various platforms and approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 Through Friday, Oct. 2, the Head Sta...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Serdar Celik, PhD, will present “Designing HVAC Systems with Surrounding Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Mind” on Sunday, Sept. 27 during the ZeroBuild Virtual Forum ’20. Celik, professor in the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, is also ...

The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will air its next episode of the podcast, “Blacktivism in the Academy,” on Thursday, Sept. 24. 

Episode three, “CRiT Walkin,” will feature DREAM Collective member J.T. Snipes, PhD, as the host. Snipes will fa...

In these most difficult times, BARBERMURPHY Broker Associate Mike Pierceall continues providing real estate advice to start-ups and existing businesses in his voluntary capacity as a trusted affiliate partner for the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

BARBERMURPHY is the largest commercial rea...

The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has launched the podcast, “Blacktivism in the Academy.” 

The podcast is one by scholar-activists for scholar-activists. Episode 2: Student Activism. PERIOD. discusses the role faculty play in student activism. ...

While Zoom fatigue is real for some during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one digital connection that is eagerly awaited by students and families in the Metro East. The hosts are with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) student organization, which is offering free online tutoring for grades K-12 in all subjects. 

The Lambda Theta C...

SIUE Alumnus William White wants to makes sure that Air National Guard Airmen are mentally and emotionally prepared to serve. 

White is a licensed clinical social worker and director of psychological health in the 116^th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. He has developed a program that addresses mental health issues, and advocates for and supp...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has hired Geoffrey Edwards, EdD, as its new director of retention and student success after a national search chaired by Jessica Harris, PhD, assistant provost for academic equity and inclusive excellence and associate professor of history.

The search committee identified Edwards from a group of more than 40 qualified candidates. ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business has opened registration for its 2020 SIUE Virtual Project Management Symposium. The two-day event is 8 a.m.-noon Friday, Nov. 13 and 20. The annual event focuses on cultivating the art and science of project management. 

SIUE’s Project Management Symposium traditionally provides excellent cont...

In life, circumstances can change in a moment, and all too often those unexpected changes lead to financial challenges.

A recent fire at an off-campus apartment complex in Edwardsville has impacted Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students, including the loss of most of their belongings. The SIUE General Student Emergency Assistance Fund (#7243) is being used to ...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved an alternate tuition program for Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel, who are SIUE undergraduate or graduate students and are eligible for the DoD Tuition Assistance program.  

During spring 2019, the board approved an alternate tuition program for SIUE active duty military students. This ap...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today created of the SIU System Commitment, a system-wide initiative beginning fall 2021 that will cover tuition and mandatory fees for new four-year undergraduate students who have a family income of less than $63,575 and meet basic requirements.

SIU System President Dan Mahony said the program would fill the gap these s...

The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary and growth of its client Arch Equipment Group (AEG) LLC. Owner and President Lisa McQuade has worked with the SBDC and Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May since December 2019 to successfully build a fleet sales and se...

The Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with the Southwestern Illinois Trade and Investment Council (SWITIC) to offer a new virtual roundtable series to businesses located in the Southern Illinois region on the topic of Growing your Business through Exports.

The first roundtable discussion will focus ...

SIUE alumna Stacy Robben, MHA, FSMPS, LEED AP, has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the Boldt Company. Robben joined Boldt in 2018 as vice president of health care business development and has previously held development and marketing positions at firms such as McCarthy Building Cos., Turner Construction Company and HOK. 

Robben grad...

American identity. It’s not one size fits all. This sentiment was part of the conversation during a diversity training workshop for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students, presented on Monday, Sept. 14 by Tabari Coleman, training consultant, director of Professional Development with the Anti-Defamation League and f...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, is focused on listening, learning and asking questions such as, “How can we more effectively serve students?” 

Leonard assumed his role on July 1. He most recently served as professor and chair in the Department of History at Middle Tennessee Stat...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will not require standardized SAT and ACT scores in spring and fall 2021 for incoming freshmen and transfers (with fewer than 30 credit hours) to be considered for admission. In addition, SIUE will consider freshmen for merit scholarships and direct entry admission options based on grade point average (GPA) or a standardized test s...

Each year, the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) provides approximately $50,000 worth of free dental care for children in need during Give Kids a Smile Day.

The SIU SDM is excited to offer its 15^th annual Give Kids a Smile Day on Monday, Oct. 12. Free comprehensive dental care will be provided to qualifying children (those eligible for free ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2009 Alumni Hall of Famer and celebrated artist Edna Patterson-Petty re-introduced her “baby” after completing restoration work on “Monty, The Turtle.” 

Patterson-Petty unveiled her work of art at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus on Friday, Sept. 4. For two months, the artist lovingly and ted...

Excellence has been achieved by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) 2020 cohort. All 29 students reported a first-time pass rate on the two exams they are eligible to complete. That 100% achievement surpasses the approximately 86% national average for both exams, based on 201...

The first of a series of robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies will explore the difference between memorial and monuments, the current public discourse regarding Confederate monuments, and the goals and purposes of monuments and memorialization.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation ...

SIUE’s Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Geography and Environmental Sciences, was interviewed in two ProPublica articles about the erosion of a privately funded border wall in South Texas.

A practicing geomorphologist, Martinez previously studied the impact of the border barriers on her hometown of Eagle Pass, Texas. In the article...

Salutations, acknowledgements and well wishes coupled with inviting and smiling unmasked faces from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville administrators, faculty and staff greeted students during four different Student Welcome Receptions via Zoom Monday-Thursday, Aug. 31-Sept. 3. 

