Tag: "Joe Lacdan"

SIUE math major to present study on Vicodin research at international conference

SIUE math major to present study on Vicodin research at international conference

Using math to help solve drug abuse is one of many areas of research Luke Settles could take when he begins his career as a biostatistician.
Applied mathematics major Luke Settles made a presentation on his research addressing Vicodin addiction at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Undergraduate Math Conference in Terre Haute, Ind. Settles is scheduled […]

Stellar Student: Kiley Herndon

Stellar Student: Kiley Herndon

Keeping herself active with multiple activities is nothing new for SIUE senior Kiley Herndon. In addition to earning dual degrees in English and Applied Communications she has taken multiple employment and extracurricular roles on and off campus.
Kiley Herndon, a dual major in English and Applied Communictions, has published research, managed a blog and helped launch […]

SIUE math professors hope teachers circle rekindles love for mathematics

SIUE math professors hope teachers circle rekindles love for mathematics

SIUE professors Adam Weyhaupt and Tammy Voepel and Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics director Sharon Locke want to remind area middle school teachers that math can still be fun.
Area math teachers from the Middle and High School levels attend the Great Rivers Math Teachers' Circle hosted by the SIUE Mathematics Department and STEM Center. (Photo […]

Beyond Stereotypes: Native American photographer showcases modern depictions of Indians

Beyond Stereotypes: Native American photographer showcases modern depictions of Indians

For more than three decades, photographer Jeff Thomas has worked tirelessly to dispel the myth of the vanishing Indian.
Jeff Thomas' photo of the Samuel de Champlain monument in Ottawa, titled "Ground Zero" helped inspire an activist movement that resulted in the removal of the Indian Scout statue in the lower left of the photo. The […]

Stellar Student: Isabel Gonzales

Stellar Student: Isabel Gonzales

Someday, Isabel Gonzales hopes to inspire university students the same way she was inspired when she took an Introduction to International Relations course.
Isabel Gonzales, a senior political science major hopes earn a PhD and teach at the university level. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
The Political Science class taught by associate professor Denise DeGarmo, motivated Gonzales to […]

Bringing history to life: Civil Rights tour puts race relations at forefront

Bringing history to life: Civil Rights tour puts race relations at forefront

Nearly 50 years have passed since the Civil Rights protests rocked the Deep South, but recent events including the shootings of Ferguson teen Michael Brown and South Carolina resident Walter Scott by white police officers have brought the problems of race to the surface once again.
Bryant's Grocery store in Money, Miss., where black teen Emmitt Till […]

Philosophy speaker emphasizes the importance of examining credulity

Philosophy speaker emphasizes the importance of examining credulity

Credulity and its damaging effects on society and various social institutions were discussed by distinguished philosophy professor Susan Haack at the annual Fritz Marti lecture on April 2.
Dr. Susan Haack, an author and professor at the University of Miami (Fla.) speaks about the importance of credulity at the annual Fritz Marti Lecuture April 2. (Photo […]

Research study provides a different perspective on life with disabilities

Research study provides a different perspective on life with disabilities

Tiffany Eickhoff has known about “the look” her entire life. She remembers it when she attended Oakville High School in St. Louis. She said she saw it as an SIUE student.
SIUE Applied Communication professor Duff Wrobbel, left, celebrates graduation with his former student, Tiffany Eickhoff. Eickhoff graduated from SIUE with a degree in Speech Communication […]

Philosophy club members to host first prep ethics bowl at MUC

Philosophy club members to host first prep ethics bowl at MUC

SIUE’s Lyceum club members wanted to introduce philosophy to area high school students.
Lyceum club members (from left) Matthew Bazzell, Alfredo Piña, Stephen Wilke and Andrew Pashea will host SIUE's first ethics bowl for High School students at the Morris University Center on April 25. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
So this spring, the Lyceum organized the first […]

Local archaeological site provides window to historical past

Local archaeological site provides window to historical past

Near the western edge of SIUE’s campus by Stadium Drive sits a patch of old farmland.  The 35-acre field provides a glimpse into prehistoric American life in the St. Louis area.
Anthropology students work during summer field school at the Gehring excavation site on the west side of the SIUE campus. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Julie […]

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