SIU News
SIU’s Master of Accountancy program joins elite group with STEM certification
November 20 2020
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) program has officially received the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) certification from the Department of Homeland Security, becoming just the second university in the state and one of a limited number in the nation to hold the designation and be fully accredited by the AACSB International, the leading accreditation body.
Read more...Three SIUE Nursing Faculty Named March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Winners
November 19 2020
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) is celebrating three faculty honored as March of Dimes (MOD) Nurse of the Year Award winners.
Of the SON’s seven deserving nominees, three came out on top in the categories of advance practice, pediatrics, and case management, public health and community health during...
Read more...SIUE Speech and Debate Team Competes Virtually
November 19 2020
The expanded virtual world normalized by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is presenting new opportunities for participation in otherwise hard to access events. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Speech and Debate Team is among the organizations adapting to conditions and engaging in synchronous and asynchronous tournaments...
Read more...SBDC Client Elure Beauty Supply Perseveres and Expands Amid Pandemic
November 19 2020
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is celebrating Elure Beauty Supply’s growth. Owner and Chief Operating Officer Samantha Carter has worked with the SBDC and Director Jo Ann DiMaggio May to successfully overcome the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Read more...DREAM Collective’s Next Podcast, “Big Momma Knows. You Don’t.”
November 18 2020
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, Nov. 19.
Episode 10, “Big Momma Knows. You Don’t.” will...
Read more...SIU SDM Launches Endodontics Graduate Program
November 18 2020
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) has launched a clinical endodontic training graduate program.
The new program expands on the School’s post graduate offerings with an advanced educational curriculum and a clinical residency regimen focused on endodontics, including a full-time patient treatment...
Read more...Legendary Pianist Slenczynska 10-CD Set to be Available at SIUE Lovejoy Library
November 18 2020
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services (LIS) will soon be home to the 10-CD set, Ruth Slenczynska: Complete American Decca Recordings. On Friday, Nov. 13, Eloquence released the CD set featuring the internationally renowned concert pianist and former SIUE faculty member.
SIUE will receive two sets...
Read more...SIUE’s Depew Hasn’t Let the Pandemic Keep her from Serving Veterans
November 18 2020
“In a perfect world, what would you like to do?” It’s a question, after having served and sacrificed, to get veterans to better envision a world of opportunities for themselves.
Asking the question is Amanda Depew, Air Force veteran and social work graduate assistant with Southern Illinois University...
Read more...SIU professor researches how to perfect pumpkins
November 18 2020
On a greenhouse shelf near Alan Walters’ vegetable laboratory sits a pile of pumpkins that exhibits a variety of orange hues, textures and sizes that have been cataloged, not carved or made into pies. Walters, a professor of vegetable science and breeding at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, will tell you these days pumpkins are a lot more than a doorstep ornament to celebrate Halloween.
Read more...Small Business Week of Southwestern Illinois Promotes Small Businesses in November
November 17 2020
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is part of a professional committee supporting local restaurants and retailers for Small Business Saturday. This group, known as the Small Business Week of Southwestern Illinois (SBWSWIL), reached out to area chambers to create a...
Read more...SIUE Alumnus Frazier Named 2020 Diverse Business Leader
November 17 2020
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus and MindsEye President and CEO Jason Frazier has been named a 2020 Diverse Business Leader by the St. Louis Business Journal for his work with MindsEye, an organization that offers a variety of services to those with visual disabilities throughout the St. Louis...
Read more...The Gardens at SIUE Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Virtual Fundraising Campaign
November 17 2020
For the last 30 years, beauty, recreation, tranquility and nature have been intertwined, displayed and open to the public as The Gardens at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This living laboratory is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a virtual campaign that runs through Saturday, Dec. 5.
“The Gardens at SIUE...
Read more...SIU’s Morris Library honors Carus family with new endowment
November 17 2020
Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will honor a benevolent family by establishing the new Alwin C. Carus Endowment. The library’s leadership recently worked with the SIU Foundation to transfer $1 million from the Carus Mineral Trust to create the endowment. It will support archival work and a future endowed chair, the Alwin C. Carus Archivist and Professor of Philosophy, all fully funded by the revenue from the trust.
Read more...SIU SDM Provides Record $50K in Free Care at 3rd Annual Veteran’s Care Day
November 16 2020
Nearly 90 veterans received free dental care during the annual Veteran’s Care Day event hosted by the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM). On Thursday, Nov. 12, the SIU SDM provided more than $50,000 worth of free dental treatment to veterans in need.
“Veteran’s Care Day was a huge...
Read more...SIUE School of Pharmacy Provides Compassionate Telehealth Care Amid Pandemic
November 16 2020
Healthcare professionals worldwide continue to adapt to challenges posed by COVID-19 by implementing such services as telehealth to provide patient care. Among those ensuring access to comprehensive pharmaceutical care via virtual technologies are faculty and students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy...
