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Students win big at art competition

Students win big at art competition

The closing reception of the fourth installment of the Students Art Competition Exhibition was held on Thursday, March 31 in the Morris University Center Art Gallery. At the reception, 10 students were each awarded $1000 for their art work which was displayed during the competitive show.
Altogether, about 62 pieces of student art were on display […]

Satinsky brings “Health at Every Size” to SIUE

Satinsky brings “Health at Every Size” to SIUE

The importance of health and well-being for people of all shapes and sizes was just one of the crucial messages that Sonya Satinsky, assistant professor of health, sport and exercise sciences at the University of Kansas, brought to students at SIUE in her presentation last week.
“Health and well-being are multidimensional… so when we’re talking about well-being, […]

Coates challenges audience to find "unspoken truths"

Coates challenges audience to find “unspoken truths”

The 2011 College of Arts and Sciences two-day colloquium proved a significant reflection on American culture, values, history and education. The keynote speaker, Ta-Nehisi Coates, added to the colloquium’s wide range of intellectual reflection with his presentation – A Deeper Black: The Meaning of Race in the Age of Obama.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of "The Beautiful […]

Step Up PR presents "An Evening with Speech Communication"

Step Up PR presents “An Evening with Speech Communication”

The Department of Speech Communication is hosting its 3rd annual “An Evening with Speech Communication” on April 13 at 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Goshen Lounge.
The theme of this year’s event, which is being planned by a group of senior speech communication students in the public relations track who form the team Step […]

Hicks selected to attend prestigious academy

Hicks selected to attend prestigious academy

With the constant growth and converging of mass media outlets and the advent of even newer and more interactive media-based technologies, being a leader in today’s field of mass communications and journalism can be a particularly challenging task.
Gary Hicks, department chair and associate professor of mass communications, is one of 15 mass communications professionals and […]

Romero, the media savvy dean

Romero, the media savvy dean

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences can boast that at its helm is a dean who hosts a radio talk show, “Segue,” and now writes a newspaper column, “College Talk” – both designed to highlight the backgrounds, research and courses of CAS faculty members.
His weekly column in “The Edwardsville Intelligencer” is the newest media venture […]

SGCI conference makes a stop at SIUE

SGCI conference makes a stop at SIUE

On Thursday, March 17, SIUE’s Department of Art and Design hosted several demos, exhibitions and projects in conjunction with the 2011 Southern Graphics International Conference which took place in St. Louis at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University on March 16-19.
The Art and Design building – in tandem with the […]

SIUE to add Cougar flair to SGCI conference

SIUE to add Cougar flair to SGCI conference

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 […]

Lobby Day prepares future advocates

Lobby Day prepares future advocates

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 […]

Colored Museum amazes and exhilarates

Colored Museum amazes and exhilarates

Under the direction of Kathryn Bentley, assistant professor of theater and dance, The Colored Museum proved a clever and poignant way to end this year’s Black History Month.
“The play was good… it was exhilarating,” said Anika Maddox, senior accounting major, who attended Sunday’s show. “I definitely think it touched on history and it also touched […]

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