Archive for February 19th, 2012

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney speaks to pre-law, students

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney speaks to pre-law, students

Jennifer Winfield. photo courtesy of CID St. Louis, MO.
SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Pre-Law program and Student Legal Services are co-sponsoring Jennifer Winfield, special assistant U.S. attorney from the eastern district of Mo. to speak to students at SIUE Wednesday, February 22. The event will take place at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. […]

Anthology of persona poetry published - public preview

Anthology of persona poetry published – public preview

Persona poetry has a long history in literature, but, according to one SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) professor, there has never been an anthology focusing only on the genre. She has changed this. There will be a public reading in the Morris University Center bookstore of a selection from the anthology on Thursday, […]

Baumgardner and Richards: Manifesting Feminism

Baumgardner and Richards: Manifesting Feminism

Monday, February 27, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards will be visiting SIUE to give their talk “Manifesting Feminism: How to Live Your Values.” This talk is presented by the SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences Women’s Studies program and like all their events is free and open to the public.
The talk will be held in the […]

SIUE receives a $215,000 IDOT grant

SIUE receives a $215,000 IDOT grant

SIUE recently received a $215,000 research grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to identify available methodologies for collecting and storing highway inventory data. Working on the project are Shunfu Hu, professor of geography, and his graduate assistant Kamiliah Logralso, as well as Huoguo Zhou, assistant professor of civil engineering; Jie Gong, assistant professor of construction; […]

Manuel Ramos Performing at SIUE

Manuel Ramos Performs at SIUE

 On February 17, 2012, SIUE was treated to a musical event 60 years in the making as special Guest Manuael Ramos took to the Abbot Auditorium stage. This performance was part of Ramos’ 60th birthday tour in which he aims to give performances of all the Paganini caprices, Beetoven sonatas, and Bach sonatas and partitas.
Born in Mexico, […]

Alison Reiheld: To Care is Human

Alison Reiheld: To Care is Human

February 16, 2012, Alison Reiheld, assistant professor from SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy, presented her lecture titled “To Care is Human: Just Caring For Caregivers Wherever They May Be.”
The presentation, part of the SIUE Women’s Studies Program lecture series, discussed the social difficulties faced by caregivers both domestically and abroad.
“Care giving […]

Sixth Annual Social Work Scholarship Gala: Tickets now on sale

Sixth Annual Social Work Scholarship Gala: Tickets now on sale

Tickets are now on sale for SIUE’s Sixth Annual Social Work Scholarship Gala.
This event is designed to raise money for the Social work Alumni and Friends Scholarship Fund. This years featured speaker is Theresa Wilson, founder and executive director of The Blessed Basket Project.
Community Commitment awards will be presented to Ella Duncan, Sandy Crawford, The […]

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