Archive for February 3rd, 2013

Coffee with Cool Women features St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter

Coffee with Cool Women features St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter

Imagine talking to the person directly, or indirectly, responsible for the death of a child, and publishing that conversation for hundreds of people to read.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Nancy Cambria discusses her career as a journalist during the first Coffee with Cool Women event of the spring semester. Photo by Kari Williams
That is just one […]

Year of the Book continues with 'A Visit from the Goon Squad'

Year of the Book continues with ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’

Reading a book is typically a sequential, conventional event. But some who read “A Visit from the Good Squad” by Jennifer Egan compared the novel to listening to an album.
English professor Valerie Vogrin discusses 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' by Jennifer Egan at the first Year of the Book event of the semester. Photo […]

University Museum director discusses pre-Columbian exhibit

University Museum director discusses pre-Columbian exhibit

University Museum Director Eric Barnett gave a lecture last week about the museum’s pre-Columbian exhibit that is currently on display at the Edwardsville Arts Center.
University Museum Director Eric Barnett gives a lecture at the Edwardsville Arts Center, where pre-Columbian pieces from the museum are currently on display.
The exhibit gives a representative example of a “wide […]

Undergraduate Gallery Show Opens at MUC Gallery

Undergraduate Gallery Show Opens at MUC Gallery

The Spring 2013 Undergraduate Show opened last week in the Morris University Center gallery. The show features works from current SIUE undergraduates in the Department of Art and Design. Entrants in the show are eligible for a variety of awards from the various art organizations at SIUE.
Luanne Rimel, the Director of Education from Craft Alliance […]

Cast and Crew from the 2013 Black Theater Workshop at SIUE

2013 Black Theater Workshop

Last weekend SIUE held the Black Theater Workshop (BTW). This annual student-run production features SIUE students in wide variety of short vignettes emphasizing cultural heritage and issues of civil rights.
This years theme for BTW was, “The Stories We Weave,” was chosen by director Ashley Bland and co-director Kristina Cirone.
“We decided this based on the people […]

Ambassador Hussein Moussawi at SIUE

Ambassador Hussein Moussawi Talks Lebanese Politics

Retired Lebanese ambassador Hussein Moussawi visited SIUE last Friday to give a special guest lecture on politics in Lebanon.
Moussawi served as the Lebanese ambassador to Bulgaria and Hungary, and as a diplomat to the United Arab Emirates, China, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations.
During his lecture Moussawi discussed issues of peace in the middle […]

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Segue’s 100th Episode

On February 2, 2013, the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ radio program Segue aired it’s hundredth episode. Airing on WSIE, the weekly program features the work of SIUE faculty, staff, alumni, students, and visiting scholars.
Segue began broadcasting on March 6, 2011, and has aired an original program every week since it’s first broadcast. Over […]

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