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Temple Grandin speaks on her life with autism

Temple Grandin speaks on her life with autism

Due to inaccurate portrayals through different media sources, it may be accurately stated that most people do not understand many mental illnesses and disorders.  Autism is one such order that is often misrepresented throughout the media.
SIUE hosted a speaker whose lifelong work may represent the single greatest frontal assault on these misunderstandings.  Sponsored jointly by […]

Hopefuls audition for music scholarships

Hopefuls audition for music scholarships

Every year on the Saturday before Presidents’ Day and on Presidents’ Day, SIUE’s Department of Music holds music scholarship auditions. The competitive process affords students the opportunity to display their skills and possibly have those talents rewarded financially.
According to Audrey Tallant, department chair and professor of music, over 50 students responded to this year’s call […]

Inclusion, more than just a word

Inclusion, more than just a word

“The reason I chose ‘Inclusion’ as the name of this art exhibit is based on a feeling I had as a younger person… feeling not included,” said artist and curator Edna Patterson-Petty. “I didn’t want anyone else to feel that way.”
The exhibit is in the Morris University Center through March 2, in the second floor […]

SIU builds strong relationship with Cuba, states Romero

SIU builds strong relationship with Cuba, states Romero

Southern Illinois University is building an academic relationship with Cuba, according to Aldemaro Romero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at SIUE. Romero began consideration of the project when he realized several SIUE faculty members with ties to Cuban educational institutions.
“When I came to SIUE, I found there were a number of faculty […]

Byers is “Best of Competition”

Byers is “Best of Competition”

Cory Byers, instructor of mass communication, is the recent recipient of a Broadcast Education Association (BEA) “Best of Competition” award for a video that he co-produced for Edwardsville’s 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House.
The BEA accepted video submissions during November and December 2010 for its annual Festival of Media Arts which is scheduled to take place […]

Recording Academy tips hat to Kendall

Recording Academy tips hat to Kendall

Hailed as the founder of SIUE’s Suzuki String Program – making SIUE the first university in the country to have such a program – the posthumous honors being granted to John Kendall are numerous. The 2011 broadcast of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards proved another occasion to honor the pioneer.
It was a proud moment for SIUE students, […]

Name change initiated for Department of Speech Communication

Name change initiated for Department of Speech Communication

Isaac Blankson, professor and chair of speech communication.
Faculty and staff in SIUE’s Department of Speech Communication have been discussing a potential name change for that department for at least 10-15 years.
Now that the process to change the name “Department of Speech Communication” to “Department of Human Communication Studies” has begun, Isaac Blankson, department chair and […]

New faculty member joins SIUE, geography

New faculty member joins SIUE, geography

SIUE will expand the Geography Department in the fall of 2011. According to Wendy Shaw, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of geography, Stacey Brown recently signed a contract to join the faculty at SIUE.
Stacey Brown joins SIUE geography department. photo courtesy of Brown.
Brown is originally from Healdton, OK., a […]

Egyptian teach-in draws crowd in MUC

Egyptian teach-in draws crowd in MUC

Thursday afternoon brought a little rebellion to the Morris University Center in the form of a teach-in.
CAS student Ben Baker Skypes with teach-in audience about the situation in Egypt.
International Programs, the Middle East and Islamic Studies Initiative, and the Arabic Club collaborated in the hopes of cutting through the news inundating SIUE students and the […]

Spirituality and Sustainability to honor Kendalls, Lanham

Spirituality and Sustainability to honor Kendalls, Lanham

The Friends of the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability at SIUE will be honoring the late John Kendall and his wife Kay, also deceased, with the Sustainability Leadership Award at their annual awards dinner, March 5th. The Kendalls helped create the Watershed Nature Center in Edwardsville.
“They’ve been doing environmental education for […]

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