My name is Tim Dickison. I have a BA of British and American Literature from Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL. I spent two years in Akzhaik, Kazakhstan as a Teacher of English in a Foreign Language. I am a second year graduate student in Mass Communications.
“The STELLAR … program is designed to recognize, honor, and develop some of the star student achievers of our College. Our CAS STELLAR students will receive special recognition and support from the College to help them achieve their full potential in their academic program and beyond,” according to the STELLAR website. Nominations are not necessarily predicated […]
This weekend, the Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis (PAPA) will conduct a weekend course that is sure to tackle controversial topics. The course is PAPA499/599-901 Public Security and Emergency Preparedness and is directed at upper level undergraduate and graduate students. Morris Taylor, associate professor of PAPA, will facilitate the course.
Friday evening, the course […]
An interesting “side note” documentary to the recent theater release of J. Edgar opened recently at a film festival in Germany and an SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) lecturer helped push the envelope to get the information released.
Edward “Chay” Lemoine, a lecturer in the English language and literature department, wrote his master’s thesis […]
SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) added another Lincoln Laureate student into the ranks this semester. Jenna Schneider, a double major in political science and economics and finance was awarded the honor this past month in Springfield, IL.
Denise DeGarmo, left, stands with Jenna Schneider, center, at the Lincoln Laureate award banquet in Springfield, IL. […]
Colleges and universities across the country look for ways to diversify their student population. A diverse student population is central to many aspects of a well rounded education. SIUE is pursuing an active role when it comes to a diverse student population.
Recently, Isaac Blankson, associate professor and chair of speech communications, along with Vanessa Brown, […]
The literary journal of SIUE, Sou’wester, has been publishing for more than 50 years now. Many of those years were under the direction, in one way or another, of Fred Robbins.
Fred Robbins waves his hat as he walks through a pasture with one of his hunting dogs. photo courtesy of Avdoian.
“As many of you know […]
Students in the Speech Communications Department will have first dibs on a new course being offered this summer at SIUE.
The new course is Speech Communications 419 Special Topics, International Public Relations, and is worth six credits to students who are accepted. Even though the course is in speech communications, it is open to students working […]
Studying monkeys in their natural habitat is not something that everyone would want to do. For some, seeing the monkeys at the zoo is close enough. One SIUE College of Arts and Sciences professor prefers to get up ‘close and personal’ with the jungles of Peru to study her monkeys.
A callimico monkey, a species studied […]
The SIUE Chapter of the Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honor Society and the SIUE Department of Philosophy hosted the Sixth Annual Philosophy Undergraduate Conference this past weekend.
The event continues to build off of the success of the past years. The conference this year had 17 different presenters from 13 different schools along with a keynote […]
In a standing room only event, students and faculty had the opportunity to learn first hand about the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse case.
Michael Holley, associate lawyer for The Lanier Law Firm in Houston, Texas and former chief prosecutor of the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse case, came to SIUE to speak about the Abu Ghraib case […]
