Lack of resources, negative cultural attitudes and slow physician responses can impede the healthy management of mental health conditions facing African Americans, according to Kim McClellan, National Alliance on Mental Illness Southwestern Illinois (NAMI SWI) project coordinator. 

McClellan gave three presentations at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ea...

Interactive learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is happening around every corner at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during Odyssey Science Camp, being held Monday-Friday, July 16-27 and coordinated by the SIUE STEM Center.

More than 90 youth, ages 7-14, are engaging in hands-on learning activities that stimulate and build interest...

Be careful what you share online. Work to be secure within yourself. Practice being a leader. These and other messages were illustrated through ethnodramas that dealt with bullying, and were written and performed by students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) Upward Bound Math and Science Cahokia Madison (CM) Program. 

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Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering students are among eight in the country participating in Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.’s (LRS) competitive internship program this summer.

Located in Springfield, LRS is a global company offering a wide range of computer software products to customers around the globe. Through the company’s internsh...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) paid tribute to the extraordinary impact of retiring Director of Student Services Connie Stamper-Carr and honored former Dean Gireesh Gupchup, PhD, at the first Special All-Alumni & Friends Anniversary Gala held Saturday, July 14 at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark.

The gala’s approximately 1...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will honor eight remarkable graduates at the 2018 SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony, “A Night Among the Stars,” on Friday, Sept. 28 in the Morris University Center. The impressive alumni have made exceptional contributions in their chosen fields, in their communities and at SIUE through their leadership, character and h...

The Riverbend Growth Association invites local business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the region to meet the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) staff from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at the Riverbend Growth Association (RBGA) Office, located at 6722 Godfrey Rd., in Godfrey.

Metro East SBDC staff ...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department continues to be a strong, involved supporter of the Team Illinois Youth Police Camp.

Coordinated by Illinois State Police (ISP) and hosted in partnership with SIUE Police and other Metro East agencies, the 14^th annual residency program was held from Sunday, July 15-Saturday, July 21. Nearly 60 cadets from acr...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts will present its free summer concert, Salute to Broadway 2018, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 27 at East St. Louis Senior High School, 4901 State St. 

“Our students and instructors have worked hard all summer to bring a show that is in keeping with our tradition of excellence...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Philosophy Instructor Michelle Catalano’s students take their critical thinking lessons outside the classroom to address important and controversial topics in caring and creative ways. 

Read more about Catalano’s critical thinking courses in Engaged Philosophy: Civic Engagement in Philosophy Classes....

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is thrilled to announce a creative community partnership backed by external support that will bring the new Harry Gallatin SIUE Golf Practice Facility to Sunset Hills Country Club (SHCC) in Edwardsville.

The indoor practice facility and driving range is being named in honor of legendary SIUE coach and supporter, the late Harry Gal...

Accessible Campus Community & Equitable Student Support (ACCESS) is the new name for the former Disability Support Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

“We changed the name to better reflect the services we provide,” said Dominic Dorsey, ACCESS director. “Our mission is to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that diverse learner...

City of Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton provided the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Department of Intercollegiate Athletics with a certificate of commendation at the July 17 city council meeting to honor the Cougars’ consistent academic excellence and community service.

In the certificate, Patton commended SIUE’s student-athletes and coaches for their...

With handmade, colorful masks of a brown bear, a red bird, a yellow duck and more, preschoolers from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start Helen Davis Center participated in an activity to observe the birthday of famous children’s designer, illustrator and writer Eric Carle. 

Carle is best known for designing, illustrating and wr...

While some of them may have heard it before, a group of high school students in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Upward Bound East St. Louis and Cahokia (EC) program listened to one of their own tell how planning, persistence and positive support can result in college success. 

Upward Bound EC alumnus Eric Cooper spoke to th...

During the life-changing pursuit of higher education, great opportunities, challenges and personal and professional development are inevitable.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students who are now alumni have enjoyed personal growth under the mentorship of School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Psychology Professor Eva Dreikurs Ferguson, PhD. According t...

Madison County youth are designing, building and testing rovers, or space exploration vehicles, through the collaborative STEM Meets Humanities robotics program, presented in partnership by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM Center, Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities (MJCH) and Madison County Housing Authority (MCHA).

Students ranging in age from fiv...

For trans college students, Rex Lee Jackson, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville associate director of Residence Life, wants to start with the basics – human dignity and a safe place to call home. 

Jackson, one of four editors of the book, Trans* Policies & Experiences in Housing & Residence Life, hopes it will be used as a practical tool to create enviro...

There was a time when Radricka Olden could not imagine watching a cadaver being medically probed on an examination table. But that was before the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) student signed up for the Saint Louis University Scholars Program and learned of the research significance behind such work.&#16...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of Admissions is hosting 50 high school students on campus through the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) Camp College program July 10-13.

Camp College provides rising seniors from across the state the opportunity to learn about the college search and application process firsthand from college...

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues on stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 13-14 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metcalf Theater. 

The play, adapted and directed by Department of Theater and Dance Chair Chuck Harper, will close out SIUE’s 2018 Summer Theater season. 

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues on stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 13-14 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metcalf Theater. 

The play, adapted and directed by Department of Theater and Dance Chair Chuck Harper, will close out SIUE’s 2018 Summer Theater season. 

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues on stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 13-14 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metcalf Theater. 

The play, adapted and directed by Department of Theater and Dance Chair Chuck Harper, will close out SIUE’s 2018 Summer Theater season. 

The historic discoveries of SIUE’s Julie Zimmermann, PhD, professor of anthropology, and students in her archaeological field school were highlighted on St. Louis Public Radio.

Zimmermann’s interview with St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh aired Tuesday, July 10. The full story, entitled SIUE Students Spearhead Archaeological Dig on Campus; Ancient House Foun...

Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnae have been honored by the St. Louis Business Journal as being among the most successful female business leaders in the St. Louis region.

Receiving recognition on the Most Influential Business Women Class of 2018 list are Vicki LaRose and Catherine Taylor Yank. The female leaders are among 25 honorees selected out of mor...

While some have a passion for archaeology and others are more focused on ecology, 10 undergraduates from across the nation are gaining hands-on experience in both fields by participating in an interdisciplinary field study hosted at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in collaboration with the Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Andy Theising, PhD, professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of The Rise and Fall of an Industrial River Town – Made in U.S.A. Theising took time on Thursday, June 21 for an “Across the Years” presentation during the SIUE East St. Louis Learning Resource Center&#821...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has named Steve Huffstutler as Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Huffstutler has served in that role in an interim capacity since 2015. His appointment is subject to SIU Board of Trustees approval.

As interim, Huffstutler has led a dedicated staff of more than 100 professiona...

Wishing you and yours a very Happy 4th of July from SIUE.

The offices of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will be closed Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Offices will re-open Thursday, July 5, 2018. 

SIUE alumnus Nick Mance has been named president of Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). He previously served as chairman of the SWIC Board of Trustees.

Mance earned a bachelor’s in accountancy from the SIUE School of Business in 1986.

Details on his new role and professional history were posted in the Belleville News-Democrat on Monday, July 2.

The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) has honored four distinguished students with its annual Dean’s Scholarship.

Recipients include Tanner Brown, of Bethalto, Brandon Cesario, of Naperville, Jordan Ha, of Bloomington, and Kelsie Vandergriff, of Granite City. Each has been awarded $5,000 for the 2018-19 academic year.

The Dean’s...