May 2018
31 May 2018, 8:12 AM
Students’ colorful handprints are artfully displayed in paintings at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start Centers at Lovejoy and Helen Davis.
The handprints are part of an original mural created by Theresa Hitchcock, SIUE art enrichment graduate student at the Lovejoy Head Start Center in Brooklyn, according to Kay Robertson, c...
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30 May 2018, 2:10 PM
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) will celebrate its 43rd class of graduates during its commencement ceremony being held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2 in the SIUE Morris University Center (MUC) Meridian Ballroom.
Leo E. Rouse, DDS, will deliver the commencement address to 52 students receiving their doctor of dental medicine degrees. Rouse...
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30 May 2018, 10:40 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Vicki Van Tuyle, EdD, associate professor in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Educational Leadership, has been selected to serve a two-year term on the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Professional Review Panel. She was recommended for the panel by SIU President Randy Dunn, Ph...
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29 May 2018, 3:05 PM
The National Association of County Engineers has named SIUE alumnus Tom Klasner the 2017 Rural County Engineer of the Year.
Klasner earned a bachelor’s in civil engineering from the SIUE School of Engineering in 1988. Details on his award were posted Tuesday, May 29 in The Telegraph.
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29 May 2018, 2:55 PM
The Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host a Spanish language workshop on Starting a Small Business in Illinois from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28. The workshop will be held at the Fairmont City Library, located at 4444 Collinsville Rd. in Fairmont City.
It is free and open to all Latino e...
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29 May 2018, 10:00 AM
Bethalto high school students explored their parents and grandparents’ history in Madison County, creating oral histories and documenting personal artifacts, as part of a three-day history lesson presented by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate students involved in Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive for Madison County, Ill....
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25 May 2018, 9:44 AM
For Jessica Harris, PhD, associate professor of historical studies and interim assistant provost at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, it is all about payback. The education, mentorship and love Harris received at Dillard University in New Orleans, is what has prepared and propelled her to be an educator and administrator at SIUE who pours into the lives of student...
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23 May 2018, 11:21 AM
In his trademark gripping, combustible and yet reverential way, Dr. Cornel West, well-known political and social activist, Harvard University professor, best-selling author and theologian, called on people to continue in the tradition of the great African Americans who fought for justice and equality by becoming “love warriors.” West was the main attraction at ...
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23 May 2018, 9:50 AM
SIUE alumnus Clayton Hinton has been named a partner of West & Company, LLC. He will be the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Employee Benefits Department.
Hinton earned a bachelor’s in accountancy from the SIUE School of Business in 2007.
Details on his new role were posted in the Journal Gazette & Times Courier on Thursday, May 17.
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22 May 2018, 11:45 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Amanda Couch and Kevin West Jr. have been appointed to the Edwardsville YMCA Board of Directors for three-year terms.
Couch has served as a fitness coordinator in SIUE Campus Recreation since 2013. In her current role, the Rochester native has many opportunities to be involved in fitness programming, student development, f...
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22 May 2018, 11:40 AM
Local business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the region are invited to meet Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Small Business Development Center staff and participate in one-on-one counseling sessions from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, June 13 at Centralia City Hall, 222 S. Poplar St.
The SBDC Community Day will include a 90-minute workshop, “Discussing t...
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22 May 2018, 11:30 AM
A five-week trip to Uganda will offer the first passport stamp for many of the 11 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students participating in the University’s first student travel study in Eastern Africa from May 30 to July 4.
The international service experience is the finale of some of the students’ academic journeys, as they complete a bachelor̵...
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22 May 2018, 9:55 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) 2018 Graduating Class made history with its cumulative earning power of nearly $4 million in scholarships. The 28 seniors were lauded for their scholastic accomplishments during CHS’s commencement ceremony Friday, May 18 at Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
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21 May 2018, 12:35 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) dedicated its new Clinical Training Center in late April. The SOP hosted a dedication reception and demonstration after a meeting of the Pharmacy Advisory Board with board members, faculty and staff in attendance.
“It is important for our pharmacy students to have the skills for daily opera...
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21 May 2018, 11:20 AM
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) prides itself on providing a high-quality, service-focused education that is built on a foundation of research and clinical experiences that form the basis for professional practice.