Students who identified as Hispanic/Latinx, LGTBQIA+, Black and Asian, Pacific Isla...

Cone Huggys owner Jeff Hughart has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Business Specialist Marti Wieland since September 2018 to successfully create and launch Ice Cream Caddie, the world’s first ice cream cone to-go container.

Each Ice Cream Caddie contains any me...

As a direct response to the incidents of racist violence and social upheaval of the past several months, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center is hosting a three-part workshop series, “So You Want To Be An Anti-Racist?”

Monthly workshops will be held from 5-7 p.m. via Zoom. Topics include:

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing (SON) record enrollment of 1,877 students highlights SIUE’s fall 2020 enrollment picture. The University’s overall graduate and professional enrollment hits 2,918 students, its highest mark in 43 years.

With its 5% increase from fall 2019, the SON saw record enrollment for the second consecuti...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s DREAM Collective and Anti-Racism Task Force are hosting a webinar, entitled “Re-thinking Diversity & Multicultural Trainings for Professions” from 10:30 a.m.-noon CDT Wednesday, Sept. 16. 

Registration is available at https://siue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z5IqmjpeQnCt48e-BGxXIA. College faculty, admin...

SIUE alumnus and Lewis and Clark Community College Trustee Kevin Rust has joined the Illinois Community College Trustees Association’s Executive Committee as the Southwest Region’s Chair for fiscal year 2021.

Rust earned his bachelor’s in 1974 and master’s in 1978 from the School of Business. Currently, he serves on the SIUE Foundation Board of Dir...

SIUE alumna Jeannine Butler, sixth-grade teacher at St. Jacob Triad Middle School, has been honored with the 2020 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching for her innovative and compassionate approach to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The award is presented by Illinois nonprofit Golden Apple to honor outstanding teachers for their roles in having l...

The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host the webinar, “Why Whiteness is a Problem,” featuring Zak Foste, PhD, assistant professor of Higher Education at the University of Kansas, and Lauren Irwin, PhD student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program a...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Tim Jacks, PhD, has co-authored a new book entitled The World IT Project: Global Issues in Information Technology. Officially released by World Scientific Publishing in May 2020, the book focuses on understanding the key IT issues facing firms within their surrounding contexts as critical for the firm, government and t...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program is proud to announce their annual student award winners. Awardees are nominated by their peers annually for outstanding leadership and service inside and outside of the classroom, then considered by CSPA faculty through a rigorous and competitive selection process.

The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois, Busey Bank (the sponsor) and additional partners will host the virtual conference, “Immigrants in Our Midst,” from 8 a.m.-noon on Friday, Oct. 2. The conference’s focus will be on how to bet...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s online five-week Summer Success Program (SSP) was confirmation for Belleville East High School graduate Treyvoyn Perkins that the University was the right fit for him. Perkins highlighted some of the program’s positive attributes during SSP’s virtual closing ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 30. 

“I learned t...

As the Beet Box traveled to local communities and food deserts this summer, it not only made available healthy, delicious veggies, but also learning kits that inspired youth, primarily students in middle and early high school, to become environmental health investigators and citizen scientists.

Through a partnership with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STE...

The SIUE community is mourning the loss of colleague Kevin Martin, of Edwardsville, who died Sunday, Aug. 30 at his residence. He was 61.

A Toledo, Ohio native, Martin was Director of Special Projects and Internal Operations in the Department of Athletics. He joined the University Foundation in August 2000 and was the Director of Foundation Operations before shifting to a...

Three years ago as a fresh-faced freshman, Jason Pappas took part in the Tour Ambassadors program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Now, SIUE’s 2020 Student Employee of the Year is the Executive Board Tour Ambassador in the Office of Admissions, where he has worked for 2½ years. 

Pappas’s accomplishments as a student worker were highlight...

There’s a new spot on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus for students, faculty and staff to grab a quick caffeine boost or sweet treat! Lovejoy Library is now home to a Starbucks Cart.

A ribbon was cut on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to mark the official opening of the Starbucks Library Cart, which offers a core menu assortment, and is located in the South...

SIUE’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor and graduate program director in the School of Business’s Department of Economics and Finance, offered his insights on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on stock markets and advice for individual investors in a WalletHub article published Thursday, Aug. 27.

Demirer is featured in the section titled “Ask the Experts:...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville political science professor, Andrew Theising, PhD, spoke about the importance of viewing political debates during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Because of the absence of door-to-door political canvassing, the need for televised and recorded debates are needed more than ever to fill in the gaps, according to Theising.&#1...

The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has welcomed Visiting Research Fellow Brad Smith.

Funded by the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, the nine-month Fellowship Program is intended to provide training and hands-on experience to prepare the next generation of engineers and scientists for work in mid-to high-...

As COVID-19 has prevented many traditional, face-to-face summer camp activities from taking place, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s STEM Center got creative with the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois to offer young girls an engaging virtual STEM camp from July 13-17.

“It is important to help girls explore STEM concepts in small, single-gendered gro...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. SIUE joins a select group of 33 institutions that have earned the distinction for seven consecutive years.

As a recipient of the annual HEED Awa...

It’s not their first time coming to college or receiving college instruction. Still, college students transferring to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville benefit from instructions tailor-made for them. That’s why SIUE’s Kelly Atkins, assistant director for transition services, created Transfer Talk Tuesdays for college students transferring to SIUE....