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Wishing you and yours a very Happy Holidays from SIUE.

The offices of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will observe winter break beginning Dec. 23 and continue through Jan 2. Offices will re-open Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. 

In the following video message, SIUE Chancellor Randy and Mary Jo Pembrook express their appreciation and gratitude to the SIUE community du...

As part of a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) initiative funded by a $2,593.90 grant from the SIUE Meridian Society, equipment that supports the Highland History Digitization project has been delivered to the city’s Louis Latzer Memorial Library.

Connie Frey Spurlock, SSCC director and associate professor of socio...

With the melodies of the season like “Deck the Halls,” “This Christmas” and “Sleigh Bells,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for the Performing Arts students gave a festive and multi-talented performance during their Holiday Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 16 in the Multipurpose Room in Building D at the East St. Louis High...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continued its fall 2021 commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 18 with three in-person ceremonies at the Vadalabene Center’s First Community Arena. Chancellor Randy Pembrook conferred degrees upon the Class of 2021.

At 9 a.m., undergraduate students from the School of Business and the School of Education, Health and Human ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook will confer degrees upon 1,641 eligible graduates during fall 2021 commencement exercises, which kicked off Friday, Dec. 17 in the Vadalabene Center’s First Community Arena.

Exercises began at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 17 with a walk-through photo opportunity for all graduate and undergraduate students. T...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Inclusive Excellence, Education and Development Hub (The Hub) hosted five special celebrations to honor graduates representing various historically minoritized populations during the week of Dec. 6-10, ahead of the University’s fall 2021 commencement exercises being held Friday-Saturday, Dec. 17-18.

During the daily ...

Graduate students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are working with athletes locally and around the world to support their mental and emotional needs and help them reach their performance goals. The collaboration is a key part of the new Counseling Skills in Sport Psychology course offered in the Department of Applied Health for students pursuing a master&#8217...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students, faculty and staff have been recognized among a select group of colleges and universities from across the country for their efforts to increase voter turnout during the 2020 election. SIUE has earned a silver seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for achieving 60-69% student voter participation, a feat even more ...

Several students erupted in shouts of joy, some smiled from ear to ear, while others had a wide-eyed look of wonder. It seemed like Christmas in the halls of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS). 

Actually, the holiday did come early at the end of school on Tuesday, Dec. 14 when CHS students received gifts, courtesy of SI...

Inspired to help people through some of their most difficult times, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Domonique Dones, of Belleville, chose to pursue a degree in nursing. 

“Nurses have nurturing hearts that help to heal, whether someone is sick physically or emotionally,” Dones said. “The diversity in patients that one can see and the...

Wrapped in gratitude and filled with holiday cheer, members of the Services to Youth Committee of The Gateway Chapter of the Links, Inc., gave away holiday cookie trays and award certificates to each of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) centers. 

“Links members wanted to express their gratefulness to the SIUE Hea...

Attending a new school in a different country is challenging enough, but throw in a pandemic and an abrupt shift to online learning, and you’ve summed up December 2021 graduate Mehakpreet Singh’s first year as a student in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE). 

The electrical engineering major transferred to SIUE in fa...

SIUE’s Jie Ying, PhD, assistant professor of economics and finance in the School of Business, was a featured expert in the WalletHub article, “Best Car Insurance in Illinois.” Ying spoke about state car insurance laws, the pros and cons of choosing national or local, and important things to look for when shopping for car insurance.  

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Being chosen to host an exclusive roundtable discussion focusing on the life and music of Miles Davis was an honor given to WSIE 88.7 “The Sound” by the Miles Davis (Arts) Festival.

WSIE, a non-profit, community-supported radio station based on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, aired the discussion moderated by on-air host Christiann in ...

Dana McLennan exemplifies her belief that “it’s never too late to live your dreams.” The 47-year-old will earn a bachelor’s in mass communications with a journalism concentration during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s fall 2021 commencement ceremonies being held Friday-Saturday, Dec. 17-18.

“I am not your typical college stu...