Read more...Anti-Oppression Student Group Organizes at SIUE
November 16 2020
A foundation for the difficult but rewarding, volatile but freeing and defensive but uplifting work of fighting oppression through the creation of a new student group is being laid by a handful of graduate students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and their faculty advisor.
Cougars for Changing Campus Culture is the...
Read more...SIUE’s URCA Program Honors Faculty Mentors and Student Researchers
November 13 2020
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program encourages, supports and enables undergraduate students of all disciplines to participate in research and creative activities under faculty mentorship. Each semester, the URCA program recognizes outstanding faculty mentors and...
Read more...Ready for takeoff: SIU Aviation adds five new planes
November 13 2020
As enrollment in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized aviation program continues to climb, the number of airplanes to train students is also growing.
Read more...SIUE Adds Reinhardt as Coordinator of Military and Veteran Services
November 12 2020
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Telisha Reinhardt as coordinator of military and veteran services. Reinhardt will focus on supporting the SIUE military-connected population with accessing education and supporting those students through graduation. SIUE Military and Veteran Services has more than 800 enrolled...
Read more...Get to know SIU through Southern Illinois Family Information Night
November 12 2020
Prospective students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and their families are invited to Southern Illinois Family Information Night at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 via Zoom.
Read more...Aspiring physician Maryam Makhdoom is SIU’s 2020 Lincoln Academy Student Laureate
November 12 2020
Maryam Makhdoom is the 2020 Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureate for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Read more...DREAM Collective’s Next Podcast, “Legibility for What?”
November 11 2020
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, Nov. 12.
Episode nine, “Legibility for What?” will feature guests...
Read more...Rolland Spotlights SIUE for Sustainability
November 11 2020
Rolland, Inc., recently featured SIUE Creative Director Heather Kniffel of University Marketing and Communications in its “Conversations with Green Champions” about SIUE’s campus and community sustainability. The discussion covered the campus’ old-growth forest, environmental jobs for graduates,...
Read more...SIUE BIPOC Women Revel in the Victory of Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
November 11 2020
Exhilarated, buoyant, empowered, valued, regarded and visible are some adjectives that rushed to mind when several Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) women reflected on the historic news of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris being the first Black and Indian-American woman in line to hold the...
Read more...SIUE Adds Online Master’s of Public Administration Degree
November 11 2020
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has added a fully online option for a Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) degree starting fall 2021. This existing program will continue to offer a hybrid option along with the new fully online option.
The Department of Public Administration and Policy...
Read more...SIUE Army ROTC Cadet Kerkemeyer Earns Prestigious Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement
November 11 2020
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Army ROTC Cadet Kevin Kerkemeyer has been awarded the esteemed Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement, a highly competitive national award that honors exceptional achievement in areas of scholarship, physical fitness, leadership and citizenship/volunteerism.
Nominees from all branches of military...
Read more...SIU among nine educator programs in nation recognized for leadership in continuous improvement
November 10 2020
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of just nine institutions across the country to receive national recognition this year for leadership and commitment to continuous improvement in preparing people for careers as educators.
Read more...SIU to hold traditional Veterans Day vigil, with safety precautions
November 09 2020
Southern Illinois University Carbondale this week will again remember those who have served the country with a time-honored tradition on Veterans Day, while also taking necessary COVID-19 safety precautions.
Read more...State Rep. Theresa Mah to discuss career, fall veto session and impact of pandemic
November 09 2020
State Rep. Theresa Mah will discuss the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session and her political career during a virtual conversation hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Thursday, Nov. 12.
Mah’s conversation is at 10 a.m. with John T. Shaw, Simon Institute director. The virtual discussion is part of the Simon Institute’s “Understanding Our New World” series via Zoom.
Read more...New director of SIU’s Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center envisions cleaner, more plentiful energy
November 06 2020
Of all the traits that make us human, our ability to harness one of the natural forces of the universe – energy – is among the most distinctive. Finding better, cleaner and more sustainable ways to continue that practice is the goal of the new director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center.
Read more...SIU’s popular Holiday Craft Sale goes virtual in 2020
November 05 2020
A popular holiday tradition will still take place at Southern Illinois University Carbondale albeit in a new and different way in 2020. The Student Center’s 42nd annual Holiday Craft Sale will be virtual and expanded to a three-week event.
Read more...Former U.N. World Food Programme director to discuss pandemic’s impact on food supplies
November 05 2020
Ertharin Cousin, former director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme, will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global food and agriculture during a conversation next week hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
Read more...University Museum hosts SIU alum’s political, editorial work in retrospective exhibition
November 04 2020
A retrospective exhibition of political cartoons and paintings by Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumnus Tim Atseff will begin today, Nov. 4, in University Museum.
Read more...SIU recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month with special virtual activities
October 29 2020
With a variety of special virtual events, Southern Illinois University Carbondale is recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month. SIU is partnering with SIU Edwardsville to sponsor conversations, presentations and other activities to celebrate the nation’s Indigenous people and enhance understanding of who they really are.
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