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Construction-management firm IMPACT Strategies announced that work is underway on a reconstruction project at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s (SIUE) Stratton Quadrangle. The project, IMPACT’s first with SIUE, involves the placement of new brick pavers throughout the 43,000-square-foot outdoor walkway, which is situated between the campus’ core...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, an Olympic legend, gold medal winner and East St. Louis native, thanked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for its partnership during the Wednesday, May 25 ribbon cutting and open house for the SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start center that bears her name. 

Approximately 150 people attended the dedication of the new wing at the Jackie Joyne...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb today named Timothy Schoenecker, PhD, as interim dean of the School of Business. Schoenecker has agreed to serve for a period of two years to accommodate other leadership changes within the University and retains the option to be a candidate for the permanent posi...

Summer Showbiz 2016 opens with the Tony Award-winning musical, Pump Boys and Dinettes, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 27 in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metcalf Theater. 

Peter Cocuzza, professor in the Department of Theater and Dance, is the director, and Marc Schapman, PhD, professor in the Department of Music, is the musical director. 

The p...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Small Business Development Center client Bob Madewell will cut the ribbon and publicly launch his new business Madewell Inspections on Wednesday, June 1. The entrepreneur will give credit to his grandfather for instilling in him the skills and strong work ethic to be successful.

Madewell, of Rosewood Heights, says his grandpa Dean...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s University Housing residents who moved out in spring 2016 had the opportunity to donate excess food and goods before leaving campus, making for a lighter car ride home and a more sustainable May closing.

Like previous years, University Housing partnered with USAgain to collect textiles, including clothing and shoes, and th...

Academic and athletic excellence continue to go hand in hand for SIUE Athletics as its student-athletes have now achieved 20 consecutive semesters with a 3.0 grade point average.

Completing its 10^th straight year of department-wide grade point averages of better than 3.0, SIUE Athletics completed the spring 2016 semester with a 3.252 GPA.

“This is an incredible...

Members of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community gathered around two telescopes and donned special filtered glasses on Thursday, May 19 to view sunspot #2546. The sunspot is nearly three times the size of Earth, and will remain visible for approximately five to seven days. 

“Sunspots occur on a semi-regular basis, but this one is enormous,&#82...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) Performing Arts Summer Program will continue the legacy of legendary dancer, anthropologist and social activist. Katherine Dunham, by providing educational and cultural enrichment for the surrounding community. 

Classes, for youth ages 6-17, will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, June 27-Friday, Jul...

The SIUE Rock Climbing Club had to find a new place for indoor rock climbing as its facility is being renovated. Belleville News-Democrat reporter Derik Holtmann filed this video report on May 20 from Climb So iLL in St. Louis.

Research led by SIUE’s Ryan Fries, PhD and associate professor of civil engineering, has been highlighted by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for significantly contributing to the development of a mandatory traveler information system.

IDOT detailed the two-phase research project and the ensuing strategy and road map it helped create in an article po...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community is mourning the loss of School of Pharmacy student Brad Brown, who passed away unexpectedly during the weekend.

Brown was a member of the Class of 2017, and he was scheduled to begin his senior clinical rotations this week. 

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday, May 20, at Gent Funeral Home in Alton. A funer...

Olympic legend and gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will speak at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 during a ribbon cutting ceremony in East St. Louis for the new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start Program’s new wing located at the Foundation Center which bears her name. 

“We are excited about the lives of children and families...

Derek Drew was given a life-changing diagnosis in March of this year.

Just weeks after competing in the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships and placing third in the 400 meters, Drew was told by his doctors that he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

“He had to make a tough decision at that point,” said SIUE Interim Head Coach Scott...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) graduating class of 2016 was encouraged to experience life and not be afraid to make mistakes during their commencement ceremony held Friday, May 13 in SIUE’s Morris University Center. 

“It’s time to grow up. Step up. Mess up a little, but clean it up,” T...

