SIU System Partnerships
SIU Faculty Advisory Committee
The FACSS is an advisory body that serves as a collaborative channel between the faculty at SIU Carbondale (SIUC), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), SIU School of Dental Medicine (SDM) and the SIU School of Medicine (SOM). The FACSS advises on, and monitors elements of the SIU System strategic plan that pertain to faculty. Additionally, the FACSS advises the SIU Board of Trustees and System Administrative Offices through the System president to realize the full potential of the SIU System.
SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award
The SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award is an annual award to recognize faculty for impactful collaborative endeavors between SIU System institutions (SIUE, SIUC, and their affiliated entities) in the areas of teaching; and/or scholarship and creative activities; and/or service; and/or antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI). This award has been created to foster continued collaborations among faculty members between SIU System institutions in support of the SIU System’s vision and mission.
2026 SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award
The Faculty Advisory Committee selected:
- Deja Finley, PharmD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice in the SIUE School of Pharmacy;
- M. Rebecca Hoffman, MD, MSPH, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, SIU School of Medicine and Program Director for the SIU Alton Family Medicine Residency Program; and
- Safiya McNeese Ruffin,MD, FAAP, formerly the Associate Program Director for SIU School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency, who previously held the role of Director of Women’s Health and Obstetric Services in Alton.
They were recognized for sustaining cross-campus collaboration focused on advancing health equity, interprofessional education and innovative models of team-based healthcare delivery, especially regarding the prenatal and maternal health of underserved women and their babies. For more information about each of the 2026 SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award recipients, please click here.
Past SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award Winners:
SIU Student Advisory Committee
The SACSS is a student advisory body that serves as a collaborative channel between the students at SIU Carbondale (SIUC), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), SIU School of Dental Medicine (SDM), SIU School of Pharmacy (SOP), SIU School of Medicine (SOM), and SIU Simmons Law School. The SACSS advises the SIU Board of Trustees and System Administrative Offices through the System president about student-related issues that are pertinent at the SIU System level. The SACSS serves as an avenue to discuss issues that impact the SIU campuses and beyond, share ideas and projects, find solutions to problems, and work together on issues that face students. Additionally, the SACSS coordinates possible joint endeavors that can help the citizens of central and southern Illinois.
SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award
The Student Advisory Committee selected eight students and presented each of them with a 2026 SIU Distinguished Student Service Award. The accolade recognizes, honors, and celebrates the efforts and contributions of students whose acts of service are demonstrative of excellence and exemplary commitment to the support, advancement, and achievement of fellow students, their campus, and their community.
2026 Distinguished Student Service Award
For the 2026 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award, the SACSS selected one undergraduate student and one graduate student each from SIU Edwardsville and SIU Carbondale, as well as one student from the SIU schools of medicine, law, pharmacy and dental medicine.
The winners include:
- Lucia Knapp, SIUE undergraduate student
- Mak Mallon, SIUE graduate student
- Nicholas Yuhas, SIU School of Dental Medicine
- Karigan Harvey, SIUE School of Pharmacy
- Zuzanna Gaik, SIUC undergraduate student
- Elisa Tatiana Castillo Burgos, SIUC graduate student
- Myla Croft, SIU Simmons Law School student
- Alexis Hamon, SIU School of Medicine student
More information about each of the 2026 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award recipients, please click here.
Past SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award Winners:
SIU Staff Advisory Committee
The StACSS is a staff advisory body that serves as a collaborative channel between the staff at SIU Carbondale (SIUC), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), SIU School of Medicine, SIU School of Dental Medicine and the SIUE East St. Louis Center. The StACSS advises the SIU Board of Trustees and System Administrative Offices through the System president about staff-related issues that are pertinent at the SIU System level. The StACSS serves as an avenue to discuss issues that impact the SIU campuses and beyond, share ideas, find solutions to problems, and work together on issues that face staff.
SIU System Staff Professional Development Wellness Workshops
- September 23, 2024: Staff Wellness-Change Management in Practive video
- February 5, 2024: Presentation Slides
- April 25, 2023: Working Smarter: Time Management and Self Care Video
- Materials from SIU Faculty Wellness Event on February 22, 2022
