Archive for April 18th, 2011

Neath receives Annette and Henry Baich Award

Neath receives Annette and Henry Baich Award

Andrew Neath, professor of mathematics and statistics, is the 2011-12 recipient of the Annette and Henry Baich Award for his project “Statistical Model Selection and the Theory of Social Choice.”
The prestigious award, according to SIUE’s Web site, is given annually to the most outstanding STEP (Seed Grant for Transitional and Exploratory Projects) grant proposal for basic […]

Social work gala honors students and alumni

Social work gala honors students and alumni

On April 9, 2011, SIUE’s Department of Social Work hosted its 5th Annual Department of Social Work Scholarship Gala.
The event–designed to raise money for the Social Work Alumni and Friends Scholarship Fund–featured a social hour, cash bar, entertainment, silent auction, sit-down dinner, awards presentations, and keynote address by Gigi Dowling-Urban, director of the Williams Learning […]

Students, faculty strive to create digital database

Students, faculty strive to create digital database

Three students and one faculty member at SIUE are striving to create a database for Susan Warner’s “Wide Wide World” on the World Wide Web, a task involving no fewer that 100 reprints dating back to 1851. The project is part of the work of Jessica Despain, assistant professor of English language and literature. […]

Civil War re-enactors encamp at Circle Drive

Civil War re-enactors encamp at Circle Drive

This past week marked the sesquicentennial of the start of the American Civil War.  To commemorate the event, SIUE hosted a group of Civil War Reenactors on campus.  The reenactors set up a campsite, similar to what would have been common during the years of the American Civil War.
Throughout the weekend, the reenactors displayed different […]

"Art Happens" exhibit, art by art therapists

“Art Happens” exhibit, art by art therapists

An exhibit featuring the works of the Art Therapy Counseling program was in the Morris University Center Art Gallery the first week of April 2011.  The exhibit was entitled “Art Happens.”  The artwork  “was an opportunity for art therapy students to display their creative work while also defining art therapy counseling for the larger SIUE community.”
This […]

Angel watches studiers on Lovejoy Library 2nd

Angel watches studiers on Lovejoy Library 2nd

Members of the University Museum work at installing the terra cotta angel on the 2nd floor of Lovejoy Library in 1985. photo courtesy of University Museum.
Students who study on Lovejoy Library’s second floor are graced by the presence of an angel. The angel has kept watch in the group study area just above the […]

Sexual Assault Awareness Week educates, supports

Sexual Assault Awareness Week educates, supports

SIUE–through a series of informative and engaging events held on campus–observed Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
On the week of April 11 – 15, SIUE’s Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Task Force hosted a series of activities including an educational presentation about sexual assault; a clothesline project; a movie showing and a Rape Aggression Defense Demonstration provided […]

Dolan envisions advancement and growth for PAPA

Dolan envisions advancement and growth for PAPA

According to Drew Dolan, program director and professor of public administration and policy analysis (PAPA), the role of department chair is both an obligation and a challenge. Dolan is poised to begin that multi-dimensional undertaking in the fall of 2011.
Drew Dolan, program director and professor of public administration and policy analysis, is poised to become […]

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