Two SIU SDM students have gained national attention for their research excellence. Second year student Luke Revelt, of Edw...
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21 May 2018, 8:35 AM
The International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomed consuls and trade commissioners of the Chicago International Trade Commissioners’ Association (CITCA) representing countries worldwide for a luncheon and special introduction to the economically flourishing development hot spot that is southwestern Illinois.
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18 May 2018, 3:11 PM
SIUE alumna Christina Stamps has been recognized by the Illinois Education Association as an Outstanding Teacher. Stamps teaches sixth grade in Medora.
She earned a bachelor’s in elementary education from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in 1986.
Details on her recognition are available in The Alton Telegraph.
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18 May 2018, 3:00 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach shared its Star Lab Inflatable Planetarium and astronomy expertise with 8th grade students participating in the Edwardsville School District 7’s NASA Day on Friday, May 18.
NASA Day began with the special opportunity t...
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17 May 2018, 3:10 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Director of Retention and Student Success Kevin Thomas, EdD, has been selected as an Outstanding Advising Administrator Award winner by the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA): The Global Community for Academic Advising.
The organization also selected Thomas as a mentor for its 2018-20 Emerging Leaders Class. He is one...
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17 May 2018, 9:34 AM
As a recently selected member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) board, Venessa A. Brown, PhD, associate chancellor for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, and chief diversity officer at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will work to improve minority representation at colleges a...
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17 May 2018, 8:58 AM
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, Edwardsville High School (EHS) students solved complex spatial problems and presented their findings to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geography and other interested faculty, students and administrators on Friday, May 4.
From September 2017 through...
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16 May 2018, 10:25 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Chief Kevin Schmoll will be honored for his minority hiring practices at the Edwardsville NAACP annual banquet at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3 in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
Schmoll has implemented the University’s commitment to a diverse work force and an inclusive community by adding four office...
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16 May 2018, 8:59 AM
Lore’al Perkins, a senior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS), has packed celery, carrots, broccoli and peppers, in an array of yellow, red and orange, into her glass mason jar.
She is waiting patiently in line for the cucumbers, cranberries, sunflower seeds and spinach. “I think salad in a jar is a cool ...
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15 May 2018, 1:50 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences senior Sydni Rubio’s ultimate goal is to achieve a PhD and join a pediatric oncology research team. But, the Troy native knows she needs to take her academic journey one step at a time, gaining knowledge and research experience along the way, beginning as an undergraduate.
Rubio has received $3,0...
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15 May 2018, 8:45 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering senior Eli Ball is strengthening his entrepreneurial skills and making important professional connections through his involvement in local business pitch competitions.
In April, Ball earned second place in SIUE’s “TheOther40” Business Plan Competition, earning $3,000. That same month, he com...
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15 May 2018, 8:05 AM
For the 24th consecutive semester, SIUE student-athletes recorded a cumulative grade point average higher than a 3.0.
“What began 12 years ago as a measure of future excellence has now become a standard of performance expectation,” said SIUE Director of Athletics Brad Hewitt, PhD.
The recently completed 2018 spring semester saw 71.6 percent of SIUE student-at...
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14 May 2018, 2:10 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community is mourning the loss of junior School of Education, Health and Human Behavior student Kendall Douglas, who passed away early Monday, May 14 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 20.
An O’Fallon, Mo. native, Douglas was an elementary education major in the School of Education, Health and Hum...
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14 May 2018, 1:40 PM
SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook will deliver the Lewis and Clark Community College (L&C) commencement address at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, on its Godfrey Campus.
Pembrook earned an associate’s degree from L&C in the ‘70s, and later earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and piano performance at SIUE. He achieved a doctorate in mu...
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14 May 2018, 10:00 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School and School of Nursing (SON) celebrated the graduation of nearly 45 doctoral students on Friday, May 4. The healthcare professionals completed the University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program with specializations in nurse anesthesia, family nurse practitioner or post-master’s.
Just before gr...
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14 May 2018, 9:40 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dominic Dorsey, director of Disability Support Services, is being honored by The Empower Indy Inc. in conjunction with the Powerhouse Church of Indianapolis Inc., as one of its Champions of Community Engagement at the 2nd Annual EmPOWERment Black Tie Gala on Friday, May 18 at The Sheraton Hotel in Indianapolis.
