Children reap benefits of SIUE Spansih education through camp Picture courtesy of Cathy McNeese
Children made worry dolls at camp, a craft that originated in Guatemala Photo courtesy of Cathy McNeese
Spansih professor Esther Herrera guides a student through the computer lab training Photo courtesy of Cathy McNeese
SIUE faculty taught local children Spanish last summer while engaging […]
Theater professor Kathryn Bentley is among the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission's fellows photo credit RAC
Theater professor, director, actor and community activist Kathryn Bentley has reason to celebrate in dramatic fashion–she and nine other artists received a $20,000 fellowship from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission (RAC). The 10 were chosen from an applicant pool […]
Alan Miton (left) completed a year and a half training in Fort Rucker, Ala., to become a Black Hawk pilot Photo courtesy of Alan Mitan
Public administration and policy analysis (PAPA) alumnus Alan Mitan became a Black Hawk pilot in November after several years serving in the military to attain his dream.
Commissioned as an officer in […]
Music professor Peter Martin will have some creative time to engage in projects made possible by the RAC $20,000 fellowship Photo courtesy of Peter Martin
Music professor Peter Martin has performed jazz for audiences internationally, studied classical piano performance at Julliard and performed at the White House. Now, the jazz and composition instructor has time […]
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 […]
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 […]
Foreign languages department professor Carolina Rocha received a grant to attend the Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar at the U.S. Holocaust Museum. She hopes to propose a class to teach at SIUE about the Holocaust.
Foreign languages department professor Carolina Rocha has researched the Jewish-Latin American presence in Argentina in literature and films, and with […]
Graduate English student Ali Vlahos received the Outstanding Teacher Assistantship Award. She hopes to teach in correctional facilities after graduation.
Graduate student in creative writing Ali Vlahos was awarded SIUE’s Outstanding Teacher Assistantship award for teaching Composition 101 last year.
Vlahos said teaching involves more than lecturing but performing as well, especially to get students excited for […]
SIUE Alumnus Roger Starkey launched The Metro Independent in August
Roger Starkey’s time at SIUE earning his bachelor’s in mass communications has helped prepare him in launching The Metro Independent online community news source.
His time writing and editing for The Alestle, SIUE’s student-run publication, was especially helpful, according to Starkey, as he began as a reporter, […]
English Professor Anushiya Ramaswamy has published translations of well-known Sri Lankan writer
English professor Anushiya Ramaswamy spent her recent sabbatical giving a voice to Sri Lankan writer Shobasakthi’s works, which are written in his native Tamil language.
Like Shobasakthi, Ramaswamy had some first-hand experiences with the civil war in 1983 “at its height,” yet she and her […]
