Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start students and families began the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 8 with the same mission to provide quality preschool education, and its staff with an intense commitment to provide programming in various platforms and approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through Friday, Oct. 2, the Head Start teaching staff is conducting services such as developmental and social emotional screenings, transportation and pedestrian safety, a...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Serdar Celik, PhD, will present “Designing HVAC Systems with Surrounding Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Mind” on Sunday, Sept. 27 during the ZeroBuild Virtual Forum ’20. Celik, professor in the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, is also serving as a moderator during the live-stream event that began Wednesday, Sept. 23.
“ZeroBuild Forum ’20 is an international event with 136 speakers from ...
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will air its next episode of the podcast, “Blacktivism in the Academy,” on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Episode three, “CRiT Walkin,” will feature DREAM Collective member J.T. Snipes, PhD, as the host. Snipes will facilitate a conversation with School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) Dean and DREAM Collective member Robin Hughes, PhD, and her guest, Mark Gil...
In these most difficult times, BARBERMURPHY Broker Associate Mike Pierceall continues providing real estate advice to start-ups and existing businesses in his voluntary capacity as a trusted affiliate partner for the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
BARBERMURPHY is the largest commercial real estate brokerage firm in downstate Illinois, while the SBDC serves as an essential resource for struggling business owners....
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has launched the podcast, “Blacktivism in the Academy.”
The podcast is one by scholar-activists for scholar-activists. Episode 2: Student Activism. PERIOD. discusses the role faculty play in student activism. DREAM Collective member Nate Williams, PhD, interviewed five of the six student activists he supported through their action on Knox College’s campus during 2...
While Zoom fatigue is real for some during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one digital connection that is eagerly awaited by students and families in the Metro East. The hosts are with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) student organization, which is offering free online tutoring for grades K-12 in all subjects.
The Lambda Theta Chapter of KDP International Honor Society began providing the free service on August 31, and the assistance will continue through the pa...
SIUE Alumnus William White wants to makes sure that Air National Guard Airmen are mentally and emotionally prepared to serve.
White is a licensed clinical social worker and director of psychological health in the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. He has developed a program that addresses mental health issues, and advocates for and supports Guard men and women and their families.
White received a bachelor’s and master’s in social work in 1995 and 2004, respectively. ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has hired Geoffrey Edwards, EdD, as its new director of retention and student success after a national search chaired by Jessica Harris, PhD, assistant provost for academic equity and inclusive excellence and associate professor of history.
The search committee identified Edwards from a group of more than 40 qualified candidates. Edwards most recently served as associate vice president for student engagement and innovation at the University of Evansvill...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Business has opened registration for its 2020 SIUE Virtual Project Management Symposium. The two-day event is 8 a.m.-noon Friday, Nov. 13 and 20. The annual event focuses on cultivating the art and science of project management.
SIUE’s Project Management Symposium traditionally provides excellent continuing education topics for project management professionals and the project management industry. The SIUE Project Management Symposium provid...
In life, circumstances can change in a moment, and all too often those unexpected changes lead to financial challenges.
A recent fire at an off-campus apartment complex in Edwardsville has impacted Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students, including the loss of most of their belongings. The SIUE General Student Emergency Assistance Fund (#7243) is being used to support the affected students and their emergency needs.
Instances like this underscore the importance of ensuring monies a...
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved an alternate tuition program for Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel, who are SIUE undergraduate or graduate students and are eligible for the DoD Tuition Assistance program.
During spring 2019, the board approved an alternate tuition program for SIUE active duty military students. This applied to undergraduate and graduate students who are active duty military members or serving in a reserve unit or National Guard c...
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today created of the SIU System Commitment, a system-wide initiative beginning fall 2021 that will cover tuition and mandatory fees for new four-year undergraduate students who have a family income of less than $63,575 and meet basic requirements.
SIU System President Dan Mahony said the program would fill the gap these students might have after other financial aid and scholarships have been applied. The program will be available to new studen...
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary and growth of its client Arch Equipment Group (AEG) LLC. Owner and President Lisa McQuade has worked with the SBDC and Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May since December 2019 to successfully build a fleet sales and service company.
AEG is a proud, woman-owned business providing professional, comprehensive management solutions for the entir...
The Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with the Southwestern Illinois Trade and Investment Council (SWITIC) to offer a new virtual roundtable series to businesses located in the Southern Illinois region on the topic of Growing your Business through Exports.
The first roundtable discussion will focus on jump-starting and improving export sales, and will take place from 11 a.m.-Noon Thursday, Sept. 24 via Zoom.
SIUE alumna Stacy Robben, MHA, FSMPS, LEED AP, has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the Boldt Company. Robben joined Boldt in 2018 as vice president of health care business development and has previously held development and marketing positions at firms such as McCarthy Building Cos., Turner Construction Company and HOK.
Robben graduated with a bachelor’s in liberal studies and mass communications from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences in 2000. Read more a...
American identity. It’s not one size fits all. This sentiment was part of the conversation during a diversity training workshop for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students, presented on Monday, Sept. 14 by Tabari Coleman, training consultant, director of Professional Development with the Anti-Defamation League and former CHS instructor.
Coleman, who provides professional development and diversity training for various schools, agencies and non...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, is focused on listening, learning and asking questions such as, “How can we more effectively serve students?”
Leonard assumed his role on July 1. He most recently served as professor and chair in the Department of History at Middle Tennessee State University since 2017. Prior to that, he served as chair of the Department of History at Western Washington University from 2011-17. Leonard’s adm...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will not require standardized SAT and ACT scores in spring and fall 2021 for incoming freshmen and transfers (with fewer than 30 credit hours) to be considered for admission. In addition, SIUE will consider freshmen for merit scholarships and direct entry admission options based on grade point average (GPA) or a standardized test score.
“Because of COVID-19 gathering restrictions in Illinois, most of our prospective students have not had access to the ...
Each year, the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) provides approximately $50,000 worth of free dental care for children in need during Give Kids a Smile Day.
The SIU SDM is excited to offer its 15th annual Give Kids a Smile Day on Monday, Oct. 12. Free comprehensive dental care will be provided to qualifying children (those eligible for free and reduced-priced meal programs) ages 3-13. Appointments are required. Parents or guardians are invited to make an appointme...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2009 Alumni Hall of Famer and celebrated artist Edna Patterson-Petty re-introduced her “baby” after completing restoration work on “Monty, The Turtle.”
Patterson-Petty unveiled her work of art at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus on Friday, Sept. 4. For two months, the artist lovingly and tediously worked to repair “Monty” after he was vandalized. The turtle’s head was damaged, and it sustained a large gash on his right side, with much of the ...
