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This Month in CAS: April 2022
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This Month in CAS
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Friday, April 29, 2022
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- A Message from Dean Kevin Leonard
- CAS Recognizes More Than 300 Students at Annual Honors Day Celebration
- SIUE Adds Digital Media Literacy Post-Baccalaureate Certificate to Support Illinois’ New Media Literacy Bill
- SIUE Graduate School Presents Research Grants to Outstanding Students
- Former SIUE Artist-in-Residence Ruth Slenczynska Signs Landmark Record Deal
- Segue Airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on WSIE 88.7 The Sound
- Send Us Your News!
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A Message from Dean Kevin Leonard
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Dear Colleagues,
The end of the 2021-2022 academic year is upon us! April has been a whirlwind of special, annual and end-of-semester events. For the first time in two years, people were able to gather in campus spaces for many of these events.
Early in the month, Walter Blass, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor and former director of the Peace Corps in Afghanistan visited several different sites in the SIU System. He spoke at the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, SIUE, the SIUE East St. Louis Center, and SIU Carbondale. Students from several programs in CAS had the opportunity to listen to Blass and ask him questions about his experiences.
Read Dean Leonard's full letter.
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CAS Recognizes More Than 300 Students at Annual Honors Day Celebration
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CAS hosted its 2022 Honors Day convocation on Sunday, April 10 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom, honoring 303 students with 357 scholarships and awards, marking the first live, in-person celebration since 2019.
“We are thrilled have hosted our annual Honors Day on campus this year,” said CAS Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD. “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have not been able to gather in person to celebrate the achievements of our students and the generosity of our donors and sponsors since 2019. Through all the challenges of the pandemic, our scholarship and award recipients have persevered, excelling in their classes and making a difference through their leadership and community service activities.”
Read the article.
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SIUE Adds Digital Media Literacy Post-Baccalaureate Certificate to Support Illinois’ New Media Literacy Bill
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CAS has announced a new Digital Media Literacy Post-Baccalaureate Certificate within the Department of Mass Communications, which can be completed online in one summer.
The program is designed for educators, librarians and media professionals who want to address questions about the impact of media in their work or curriculum. Interested students should apply by May 17. Summer classes begin May 31.
Read the article.
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SIUE Graduate School Presents Research Grants to Outstanding Students
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The SIUE Graduate School is pleased to announce the spring 2022 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients. A sampling of CAS student projects includes:
Sagarika Shrestha, Applied Communication Studies, An Interrogation of Hegemonic COVID-19 Mitigation Communication: Nepal as a Case Study; Nkosi Wan, Art Studio, Exploring Art as Visual Commentary on the Othering of Black Minds, Bodies, and Culture; Emily Hendricks, Biological Sciences, Investigating Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease-associated Synaptic Dysfunction; and Jacob Smith, Chemistry, Measuring Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Illinois
Read the article.
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Former SIUE Artist-in-Residence Ruth Slenczynska Signs Landmark Record Deal
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Pianist Ruth Slenczynska, artist-in-residence in the SIUE Department of Music from 1964 until 1987, signed a landmark record deal in January 2022, after celebrating her 97th birthday. Her album is titled "My Life in Music." Learn more about her story from this feature on CBS Sunday Morning.
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Segue Airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on WSIE 88.7 The Sound
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Segue is a 30 minute radio program airing on WSIE 88.7 The Sound on Sundays at 9 a.m. and is hosted by Kevin Leonard, PhD, CAS dean. This show features interviews showcasing campus and community leaders and discussions about issues and ideas on the SIUE campus and within the College of Arts and Sciences.
Some recent guests include:
Listen live at siue.edu/wsie.
Listen to past episodes at siue.edu/segue.
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Do you have any neat projects, important research, department updates, and/or student news/awards/projects? If so and you'd like the story to be featured in a future publication, CAS news, and/or social media, please submit it via email for consideration: cascommunications@siue.edu
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