Archive for December, 2010

Strangers in a strange land

Strangers in a strange land

Thousands of miles away from home is not how any student wants to spend the holidays. Yet, across the nation, international students are often left in the United States. They usually cannot afford to travel home to see their families. Mehrdad Shadmehr, a graduate student in the chemistry program from Iran, originally felt […]

Visiting scholar helps kick off Native American Studies minor

Visiting scholar helps kick off Native American Studies minor

Dr. Annalyssa Gypsy Murphy, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, helped to kick off a new minor at SIUE. The Native American Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor that combines anthropology, art, history, philosophy, political science and a special topics interdisciplinary studies course.
Murphy (left) stands with Lynn Braveheart, a Native American speaker she brought to SIUE […]

Suzuki kids pull off massive concert

Suzuki kids pull off massive concert

Nearly 250 children showed off their skills at reading music and playing their stringed instruments in early December at the annual Suzuki concert. Parents of the Suzuki method students packed SIUE’s Dunham Hall—the payoff for regularly trucking their child to the University for individual evening lessons and weekly group lessons throughout the semester.
The SIUE Suzuki […]

PR professional panels: an opportunity for students to learn from the pros

PR professional panels: an opportunity for students to learn from the pros

Stacey Howard, instructor of speech communication, organized and hosted a series of informative panels led by public relations professionals last week.
The panels took place Dec. 6, 8 and 10 in Alumni Hall and featured a range of professionals sharing their wisdom and offering advice to students in Howard’s public relations classes.
Students listen intently as a […]

GSSWA spreads holiday cheer to homeless kids

GSSWA spreads holiday cheer to homeless kids

Now that the holiday season has begun, student organizations at SIUE are hard at work spreading holiday cheer throughout the local and neighboring communities. The Graduate Student Social Work Association (GSSWA) is one such organization seeking to meet the needs of the less fortunate this holiday season.
GSSWA Chair Tracy Mathias leads the way to the […]

PRSSA lends a hand to the National Children’s Cancer Society

PRSSA lends a hand to the National Children’s Cancer Society

SIUE’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) presented a check for $350 to the National Children’s Cancer Society (NCCS) on December 6.
(L-R) Stacy Howard, instructor of speech communication; Marli Knipping; Jenny Stephens, NCCS representative; Kelly Mitchell; Alyssa Eason, president of PRSSA; Sarah Manfucci; Amy Curry; Lindy Noel; and Isaac Blankson, department […]

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 2

Jazz convocation in Dunham pt. 2

The following videos are of I Surrender by Tony Rizzi, performed by the SIUE Jazz Guitar Ensemble at the Nov. 12 Convocation in the Choral Room of SIUE’s Dunham Hall. That is followed by Good Morning Heartache by Fisher, Higginbotham and Drake performed by the University’s Jazz Vocal Ensemble, with soloist Nicole Jonas and […]

Opinions on the Academy: finding ones 'voice'

Opinions on the Academy: finding ones ‘voice’

Each week, the editors will choose an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. An interview will be conducted with several CAS professors. The responses will be posted in this section in a straightforward Q and A layout.
This section is opinion based.
The editors of This Week In CAS are asking that you, the professors of CAS, […]

"Miss Julie" visits the Metcalf Theater

“Miss Julie” visits the Metcalf Theater

SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance put on its third production of the year, “Miss Julie,” for a near packed house in the James F. Metcalf Theater on December 3.
Alexander Kowalchik (Jean) and Aiyanna Wade (Julie) star in SIUE's production of "Miss Julie."
Miss Julie,  which runs from December 1-5 and 10-12, was written by Swedish […]

Bentelspacher organizes international video conference

Bentelspacher organizes international video conference

Carl Bentelspacher, associate professor of social work, successfully organized a collaboration between his Human Behavior in the Social Environment class and a class at the University of Cumbria in England.
Associate Professor of Social Work Carl Bentelspacher's Human Behavior in the Social Environment class interact with another class at the University of Cumbria in England via […]

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