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For the parents, family, and especially the students, the thrill, the clapping and the adulation did not wane or grow weary until the last accolade was announced. The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound Scholars Academy (UBSA) at Collinsville High School (CHS) held its annual Awards Ceremony Thursday, April 25 at the CHS Auditorium. 

Awards were gi...

The Delta Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority recently contributed diapers, training pants and diaper wipes to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) program. 

The chapter members are alumnae of East St. Louis. The sorority sisters gave 13 cases of diapers, eight cases of training pants and two cases of diaper...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) has reached a new milestone by matching 93% of graduates into residency programs during the formal match process. SIUE’s 2024 cohort has attained the number one match rate in the state of Illinois and 21st in the nation with this ranking. Two students received residency offers outside the match,...

Juneau Associates, Inc., P.C. donated $25,000 to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Surveying and Geomatics. The contribution was part of SIUE’s annual “One Day, One SIUE” fundraiser event. 

A link to the RiverBender.com article mention may be found here. 

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Representatives from Juneau Associates, Inc., P.C. b...

The second place winner in the 2023 Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC) is Toast & Table, a retail kitchen supply store and educational cooking space. The women-owned business, founded by Stacy Fangmeyer and Amanda Krause in 2022, will host a grand ope...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Emeriti Faculty Association recognized the 2024 Emeritus College Award recipients at their annual Spring Reception on Wednesday, April 24 in Birger Hall.

Totaling $7700 in awarded grants, tenure and tenure-tracked faculty proposals were reviewed and selected by the Emeriti Awards Committee. This year’s committee wa...

Professors with real-world experiences, who are “hands-on” with their teaching, are the primary reason that senior Sarah McDaniel decided to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 

“Anytime I’ve had questions or needed help, my professors have gone above and beyond,” said McDaniel. “Whether that means doing Zoom calls la...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the spring 2024 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, support the research and creative activities of 39 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences and Schools of Pharmacy, Engineering and Education, Hea...

A Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) faculty member and alumnus has participated in the development of a new over the counter treatment for cold sores, minor cuts, minor burns, and insect bites.

Alan Wickenhauser, DMD, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Dentistry and SIU SDM class of '98, is a member of the team re...

“Water-Energy Nexus” is the theme of the upcoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ‪‪Water and Energy Symposium. The event will take place on April 23 from 1-4 p.m. in the Legacy Room at Morris University Center.

“The challenges and uncertainties in availability of water and energy can only be overcome with an initial ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior TJ Baker was named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year, SIUE Head Coach Derrick Brown was named Coach of the Year and Brady Kaufmann, Luke Ludwig and Brent Reintjes all earned All-OVC honors as announced Sunday at the league's annual postseason banquet.

Kaufmann and Ludwig joined Baker on the First Team. Reintje...

Hundreds of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus community members, alumni, corporate partners and donors witnessed tonight’s annual ONE DAY, ONE SIUE fundraiser exceed its $1.3 million goal.

“We established a very ambitious goal. Can you imagine $1.3 million dollars in one day? We have completely exceeded and crushed that goal to th...

On the afternoon of April 15 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus, parking lot 8, a Mass Casualty Simulation took place.

As part of the Care of Populations course, the community health students in collaboration with the mental health students and Mass Communication Department joined Edwardsville Fire/EMS, Air Evac Helicopter and other emergency response v...

The open, inviting wooden floor, the beckoning hand rails and the watchful, supportive eyes of instruction. Jay’Kayla Winford knows them especially well. As a six-year-old, she started dancing in the studios of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts (ESLCPA). 

Nineteen years later, Winford is teaching ESLCPA ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is extending an open invitation to Fontbonne University of St. Louis students, offering a vibrant community, diverse educational opportunities, and a seamless continuation of their degree path for degree completion. 

Detailed information is available at the University’s Transferring to SIUE webpage.   

Specif...

On February 1, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville appointed Mary Zabriskie, JD, as director and Mindy Kinnaman, EdD, as assistant director of the Equal Opportunity, Access, and Title IX Coordination office.

Zabriskie comes to role after more than 15 years of leading diverse teams, at multiple institutions, locally and nationwide, on the collaborative development an...

In a recent survey on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, nine percent of SIUE students admitted to the inability to afford a meal, which meant not eating for an entire day. The 2023 Basic Student Needs Survey with nearly 2400 respondents provided the data that affirmed the expansion of SIUE’s nonprofit food pantry known as the Cougar Cup...

