Archive for May, 2014

Sen. William Haine visits with art education students

Sen. William Haine visits with art education students

Two art education students and one professor met with Sen. William Haine (D- Alton) earlier this month during Arts Advocacy Day in Springfield.
Art education students Emily Pokojski (left) and Shelby Fleming (right) attended Arts Advocacy Day in Springfield last week with art and design professor Justin Sutter. Pokojski and Fleming visited with Sen. William Haine […]

French exchange program provides cultural and educational growth for faculty, students

French exchange program provides cultural and educational growth for faculty, students

Foreign languages professor Debbie Mann and Unversité Catholique de l’Ouest professor Yannick le Boulicaut have exchanged teaching roles to add dimension to each of their programs. 20 years ago, the exchange program began between SIUE and the French university. Photo by Theresa San Luis
Faculty and student exchanges between SIUE and the Université Catholique de l’Ouest […]

Geography students mentor local high school students in intensive learning program

Geography students mentor local high school students in intensive learning program

SIUE Geography seniors and graduate students mentored 25 Edwardsville High School students in AP Geography. Professor Randy Pearson arranged the program. Photo provided by Pearson
For the first time this year, SIUE geography seniors and graduate students mentored Edwardsville High School (EHS) students on a volunteer basis in “real-world” group projects, according to geography professor Randy […]

Historical studies graduate students present research at 10th annual symposium

Historical studies graduate students present research at 10th annual symposium

Seven historical studies graduate students presented a year’s worth of research on 19th Century France on Saturday.
Historical studies graduate students presented research in a professional conference setting during the 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium. Photo courtesy of Eric Ruckh.
The students are in historical studies professor Eric Ruckh’s Graduate Core Seminar in History and Theory, which […]

MSW students present research at Social Work Colloquium

MSW students present research at Social Work Colloquium

Master of Social Work (MSW) students raised awareness about issues ranging from the link between eating disorders and substance abuse to methamphetamine use in rural areas at the 2014 Social Work Colloquium.
Master of Social Work students presented research projects during the 2014 Social Work Colloquium. MSW students Sara Downey and Jessica Gain showed the correlation […]

Chemistry professor provides expertise for ACS weekly news magazine

Chemistry professor provides expertise for ACS weekly news magazine

Chemistry professor Edward Navarre and SIUE were mentioned in an international scientific publication. Navarre was refererred to for his expertise on atomic spectroscopy for an article in the American Chemical Society's weekly magazine. Photo courtesy of Navarre.
Chemistry professor Edward Navarre, the American Chemical Society’s weekly news magazine’s adviser on atomic spectroscopy, was referenced in a late March […]

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