Category: Political Science

Women's studies hosts IWIL panel

Women’s studies hosts IWIL panel

The Hon. Barbara Brown addresses students at the IWIL panel
On Wednesday, September 26, at 6 p.m., SIUE’s Women’s Studies program hosted a panel with members of the Illinois Women’s Institute for Leadership (IWIL) in Peck Hall.
The guest lecturer was the Hon. Barbara Brown, who is the Randolph County Circuit Clerk. The panelists at the event […]

Gordon D. Bush: looking at his career as scholarship competition opens

Gordon D. Bush: looking at his career as scholarship competition opens

Gordon Bush with President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of Gordon Bush.
The competition for the Gordon D. Bush scholarship has opened up for all SIUE junior-level students majoring in Political Science with at least a 3.0 GPA. The scholarship awards one student $500 with a winning essay on a selected political topic.
This year’s topic is about […]

France speaks on crusades, warfare

France speaks on crusades, warfare

Students at SIUE had the opportunity to see an accomplished historian on Friday, March 23. John France, professor of crusader, medieval, and military history at Swansea University, and currently guest lecturing at West Point Academy.
Katie Sjursen, assistant professor of historical studies, stated that France’s talk was co-sponsored by the departments of anthropology, English language and […]

Winfield speaks about journey

Winfield speaks about journey

[Video] Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Winfield was on campus last week to speak to SIUE pre-law students and SIUE charter school students about the path that led her to the US attorney’s office.
Jennifer Winfield with an SIUE student and charter schools students.
Winfield spoke to a group of about 15 students about how she began […]

Manhattan Room display in MUC gallery

Manhattan Room display in MUC gallery

In an effort to gather more attention for the different departments in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), a new project was proposed by Associate Dean Larry LaFond, according to Denise DeGarmo, associate professor and chair of political science.
“Larry LaFond had this brilliant idea to have departments put up displays to get them […]

Schlau speaks to PSA about daughter's' deaths

Schlau speaks to PSA about daughter’s’ deaths

Just before Thanksgiving, the Political Science Association (PSA) hosted an event that touched on a subject that has been in the headlines in central Illinois for several years. Kim Schlau, a representative of two organizations, Pursuit Safety and Focus Driven, spoke on the deaths of two of her daughters.
PSA asked Schlau to speak at SIUE […]

2011 Lincoln Laureate winner a CAS student

2011 Lincoln Laureate winner a CAS student

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. […]

New course gives international exposure

New course gives international exposure

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 […]

Speaking of ethics - ethics speakers to speak

Speaking of ethics – ethics speakers to speak

When it comes to taking ethics from the classroom to a professional field, the connection is often dropped, according to one professor at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).  Alison Reiheld, assistant professor of philosophy, plans on fixing that for a variety of students at SIUE through a speaker series this academic year.
Alison Reiheld […]

Images of America "East St. Louis"

Images of America “East St. Louis”

Arcadia Publishing’s latest addition to the “Images of America” series has roots close to home. Dr. Andrew Theising, associate professor of political science at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),  collaborated with Bill Nunes, an East St. Louis native, to produce “East St. Louis,” a collection of historical images from the city of the […]

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