Archive for February, 2019

A Message From the Dean

A Message From the Dean

Dean of CAS, Gregory Budzban
Welcome to the February 2019 issue of This Month in CAS!  Hopefully, the semester has fallen into a nice rhythm by now, and Spring will be right around the corner.
CAS Faculty continue to receive awards for their creative and scholarly contributions. Congratulations to Professor of Cello, Dr. Marta Simidtchieva, who recently […]

Actor & Activist Mike Farrell to star in Dr. Keeling’s Curve

Actor & Activist Mike Farrell to star in Dr. Keeling’s Curve

“What had not been clear to me until I got more involved with this play and with the research involved is how profoundly the climate is being affected, how quickly, and how disastrous it will be if serious steps aren’t taken.”–Mike Farrell 
Most well-known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the hit series M*A*S*H, noted […]

Global Music Awards Winner, Marta Simidtchieva

Global Music Awards Winner, Marta Simidtchieva

“I am trying to establish a new curriculum that can incorporate something interesting while maintaining all of the features that students classically learn from.”–Dr. Marta Simidtchieva

Professor of Cello at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Dr. Marta Simidtchieva recently released a collection of Bulgarian compositions, winning a silver medal through the well-known international music competition, Global Music […]

URCA Assistant Robin Cummins Corrects 9th Century Writing Errors

URCA Assistant Robin Cummins Corrects 9th Century Writing Errors

“The URCA Program has provided me with the opportunity to immerse myself into an experience that I would otherwise not have the ability to engage in.”–Robin Cummins
Writing samples from “Song of Hildebrand.”
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Assistant, Robin Cummins has been busy working on examining one of the oldest known poems in German […]

SIUE Senior Jonathan Amwayi Awarded International Leadership Scholarship

SIUE Senior Jonathan Amwayi Awarded International Leadership Scholarship

“We all need someone who believes in our abilities and we cannot forget about the people who helped us along the way.”–Jonathan Amwayi
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior Jonathan Amwayi was recently awarded the Richard & Patricia Dremuk International Leadership Scholarship. A scholarship designed to support those who demonstrate excellence and leadership among SIUE Undergraduate […]

Scholarly Translations from the Cabet Collection

Scholarly Translations from the Cabet Collection

“…you have to consider that these are correspondences with other people which is like walking into someone else’s conversation.”–Marlee Graser
URCA Assistant, Ethan Hill.
Last year, Dr. Debbie Mann, Professor of French, initiated a translation project involving the university’s Étienne Cabet Collection.  Lovejoy Library is currently digitizing the collection, acquired by SIUE in 1969 and preserved […]

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