Archive for December 8th, 2013

Geography graduate student raises funds for water filters to be sent to the Philippines

Geography graduate student raises funds for water filters to be sent to the Philippines

Geography graduate student Adam King has raised funds to send water filters to the Philippines
Amid the Nov. 8 typhoon disaster in the Philippines and other countries around the world facing water contamination, geography graduate student Adam King is raising funds through the Wine to Water organization to send the country water filtration systems.
Recently, he recruited a number […]

Honors Scholars explore monsters, philosophy in freshman seminar course

Honors Scholars explore monsters, philosophy in freshman seminar course

Honors Program freshmen spent their first semester learning about monsters and philosophers in a class that culminated with the production of horror flicks combining the two.
Honors Program freshmen discuss their film, "A Walk in the Woods," Saturday as part of the Honors Program Freshman Seminar course on monsters.
Interim Honors Director Eric Ruckh teaches the Honors […]

Carr lectures at two Finland universities about local government, U.S. health care system

Carr lectures at two Finland universities about local government, U.S. health care system

Professor T.R. Carr traveled to two Finland universities to discuss his knowledge of U.S. government
Public administration and policy analysis (PAPA) professor T.R. Carr traveled to two Finland universities to present his knowledge of U.S. government from his practitioner’s perspective–as former mayor of the City of Hazelwood. He talked about healthcare and the current reform movement […]

Diversity attracted Garrison to CAS advising

Diversity attracted Garrison to CAS advising

SIUE’s diversity was one of the most attractive reasons for academic advisor Carol Garrison to bring her talents to the university.
“Certainly, there’s more transfer students,” Garrison said. “That’s really been quite a difference from the other place[s] I’ve been. People come from Illinois, but not all over the place. So, some are coming from very […]

Lueck explores the experience of dignity at Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy conference

Lueck explores the experience of dignity at Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy conference

Many philosophers argue that dignity cannot be measured, compared or experienced, but philosophy professor Bryan Lueck challenges the notion of being unable to experience dignity.
Philosophy professor Bryan Lueck
“Most value [is] relative so you can compare people to each other on the same scale, but dignity has always been conceived as a value that’s not like […]

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