Category: Peace & Intl Studies

SIUE Mass Communications professor honored at MLK Luncheon

SIUE Mass Communications professor honored at MLK Luncheon

SIUE’s Martin Luther King Luncheon on Jan. 20 served as a reminder that certain aspects of his life must not be forgotten.
Dr. Musonda Kapatamoyo, Mass Communications professor, receives the Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Humanitarian Award on Jan. 20. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
Dr. King’s activism, and his call to Americans of any race to act […]

SIUE ROTC, CAS programs team up to combat rape culture through panel discussion

SIUE ROTC, CAS programs team up to combat rape culture through panel discussion

Army Lt. Col. David Motes perceives the rape culture within the U.S. problematic, and he, SIUE’s ROTC and CAS programs will address an audience with new approaches to combat sexual assault.
Army Lt. Col. David Motes is organizing a panel discussion,"Sexual Assault in the Military: A 2015 Perspective" which will take place next Monday. Photo courtesy […]

SIUE honors veterans in second annual tribute

SIUE honors veterans in second annual tribute

SIUE honored the thousands of men and women who have served their country with its second annual Veterans Tribute event held Nov. 4-6.
There are roughly 600 veterans on campus, according to political science department chair Denise DeGarmo, and because SIUE is “touted as a military friendly university,” she said it is important to recognize “the […]

Lawrence Meinzen's Helmet from World War II

SIUE hosts first annual Veteran’s Tribute

From Monday, Oct. 29 to Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, SIUE hosted its first Veteran’s Tribute in the Art Gallery at the Morris University Center. The tribute featured various events to pay homage to those who have served and fought for the United States including speeches, discussions, displays of artifacts, and writing notes of appreciation to […]

SIUE sets summer 2013 travel study programs

SIUE sets summer 2013 travel study programs

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SIUE has set the destinations for its array of summer 2013 travel studies. Summer travel studies offer students an opportunity to immerse themselves in a foreign culture and gain a thorough understanding of history, places, people, and heritage that enriches traditional classroom learning.
The University’s travel studies take students to a variety of […]

The University of Havana delegates shaking hands before their lecture on their visit to SIUE

Cuban Delegation Visits SIUE

Last Tuesday and Wednesday SIUE was host to a delegation from the University Of Havana. This visit was part of the ongoing efforts by the two universities to establish an ongoing academic exchange program. This exchange is part of the ongoing efforts of SIUE’s Cuban and Caribbean Center, founded in 2009 with the purpose of […]

Women, war, and peace series continues

Women, war, and peace series continues

The Women, War, and Peace series continued this past week at SIUE with another event in Abbot Auditorium in Lovejoy Library. Part of a joint effort by Peace and International Studies and Women’s Studies, the series has been showing parts of a PBS special series called ‘Women, War, and Peace.’
On Tuesday, a small group of […]

Women, War and Peace

Women, War and Peace

When considering the images of war, a person may think about what one sees in Hollywood films or war documentaries: men with guns. Allow a person to ponder further and he or she may never think up the opposite: women and peace.
SIUE students watch an extended viewing of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell."
 PBS Television, […]

Welcome back SIUE CAS to This Week In CAS - from the TWIC Editors

Welcome back SIUE CAS to This Week In CAS – from the TWIC Editors

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 […]

CAS meeting brings faculty together, introduces new members

CAS meeting brings faculty together, introduces new members

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty and staff are anything but negative about the outlook for the upcoming school year.
All members gathered at the 17th Annual CAS Fall Meeting on Friday to discuss the present and future state of the university and introduce new faculty and staff.
SIUE’s Chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift began the meeting […]

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