A dean of a college has enough work to fill all the hours in a day and then some. Pursuing his or her academic aspirations can sometimes fall by the wayside. This has not been the case for Aldemaro Romero.
Romero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at SIUE, authored a book entitled Cave […]
The 2011 Southern Graphics International Conference is set to take place in St. Louis at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University on March 16-19. SIUE will be hosting its own slate of events in conjunction with this major conference on March 17.
On Thursday, SIUE’s campus – in tandem with […]
The Friends of the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability at SIUE honored 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.
“The Watershed tells two stories,” said […]
For social workers, being able to lobby for legislation that may remedy particular social and economic ills is a critical part of their professional purpose. For this reason, students majoring in social work at SIUE take part in an annual Lobby Day with the objective of improving their readiness to take on this aspect of […]
A new program is taking off at SIUE in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). STELLAR, which stands for Student Excellence and Achievement Recognition, was developed as a program that will assist CAS students who display potential at SIUE.
“The STELLAR … program is designed to recognize, honor, and develop some of the star student […]
Poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi came to SIUE in February to read from her recently published book “The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart.” Her appearance drew 40 to 50 people, who listened with rapt attention. The central Connecticut native lives in Berkeley, California, and her poems have appeared in a number of journals including The New […]
[ March 13, 2011; 9:00 am to 9:30 am. 9:00 am to 9:30 am. ] Rick Essner: Landing frogs, flying squirrels and ivory-billed woodpeckers, Oh My! AIRS 13 March Dr. Richard Essner was born in Perryville, Missouri, about 80 miles south from St. Louis. After completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Southeast Missouri State University, he received his doctorate from Ohio University and […]
[ March 20, 2011; 9:00 am to 9:30 am. ] Bryan Jack: The Exodusters
Dr. Bryan Jack is an Assistant Professor of Historical Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Alabama and his doctorate from St. Louis University. He was born in Parsons, Kansas, a small town in southeast portion of the state that […]
[ March 27, 2011; 9:00 am to 9:30 am. ] Adrian Matejka: A Poet for All Seasons AIRS 27 March
Adrian Matejka is an American writer who was born in Nuremberg, Germany. He obtained dual bachelor’s degrees in English Literature and Psychology from Indiana University and his Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is currently […]
