Last summer Jennifer Miller (Historical Studies) paid a visit to the Stasi (State Security Service) archives in Berlin. These archives contain extensive documentation collected by the East German secret police during the cold war and contains over fifty miles of shelves filled with information collected during that period. Since the fall of East Germany the […]
The 2012 fall semester marks the first time SIUE has offered critical language classes. These self-instructed programs are designed to be fast paced ways to become proficient at high demand languages.
The history of critical language programs dates back to the end of World War Two when the Foreign Service Institute noted that certain languages vital […]
June 6, 2012 SIUE kicked off the third year of X-fest, five straight days of one night only alternative theater performances. Still a relatively new festival X-Fest continues to grow with increasing diversity of acts, growing audience attendance, and positive feedback.
“So Far so good,” remarked Chuck Harper (Department of Theater and Dance), “We’ve had great […]
Julie Pietroburgo of the SIUE department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis prepares for her semester long stay in the Czech Republic. This trip is funded by a Fulbright award earned by Pietroburgo last April.
During her semester away Pietroburgo will be teaching a small handful of the over forty thousand students at Masaryk University in […]
Lighting designer Sean Savoie will be spending the semester as a guest instructor at SIUE. A faculty member of Washington University, Savoie heard about the guest position through Laura Hanson (Department of Theater and Dance) while they were working on a play together.
“Actually ironically I’ve worked with most of the faculty here before.” Savoie commented […]
Last Friday the faculty of the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences gathered in the Meridian Ballroom for the annual CAS breakfast. This meeting welcomes back faculty after the summer break, while reminding them of the accomplishments of the college over the previous year, and briefing them on the various goals for the coming year.
The […]
Last June a group of current and former SIUE students and Professor Cory Byers of the Deparment of Mass Communications teamed up to take on the Saint Louis Fourty Eight Hour Film Challenge.
In this annual competition teams from around the Saint Louis area are given forty eight hours to write shoot and edit a short […]
Last May Lana Hagan from the SIUE department of theater and dance took a group of current students along with Friends of Theater and Dance Members (FOTAD) to visit New York City.
This trip was the continuation of a fourteen year tradition started by Hagan during her early years at SIUE. Hagan would frequently ask students […]
Last Tuesday and Wednesday SIUE was host to a delegation from the University Of Havana. This visit was part of the ongoing efforts by the two universities to establish an ongoing academic exchange program. This exchange is part of the ongoing efforts of SIUE’s Cuban and Caribbean Center, founded in 2009 with the purpose of […]
Tuesday May 29, 2012 Jorge Hernandez Martinez and Raul Rodriguez gave a talk at SIUE about the history and politics of the United States relationship with Cuba titled “US Cuba Relations before and Beyond the Cold War.” Through the lecture the two University of Havana professors attempted to inform SIUE faculty and the public about […]
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