The organiz...
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14 May 2018, 8:25 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jessica DeSpain, PhD, associate professor and co-director of the IRIS Center, and Matt Johnson, STEM Center Instructional Designer will be featured in the 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Now in its fourth year, the annual showcase will feature more than 200 innovative proje...
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11 May 2018, 4:25 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has reached an academic partnership agreement with the University of Costa Rica (UCR). The new five-year partnership with UCR, coupled with the current faculty-led travel study programs through Central American Mission Programs (CAMP), provide new opportunities for collaborative engagement in fields like pharmacy, dental medicine, ...
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11 May 2018, 2:50 PM
More than 50 Brownies, Juniors and parents from the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSOFSI) learned about the benefits of biofuels, fermentation and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during the “Fueling Fun” biofuels workshop at the NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
From fermentation in Amish Friendship Brea...
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10 May 2018, 2:50 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Tiffany Flint is being honored for her outstanding work as an educator who teaches, supports and empowers middle school students in Belleville.
Flint has received the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Outstanding Early Career Educator Merit Award and the Illinois Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (IACTE) ...
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10 May 2018, 1:03 PM
Collin Van Meter, Informational Technological Services support associate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, was elected to serve on the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Board of Trustees by the System’s active members.
Also elected was Steven Rock, current member of the SURS Board of Trustees and economics professor at Western Illinois Un...
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10 May 2018, 9:37 AM
Cubans’ strong sense of pride and resilience captivated Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Venessa A. Brown, PhD, associate chancellor for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, and chief diversity officer.
A trip to Cuba enthralled Brown so much that when she returned home, she documented her perspectives and experiences in A Prom...
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10 May 2018, 8:20 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Meridian Society’s annual Meridian Derby featured a beautiful spectacle of large, glamorous hats and fascinators as the philanthropic organization celebrated women’s leadership and investment in SIUE community-based projects.
The 7th annual Meridian Derby was held Tuesday, May 8 at Fairmount Park Racetrack’s ...
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9 May 2018, 10:30 AM
Added to a growing list of poetry awards and accolades, incoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Assistant Professor Tiana Clark has won the prestigious Agnes Lynch Starett Prize for Poetry.
The University of Pittsburgh Press (UPP) annually awards the prize to a gifted, burgeoning poet for his or her first full-length book of poetry.
Clark, ...
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9 May 2018, 8:10 AM
An Alton team won the National Flagway Tournament sponsored by the Young People’s Project (YPP) for the second straight year Saturday, April 28 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Student Fitness Center. The SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) hosted the second annual mathematics competition.
The Alton Alge-bruhs had to go to sudden death ove...
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8 May 2018, 11:00 AM
SIUE alumna Sherry Hausmann has been named president and chief executive officer of SolutionHealth.
Hausmann earned a bachelor’s in nursing from the SIUE School of Nursing in 1997. MarketWatch detailed her new leadership role in a press release posted Monday, May 7.
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7 May 2018, 4:05 PM
The nation is celebrating educators during Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-12. Among those applauding the wonderful, inspiring work of teachers are Spring 2018 graduates of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB), who achieved a bachelor’s in early childhood, elementary, secondary or special education.
The...
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7 May 2018, 3:57 PM
SIUE School of Engineering student Diego Piña will gain hands-on experience as a mechanical engineer through a competitive co-op position he secured at the Peoria Ameren gas plant. He will work at the plant from May through December.
The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis featured Piña’s academic journey and student involvement at SIUE, and detailed his c...
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7 May 2018, 3:55 PM
SIUE alumnus Mark Skertich has been named the 2018 Superintendent of Distinction by Kaskaskia Region of the Illinois Association of School Administrators.
Skertich is superintendent of Southwestern CUSD #9. He earned a master’s in education administration from SIUE in 2001.
Details on his notable achievement were posted Tuesday, May 1 in The RiverBender.
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7 May 2018, 2:04 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is participating in the Summer Food Service Program.
Meals will be provided to all SIUE East St. Louis Center Summer Program enrolled children 18 years of age and under free of charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless to race, color, national origin, sex, ...
