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The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship (IRIS) Center has announced Ezra Temko, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Sociology, and Candace Hall, EdD, assistant professor in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Educational Leadership...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business and the Illinois Small Business Development Center for the Metro East are excited to partner with Town and Country Bank to provide a free seminar to local small businesses.

The event aims to educate business owners in the Metro East on how Advantage Illinois and Fund for the Advancement of Minority Enterp...

A healthy portion of instruction, strategies and tips on wellbeing and mindful living was served to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) staff members during an in-person, pre-service session and workshop entitled Journey to Wellness on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon. Nutrition and dietetics ex...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, has named Justin Lieberman as the University’s Interim Police Chief, effective September 24, 2022.  

Lieberman is the Department’s Deputy Chief and has a 20-year history with the team, having served as a police officer, detective, patrol sergeant, investigations sergeant, lieut...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) students received global recognition at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2022 Design Competition. The group received the Rising Star Award in the applied engineering challenge, ranking fourth internationally.

Students Genevieve Bourgeois, Daeja Daniels...

SIUEs Jie Ying, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Business’ Department of Economics and Finance, shared expert insight on the best ways to lower car insurance premiums in a recent WalletHub article. Read the article here. 

SIUE’s Student Veterans of America (SVA) organization is committed to ensuring military-connected students are able pursue and achieve their greatest goals. 
 
SVA Student President Payton Bealon shared his experience utilizing resources through SIUE’s Military and Veteran Services in an Edwardsville Intelligencer article posted Wednesday, Aug. 23. Acce...

As part of its ongoing efforts to provide hands-on training for all students, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC), located in University Park at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has launched a job shadowing program for high school students interested in learning about careers in biotechnology.

The Careers in Biotechnology job shadow program will ...

Classes are in full swing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and so are the Cougar Welcome activities for new and returning students.

This week, students have taken part in a back-to-school barbeque, resource fair, kick-off event, and trivia night, among many other activities.  

“My experience has been amazing so far,” said first-year theater ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing (SON) has long been committed to diversity within the school to both enhance learning and produce a more diverse nursing workforce. Pathway programs to recruit and retain underrepresented minority (URM) students have been in place for 35 years.

Through a $97,000 grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Educa...

Two recent Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) graduates Tara Habibi, of Springfield, and Priya Sapra Kullar, of India, have made history as the first to receive a Specialty Certificate in Endodontics from the SIU SDM.

The program, introduced in 2020, offers students an advanced educational curriculum and a clinical residency regimen focused on ...

Consistency, determination and striving to achieve are some of the attributes that make one a serial winner. Such is the story of Cristian Rodrigo Tolava Torrico, a second-year graduate student in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) Department of Civil Engineering.

Tolava has been awarded the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation...

Evan Smith, master of fine arts (MFA) candidate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, was past the age of 20 when he took keen interest in drawings and paintings. But years later, with more training in conceptual art at SIUE, Smith’s recent project, Guise, has attracted the attention of the International Sculpture Center (ISC), which selected him as a recipie...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus is vibrant and filled with Cougar pride, as excitement builds for the launch of the fall 2022 semester.  

First-year students have moved into their residence halls and are taking part in the SIUE Experience, a welcome program that helps students make connections across campus and introduces them to the value...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is welcoming a record number of new international students to campus in fall 2022, with approximately 400 students from over 30 countries. In total, international enrollment includes nearly 850 students.

The Office of Graduate and International Admissions hosted a kick-off event celebrating the students’ arrival and introducin...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomed its first cohort of Community-Oriented Digital Engagement Scholars (CODES) and their families to campus Tuesday, Aug. 16 for a special reception honoring the participants and kicking off the fall 2022 academic year.

