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.
As many of you know, This Week In CAS (TWIC) launched its first edition in October 2010. TWIC is part of an effort by Aldemaro Romero, Dean of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), and his staff, to diversify the way the CAS communicates the stories, adventures, and successes within the CAS community, as […]
It’s not just anyone who can say their eyes are opened in a “terrorist” country. Denise DeGarmo, associate professor and chair of political science at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), can, and did, say just that.
DeGarmo was fortunate enough to be selected to travel to Palestine this past summer on an all-expenses (save […]
No one can say that SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is not reaching out the the local community. In the past year, under the direction of Aldemaro Romero, Dean of CAS, three new media outlets have been added to the arsenal, This Week In CAS (TWIC), Segue, and College Talk.
These new […]
Aminata Cairo, assistant professor of anthropology, and Jose Tojo, artist, perform a play at SIUE.
The “In the Tradition of Katherine Dunham Series” was the brainchild of Aminata Cairo assistant professor of anthropology, and Catherine Bentley assistant professor of theater and dance.
The series began in February of 2010 with a Department of Theater and Dance workshop […]
In journalism, winning a Pulitzer Prize is one of those “often sought – rarely achieved” moments that marks a high point in a career. An SIUE Mass Communications graduate stands at the top of her field, Pulitzer Prize award in hand.
On Tuesday, April 19, Paige St. John was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. […]
SIUE’s Student Success Center roof is turning green. How green? The green portion of the roof covers about 16,000 square feet. Even several of the SIUE geese are loving it.
The roof of the SSC is part of a system of experiments that can also be found on the Engineering building, the chancellors patio on Rendleman […]
Three students and one faculty member at SIUE are striving to create a database for Susan Warner’s “Wide Wide World” on the World Wide Web, a task involving no fewer that 100 reprints dating back to 1851. The project is part of the work of Jessica Despain, assistant professor of English language and literature. […]
This past week marked the sesquicentennial of the start of the American Civil War. To commemorate the event, SIUE hosted a group of Civil War Reenactors on campus. The reenactors set up a campsite, similar to what would have been common during the years of the American Civil War.
Throughout the weekend, the reenactors displayed different […]
An exhibit featuring the works of the Art Therapy Counseling program was in the Morris University Center Art Gallery the first week of April 2011. The exhibit was entitled “Art Happens.” The artwork “was an opportunity for art therapy students to display their creative work while also defining art therapy counseling for the larger SIUE community.”
This […]
Members of the University Museum work at installing the terra cotta angel on the 2nd floor of Lovejoy Library in 1985. photo courtesy of University Museum.
Students who study on Lovejoy Library’s second floor are graced by the presence of an angel. The angel has kept watch in the group study area just above the […]
