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Hopefuls audition for music scholarships

Hopefuls audition for music scholarships

Every year on the Saturday before Presidents’ Day and on Presidents’ Day, SIUE’s Department of Music holds music scholarship auditions. The competitive process affords students the opportunity to display their skills and possibly have those talents rewarded financially.
According to Audrey Tallant, department chair and professor of music, over 50 students responded to this year’s call […]

Byers is “Best of Competition”

Byers is “Best of Competition”

Cory Byers, instructor of mass communication, is the recent recipient of a Broadcast Education Association (BEA) “Best of Competition” award for a video that he co-produced for Edwardsville’s 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House.
The BEA accepted video submissions during November and December 2010 for its annual Festival of Media Arts which is scheduled to take place […]

Recording Academy tips hat to Kendall

Recording Academy tips hat to Kendall

Hailed as the founder of SIUE’s Suzuki String Program – making SIUE the first university in the country to have such a program – the posthumous honors being granted to John Kendall are numerous. The 2011 broadcast of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards proved another occasion to honor the pioneer.
It was a proud moment for SIUE students, […]

Name change initiated for Department of Speech Communication

Name change initiated for Department of Speech Communication

Isaac Blankson, professor and chair of speech communication.
Faculty and staff in SIUE’s Department of Speech Communication have been discussing a potential name change for that department for at least 10-15 years.
Now that the process to change the name “Department of Speech Communication” to “Department of Human Communication Studies” has begun, Isaac Blankson, department chair and […]

GSSWA keeps community outreach consistent

GSSWA keeps community outreach consistent

SIUE’s Graduate Student Social Work Association (GSSWA) has made its effort to support and uplift those in the community a never-ending commitment. The organization’s most recent event was a successful recreation drive for Community Living, a nonprofit organization in Saint Charles, Mo.
GSSWA Chair Tracy Mathias poses with some of the items collected during the organization's […]

Women's studies takes on social justice issues this spring

Women’s studies takes on social justice issues this spring

The range of topics for events being hosted by the Women Studies program this spring is diverse. With events that cover issues such as masculinity in American films to issues of environmental preservation, Linda Markowitz, director of women’s studies and professor of sociology and criminal justice studies, and other women’s studies faculty plan to educate […]

Hsin-hsin Huang, assistant professor of social work, and Kristina Schiber, social work graduate student, role play a typical simulated client lab scenario.

Learning comes alive in simulated client labs

SIUE’s Department of Social Work may be one of the only social work departments in the country that offers students an opportunity to gain practical experience via simulated client labs, according to Larry Kreuger, department chair and professor of social work.
Hsin-hsin Huang, assistant professor of social work, and Kristina Schiber, social work graduate student, role […]

Fundraising event at Neruda a total success

Fundraising event at Neruda a total success

Despite forecasts projecting at least eight inches of snow in Edwardsville, the turnout for the event to raise funds for the SIUE Wind Symphony at Neruda Restaurant was impressive.
Audrey Tallant, professor of music and chair of that department, was excited about the 70-plus people that turned out to support SIUE’s Wind Symphony.
“The event happened and […]

Sociology department enthused about new faculty member

Sociology department enthused about new faculty member

SIUE’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies is singing the praises of its new hire, Georgiann Davis, a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
A quick perusal of Davis’ website, which details her extensive research and accomplishments,  provides an explanation of the department’s enthusiasm. Davis, who starts at SIUE in fall […]

STEP grants support research and creativity

STEP grants support research and creativity

SIUE offers several internal, competitive grants to support research and creativity amongst faculty and staff at the institution. Seed Grants for Transitional and Exploratory Projects (STEP) is a grant program offered, on a competitive basis, to “support research and creative activities … intended to encourage faculty to initiate new research directions or new research projects,” […]

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