The CODES program is an innovative, first of its kind general education program comprising 25 students with s...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was filled with new, smiling faces as first-year students began moving into their residence halls on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Move-in activities for first-year students continue Thursday, Aug. 18, with returning students arriving Friday-Saturday, Aug. 19-20. In total, more than 2,650 students will live in University Housing in fall 20...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is addressing a critical shortage of forensic scientists, advancing criminal justice research, and supporting reform through the launch of the new Southwestern Illinois Justice and Workforce Development Campus at the vacated Lindenwood-Belleville campus, in partnership with the City of Belleville, Illinois State Police, Southwester...

“You are awesome!” “So good to see you!” “This is going to be your year!” These were some of the personalized shouts of welcome and praise that greeted each Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) student who walked down a red carpet on their first day of school, Monday, Aug. 15. 

CHS Dire...

A team of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Museum Studies graduate students will stage an exhibition based on ceramic vessels found in the SIUE University Museum’s collections as a way of drawing attention to the connections between water, humanity and the Earth. The exhibition will be on view in the Fuller Dome Gallery on the SIUE Campus from Friday, July 2...

With the help of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, The Game Yard in Highland is open for business. Seven business partners used their ingenuity and saw the need for fun, engaging entertainment for the local community. In August 2021, they began working with the SBDC and brought their idea ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, has announced the appointment of Derrick Brown as Interim Director of Athletics following the departure of Tim Hall. Brown assumed the senior leadership position, effective Sunday, Aug. 14. 

Brown is the second-longest tenured head coach at SIUE, now entering his 14th season guiding the SIUE Coug...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will name an Interim Director of Athletics following the resignation of Tim Hall. Hall led SIUE’s Division I athletics program since July 2019. He will depart the Midwest to assume the same position at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.

“On behalf of the University, I thank Tim for his service and leadership during ...

The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SDM) fall semester is underway, and to set the tone for a productive and collegial year, students gathered for a welcome event on Tuesday, Aug. 9. 

The SIUE Division of Student Affairs coordinated the event which included a taco lunch, wellness bags with health essentials, and Dairy Queen Blizzards handed ou...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s (SOP) Jingyang Fan, PharmD, assistant dean of academic affairs and clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, has been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Academic Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) for the academic year 2022-23.

Fan is among 35 ...

Completing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s five-week Summer Success Program (SSP) was “a great way to experience college with training wheels on,” said Marleigh Toenyes, of Wood River. 

Toenyes, a graphic design and media production major, was one of 37 incoming SIUE freshmen selected to participate in the SSP from the University’s...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s Ryan Fries, PhD, professor and chair of civil engineering, has received the Patrick T. McCoy Education Professional of the Year award.

The award, presented by the Missouri Valley District Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), recognizes an educator who has made an outstanding contribution to the...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) is introducing two new graduate programs, beginning spring 2023, with a focus on athletics in higher education and athletics leadership to help students stand out in a growing and competitive field.

The fully online programs, which will begin in spring 2023, include:

• Ma...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected the recipients of the 2022 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards. The RGRDS program awards grants of up to $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research and projects initiated and conducted by students of SIUE’s EdD, DNP , and cooperative PhD programs to enhance the...

The educational campus serving East St. Louis for more than 20 years is being renamed in tribute to one of the area’s longest-serving advocates. The East St. Louis Higher Education Campus (ESLHEC) will now be known as the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus in honor of the East St. Louis native and longtime state representative who, for years, worked to bett...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Brett Sheroky is returning to his hometown of Belleville to showcase his musical talents, which have caught the attention of multiple top country music artists.

“I have had artists like Blake Shelton, Granger Smith, Jake Owen, and 2022 American Idol winner Noah Thompson record my songs,” said Sheroky, who mo...

The Academic Advising Professional Development Council at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville created a program that helps connect advisors from different offices, experience levels, and backgrounds across the university to learn from each other. The Advising Buddies program launched in spring 2020 and will be further developed this year.

Claire Teichman, academic adv...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s students experienced hands-on learning on a global expedition to El Salvador. The long-awaited trip, delayed due to COVID-19, was a dream come true for attending faculty and students.

“My first visit to El Salvador and the UGB campuses was in Fall 2018,” said Barbara O’Donnell, EdD, professor in the Schoo...