What’s 52 feet long, red and orange and fun all over? If you guessed a truck filled with interactive video games ready to play on-site at a birthday party or corporate event, you’re correct.

Granite City resident and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Wayne Felix, 35, created the Me 2 You Game Truck, a new business designed to deliver fun directly ...

Four Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) students have been awarded scholarships from Delta Dental of Illinois (DDIL) in recognition of their outstanding community outreach and volunteer work while pursuing dental degrees.

As part of its commitment to supporting local dentists and improving the oral health of Illinoisans, DDIL recognizes outst...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Paula Birke is a financial analyst by trade and a traveled runner by avocation. Her passion for both is perhaps most evident when she opens a detailed spreadsheet that documents her journey toward completing a half marathon, or more, in each of the U.S.’s 50 states.

Birke, of Glen Carbon, achieved her goal on Saturda...

The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine will bestow doctor of dental medicine degrees upon 50 students at its commencement ceremony being held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4 in the Meridian Ballroom of SIUE’s Morris University Center.

George R. Zehak, DDS, an active advocate for organized dentistry and continuing education, will be featured as the ce...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Meridian Society marked its fifth annual Meridian Derby on May 10 at Fairmount Park Racetrack’s Top of the Turf in Collinsville with more women and a more dazzling selection of hat fashion than ever before.

“This is the biggest SIUE Meridian Derby so far, and the best,” said Alicia Lifrak, Meridian Society pr...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has reduced its carbon footprint by purchasing 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, making it one of only 61 universities in the country that reported using at least 50 percent renewable power to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).   

“The University has made a commitment to...

The SIUE Wrestling team, led by head coach Jeremy Spates, ranks 14^th on the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s (NWCA) annual listing of All-Academic teams.

The team grade-point average was determined using a system that includes 12 student-athletes from each program. Ten of those wrestlers were entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier.

Harvard led ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services introduces a digital library that offers a visual and historic look into the creation and opening of the University’s Edwardsville campus.

The University was established in 1957 as a result of Madison and St. Clair County residents’ demand for a public university in Southwestern...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is redesigning its Honors Program starting with new freshmen, who are attending in fall 2016, and students who are transfers or continuing students in spring 2017.

“Our goal is to provide the best of liberal arts education at a vibrant University that has dynamic professional schools,” said Eric Ruckh, associate profes...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School’s inaugural Visualizing Research Impacts (VRI) competition, held during the spring semester, offered SIUE scholars an opportunity to share the results and impact of their research and creative activities through imagery.

Seventeen entries were received from faculty and students that depicted a wonderfully...

Through tears and laughter, anxiousness and great pride, 30 students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) presented the highlights of their high school career from May 3-5, as part of their Senior Exit Portfolio Presentations.

“I want to say thank you for not giving up on me and wanti...

During National Nurses Week, May 6-12, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville especially applauds the exemplary work of nurses everywhere for their commitment to providing quality medical service and care.

Nurses are called to the field for a variety of reasons. For SIUE student Juliana Enoakpa Manyoh, a native of Cameroon, Africa, her pursuit of a nursing degree trans...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Schools of Business and Nursing have partnered to prepare advanced practice nurses and nursing administrators with a concurrent master’s in business administration (MBA) and a doctor of nursing practice (DNP).

The DNP program immerses students in evidence-based practice, focused coursework, experiential learning and deve...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated its 2016 Spring Commencement exercises Friday and Saturday as 1,850 students received their diplomas in the Vadalabene Center on campus.

After bestowing degrees Friday night upon Graduate School, School of Business and School of Nursing students, Interim Chancellor Stephen Hansen continued Saturday with the Graduate Sch...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s ongoing commitment to producing measurable outcomes and advances in sustainability has led to the University achieving a silver rating from the nation’s premier sustainability organization in higher education – two years ahead of schedule. 

SIUE received a silver rating through the ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Leigh Lewis has been honored with a Superintendent of Distinction award from the southwestern region of the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA).

