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One encounter with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Rachel Tennial, PhD, is all it takes to become motivated by her brightness. An assistant professor of psychology, Tennial is an “SIUE Difference Maker” who brings an ethic of care to her teaching.

“Leading with care and concern for students as humans and individuals is one of the most...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theater and Dance, Black Theater Workshop (BTW), Black Studies Program, and Arts & Issues series presented three productions of the NU-World Contemporary Danse Theatre’s “From Jimmy, To America: An Ode to James Baldwin” Feb. 11-13 in SIUE&...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced a new Professional Leadership Strategies Post-Baccalaureate Certificate within the Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis (PAPA), which can be completed online in less than one year.

The certificate is designed to prepare administrators to become better leaders re...

“Within the Black community, mental health is seen as a weakness. There are so many barriers that keep the community from wanting to seek this help. Everyone’s mental health matters. We deserve to feel mentally happy and whole inside.”

These words from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior public health major Jordan Washington pinpoint one of ...

February generally marks the finale of football season across the country. And, while the Super Bowl stands out as the pinnacle event, additional championship games for players of all ages highlight growth, commitment and hard-earned success.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Sarah Ortiz, coordinator of intramural sports and special events in Campus Recrea...

As the global community awaits the shift to the next phase of telecommunications technology, countries around the world are making significant efforts for its swift deployment to match this expectation. However, standard essential patents (SEPs) have emerged as a key issue given the need for interoperability of 5G devices across networks and countries.

To provide more ins...

A leading scholar studying racism and racial violence in the Midwest will examine anti-Black violence in southern Illinois during the next Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Sankofa Lecture and Dialogue Series presentation.

The ongoing series features robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies, and is organized through ...

The pandemic has taken a marked toll on all individuals, presenting a variety of challenges as it has engendered salient adjustments in personal lives, learning environments and workplaces. Realizing and sharing in these challenges, numerous Southern Illinois University Edwardsville faculty, staff and students have gone above and beyond to support each other.

In response ...

As international enrollment soars to a record high at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Offices of International Admissions and International Affairs are leading efforts to welcome and help those individuals build community so they can reach their full potential. 

In spring 2022, SIUE’s international student population grew to 684, up from 345 in s...

SIUE Athletics will close out Black History Month with a special screening of The Loyola Project. The Loyola Project is an independently produced documentary film by O'Malley Creadon Productions.

The film celebrates the 1963 NCAA basketball champion Loyola Chicago. The Ramblers won the NCAA title while featuring four Black players in the starting lineup.

SIUE is one of a...

The history of East St. Louis and surrounding communities unearths times of adventure and innovation, success and prosperity, struggle and pain, and violence and racism. 

Bob Gill, East St. Louis Historical Society member, presented a history of East St. Louis entitled, “City of Challenges, City of Champions” on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the Southern Illinois U...

SIUE Sophia Wilson, PhD, associate professor of political science, shared her personal connections and professional expertise in a report that aired Wednesday, Feb. 24 on KSDK TV on the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. View the story here.

Wilson also lent her insights for an article written by Scott Marion and posted Thursday, Feb. 25 in the Edwardsville Intelli...

The Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program (SICAP) of the Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) has donated $500,000 to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Engineering (SOE), funding the first professorship in the School’s history. 

The SICAP Endowed Construction Management Professorship will be used to provide ...

SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ professor emerita and pianist Ruth Slenczynska signed landmark record deal in January 2022, after celebrating her 97^th birthday. She is the last surviving pupil of composer-pianist Sergei Rachmaninov.

Slenczynska’s album, My Life in Music, explores the music of Chopin, a composer who had a heavy influence ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Online Services and Educational Outreach (OSEO) has won a 2022 International Award in Lifelong Learning for Best Brochure by the Learning Resources Network (LERN), the largest continuing education association in the world.

The award was only one of 17 given at LERN’s annual conference this year, attended by...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Amardeep Kaur, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) St. Louis section.

IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technol...

SIUE’s Ariel Belasen, PhD, professor in the School of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance, was featured in a February WalletHub article where he provided expert insights on auto insurance premium disparities related to age and gender.

View the article here.

In finding one’s purpose and developing one’s full potential it’s the human element of life that often fosters the greatest progress toward a desired outcome. People matter. Kindness matters. At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, students, faculty and staff matter.

“I want students to know that it’s okay to feel overwhelmed and vuln...

America for many Blacks is experienced and seen as systematically biased and racist towards them. America for many whites is realized as a place of privilege and power. These were recurring points made and expounded upon during the panel discussion, “Black America, White America (A Conversation about Present-day American Segregation),” hosted by the Southern Il...

Revealing and enlightening facts of ancient African history were compared to the sometimes twisted, racist depiction of Blacks in America’s past during the program, “Black History 365,” at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Learning Resource Center (LRC). 

Norman Ross, retired executive director of the Greater East St. Loui...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Criminal Justice Studies will host its annual Criminal Justice Career Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 in the Morris University Center’s Goshen Lounge.

