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MPA graduate transitions from tornado relief work to Success by 6 Program Management

MPA graduate transitions from tornado relief work to Success by 6 Program Management

Within eight months of a tornado leveling the house of Andrea Bowers, the Master of Public Administration graduate was asked to be a part of a sub-committee project developing a resource book for disaster victims from a survivor’s perspective.
MPA graduate Andrea Bowers and her family. Photo courtesy of Bowers
Her position within the Success by 6 […]

SIUE Cougar Theater Company engages children in local community

SIUE Cougar Theater Company engages children in local community

SIUE students who are part of the Cougar Theater Company perform "Heads and Tales." Photo courtesy of Joshua Douglas.
SIUE’s Cougar Theater Company continues to extend outreach to children in the local community, and recently performed “Heads and Tales,” a play by Carol Lauck.
In late September, SIUE theater alumni Joshua Douglas directed the cast of five […]

Ising and Ramaswamy showcase works at Faculty Writers Read event

Ising and Ramaswamy showcase works at Faculty Writers Read event

Two English faculty members presented their works which addressed issues related to sexual exploitation at the Faculty Writers Read last Thursday.
English professor Ising recites his short stories at the Faculty Writers Read at the MUC. Photo by Theresa San Luis.
English instructor Daniel Ising read two short stories or pieces of fiction writing while English professor […]

Music faculty volunteers to host clinic for area high school students

Music faculty volunteers to host clinic for area high school students

Music professor Daniel Smithiger leads local high students in a workshop to prepare them for ILMEA competition. Photo courtesy of Smithiger.
SIUE music faculty held a clinic for area high school students to help them prepare for auditions at the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) competition.
On Sept. 18-19, many faculty members volunteered to hold workshops with […]

Conversation Hours set stage for relaxed learning of foreign languages

Conversation Hours set stage for relaxed learning of foreign languages

There is no grading during conversation hours, and foreign language professors enable this setting so students can dialogue in a relaxed manner and have fun learning.
Students spent Friday afternoon at Spanish conversation hour in the Morris University Center. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis.
Foreign language professors, instructors and tutors volunteer to host weekly conversation hours […]

Mandarin instructor applies ALLEX training and cultural knowledge to teaching

Mandarin instructor applies ALLEX training and cultural knowledge to teaching

Mandarin instructor Chinling Yang was trained through the ALLEX program. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis.
Chinling Yang, a Mandarin instructor, can relate to students and offer first-hand knowledge of her culture as she trained through the Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (ALLEX) program.
A native of Taiwan, Yang is SIUE’s second ALLEX instructor. She […]

SIUE program to immerse East St. Louis middle school students in technological learning projects

SIUE program to immerse East St. Louis middle school students in technological learning projects

Middle school students in East St. Louis will experience a technologically rich learning environment through an SIUE program.
Sharon Locke, STEM Center director, Jessica DeSpain, English professor and IRIS center director and Liza Cummings, professor of curriculum and instruction collaborated to receive an ITEST grant from the National Science Foundation.
SIUE received an Innovative Technology Experiences for […]

Mass communications instructor to discuss book featuring radio commentaries

Mass communications instructor to discuss book featuring radio commentaries

Tom Dehner, mass communications instructor, will discuss and read from his book that features “From the Sidelines” commentaries originally broadcast on WSIE-FM (88.7 FM) The Jazz Station at SIUE
Tom Dehner, mass communications instructor, will give a reading and sign copies of his book, “JUST CALL ME HARRY STEINFELDT Memoirs and Musings from ‘Playin’ the Game’ […]

SIUE implements science training program for teachers to meet IBHE standards

SIUE implements science training program for teachers to meet IBHE standards

Through an Illinois state grant, SIUE provides training, networking, supplies and professional development to more than 100 science teachers.
Chemistry professor Sadegh Khazaeli instructs local science teachers at SIUE during workshops. Photo courtesy of Eric Voss
Chemistry professors Sadegh Khazaeli and Eric Voss co-direct the yearlong project, titled Students Learning Science through a Sustained Network of Teachers.  […]

SIUE hosts 7th conference on function spaces

SIUE hosts 7th conference on function spaces

Krysztof Jarosz, professor of mathematics and statistics, accomodates a participant traveling to a conference at SIUE on function spaces. Photo courtesy of Jarosz.
The 7th Conference on Function Spaces drew in more than 100 professors and scholars in mathematics to SIUE in May.
Krzysztof Jarosz, professor of mathematics and statistics, has worked alone to organize the event […]

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