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Coffee with Cool Women series now includes alumni speakers

Coffee with Cool Women series now includes alumni speakers

The Women’s Studies program has presented its Coffee with Cool Women (CWCW) series for three years, but this semester will see the biggest change to the program – the inclusion of SIUE alumni as speakers.
Alumna Megan Smith, who currently works at the domestic violence shelter St. Martha’s Hall, will be the first alumni to speak […]

Stacy explores Whitman's journalism career in sabbatical research

Stacy explores Whitman’s journalism career in sabbatical research

History professor Jason Stacy presented sabbatical research last week on Walt Whitman’s journalism career from before the first publication of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855.
Photo courtesy of Jason Stacy
Whitman’s journalism career began in the early 1840s and as it progressed, Stacy said Whitman began to develop a writing style of “scenes and peeps” that took […]

Pi Sigma Alpha hosts 'A Conversation with Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon'

Pi Sigma Alpha hosts ‘A Conversation with Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon’

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, a former SIU Carbondale law professor, will speak to the university community about Illinois government Thursday evening.
Pi Sigma Alpha will bring Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon to speak on campus at 7 p.m., Thursday, at the Maple-Dogwood Room of the Morris University Center.
Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science department’s honor society, is […]

MSW students assist more than 100 Madison County residents at Project Homeless Connect

MSW students assist more than 100 Madison County residents at Project Homeless Connect

William Hormann, of Worden, sought job resources and legal, medical and housing information last week during Project Homeless Connect at the Salvation Army in Alton – an event supported by Master of Social Work (MSW) students.
More than 100 Madison County residents attended Project Homeless Connect Jan. 29 at the Salvation Army in Alton. The event, […]

Ruckh aims to strengthen Honors Program as new program director search continues

Ruckh aims to strengthen Honors Program as new program director search continues

Interim Honors Program Director Eric Ruckh has taken multiple steps toward enhancing the Honors Program as the Office of the Provost prepares to select a new program director.
Eric Ruckh, interim honors program director, has been working to enhance the program through an updated website and co-curricular additions, among other improvements. Photo courtesy of Eric Ruckh.
Ruckh, […]

CAS Colloquium proposals due Jan. 31

CAS Colloquium proposals due Jan. 31

Students and faculty interested in participating in the 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium have until Jan. 31 to submit proposals.
Associate Dean Larry LaFond said anyone in the university community is eligible, so long as proposals fit the theme “Thinking About Movement.” LaFond said the theme is broad so it can be approached from […]

LehrerDance performs Saturday for Arts and Issues

LehrerDance performs Saturday for Arts and Issues

It’s not just ballet.
It’s ballet, break dancing, modern dance, jazz and just about everything in between. It’s LehrerDance, which will perform at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday at Dunham Hall Theater as part of the 2013-2014 Arts and Issues series.
LehrerDance returns to SIUE as part of the 2013-2014 Arts & Issues series. Photo courtesy of Nate […]

Black Theater Workshop explores Trayvon Martin case, social justice

Black Theater Workshop explores Trayvon Martin case, social justice

Students will recite poetry, dance and act out artistic expressions at the annual Black Theater Workshop in response to the Trayvon Martin case and social justice.
Students Craig Williams and Ashley Dozier rehearse for the 2014 Black Theater Workshop, which focuses on the Trayvon Martin case and social justice. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Stallings
Martin, a Florida […]

Holt first anthropology professor to receive Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher Award

Holt first anthropology professor to receive Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher Award

In the roughly 15 years of its existence, anthropology professor Julie Holt is the first in her department to receive the Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher Award.
Anthropology professor Julie Holt is the first in her department to receive the Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher Award. Photo courtesy of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marketing and Communications
Holt said she […]

URCA students conduct research in Palestine

URCA students conduct research in Palestine

Three political science students spent a week and a half in Palestine during winter break to conduct research with the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem as part of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program.
Three political science students conducted research in Palestine during winter break, including senior Charmaine Burrus (pictured). Photo courtesy of Denise […]

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