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7 May 2018, 10:30 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville geography major Charles “Chuck” L. Pelo received the Illinois Geographical Society (IGS) Four-Year College Outstanding Senior Geographer Award at the IGS Annual Meeting, hosted by SIUE Friday-Saturday, April 27-28.
Pelo turned to SIUE after being displaced from his job as a steelmaking production supervisor in 2016. He...
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7 May 2018, 9:30 AM
It is a Facebook following that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students worked hard for and are proud of, because they educated and aroused interest in recycling among many Godfrey residents.
“Facebook is a great way to reach a large amount of people,” said Abbigayle Riedisser, a senior public health major. “We had initially wanted to re...
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5 May 2018, 7:25 PM
2018 Spring Commencement Ceremony Videos
May 4 - 10 am | 2 pm | 6:30 pm
May 5 - 8:30 am | 12:30 pm | 2:30 pm | 5 pm
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook oversaw the 2018 Spring Commencement exercises Friday and Saturday, May 4-5 for 2,091 eligible graduates. All the cerem...
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4 May 2018, 7:38 AM
The positive impact that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville enjoys in the region and, in increasing measure, across the country, is due to its esteemed alumni. This weekend, SIUE hosts its second annual Golden Graduation Reunion to celebrate and welcome back to campus those who graduated 50 years or more years ago from the University.
Approximately 33 Golden ...
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3 May 2018, 11:50 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Teaching and Learning is offering a new three-credit online summer course “Teaching Lincoln, K-12,” in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Teachers and graduate students from across the country can plan their own trip anytime this summer and enroll...
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3 May 2018, 9:05 AM
The unique academic backgrounds of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students Laura Quinonez-Lara and Lindsey Loyd will surely set them apart from others in the ever-evolving job market, upon achieving their degrees on Friday, May 4.
Quinonez-Lara and Loyd are the first to achieve a master’s in integrative studies through the SIUE Graduate School, the only s...
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2 May 2018, 9:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students in Zachary Schaefer’s, PhD, Spring 2018 organizational communication course learned first-hand the mutually beneficial outcomes that can be achieved through high impact community engagement practices as encouraged by Chancellor Randy Pembrook.
For their Senior Assignment, the 28 students were tasked with completing ...
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1 May 2018, 4:00 PM
Abdolreza Osouli, PhD, associate professor in the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Civil Engineering, was the featured researcher in the May 2018 Illinois Center for Transportation’s Principal Investigator Spotlight. Read the article here.
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1 May 2018, 1:25 PM
From Lolita fashion to robotic prosthetics, sexual assault prevention to chemical risk exposure, and fair trade to race relations within sacred harp music, a wide array of research and creative activities were featured during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Undergraduate Scholars Showcase.
The event, held Thursday, April 26 in the Morris University Cente...
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1 May 2018, 10:25 AM
The Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is looking forward to hosting a workshop on Advancing the Development of Minority Entrepreneurship (ADME) from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22. The First Bank at 4387 N. Illinois St. in Swansea hosts the event.
The workshop is open to all entrepreneurs in the communit...
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1 May 2018, 10:10 AM
Regardless of the age you choose to pursue a degree, specifically one in nursing, it’s not easy. But, what you gain in return for your nursing efforts is worth more than money can buy.
This is the wisdom shared by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing senior Terry Wooten, of Godfrey. On Friday, May 4, the 61-year-old will walk across SIUE’...
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1 May 2018, 9:32 AM
The exhibit opening of “Katherine Dunham: A Life of Dance, Activism and Anthropology” was held Friday, April 27 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC). The renowned dancer, anthropologist, and social activist founded the Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) at the ESLC in 1967 and adopted the City of East St. Louis as he...
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1 May 2018, 9:10 AM
For Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) graduates seeking to advance their educations and healthcare careers, pharmacy residency programs provide one such avenue.
The SIUE SOP has a strong history of successfully matching graduates with residency positions, this year landing in the top 10 percent of schools across the nation. This year, 84 p...
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1 May 2018, 8:50 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s unique Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program is celebrating the extraordinary work of faculty mentors and students through four awards.
The URCA program encourages, supports and enables students to participate in research and creative activities at the undergraduate level. URCA Associates work one-o...
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