Excellence has been achieved by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) 2020 cohort. All 29 students reported a first-time pass rate on the two exams they are eligible to complete. That 100% achievement surpasses the approximately 86% national average for both exams, based on 2019 data.
According to the SON’s Valerie Griffin, DNP, PPCNP-BC, FNP-BC, PMHS, FAANP, clinical associate professor and directo...
The first of a series of robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies will explore the difference between memorial and monuments, the current public discourse regarding Confederate monuments, and the goals and purposes of monuments and memorialization.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center, specifically its membership of the international Universities Studying (USS) consortium, will launch th...
SIUE’s Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Geography and Environmental Sciences, was interviewed in two ProPublica articles about the erosion of a privately funded border wall in South Texas.
A practicing geomorphologist, Martinez previously studied the impact of the border barriers on her hometown of Eagle Pass, Texas. In the articles, posted July 2 and July 29, reporters Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz discuss erosion and the impact of Hurricane Hanna on the ...
Salutations, acknowledgements and well wishes coupled with inviting and smiling unmasked faces from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville administrators, faculty and staff greeted students during four different Student Welcome Receptions via Zoom Monday-Thursday, Aug. 31-Sept. 3.
Students who identified as Hispanic/Latinx, LGTBQIA+, Black and Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) tuned into their respective receptions to find eager faces awaiting them. Some administrators atten...
Cone Huggys owner Jeff Hughart has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Business Specialist Marti Wieland since September 2018 to successfully create and launch Ice Cream Caddie, the world’s first ice cream cone to-go container.
Each Ice Cream Caddie contains any mess or dripping that may occur when transporting an ice cream cone. The unique, functional, multi-purpose design consists of a three-piec...
As a direct response to the incidents of racist violence and social upheaval of the past several months, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center is hosting a three-part workshop series, “So You Want To Be An Anti-Racist?”
Monthly workshops will be held from 5-7 p.m. via Zoom. Topics include:
Thursday, Sept. 17 - The Language of Anti-Racism 101
Wednesday, Oct. 14 – What is Race and Racism? Past, Present and Future
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing (SON) record enrollment of 1,877 students highlights SIUE’s fall 2020 enrollment picture. The University’s overall graduate and professional enrollment hits 2,918 students, its highest mark in 43 years.
With its 5% increase from fall 2019, the SON saw record enrollment for the second consecutive year. SIUE’s graduate and professional enrollment includes 849 doctoral students, from all levels, the most in the history of the institutio...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s DREAM Collective and Anti-Racism Task Force are hosting a webinar, entitled “Re-thinking Diversity & Multicultural Trainings for Professions” from 10:30 a.m.-noon CDT Wednesday, Sept. 16.
SIUE alumnus and Lewis and Clark Community College Trustee Kevin Rust has joined the Illinois Community College Trustees Association’s Executive Committee as the Southwest Region’s Chair for fiscal year 2021.
Rust earned his bachelor’s in 1974 and master’s in 1978 from the School of Business. Currently, he serves on the SIUE Foundation Board of Directors as treasurer and chair of the Finance and Investment Committee. Read more about Rust and his new appointment in Advantage News.
SIUE alumna Jeannine Butler, sixth-grade teacher at St. Jacob Triad Middle School, has been honored with the 2020 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching for her innovative and compassionate approach to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The award is presented by Illinois nonprofit Golden Apple to honor outstanding teachers for their roles in having lasting, positive effects on students and their school communities. Butler is one of ten award recipients among 730 nominations in ...
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host the webinar, “Why Whiteness is a Problem,” featuring Zak Foste, PhD, assistant professor of Higher Education at the University of Kansas, and Lauren Irwin, PhD student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of Iowa.
The conference will be at 2 p.m. Thursday. Sept.10. The registration link is available here and visit DREAM’s...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Tim Jacks, PhD, has co-authored a new book entitledThe World IT Project: Global Issues in Information Technology. Officially released by World Scientific Publishing in May 2020, the book focuses on understanding the key IT issues facing firms within their surrounding contexts as critical for the firm, government and their international counterparts.
Jacks, associate professor of Computer Management and Information Systems in the SIUE School of Busine...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program is proud to announce their annual student award winners. Awardees are nominated by their peers annually for outstanding leadership and service inside and outside of the classroom, then considered by CSPA faculty through a rigorous and competitive selection process.
The CSPA program provides students with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the study of college student development and colleg...
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois, Busey Bank (the sponsor) and additional partners will host the virtual conference, “Immigrants in Our Midst,” from 8 a.m.-noon on Friday, Oct. 2. The conference’s focus will be on how to better serve the U.S. immigrant workforce.
SIUE alumnus Raffi Mikaelian is helping to coordinate the event that includes presentations by region...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s online five-week Summer Success Program (SSP) was confirmation for Belleville East High School graduate Treyvoyn Perkins that the University was the right fit for him. Perkins highlighted some of the program’s positive attributes during SSP’s virtual closing ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 30.
“I learned that time management and organization is key in college,” said Perkins, who spoke at the graduation on behalf of the 2020 SSP cohort. He is a freshman majo...
As the Beet Box traveled to local communities and food deserts this summer, it not only made available healthy, delicious veggies, but also learning kits that inspired youth, primarily students in middle and early high school, to become environmental health investigators and citizen scientists.
Through a partnership with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM Center, the mobile farmer’s market offered the kits during its routine weekly stops in Fairmount City and Madison.
The SIUE community is mourning the loss of colleague Kevin Martin, of Edwardsville, who died Sunday, Aug. 30 at his residence. He was 61.
A Toledo, Ohio native, Martin was Director of Special Projects and Internal Operations in the Department of Athletics. He joined the University Foundation in August 2000 and was the Director of Foundation Operations before shifting to athletics in 2019.
“Kevin had a profound impact on our department, and there is no question that each of us are better huma...
Three years ago as a fresh-faced freshman, Jason Pappas took part in the Tour Ambassadors program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Now, SIUE’s 2020 Student Employee of the Year is the Executive Board Tour Ambassador in the Office of Admissions, where he has worked for 2½ years.
Pappas’s accomplishments as a student worker were highlighted when he received the Student Employee of the Year Award on Friday, Aug. 28 in Rendleman Hall’s first-floor lounge.
There’s a new spot on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus for students, faculty and staff to grab a quick caffeine boost or sweet treat! Lovejoy Library is now home to a Starbucks Cart.
A ribbon was cut on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to mark the official opening of the Starbucks Library Cart, which offers a core menu assortment, and is located in the South entrance of Lovejoy Library.
