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University Museum director discusses pre-Columbian exhibit

University Museum director discusses pre-Columbian exhibit

University Museum Director Eric Barnett gave a lecture last week about the museum’s pre-Columbian exhibit that is currently on display at the Edwardsville Arts Center.
University Museum Director Eric Barnett gives a lecture at the Edwardsville Arts Center, where pre-Columbian pieces from the museum are currently on display.
The exhibit gives a representative example of a “wide […]

Anthropology professor publishes guest blog about 'preppers'

Anthropology professor publishes guest blog about ‘preppers’

If you’re prepared for a zombie apocalypse, you’re prepared for anything.
At least that is what anthropology professor Chad Huddleston has found through his research with the St. Louis-based Zombie Squad.
“Their story is that they’re an anti-zombie squad, but really in reality they’re a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and they’re very interested in educating the public about […]

Coffee With Cool Women series begins today

Coffee With Cool Women series begins today

Women’s Studies program chair Catherine Seltzer started bringing real-world conversations to campus about a year and a half ago when she created the Coffee with Cool Women series.
“I was talking with colleagues and friends and asking my successful friends how they got to where they are, and part of what they said was it wasn’t […]

University of Denver professor discusses Turkey as a political power

University of Denver professor discusses Turkey as a political power

Joseph S. Szyliowicz, a graduate school professor at the University of Denver, spoke about Turkey as a political power in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the International Speaker Series on campus.
Joseph S. Szyliowicz, a graduate school professor at the University of Denver, discussed Turkey's role as a political power as part of SIUE's International […]

DeGarmo researches human security in occupied Palestinian territories

DeGarmo researches human security in occupied Palestinian territories

When Political Science Department Chair Denise DeGarmo first visited the occupied Palestinian territories in 2011, what she discovered was not quite what she learned about in her studies.
Photo courtesy of Denise DeGarmo
“I’d read about it. I studied it as an international relations scholar, but what I had learned is very different from what I saw […]

Anthropology, Theater and Dance collaboration featured in Anthropology News

Anthropology, Theater and Dance collaboration featured in Anthropology News

A collaboration that began with mutual interests between professors in the anthropology and theater and dance departments is the subject of a recent article an SIUE professor published in an anthropology newspaper.
Anthropology professor Aminata Cairo’s article, “Anthropology and Theater Very Likely Bedfellows,” was published in Anthropology News, the newspaper of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
“Since […]

CAS online courses continue to increase

CAS online courses continue to increase

The College of Arts and Sciences has more than doubled its summer online course offerings since 2010, at which time 24 online courses were offered.
By this summer, 51 classes will be offered. Larry LaFond, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the college has been “at the forefront” of recent increases in […]

Pre-Columbian artifacts on display at Edwardsville Arts Center

Pre-Columbian artifacts on display at Edwardsville Arts Center

Pre-Columbian pieces on exhibit at the Edwardsville Art Center should tell the tale of a culturally diverse region, according to Eric Barnett, director of the University Museum.
“[In] Pre-Columbian cultures, there were multiple cultures that really did not have anything to do with each other, and it shows in their objects because there’s no real strong […]

Vera Mcoy-Sulentic teaching at SIUE

Music professor to teach at Suzuki World Convention

Vera McCoy-Sulentic, director of SIUE’s Suzuki Program, has been teaching the Suzuki Method of learning music around the world for more than 30 years. And in March, she will expand her teaching to Japan.
McCoy-Sulentic was asked to teach the Bach Double Concerto in three classes at the Suzuki World Convention in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, that […]

Express advising to begin this semester

Express advising to begin this semester

Students with at least 75 credit hours and a 2.5 GPA will be able to take part in express advising, according to Brian Hinterscher, CAS undergraduate advising coordinator.
To qualify for express advising, students should have met with their major advisor previously, according to Hinterscher, and should come into the express appointments knowing what classes they […]

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