“The Department of Criminal Justice Studies is excited to hold the career fair in person this year,&#822...

From working as a housekeeper in a hospital to becoming a hospital executive, and from volunteering at nonprofit organizations to serving as chief executive officer of TMG Leadership, Tracey Gooch, shared her ideas for making a positive impact in leadership as a featured guest at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS)...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business accounting and business programs have received an extension on their accreditation by AACSB International (AACSB). AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of excellence in business education and has been earned by only 5% of the world’s business schools. 

SIUE is among 189 institutions...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s Cougar Baja team achieved 7th place at this year’s Blizzard Baja hosted Saturday, Feb. 5 at Michigan Technology University.

The president of the SIUE Baja team, senior Samuel Churchill, of Ottawa, together with teammates Matthew Buchholz (treasurer), Curtis Lake, and Nathan Buss (secretary) comp...

“The Star-Spangled Banner,” performed Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar’s Men’s basketball game, had a special ring to it thanks to the SIUE East St. Louis Center for Performing Arts chimes choir, led by Mary Jo Pembrook, PhD, piano and chimes instructor. 

The chimes choir, joined by SIUE students Joshua...

Money. Bills. Benjamins. Everybody wants it, but not everyone knows how to cultivate it. Olympic legend and gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee presented a check and congratulations on Thursday, Feb. 10 to the seventh graduating class of the financial literacy course, made possible in part by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start program....

SIUE School of Nursing (SON) faculty research was cited in the National Geographic article, “How pandemic isolation is affecting young kids' developing minds.” Researchers Valerie Griffin, DNP, assistant clinical professor, Annie Imboden, DNP, assistant professor, and Bernadette Sobczak, DNP, clinical assistant professor, conducted a recent study on the impact ...

With dedicated passion for developing children both emotionally and intellectually and for supporting parents and caregivers, the SIUE Early Childhood Center (ECC) has been recognized by the Illinois Head Start Association Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development with a $2,000 grant for its Parent Cafés. 

Parent Café workshops provide a safe s...

The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) recently welcomed two new Visiting Research Fellows: Blas Quiroga III and Krystin Polhemus.

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 enginee...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of Admissions celebrated National School Counseling Week (February 7-11, 2022) by sending posters to a variety of regional schools and their counselors. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) annually sponsors the event each February to highlight the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping stude...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor of finance in the School of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance, has joined a prestigious group of tenured faculty members, achieving the University’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor. 

The distinction is awarded in recognition of significant ...

With the sustained support of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, full-time braider and entrepreneur Kacie Ross has expanded her business, Kross Beauty, LLC.

Originally known as the “618 Braider,” Ross has years of applied experience and training. She was raised doing the hair of others and began ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing charge to effectively service students, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has focused on student coaching to meet changing and growing needs. 

SIUE coaches shared their expertise as well as gained insights during the national “The Connecting Conference,” held virtually from Wednesday-Thursday, Fe...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is introducing three new concurrent degree programs to provide students with greater opportunities for learning and career advancement in the health sciences while saving time and money.

The new concurrent degree programs, which will begin in fall 2022, include:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Science in Pharmaceutica...

The tunes were raw and gritty, smooth and haunting, and sometimes charged and electrifying. The lyrics that leapt out were of hate and love, humanity and inhumanity and struggle and freedom. 

Jazz music co-starred with civil rights historical facts during the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Black Heritage Month’s (BHM) opening ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesd...

Black ancestors of a brutal and bloodied past hoped for a tomorrow that would yield justice and equity. Today is that future many longed for and is also the soil in which current descendants can pay it forward by seeding things that will produce a future ripe with healing.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville held its 39^th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celeb...

Each semester, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program recognizes outstanding faculty mentors and student researchers through four awards.

The URCA program encourages, supports and enables undergraduate students of all disciplines to participate in research and creative activities under faculty ment...

For the sake of some distinguishing factors like slave practices affecting African American lineage tracing, efforts towards researching their genealogy have been faced with challenging situations. An upcoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Sankofa Lecture and Dialogue Series presentation will examine the uniqueness of genealogy research and accompanying...

SIUE’s Jie Ying, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance in the School of Business, contributed to an article on Moneygeek.com offering insights on how insurance companies calculate auto rates. Ying also clarified the difference between online quotes and estimates from the insurance companies. Read his thoughts here.

SIUE alumni Julia Deien and Jason Gotway have been promoted to Principal and Director + Technology at Anders CPAs + Advisors.

Deien and Gotway each achieved a bachelor’s in computer management and information systems (CMIS) from the School of Business in 2006. Deien also sits on the Advisory Board for SIUE’s CMIS Department.

Anders shared details on Deien and...

SIUE’s STEM Resource Center (SRC) is supporting teaching and learning on-campus and in the community with a wide variety of STEM-related educational materials available for rental and lending to students, educators and community members.

The Edwardsville Intelligencer shared details on the unique resource, including the types of materials available, in this article ...