“Today’s opening is a culmination of years of discussion, persistence and patience,” said Jeffrey Waple, P...
SIUE’s Riza Demirer, PhD, professor and graduate program director in the School of Business’s Department of Economics and Finance, offered his insights on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on stock markets and advice for individual investors in a WalletHub article published Thursday, Aug. 27.
Demirer is featured in the section titled “Ask the Experts: What Can We Learn From Hedge Funds?” View the article here.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville political science professor, Andrew Theising, PhD, spoke about the importance of viewing political debates during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Because of the absence of door-to-door political canvassing, the need for televised and recorded debates are needed more than ever to fill in the gaps, according to Theising.
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has welcomed Visiting Research Fellow Brad Smith.
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 engineers and scientists for work in mid-to high-skill jobs in the bioeconomy.
A Smithton native, Smith earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from SIUE in May 2019....
As COVID-19 has prevented many traditional, face-to-face summer camp activities from taking place, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s STEM Center got creative with the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois to offer young girls an engaging virtual STEM camp from July 13-17.
“It is important to help girls explore STEM concepts in small, single-gendered groups,” said SIUE STEM Center Program Coordinator Emily Stanley. “The Girl Scouts have been encouraging girls in STEM from the beginning of...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. SIUE joins a select group of 33 institutions that have earned the distinction for seven consecutive years.
As a recipient of the annual HEED Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and i...
It’s not their first time coming to college or receiving college instruction. Still, college students transferring to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville benefit from instructions tailor-made for them. That’s why SIUE’s Kelly Atkins, assistant director for transition services, created Transfer Talk Tuesdays for college students transferring to SIUE.
Transfer Talk Tuesdays will offer its first session from 12-1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.1 with the Kimmel Student Involvement Center. More than 1,7...
As the second week of the fall 2020 semester gets underway at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, students, faculty and staff are reflecting on a what has been a different, yet successful transition back to campus and into the new normal of academic and student affairs.
“We hope this momentum continues, as the first week went smoothly and our students were able to enjoy slightly modified versions of our traditional Cougar Welcome events,” said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey ...
In one small way to combat a more than “400-year-pandemic” of institutionalized racism in the U.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) Dean Robin Hughes, PhD, is working in a deliberate and calculated way to make her University better, stronger and more equitable by hiring a group of faculty members of color, known as cluster hires.
“I thought about a request for a cluster hire of faculty of color, when I learned about strategic ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Morris Taylor, PhD, as its vice chancellor for administration (VCA) following a national search. Pending approval by the SIU Board of Trustees, Taylor officially assumes his new responsibilities on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The VCA is responsible for support functions of the University, including planning and budgeting, human resources, financial affairs, administrative services, facilities management and public safety.
A resume brimming with long, consistent and committed work involving advocacy for equity and social justice on behalf of working families in the region earned Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Louis Damani Jones a spot on the Catholic Charities of St. Louis board of directors.
Jones, who graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in social work from SIUE in May 2020, was appointed to the board in June. Currently, Jones is in the Master of Social Work program at the Brown Schoo...
A crucial part of a graduate student’s collegiate journey includes participating in opportunities that enhance academic development and career preparedness.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville exercise and sport psychology graduate students are benefitting from such an opportunity at the national level. Alyssa Lowe, of Mt. Zion, and Kimberly Ferner, of Wayne, NJ, are among 20 in the nation to receive an Abstract Award from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Foundation.
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine has received a full accreditation report from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), which completed its site visit to the Alton campus in November 2019.
“Full accreditation with no reporting requirements is the best possible report,” said SDM Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, who noted that the School has been continuously accredited since the mid-1970s. “We are grateful for our wonderfully talented faculty and staff, and their dedication to...
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has added Aimee Dillenberger as its new public policy and business development specialist.
Dillenberger, of Waterloo, earned a master’s in business administration last month from the University of Mississippi, where she also earned a bachelor’s of public policy leadership in 2019 and minored in Spanish.
“With the onset of COVID-19, and the subsequent downturn in the economy, it became inc...
With banners flying, horns honking and joyful shouts of greetings and well wishes, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students were welcomed to campus during a Reverse Parade held Sunday, Aug. 23 on the eve before fall classes.
Nearly 35 vehicles filled with SIUE administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members lined up for the creative greeting. The parade route took participants past each of the University’s four residence halls and through each side of Courage Village. R...
“What are you?” “Where did you come from?” “You don’t look Black.” These are a sample of some of the irritating, ignorant, and in some cases, racist questions and statements that biracial and multi-racial people endure.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s (SEHHB) Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization (DREAM) Collective will host a live panel discussion entitled, “The Commodification of Racial Ambiguity” at 5 p.m. W...
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” was penned in “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” and signed in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., organized to amplify the need for women’s suffrage. The fight to win the vote for American women finally produced the Nineteenth Amend...
A dozen Southwestern Illinois-based entrepreneurs and their innovative business concepts have been selected to move into the second round of the 7th annual Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC) business plan competition.
More than 25 entrepreneurs expressed interest in the regional competition this year, according to Jo Ann Di Maggio May, Metro East SBDC director and MESC coordinator. About half of the individuals...
Former Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, PhD, and his wife, Jo, have donated $100,000 to establish the Glenn and Jo Poshard Scholarship Endowment for the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB).
Scholarship awards will be dedicated to community college transfer students majoring in education or teaching with demonstrated financial need and with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
“It was a great privilege for Jo and me to serve the SIU System and to ...
“Keep your head in the game.” It’s a common sports phrase that points to the importance of mental focus in competition.
As many athletics organizations had to limit or place in-person training on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club (SLSG) used the opportunity to strengthen players’ mental training. This summer, they partnered with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Exercise and Sport Psychology graduate program to pair mental performance coaches...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Bryan Robinson has envisioned himself appearing in a feature role on the television series, “24,” where he’s working under duress to help save the world from an impending enemy, using only his technology skills to do it!
The computer engineering major’s imagination and drive are fueled by his interest in and love for technology, and gratefully, his education at SIUE is being financed by the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is once again collaborating with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine to offer free healthcare and education to Chinese speaking patients.
SNPhA students helped provide services at the free Chinese Clinic that opened Saturday, Aug. 15 and will run from 1-4:30 p.m. monthly through May 2021 at the St. Louis Modern Chinese School, 6710 Clayton Road in Richmond Heights, Mo....
As students return to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus, they may run into the University’s new furry friend! Marshall the K9 has joined the SIUE Police force, dually trained as an emotional support dog and as an Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) dog.
