Archive for September 8th, 2014

Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Nuns in Seattle during the 1960s. Cinema puppets interacting with humans. Antarctica adventures fused with an insurance company. And a world premiere by a dance and theater company.

These comprise productions coming to SIUE this week for Xfest: an Alternative Theater and Dance Festival.
Theater professor, Chuck Harper, also Xfest artistic director, said the weeklong festival features […]

Schreiber attends social work conference, publishes article on virtue ethics

Schreiber attends social work conference, publishes article on virtue ethics

In 2010, Calvin College hosted a conference on the role of virtue ethics in social work. The ideas which began there have been developed, and this fall, the “Journal of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work” published a special in which SIUE professor of social work Jill Schreiber co-authored one of the […]

DeGarmo shares heart for Palestinian cause with students

DeGarmo shares heart for Palestinian cause with students

Denise DeGarmo, chair of the Political Science Department, in front of the separation wall in Bethlehem, a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, about six miles south of Jerusalem.
Denise DeGarmo, chair of the Political Science Department, did not anticipate how visiting Palestine would impact both hers and her students’ lives.
DeGarmo started visiting Palestine in […]

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Nine students from the Applied Communications Studies, Mass Communications, and Public Administration & Policy Analysis Departments traveled to Western Europe in the summer.
Nine students traveled to Western and Eastern Europe this past summer with applied communication professor Sorin Nastasia
The study abroad program to Munich, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary, allowed students to appreciate the peculiarities of the […]

Flaherty earns 2014 Teaching Distinction Award

Flaherty earns 2014 Teaching Distinction Award

Political science professor Anne Flaherty received the 2014 Teaching Distinction Award.
Political science professor Anne Flaherty was named to the 2014 Teaching Distinction Award
The award is through the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and includes a monetary prize. Nominations were submitted by students and faculty and reviewed by the Teaching Excellence […]

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