On April 11, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business awarded 165 students more than $366,000 in scholarships. Janice Joplin, PhD, interim dean of the SIUE School of Business, noted student awardees were chosen from more than 1,000 applicants, and the amount of financial support given to students hit a record.

“This is a special event for the S...

The Southern Illinois University System Board of Trustees and the Student Advisory Committee for the SIU System (SACSS) are honoring some outstanding students with the 2024 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award. Eight students from our SIU campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville and Springfield were recently honored at the SIU board meeting that was held in Carbondal...

The American Association of Geographers (AAG) held its 2024 elections and winning one of two open seats on the six-member National Council is Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences (GIS), and in the Department of Environmental Sciences.

In her role o...

On March 18, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted a regional workshop sponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). The Department is in the process of updating the state of Illinois five-year economic plan and requested assistance from the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) and its member institutions, such as SIUE.&#1...

The Southern Illinois University System (SIU) is not increasing undergraduate tuition rates at its Edwardsville and Carbondale campuses in the 2024-2025 school year. The SIU Board of Trustees voted to freeze undergraduate tuition rates at its meeting today in Carbondale.

SIU offers some of the lowest undergraduate tuition rates among state public universities in Illinoi...

It was a time of networking and fostering community while parents participated in an activity that benefited both their kids and their wallets. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) co-hosted its first Children’s Clothing Swap on Tuesday, April 9 at its facility on campus. 

Visit this video link to learn more about ECC...

Two of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s leaders and practitioners of inclusiveness were honored for their longtime efforts, in light of the work of Southern Illinois University (SIU) System’s architect of antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI) at the SIU School of Medicine. 

Venessa A. Brown, PhD, and Kathryn Bentley, MFA, each rece...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will honor the legacy of pioneering architect Louis Sullivan on the centennial anniversary of his passing with a two-day event. On Thursday, April 11 from 5-7 p.m. at the Noise Box Gallery in Art & Design East, The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Lovejoy Library will host an opening reception to kick off festivities. F...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Learning Resource Center (LRC) was cited in the Belleville News-Democrat as helping to coordinate a 2024 solar eclipse viewing. 

A link to the Belleville-News newspaper mention may be found here. 

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L-R: Three CHS students take in a pre-show of the solar eclipse: Anaya Jackson, T’Niyah Black an...

A community effort, led by Edwardsville High School junior Landon Dykes-Sadowski, brought in more than 300 items for the Cougar Cupboard program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dykes-Sadowski worked with SIUE Police Department Sgt. Dave Baybordi and K9 Marshall to help combat food insecurity for SIUE students, faculty, and staff.

Read more about how their ...

Scenes from Stratton Quad viewing party on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus. The crowd witnessed a partial solar eclipse with 99.07% percent obstruction of the sun at 2:01 p.m. 

Photos by Howard Ash 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) held its 2024 Research Day, featuring a keynote speaker from the National Institutes of Health and the annual student table clinic competition. This year’s student winner presented a Retrospective Study to Evaluate Survival of Single Versus Multi-Unit Implant-Supported Prostheses....

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School will announce the spring 2024 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) in mid-April. In anticipation of this announcement, SIUE is putting the spotlight on the outstanding students from the fall 2023 cohort.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, support the research and creative activities of 20 graduate...

With the unofficial theme song of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” blaring from speakers and enjoying cooler temperatures under a darkened sky, more than 100 people raised their shaded faces to the sky to view the area’s 2024 total solar eclipse. 

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center and Southwestern Illin...

 
On April 4, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Engineering (SOE) held its 18th annual SOE Awards Reception. The more than 100 award winners included scholarship recipients, donors and student organizations. There were more than 250 in attendance.

“Today's celebration is not only a recognition of the achievements of the i...

SIUE shortstop Paige Rocha has been named the Ohio Valley Conference softball Player of the Week.

Rocha, who had her nation's best hitting streak halted at 29 games Saturday, hit .600 for the week. She recorded six hits, including a double and a triple with five runs batted in.

She leads the OVC in batting average (.455), hits (60) and doubles (15). Rocha is among the NCAA...

A great dental program and a reasonable proximity to home are the main reasons Syniah Saffold, a second-year-student in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), chose Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to begin her medical career. 

“I am majoring in pre-dental medicine,” said Saffold, a member of the Pre-Dental Association (PDA). “I researched...