The 1.5-year-old, black English Labrador Retriever makes SIUE the first University in the nation to have an ESD dog. He is the third ESD dog in Illinois and one of 41 trained by Jordan Detection K9 in Indianapolis.
As local school districts adjust schedules and suspend certain instructional areas due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Suzuki Strings Program is ensuring developing string musicians can pursue their training and fulfill their love for music by offering a new String Bridge program.
The String Bridge program will bridge the gap caused by the suspension of music ensemble programs for the 2020-21 academic year. String Bridge classes wil...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville experienced a 2% increase in 2020 summer enrollment over 2019 and reached its highest level since 2017 with 6,165 total students. As a result of the enrollment surge, credit hours taken increased 3.5%, and full-time equivalency enrollment was up 7%.
Of those summer 2020 students, 5,765 (94%) utilized distance-learning, eclipsing the previous high by 2,308 students. That compares to approximately 3,400 students (56%) who studied online during summer 2019...
With everything going on right now, scrambling to learn about a new campus and its resources shouldn’t be one of them, according to Gretchen Fricke, director of Student Services in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB).
Fricke and the SEHHB advising team organized the first SEHHB Transfer Student Welcome, held remotely on Monday, Aug. 17 and Tuesday, Aug 18.
“We were hearing that transfer students were often overwhelmed with the tr...
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine’s (SIU SDM) Lexi Nash is the recipient of a $6,000 scholarship from the Illinois State Dental Society (ISDS) Foundation. Nash, of Lebanon, is one of three students statewide to receive the monetary award as they embark on their final year toward completion of a doctorate of dental medicine (DMD).
Applicants were asked to share how their dental degree will affect the lives of others. Nash replied, “I am completely enthralled by the endless...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus was vibrant and upbeat as residents began their return to campus during the first of five Move-In Days being held Tuesday-Saturday, Aug. 18-22.
During the five-day period, nearly 2,000 residents will move in to the University’s four residence halls and the Cougar Village apartments.
“Welcome to SIUE!” a housing staff member sang while being accompanied by a first-year student strumming her guitar as she walked toward her new home away from h...
When Linda Crawford walked down the halls of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) on Monday, Aug. 17, she had a good feeling about the school. And that was before she received a Chromebook, a bookbag of classroom supplies, a box of food and school shirts for her niece, Kimbra, a CHS freshman.
“I could feel that I made the right choice, and that Charter High School was the best place for her to be educated,” said Crawford.
Developing future campus leaders who will inspire next generation students through inclusivity and care, is a critically important task that educators like Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Pietro Sasso, PhD, do not take lightly.
Sasso excels in that mission as assistant professor and immediate past director of the University’s College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program. His influential work and its reach are being further amplified as he serves as the Vice Chair for Co...
They are the enormous, illustrious and hugely talented shoes of the legendary Madame Katherine Dunham and the late great Theo H. Jamison, that Homer Simmons now finds himself stepping into. But Simmons is doing so with reverence, excitement and eagerness.
Simmons is the new director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Performing Arts program, initially known as the Katherine Dunham Center for the Performing Arts.
This is an interesting and challenging time for educating students, but teachers and parents have no other choice than to make virtual learning work, was the motivational edict from Principal Baruti Kafele, award-winning educator and best-selling author.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) hosted a Zoom webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 12 featuring Kafele, who presented “Culturally Relevant Remote Strategies for Teachers and Parents.” Kafele, who ca...
Sweet Cravings, LLC, which provides a variety of homemade fresh quality ice cream, gourmet popcorn, and other sweets to satisfy sweet cravings, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 706 Lincoln Highway in Fairview Heights.
Owner Vickie Fair has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May since March 2019 to achieve her old- fashioned, small town, homemade ic...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering Associate Dean and Professor Chris Gordon, PhD, has dedicated his professional life to the construction industry, with special emphasis being placed on the development of future industry leaders through quality education.
Among his latest contributions to ensuring student success and industry advancement is Gordon’s appointment as an at-large trustee on the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) Board of Trustees. The...
Backed by aNational Science Foundation research grant, SIUE’s Carol Colaninno, PhD, research assistant professor in the Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach, in collaboration with a nationwide team of experts, is studying ways to reduce sexual harassment and assault at archeological field schools.
Science Magazinedetailed the need for such analysis and the development of best practices to prevent sexual harassment and other issues historically plaguing field schools in an artic...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected nine recipients for 2020 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards. The RGRDS program awards small grants worth $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research endeavors and creatives activities initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE education doctorate (EdD) programs, doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs and co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress.
Women can share a host of experiences – marriage, parenting, work/life balance, service in the armed forces. But it’s the latter that brings its own set of challenges and accomplishments, and leaves some women veterans needing special services and/or wanting to close ranks among themselves.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) at the East St. Louis Center (ESLC) has formed Women Veterans of the St. Louis Area, a group that gives women veterans the opportunity t...
SIUE alumna Susan Converse, BS '92, MEd '01, has been named principal of Woodland Elementary School's in Edwardsville. According to The Intelligencer, she was a special education teacher at Edwardsville High School with about 20 years’ experience and founder of the Tiger Den. She was also named 2019 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marketing and Communications (UMC) has received two University & College Designers Association(UCDA) awards.
The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work by communication professionals to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational or higher education), and supports the exchange of ideas and information relating to the unique role of these designers. For more information, visit: ucda.com/designawards.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to support its client, Profile by Sanford, in the opening of a new location at 146 Junction Drive West in Glen Carbon.
Owner Kevin Hill announced, “We’re extremely excited to bring this new weight loss and health coaching program to the area. Sanford Health is a well-known, highly-respected organization, and its team of health experts has pioneered this program, which...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Mary Ettling as the director of the Office of Online Services and Education Outreach following a national search. After serving as the interim director since 2017 and at the conclusion of a search, Ettling assumed her new responsibilities on May 26, 2020.
Ettling and her staff work to provide community programs and continuing professional education, while also providing support to academic units offering online, off-campus and corporate-spo...
At long last, Jennifer Pendergraft, is able to pick back up her educational pursuits because of a Folds of Honor scholarship. The wife and mother paused her schooling to care for her husband, who was wounded in the Marines.
Pendergraft is now enrolled at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she is majoring in English and minoring in rhetoric and writing.
In light of the drastic changes and fluidity of circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Admissions is giving students more time to contemplate their educational plans and consider enrolling at SIUE in the fall.
Admission and scholarship deadlines for fall 2020 have been extended through Wednesday, Aug. 12. Additionally, the application fee has been waived.