After spending more than a year completing coursework mostly online or through a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not lost on five undergraduate psychology students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville how fortunate they have been to meet in person this semester. The team of research assistants is engaging in applied learning with the support ...

In recognition of the critical role preceptors play in preparing nurse practitioner students, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) has presented four preceptor excellence awards.

“Preceptors are some of the most important mentors that our family and psychiatric mental health nurse pra...

Robots helping to improve the environment, like removing pollution from oceans, is scientific work that 14-year-old Kaylee Cooper would like to help conduct when she gets older.

Cooper, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program student, is excited to learn about environmental science as part of the Youth-Led Citizen Science N...

The appointment of SIU Edwardsville’s 10^th Chancellor, Dr. James T. Minor, was approved by the SIU Board of Trustees during its regularly scheduled December meeting.

“I’m excited, humbled and extraordinarily honored for the opportunity to serve SIUE and the SIU System,” said Minor. “I am appreciative of the board’s confidence, as well a...

With a mission of “building stronger families through healthy interaction,” Amygdala Co. is a local company helping parents and children navigate difficult situations. 

The company was founded by Lindsey Wold, and has benefitted from the expertise and support of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at S...

The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) is celebrating students in the class of 2022 for achieving a 100% first-time pass rate on the new Integrated National Board Dental Exam (INBDE). This is the second consecutive year for SDM students to attain this achievement.

The integrated examination for dental licensure, first administered in 2020, re...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the fall 2021 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, will support the research and creative activities of 30 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Engineering and Education, Health ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy student Justin Shiau, of Naperville, was on the winning team of the Interprofessional Geriatric Virtual Case Competition this fall. The competition, which was hosted by the Saint Louis University (SLU) Gateway Geriatric Education Center, was open to students from all health-related programs. 

Participants w...

For more than 40 years, Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) CEO Donna Richter has been dedicated to the betterment of the construction industry in Southern Illinois. For this work and her ongoing partnership with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Richter will be honored with the University’s Distinguished Service Award during a Fall 2021 commenceme...

With measured concentration and deliberate moves, fingers poise over piano keys, eyes follow sheet notes and feet keep step to rhythmic beats – all to musical tunes of Christmastime favorites. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for the Performing Arts students will present their free annual holiday performance, which will be a mini presentation, ...

As freshmen in a first-year Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing student meeting, Sydney Allen, of Mascoutah, and Hannah Warfel, of Festus, Mo., noticed each other’s insulin pumps. The students connected over their type 1 diabetes (T1D) once the meeting was over, and now within months of beginning their collegiate journeys, they have launched t...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business alumna Rebekah Tucker, CPA, has been named the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants’ 2021 Outstanding Young Professional. The annual award honors a certified public accountant (CPA) under the age of 35 who is making a difference in the profession and in the community.

Tucker earned a bachelor&#...

One set of adjectives included such words as “respectful, intelligent and trustworthy,” while another set of descriptors contained phrasing like “pay bills, raise their kids and works hard.”  

It was an exercise to draw a picture and list the attributes of both a gentleman and a man, which was done by male students at Southern Illinois Un...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, PhD, has named Judy Liesveld, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, CNE, FAAN, as dean of the School of Nursing after a national search. The SIU Board of Trustees approved the appointment Thursday, Dec. 2 during its regularly scheduled meeting. Liesveld will assume her duties in July 2022....

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department made zero impaired driving arrests during its Thanksgiving enforcement effort.

The department issued two speeding citations and two headlight violation citations.

Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated in the effort to save lives by getting impaired drivers off the roads and more people bu...

At its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Dec. 2, the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees (BOT) approved the appointment of Duane Douglas, DMD, as interim dean of the SIU School of Dental Medicine (SDM).

A national search for the next dean of the SIU SDM is underway. Douglas will serve as the SDM’s senior leader, effective Jan. 1, 2022 through June 30,...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Arts & Issues series will present Opera Edwardsville at Dunham Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 in the Dunham Hall Theater on the Edwardsville campus. Opera Edwardsville is the first local organization invited onto the series, which has wel...