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Along the Rio Grande located at the United States-Mexico border sits Eagle Pass, Tx, hometown of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Adriana Martinez, PhD. Martinez, an associate professor in geography and environmental sciences, has spent years researching the impact of border security, and most recently, the effectiveness of large buoys installed on th...

If the state of Illinois raises a newly designed flag in the year 2025, the decision and design concept will be a product of the work of the Illinois Flag Commission, which has Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Tandra Taylor, PhD, as one its 22 appointed members. 

Taylor is an assistant professor in the Department of History and SIUE’s interim d...

Here are more scenes from 2023 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Fall Commencement. Congratulations, Graduates! Here comes 2024!

PHOTO:  A photo collection of graduates, faculty and Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, from 2023 SIUE Fall Commencement. Photos by Howard Ash.

The following is an article by SIUE student Winter Racine, second-year mass communications student in the College of Arts of Sciences (CAS), and a Senator for Students with Disabilities 
 
Area high school students got a taste of college life through outreach experiences coordinated by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville English faculty during the fall semest...

Members of the East St. Louis Fire Department (ESLFD) Local 23 were excited to respond to a particular call on Tuesday, Dec.19. That is because they delivered bags of wrapped presents to students in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Project Success program.  

Project Success held its second annual Holiday Wishes party in...

It wasn’t the North Pole. It wasn’t the night before Christmas. And they weren’t Santa’s helpers. But that didn’t keep “elves” from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) from stuffing holiday swag bags and distributing them to their students. 

CHS faculty and staff worked dilig...

Practiced feet, hands and voices came together in a rhythmic, melodious and joyful presentation on Thursday, Dec. 14 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St Louis Center for Performing Arts’ (ESLCPA) annual Holiday Celebration. 

ESLCPA students, ages 7-17, performed to a rapt and appreciative audience of family and friends in the Multipurpose R...

 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, conferred degrees upon 1593 eligible graduates during fall 2023 commencement exercises, held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15-16 in the First Community Arena at the Vadalabene Center. Student speakers took the spotlight. Their reflections and the work of their standout classmates exemplified the re...

Dean Saulius E. Drukteinis, DMD, MS, PhD, of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) recently announced the new members of their leadership team with expanded roles and duties:  Christa Hopp, DMD, associate dean for Academic Affairs, Duane Douglas, DMD, associate dean for Institutional Effectiveness and Faculty Affairs and Morgan ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomed David Goodwin as the new chief of the SIUE Police Department. Chief Goodwin began his service Friday, December 15.

Prior to his appointment, Chief Goodwin spent more than 25 years in campus law enforcement at Washington University in St. Louis. There he rose through the ranks of the Washington University Police Department t...

Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) students earned national recognition by placing in the top 10 in the ASHP Clinical Skills Competition as part of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting held from December 3-7 in Anaheim, CA. The last time SIUE SOP had representation in the top 10 was in 2016 wh...

First-year nursing student Lauren Monke from Litchfield, IL is the recipient of the fall 2023 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Staff Senate scholarship. 

“We are always excited to award deserving students with the means of furthering their education at SIUE,” said Angela White, Staff Senate secretary.  “The ...

On the night of Sunday, Dec 10 students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville gathered in the Morris University Center Court for Late Night Breakfast. Good food, good times, peppered with prizes, helped fuel SIUE diners studying for finals week. Wishing you much success, Cougars! 

PHOTOS:  SIUE Students and Staff gather for Late Night Breakfast in MUC Cou...

The Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted five special celebrations to recognize graduates representing diverse populations during the week of Dec. 4-8, ahead of the University’s fall 2023 commencement exercises being held Friday-Saturday, Dec. 15-16. 

Students were honored during the following special observanc...

For the second year in a row, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) will host more than a dozen robots and their teen creators, families and spectators for a qualifying meet. Free to the public, the Southern Illinois Robotics League will take over the SOE atrium adhering to strict rules in size and safety to bring loads of ingenuity and...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville congratulates its newest Distinguished Research Professor, Jason Stacy, PhD, a professor of history and social science pedagogy in the College of Arts and Sciences. The promotion to Distinguished Research Professor of History comes on the heels of being a co-director on a $250,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. ...

Sara Colvin is the new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and CEO of the SIUE Foundation. Colvin replaces Seth Walker, former vice chancellor for advancement and CEO of the SIUE Foundation, who recently stepped down to accept a new role in his home state of Georgia. Colvin, who previously worked on major gift c...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS) Angel Tree Campaign was showcased on KMOV-TV Channel 4’s newscast on Sunday, Dec. 3.  

In the segment, CHS Director Gina Jeffries, EdD, explained that the school’s 10-year-old Angel Tree Campaign was created to support scholars in need and to give a gift t...

With more than 200 students and chaperones from 13 school districts in attendance, the 2023 Future Teachers Conference at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville received high marks from area high school students visiting the SIUE campus. This free conference held Nov. 3 in the Meridian Ballroom of Morris University Center (MUC) offered workshops, keynote presentations...