“We know there are students who are still uncertain about their plans for ...
The pursuit of higher education and journey toward achieving personal and professional aspirations of three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students is being supported and amplified by SIUE’s University Staff Senate. The Staff Senate awarded summer scholarships to seniors Grace McBride and Avalyn Mosby, and sophomore Samantha Segrist.
“By awarding me the Staff Senate Scholarship, you have lightened the financial burden that allows me to look at the most important side of education, l...
Offices and departments at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are preparing to connect with students this fall semester by offering videos of their services online.
The 2020 Cougar Welcome Resource Fair will be virtual this year, according to Alexa Bueltel, coordinator of Campus Life in SIUE’s Kimmel Student Involvement Center (KSIC). The deadline for SIUE offices and departments to submit their interest is 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7. They do not have submit videos at that time.
Beth Schwarz and her family have opened a Tropical Sno at 2134 S. Morrison Ave. in Caseyville. Schwarz has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Director Jo Ann Di Maggio May since early June to successfully plan and start the business, which officially opened Thursday, July 2.
The Caseyville/Collinsville location, “Where the last spoonful is just as good as the first!”, provides all Tropical Sno p...
Online learning and alternative credentials such as digital badges are increasingly in the spotlight, as higher education administrators and learners seek a path forward during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mary Ettling, director of Online and Education Outreach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, joined a global panel to discuss the University’s innovative education and workforce training efforts on Tuesday, July 21 during a Blackboard webinar, titled “Continuing Education: Emerging Trends...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar Village resident Hayleigh Lutz, of Decatur, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020-21 James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship.
The James R. Anderson scholarship is awarded annually to an academically motivated student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, who has demonstrated civic leadership in community service and University Housing activities. Lutz will receive a $1,000 per semester stipend.
Lutz is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon, Student Gover...
The DREAM Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hosting a webinar, entitled “Who’s on First? Student Athletes, Social Justice, Safety and Health” from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Aug. 4.
“There are two public health crises going on in this country—COVID-19 and racial injustices.” This is the viewpoint of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s (SOP) Lakesha Butler, PharmD, a national leader in conversations related to the growing relationship between the pandemic and the racial divide.
As president of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Butler recently led a joint coalition of 14 national pharmacy organizations in taking a collective stand against ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville volleyball has been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with the USMC/AVCA Academic Team Award. The Cougars finished the 2019-20 academic year with a 3.506 combined grade point average (GPA). SIUE is one of 227 Division I women’s programs honored by the AVCA.
“We are so proud of our team for earning the 2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award,” SIUE Head Coach Kendall Paulus said. “They are dedicated to their education and are...
Highlights of lessons learned and rewards for learning exploits took center stage at a summer awards ceremony hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Collinsville Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program. UBMS held its Zoom Showcase and Awards Banquet on Thursday, July 23.
“Our summer awards program highlighted the amazing job our students, teachers and staff did this year – and all online,” touted UBMS Program Director Desiree Tyus. “I am extremely ...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar tennis team received the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award for the second time in as many years under head coach Adam Albertsen.
Blactivism in the Academy Headlines New Podcast Series
The DREAM Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invites the public to a live recording of its first podcast in a new series titled Blacktivism in the Academy.
“Sankofa, which in conventional translation means “go back and fetch it,” “return to your past,” and “it is not taboo to go back and retrieve what you have forgotten or lost,” has emerged as a Diasporan practice among Blacks in the United States” (Temple, 2010).
As confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County mount to more than 1,800 with up to 75 new cases per day, accessibility to testing is essential to ensure the health and safety of the area. To meet that critical need, institutional collaborators are partnering to bring free testing to various communities twice weekly via Madison County Mobile Testing.
Outreach program team members include Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s (SIU SOM) M. Rebecca Hoffman, MD, coordinator Erica Austi...
From learning more about COVID-19, to critical thinking regarding racism, to preparing for college, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound (UB) EC/BEM program students delved into these topics and more during Zoom sessions during the summer.
The sessions, which began Monday, June 15, ended Friday, July 24 with program participants receiving complementary lunches and gift bags in a socially-distanced fashion at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus. ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple, PhD, has amplified the leadership of Courtney Boddie, PhD, director of Counseling Services, with the added role of Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion.
Boddie is a respected campus leader with extensive experience and academic expertise in the areas of minority stress and cultural trauma, both of which link culture to psychological wellness.
Imagine less gun shootings and fewer violent exchanges among young people in East St. Louis and the surrounding area. The thought doesn’t have to be an imaginary one, if grant writers from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Teens Against Killing Everywhere (TAKE) get their way.
SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC) is working with TAKE in writing and developing a Violence Prevention Plan. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) awarded a total of $185,...
The first day of kindergarten is exciting and memorable, and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start program wants to make sure its students are equipped for a successful year.
“The inaugural SIUE Head Start Virtual Kindergarten Readiness Summer Program will help students and families better transition and excel during the thrilling year ahead,” said Lisa Tate, SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start assistant program director/center operations.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS) Board of Directors has elected a new president. Willis Young, who retired as assistant director of the East St. Louis Charter High School in July 2019, is heading up the 13-person board, effective July 9, 2020.
“I am honored and pleased to have been chosen as board of directors president for the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School,” said Young. “I have worked at the Charter High School in several capacities...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Matt Brown as director of purchases following a national search. Brown assumed his responsibilities effective July 1.
Brown brings a wealth of procurement experience in the state of Illinois, most recently as a portfolio manager with the Department of Central Management Services. His experience also includes administering all of the procurement functions for the office of the Illinois Secretary of State for more than two years as state purc...
On the surface it may seem like a minor thing – a signature from a medical doctor. But when you don’t have ready access to one, your financial means are limited and your disability restricts your mobility, the “small” thing is huge.
Once Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student, Larrisha Tidwell, learned of the barrier facing several of her clients at Chestnut Health Systems (CHS) – a physical and mental health support facility in Granite City – the social worker began in ear...
The joy of dancing. The thrill of theater. The love of teaching art. The pleasure of culinary arts. These things and more can be experienced if a person has the desire and commitment to pursue a career in the arts.
Students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Collinsville’s Upward Bound Scholars Academy (UBSA) program listened in on why a group of panelists decided on their careers and how they arrived at their destination.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing’s premier programming is again being nationally recognized. EduMed’s 2020 ranking of Best Online Master’s Programs in Nursing Education tabs SIUE’s completely online nurse educator program #1 in Illinois and #7 in the nation.