Lewis is the superintendent of Triad Community Unit School District 2 in Troy. She earned a master’s in educational administration from SIUE in 1993.

The B...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Frank Miles, Madison County Community Development Director, shared his resume of public service and emphasized his dedication to community members in an article posted Wednesday, May 4 on AdvantageNEWS.com.

Miles earned a bachelor’s in government in 1983 and a master’s in public administration in 1988, both fro...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus Thursday, May 5, approved contracts for purchasing temporary employee services along with trash and recycling services on the Edwardsville campus. The board also revised the budget for the Art and Design East window replacement project, and approved planning for ...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, at its regularly scheduled meeting on the Carbondale campus today, approved the dean appointments for the Schools of Engineering and Nursing at the Edwardsville campus.  

The board approved contracts for Cem Karacal, PhD, as dean of the School of Engineering (SOE) and Laura Bernaix, PhD, as dean of the School of Nur...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jianpeng Zhou, Ph.D., P.E. and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering in the School of Engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant, presented by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB).

Zhou will travel to Brazil in 2017 to conduct and expand his researc...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine (SDM) third year student Spencer Blackham has a passion for helping people, and a drive to advance the fields of dentistry and medicine through research.

Blackham’s research on bone defects, and evaluation of the biocompatibility of a new dental material using a calvarial defect model, has earned na...

During the summer of 2016, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior is combining with the Department of Educational Outreach to provide professional development online courses for K-12 teachers.

 The Instructional Technology Program will be offering professional development (PD) through a series of software focus co...

SIUE women’s tennis will face defending national champion and No. 6 seed Vanderbilt in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Nashville, Friday, May 13 at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center. The match is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT.

Vanderbilt is the opening round host that will feature the Commodores and Cougars. The winner of that match will go on to fa...

The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student newspaper, won the First Place with Special Merit Award from the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) for the 2015-2016 academic year. Last year, the Alestle was runner-up.

Former Editor-In-Chief Hailey Huffines and current Managing Editor Puja Mehta were also awarded the distinction of Outstan...

Edwardsville Intelligencer writer Matthew Camp took note of the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Night held April 22 in Dunham Hall. Award-winning Los Angeles Times sportswriter Bill Plaschke was among the many in attendance to honor late mass communication professor Bill Ward. Read the story.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Jenny Decker, a native of St. Louis, has made history as the first female and first documented solo kayaker to circumnavigate the Big Island in Hawaii.

For 20 days, from March 25-April 13, Decker battled the Pacific Ocean, paddling approximately 300 miles throughout 16 days to achieve the incredible feat. Through her journ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) hosted an open forum Tuesday, April 19 that featured a panel of successful alumni.

Thirteen graduates of the SIUE School of Business’s computer management and information systems program, including several former AITP officers, offered current students...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community is mourning the loss of junior School of Business student Nick Barnes, who passed away Friday, April 29, from injuries suffered in a car-pedestrian accident in St. Louis’ Central West End.

An Effingham native, Barnes was a junior in the SIUE School of Business.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, May 7,...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s May commencement ceremony will celebrate the first cohort of graduates to earn a bachelor’s in integrative studies. The innovative program offers a unique academic experience in which students merge their true passions to create an individualized curriculum track that spans disciplines.

The first eight students to gr...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sophomore Katie Terziovski, a native of Granite City and an Evergreen Hall resident, has received the 2016-17 James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship. Terziovski is studying education, and plans to become an elementary school teacher upon graduation.

Terziovski is described as an engaged SIUE community member, and an active particip...

Hundreds of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students enjoyed Finals Late Night Breakfast on Sunday. 

SIUE Interim Chancellor Stephen Hansen and approximately 30 other administrators and staff served breakfast to more than 650 students. The students enjoyed a menu of batter sticks, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage links, hash browns, pa...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering students won the GeoWall Competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Friday, April 22 at the Mid-Continent Student Conference at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.

“I think it’s gratifying to see such hard work and dedication out of a group of stude...