"The Billy Goats Gruff" SIUE opera cast during rehearsal Photo courtesy of Kate Slovinski
SIUE vocal students will tackle issues of bullying for local schools with the production of “The Billy Goats Gruff.”
Opera-tion Arts is an Opera Outreach program that performs in cooperation with the SIUE department of music. This fall, students will perform in the […]
Professor Connie Frey-Spurlock landed the sustainability fellowship, the first among faculty at SIUE Photo Courtesy of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Marketing and Communications Department
Sociology professor Connie Frey-Spurlock was awarded the first sustainability fellowship at SIUE.
Frey-Spurlock will work across academic disciplines “to increase the awareness of sustainability among the faculty, foster the inclusion of sustainability […]
Children can name colors when using crayons, learn eye-hand coordination and, through art activities, “learn to share materials, tell stories and express feelings,” including other skills according to arts therapy professors Patricia “Gussie” Klorer and Megan Robb in their award-winning paper.
Photos of Megan Robb (left) and Patricia Klorer courtesy of SIUE Marketing Department.
Their paper, “Art […]
Professor Jeffrey Skoblow reads poetry on the campus quad Photo courtesy of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Marketing and Communications department
At first, English professor Jeffrey Skoblow was not convinced by his instructor in college who suggested he become a teacher. Years later, however, he is doing the exact same thing-instructing students and encouraging some to […]
"Fast and Loose" actors onstage Photo credit: Valerie Goldston
“Fast and Loose” is a whirlwind of emotions that probes into the complex nature of the human heart.
Theater professor Kathryn Bentley, also director of “Fast and Loose,” said issues dealing with ethics are complex.
“Nobody is exempt from dealing with issues that will make you question yourself and […]
Professor Carl Springer reads from his book, “Sedulius, The Paschal Song and Hymns.”
According to English professor Carl Springer, the poetry of Sedulius, a fifth-century author who turned biblical stories into Latin verse “has never been translated into English before in its entirety.”
Springer’s book, “Sedulius, The Paschal Song and Hymns,” includes not only a translation of […]
Public administration and public policy professor T.R. Carr was selected to mentor and teach delegates from more than 120 countries in Russia at the International Youth Forum last summer.
Carr said it was really an impressive event with a high level of motivation and professionalism among those who attended.
“There was a wealth of knowledge about international […]
Nobel Laureate John Mather lectured to an audience of approximately 600 people on the universe last Thursday. Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
Learning astronomy was appealing as a child, according to Nobel Laureate John Mather, because he could take a piece of cardboard and lens and build a telescope.
Today, Mather is the lead scientist for NASA’s new […]
Monty Campbell, Jr., will recite from his book of poems for a Night of Poetry on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the University Bookstore.
“Ink-stained existence.” “Buzzing appliances.” “Humble grass.”– These phrases of description penetrate the pages of Monty Campbell, Jr’s, book of poetry titled, “A Large Dent in the Moon.”
Campbell will read from his […]
Nobel Prize Winner Dr. John Mather is the 15th William C. Shaw Memorial Lecturer Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
John Mather, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 and current senior astrophysicist for NASA, will present the William C. Shaw Lecture. His talk on Thursday, Sept. 26 will be titled “History of the Universe […]