EduMed’s ranking methodology considers programs with proper accreditation that boast an exemplary combination of affordability, quality and flexibility.
“We have worked intensely in the School of Nursing to fin...
A trendsetting pair of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville May 2020 graduates didn’t waste any time utilizing their education and experience to launch an entrepreneurial endeavor.
Madeline Zuber and Beckie Scanlan each earned a bachelor’s in applied communication studies (ACS) with a focus on public relations. They are co-founders of SocialCast Media, a public relations agency targeting the marketing and management needs for podcasts.
“I have met so many people looking to start a podcast...
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved Lis Pankl as dean of SIUE Library and Information Services (LIS) following completion of a national search. Pankl will assume the role effective Monday, Aug. 3.
“The library is the academic ‘heart’ of a campus, supporting scholarship, faculty and staff development, and community engagement,” said SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook. “Dr. Pankl has tremendous enthusiasm for all of these areas, and will lead SIUE’s efforts to continue o...
SIUE alumnus Christian K. Lee has a photo essay entitled “Cancelled Prom” featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. See the photographs in this slideshow.
Lee earned a bachelor’s in mass communications from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2018.
See an interview with Lee regarding this project on youtube.com.
Lee’s work first drew public acclaim in February 2015 when he displayed his exhibit “Ferguson Unrest” following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The exhibit was held in the Morris Unive...
It was partly due to a whim that the Army veteran had to look like the character of Van Pelt in the 1995 Jumanji movie, but it was mostly the desire to help students that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Patrol Officer Larry Bowles forwent shaving his face for the entire month of June.
Bowles won first-place in the Mustache Mayhem contest designed to raise money for SIUE students impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic and sponsored by Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (IL FOP) Lodge #3...
Being successful is learning how to adapt and excel in the face of difficulty and change, and this year is providing some excellent opportunities, said MaKesha Harris Lee, EdD, assistant director for Pre-Collegiate Programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Harris Lee opened the second year of the SIUE Summer Success Program (SSP) on Monday, July 6. She devised and designed the program with the goal of helping first-generation college students be successful in the transition from h...
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host a webinar featuring Jim Scheurich, PhD, at 1 p.m. (CT) Thursday, July 16. Scheurich is an anti-racist, community activist scholar committed to addressing the institutional and structural inequities and injustices within educational and community contexts.
Scheurich formerly led the doctoral program in Urban Education Studies at Indiana University-Purdue U...
Treated to lunch by your college professor? Why not? It’s 2020, and things certainly are different.
In an attempt to continue caring for students during the pandemic, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Candace Hall, EdD, is meeting in person and online with her students over lunch, and at her expense.
“It is crucial for me, both as their course instructor and program director, to acknowledge that the world is on fire,” said Hall, co-director of the College Student Personnel Administ...
Despite people’s best efforts, sometimes mistakes happen. Unfortunately, that was the case when the names of approximately 70 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduates were inadvertently left out of the May 2020 Virtual Commencement ceremony.
Understanding the disappointment those students felt, SIUE administrators took it upon themselves to divide and conquer, traveling across Illinois and Missouri dressed in full regalia to personally deliver those students’ diplomas throughout th...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Madison Community Unit School District 12 have announced a new partnership beginning this summer. SIUE is providing a series of graduate courses aimed at preparing district teachers to engage in reflective practices improving their effectiveness and helping increase mastery of student learning. In turn, trained educators will be prepared to serve as professional teacher-mentors elevating student outcomes across the district.
Entrepreneurs and new business startups are invited to compete in the 2020 Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC),Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s7th annual regional business plan competition.
The MESC is organized by the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at SIUE. The purpose of the MESC is to identify, encourage and support entrepreneurs and business startups across the SBDC’s service area, including Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Bond, Clinton, St. Cla...
After a successful national search, President Dan Mahony is recommending the SIU Board of Trustees approve Dr. Gireesh Gupchup as the new Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning, and Partnerships for the Southern Illinois University System.
Gupchup is currently Professor of Pharmacy and Director of University-Community Initiatives at SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), where he has been for 16 years. After serving as the founding Associate Dean until 2010, he was Dean of the SIUE School of Pharm...
After a horrifying ordeal for “Monty, The Turtle,” his creator has begun the loving and painstaking job of restoring him, where he resides at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus.
Edna Patterson-Petty, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2009 Alumni Hall of Famer and celebrated artist, began repairing the turtle sculpture on Monday, June 15, after it had been vandalized on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
“I don’t know how long it will take to restore,” said Patterson-Petty. “It will take a wh...
What do a surgeon, a registered nurse, a software developer and an engineering professor all have in common? They were all guests at a STEM Career Day, hosted by the SIUE East St. Louis Center Collinsville’s Upward Bound’s Math and Science (UBMS) program.
UBMS held its annual STEM Career Day. This year, due to COVID-19 it is scheduled as a STEM Summer Speaker Series. The meetings run from 11 a.m.-Noon each Thursday through July 16.
Each week boasts four-eight experts in the fields of science...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Vice Chancellor for Advancement Rachel Stack has added seven development staff members during a time when development strategies have never been more important for higher education institutions contending with the economic implications from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through national searches, Stack named four directors of development (DOD) to manage fundraising and facilitate giving. Divah Griffin will assume the responsibilities for the School of Educatio...
SIUE alumnus Dion Joannou, CEO of Accedian – a private company specializing in data analytics and service assurance that secures networks for 2 billion users worldwide – provided his insights on how the network kept the country afloat during the height of the Coronavirus crisis.
Joannou earned a bachelor’s in business administration from SIUE in 1989. He was inducted into the 2019 SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame. Joannou played for SIUE men’s tennis from 1985-89, was a three-time NCAA Division II All...
Millpond Brewing & Incubator owner Bryan Schubert, client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has spent the past few months adapting his business amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning from a brewery with a taproom and large outdoor beer garden, to selling 100% packaged beer vias, cans and growler fills.
Following the Stay-at-Home directive from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Millpond ...
With the inundation of new data and mandated safety protocols, the world is trying to mirror Elsa’s proven strength as we all move forward “Into the Unknown.” Perhaps among those knowing the lyrics to the “Frozen” song best are children, many of whom will experience a different way of activity and learning when they re-enter schools and early childhood learning environments in late summer and early fall.
Staff at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Early Childhood Center (ECC) are a...
Wishing you and yours a very Happy 4th of July from SIUE!
