Archive for February 9th, 2015

Math enrollment on the rise as overall SIUE student population increases

Math enrollment on the rise as overall SIUE student population increases

Empty seats are increasingly becoming a rare sight in SIUE’s math classes. According to Math Department chair Adam Weyhaupt, the enrollment numbers in math and statistics classes are the highest they have been in at least 15 years.
The SIUE Mathematics Department, currently housed in the Sam L. Vadalabene Center, has experienced its highest enrollment numbers […]

Best-selling author to read from novel depicting East St. Louis

Best-selling author to read from novel depicting East St. Louis

Michael Datcher, a New York and Los Angeles Times Bestselling author, will read from his new novel, “Americus” Monday, Feb. 16, at 12:30 p.m. in The Friends Room of the Lovejoy Library. The book depicts East St. Louis from a historical perspective.
Michael Datcher photo courtesy of Redmond
According to SIUE Emeritus professor Eugene B. Redmond, who […]

STELLAR STUDENT: Jasmeen Wellere

STELLAR STUDENT: Jasmeen Wellere

Near her three-bedroom apartment on Chicago’s South Side, SIUE Jasmeen Wellere has heard the sounds of people fighting or dealing drugs. Other times she has heard gunshots.
SIUE junior Jasmeen Wellere, a social work major, hopes to become a family law attorney after graduation. The Chicago native was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences' Stellar […]

SETO to perform ‘The Adding Machine’ this week

SETO to perform ‘The Adding Machine’ this week

“The Adding Machine” explores deeper questions about humanity and technology, without answering them for the audience, according to senior theater major and director Kourtnee Brenner.

"The Adding Machine," a play produced by SETO opens this week
The SIUE Student Experimental Theater Organization (SETO) has produced and will perform the play written by Elmer Rice in 1922.
According to […]

Coffee With Cool Women continues flash mentoring with unexpected learning curves

Coffee With Cool Women continues flash mentoring with unexpected learning curves

Women's Studies director Catherine Seltzer anticipates Coffee With Cool Women conversations for the Spring 2015 semester. Photo by Theresa San Luis
An unexpected, non-linear path may happen—whether in life or in a career; and in group conversations during Coffee With Cool Women (CWCW) the direction may lead likewise.
Every semester, the Women’s Studies program sets up one-hour […]

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