Scenes from Admitted Student Day on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

“Admitted Student Day is a great time for students who have been admitted to the university but haven’t made their final college decision to get a feel for student life and the classroom experience at SIUE,” said Alicia Taylor, Assistant Director of Admissions ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business and School of Engineering (SOE) teamed up to host more than one hundred Illinois high school students for Cybersecurity Career Day on March 22. Teens were quickly able to put their skills to work to learn about cybercrime in team challenges, while learning of the numerous career opportunities avail...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of Undergraduate Admissions hosted more than 100 students, parents and family members during its annual Admitted Student Visit Day for multicultural students on Monday, March 25. Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, and SIUE admissions staff welcomed students from the Metro St. Louis area and from the Chicago ...

Jessica Elizabeth Prost, a student in the School of Nursing's anesthesia program, died following a year-long battle with brain cancer on Friday, March 29.

Jesssica's obituary is posted here.

The family will receive friends at the Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road, Ballwin, Missouri, Friday, April 5 from 2-8 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, and Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and SIUE Foundation CEO Connie Collins, CFRE, will gather faculty and staff, students, alumni, friends and community partners for the third annual ONE DAY, ONE SIUE day of giving. The celebration that offers donors an opportunity to &#8...

Due to delays in Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form availability, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is officially postponing the fall 2024 priority deadline for enrollment deposits for incoming first-year students from May 1 to June 1. Given the challenges students and families are facing accessing, submitting and correcting their 2024-2025 FAFSA, the deadlin...

SIUE Athletics Academic Advisor Lindsey Schmidt has been named one of the recipients of the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Thurston Banks Award for Distinguished Academic Service.

Eastern Illinois' Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Jim Davis is the other recipient.

The award, selected by the OVC Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs), was established in 2013 to recogni...

Two of SIUE’s graduate school programs, MBA (master's in business administration) and Engineering were honored in Money Magazine for being top programs with the best value compared against schools around the nation.

For Money’s inaugural graduate school ranking, they partnered with College Factual to find the country’s top-value programs. With a focus ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville master's in healthcare informatics candidate Chase Horton has received the 2023-2024 Midwest Gateway Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Chapter Scholarship. The Midwest Gateway Chapter of HIMSS is an organization of regional healthcare technology professionals. The Chapter awarded Horton a ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Learning Resource Center (LRC) is hosting a moon watch in observance of the Solar Eclipse 2024 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, April 8 on the green space between Buildings B and D at the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis. 

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s poem, “In Praise o...

The Center for Predictive Analytics (C-PAN) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is offering data science workshops to the public, free of charge. 

The workshop series was created to democratize data science training, by providing free access to faculty, students and staff within the Southern Illinois University (SIU) System, which encompasses SIUE and Southe...

As seasonal enrollment beckons, first-year students’ excitement, and inevitably their anxieties, grow. At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Cougar Connectors are there to ease transitions. The Cougar Connector program is a network of student-leaders who are boots-on-the-ground companions for new students.

“Cougar Connectors are orientation leaders...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville mourns the recent loss of Anne Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN. Dr. Perry was a professor emerita from the School of Nursing and was also an SIUE alum receiving her EdD in 1991. Dr. Perry was a distinguished nurse and served the School of Nursing many years as a faculty member, chair, and Interim Dean.

Her obituary is posted in the St. ...

Five SIUE wrestlers were named NCAA Division I Men's Scholar All-America honorees by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

Redshirt freshman Bradley Gillum, redshirt freshman Alec Peralta, freshman Braxton Strick, junior Caleb Tyus and freshman Brock Woodcock earned the award for demonstrating excellence in academics and athletics.

A total of 338 scholar-athletes fro...

Fans of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cheer and Dance Team are invited to come out and enjoy the routines the team has put together ahead of their trip to the National Cheerleaders Association/National Dancers Association College Nationals competition. The Showcase is at 2pm, April 7, in the Student Athletic Center (SAC) gym on the SIUE campu...

During a recent segment on “Great Day St. Louis” broadcast on First Alert 4, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Geovonday Jones, assistant professor of performance in the Department of Theater and Dance, appeared with Ron Himes, founder and producing director of the Saint Louis Black Repertory Company. Jones directed the company’s theatre p...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Simone Williams, diversity and engagement librarian at Lovejoy Library and assistant professor, was part of a front-page article in the March 28-April 3 edition of the St. Louis American that featured the University event that brought Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Mas...