The offices of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will be closed on Friday, July 3, 2020 in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Offices will re-open Monday, July 6, 2019.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start students and families began the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 8 with the same mission to provide quality preschool education, and its staff with an intense commitment to provide programming in various platforms and approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Serdar Celik, PhD, will present “Designing HVAC Systems with Surrounding Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Mind” on Sunday, Sept. 27 during the ZeroBuild Virtual Forum ’20. Celik, professor in the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, is also serving as a moderator during the live-stream event that began Wednesday, Sept. 23.
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will air its next episode of the podcast, “Blacktivism in the Academy,” on Thursday, Sept. 24. 
In these most difficult times, BARBERMURPHY Broker Associate Mike Pierceall continues providing real estate advice to start-ups and existing businesses in his voluntary capacity as a trusted affiliate partner for the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
While Zoom fatigue is real for some during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one digital connection that is eagerly awaited by students and families in the Metro East. The hosts are with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) student organization, which is offering free online tutoring for grades K-12 in all subjects. 
SIUE Alumnus William White wants to makes sure that Air National Guard Airmen are mentally and emotionally prepared to serve. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has hired Geoffrey Edwards, EdD, as its new director of retention and student success after a national search chaired by Jessica Harris, PhD, assistant provost for academic equity and inclusive excellence and associate professor of history.
In life, circumstances can change in a moment, and all too often those unexpected changes lead to financial challenges.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved an alternate tuition program for Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel, who are SIUE undergraduate or graduate students and are eligible for the DoD Tuition Assistance program. 
he Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today created of the SIU System Commitment, a system-wide initiative beginning fall 2021 that will cover tuition and mandatory fees for new four-year undergraduate students who have a family income of less than $63,575 and meet basic requirements.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary and growth of its client Arch Equipment Group (AEG) LLC. Owner and President Lisa McQuade has worked with the SBDC and Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May since December 2019 to successfully build a fleet sales and service company.
American identity. It’s not one size fits all. This sentiment was part of the conversation during a diversity training workshop for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students, presented on Monday, Sept. 14 by Tabari Coleman, training consultant, director of Professional Development with the Anti-Defamation League and former CHS instructor. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, is focused on listening, learning and asking questions such as, “How can we more effectively serve students?” 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will not require standardized SAT and ACT scores in spring and fall 2021 for incoming freshmen and transfers (with fewer than 30 credit hours) to be considered for admission. In addition, SIUE will consider freshmen for merit scholarships and direct entry admission options based on grade point average (GPA) or a standardized test score.
Each year, the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) provides approximately $50,000 worth of free dental care for children in need during Give Kids a Smile Day.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2009 Alumni Hall of Famer and celebrated artist Edna Patterson-Petty re-introduced her “baby” after completing restoration work on “Monty, The Turtle.” 
Excellence has been achieved by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) 2020 cohort. All 29 students reported a first-time pass rate on the two exams they are eligible to complete. That 100% achievement surpasses the approximately 86% national average for both exams, based on 2019 data.
Salutations, acknowledgements and well wishes coupled with inviting and smiling unmasked faces from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville administrators, faculty and staff greeted students during four different Student Welcome Receptions via Zoom Monday-Thursday, Aug. 31-Sept. 3. 
Cone Huggys owner Jeff Hughart has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Business Specialist Marti Wieland since September 2018 to successfully create and launch Ice Cream Caddie, the world’s first ice cream cone to-go container.
As a direct response to the incidents of racist violence and social upheaval of the past several months, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center is hosting a three-part workshop series, “So You Want To Be An Anti-Racist?”
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host the webinar, “Why Whiteness is a Problem,” featuring Zak Foste, PhD, assistant professor of Higher Education at the University of Kansas, and Lauren Irwin, PhD student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of Iowa. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Tim Jacks, PhD, has co-authored a new book entitled
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s online five-week Summer Success Program (SSP) was confirmation for Belleville East High School graduate Treyvoyn Perkins that the University was the right fit for him. Perkins highlighted some of the program’s positive attributes during SSP’s virtual closing ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 30. 
The SIUE community is mourning the loss of colleague Kevin Martin, of Edwardsville, who died Sunday, Aug. 30 at his residence. He was 61.
Three years ago as a fresh-faced freshman, Jason Pappas took part in the Tour Ambassadors program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Now, SIUE’s 2020 Student Employee of the Year is the Executive Board Tour Ambassador in the Office of Admissions, where he has worked for 2½ years. 
There’s a new spot on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus for students, faculty and staff to grab a quick caffeine boost or sweet treat! Lovejoy Library is now home to a Starbucks Cart.
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has welcomed Visiting Research Fellow Brad Smith.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. SIUE joins a select group of 33 institutions that have earned the distinction for seven consecutive years.
It’s not their first time coming to college or receiving college instruction. Still, college students transferring to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville benefit from instructions tailor-made for them. That’s why SIUE’s Kelly Atkins, assistant director for transition services, created Transfer Talk Tuesdays for college students transferring to SIUE. 
As the second week of the fall 2020 semester gets underway at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, students, faculty and staff are reflecting on a what has been a different, yet successful transition back to campus and into the new normal of academic and student affairs.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Morris Taylor, PhD, as its vice chancellor for administration (VCA) following a national search. Pending approval by the SIU Board of Trustees, Taylor officially assumes his new responsibilities on Thursday, Oct. 1.
A resume brimming with long, consistent and committed work involving advocacy for equity and social justice on behalf of working families in the region earned Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Louis Damani Jones a spot on the Catholic Charities of St. Louis board of directors. 
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine has received a full accreditation report from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) has added Aimee Dillenberger as its new public policy and business development specialist.
With banners flying, horns honking and joyful shouts of greetings and well wishes, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students were welcomed to campus during a Reverse Parade held Sunday, Aug. 23 on the eve before fall classes.
“What are you?” “Where did you come from?” “You don’t look Black.” These are a sample of some of the irritating, ignorant, and in some cases, racist questions and statements that biracial and multi-racial people endure.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” was penned in “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” and signed in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., organized to amplify the need for women’s suffrage. The fight to win the vote for American women finally produced the Nineteenth Amend...
A dozen Southwestern Illinois-based entrepreneurs and their innovative business concepts have been selected to move into the second round of the 7th annual Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC) business plan competition.
Former Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, PhD, and his wife, Jo, have donated $100,000 to establish the Glenn and Jo Poshard Scholarship Endowment for the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB). 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Bryan Robinson has envisioned himself appearing in a feature role on the television series, “24,” where he’s working under duress to help save the world from an impending enemy, using only his technology skills to do it!
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) is once again collaborating with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine to offer free healthcare and education to Chinese speaking patients. 
As local school districts adjust schedules and suspend certain instructional areas due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Suzuki Strings Program is ensuring developing string musicians can pursue their training and fulfill their love for music by offering a new String Bridge program.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville experienced a 2% increase in 2020 summer enrollment over 2019 and reached its highest level since 2017 with 6,165 total students. As a result of the enrollment surge, credit hours taken increased 3.5%, and full-time equivalency enrollment was up 7%.
With everything going on right now, scrambling to learn about a new campus and its resources shouldn’t be one of them, according to Gretchen Fricke, director of Student Services in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB). 
When Linda Crawford walked down the halls of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) on Monday, Aug. 17, she had a good feeling about the school. And that was before she received a Chromebook, a bookbag of classroom supplies, a box of food and school shirts for her niece, Kimbra, a CHS freshman. 
They are the enormous, illustrious and hugely talented shoes of the legendary Madame Katherine Dunham and the late great Theo H. Jamison, that Homer Simmons now finds himself stepping into. But Simmons is doing so with reverence, excitement and eagerness. 
This is an interesting and challenging time for educating students, but teachers and parents have no other choice than to make virtual learning work, was the motivational edict from 
Sweet Cravings, LLC, which provides a variety of homemade fresh quality ice cream, gourmet popcorn, and other sweets to satisfy sweet cravings, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 706 Lincoln Highway in Fairview Heights.
Women can share a host of experiences – marriage, parenting, work/life balance, service in the armed forces. But it’s the latter that brings its own set of challenges and accomplishments, and leaves some women veterans needing special services and/or wanting to close ranks among themselves. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Mary Ettling as the director of the Office of Online Services and Education Outreach following a national search. After serving as the interim director since 2017 and at the conclusion of a search, Ettling assumed her new responsibilities on May 26, 2020.
In light of the drastic changes and fluidity of circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of Admissions is giving students more time to contemplate their educational plans and consider enrolling at SIUE in the fall. 
The pursuit of higher education and journey toward achieving personal and professional aspirations of three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students is being supported and amplified by SIUE’s University Staff Senate. The Staff Senate awarded summer scholarships to seniors Grace McBride and Avalyn Mosby, and sophomore Samantha Segrist. 
Offices and departments at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are preparing to connect with students this fall semester by offering videos of their services online. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar Village resident Hayleigh Lutz, of Decatur, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020-21 James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville volleyball has been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with the USMC/AVCA Academic Team Award. The Cougars finished the 2019-20 academic year with a 3.506 combined grade point average (GPA). SIUE is one of 227 Division I women’s programs honored by the AVCA.
Highlights of lessons learned and rewards for learning exploits took center stage at a summer awards ceremony hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Collinsville Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program. UBMS held its Zoom Showcase and Awards Banquet on Thursday, July 23. 
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar tennis team received the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award for the second time in as many years under head coach 
As confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County mount to more than 1,800 with up to 75 new cases per day, accessibility to testing is essential to ensure the health and safety of the area. To meet that critical need, institutional collaborators are partnering to bring free testing to various communities twice weekly via Madison County Mobile Testing.
From learning more about COVID-19, to critical thinking regarding racism, to preparing for college, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound (UB) EC/BEM program students delved into these topics and more during Zoom sessions during the summer. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple, PhD, has amplified the leadership of Courtney Boddie, PhD, director of Counseling Services, with the added role of Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion. 
Imagine less gun shootings and fewer violent exchanges among young people in East St. Louis and the surrounding area. The thought doesn’t have to be an imaginary one, if grant writers from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and 
The first day of kindergarten is exciting and memorable, and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start program wants to make sure its students are equipped for a successful year. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS) Board of Directors has elected a new president. Willis Young, who retired as assistant director of the East St. Louis Charter High School in July 2019, is heading up the 13-person board, effective July 9, 2020.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Matt Brown as director of purchases following a national search. Brown assumed his responsibilities effective July 1.
On the surface it may seem like a minor thing – a signature from a medical doctor. But when you don’t have ready access to one, your financial means are limited and your disability restricts your mobility, the “small” thing is huge. 
The joy of dancing. The thrill of theater. The love of teaching art. The pleasure of culinary arts. These things and more can be experienced if a person has the desire and commitment to pursue a career in the arts. 
A trendsetting pair of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville May 2020 graduates didn’t waste any time utilizing their education and experience to launch an entrepreneurial endeavor.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today approved Lis Pankl as dean of SIUE Library and Information Services (LIS) following completion of a national search. Pankl will assume the role effective Monday, Aug. 3.
SIUE alumnus Christian K. Lee has a photo essay entitled “Cancelled Prom” featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. See the photographs in this 
It was partly due to a whim that the Army veteran had to look like the character of Van Pelt in the 1995 Jumanji movie, but it was mostly the desire to help students that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Patrol Officer Larry Bowles forwent shaving his face for the entire month of June. 
Being successful is learning how to adapt and excel in the face of difficulty and change, and this year is providing some excellent opportunities, said MaKesha Harris Lee, EdD, assistant director for Pre-Collegiate Programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host a webinar featuring Jim Scheurich, PhD, at 1 p.m. (CT) Thursday, July 16. Scheurich is an anti-racist, community activist scholar committed to addressing the institutional and structural inequities and injustices within educational and community contexts.
Treated to lunch by your college professor? Why not? It’s 2020, and things certainly are different. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Madison Community Unit School District 12 have announced a new partnership beginning this summer. SIUE is providing a series of graduate courses aimed at preparing district teachers to engage in reflective practices improving their effectiveness and helping increase mastery of student learning. In turn, trained educators will be prepared to serve as professional teacher-mentors elevating student outcomes across the district.
Entrepreneurs and new business startups are invited to compete in the 2020 Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC),
After a successful national search, President Dan Mahony is recommending the SIU Board of Trustees approve Dr. Gireesh Gupchup as the new Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning, and Partnerships for the Southern Illinois University System.
After a horrifying ordeal for “Monty, The Turtle,” his creator has begun the loving and painstaking job of restoring him, where he resides at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus. 
What do a surgeon, a registered nurse, a software developer and an engineering professor all have in common? They were all guests at a STEM Career Day, hosted by the SIUE East St. Louis Center Collinsville’s Upward Bound’s Math and Science (UBMS) program. 
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Vice Chancellor for Advancement Rachel Stack has added seven development staff members during a time when development strategies have never been more important for higher education institutions contending with the economic implications from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Millpond Brewing & Incubator owner Bryan Schubert, client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has spent the past few months adapting his business amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning from a brewery with a taproom and large outdoor beer garden, to selling 100% packaged beer vias, cans and growler fills.
