Category: General CAS Stories

Over 20 Faculty to Receive Funding through CAS Targeted Funding Initiative (TFI)

Over 20 Faculty to Receive Funding through CAS Targeted Funding Initiative (TFI)

Dean Gregory Budzban
Despite shorter days and colder temperatures, the mood among faculty at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville is warm with over twenty project proposals to receive funding through the College Arts and Sciences (CAS) Targeted Funding Initiative (TFI).
Each fall, the TFI funds faculty and staff proposals with a revenue sharing model using income from Winter Session […]

SIUE Receives Prints of Original Buckminster Fuller Artworks

SIUE Receives Prints of Original Buckminster Fuller Artworks

The legacy of legendary 20th century architect and inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller will take on even larger life at the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability (CSS-Dome), located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, with the donation of a portfolio of the artist’s prints.
Erin Vigneau-Dimick Museum curator Buckminster Fuller Inventions: Twelve Around One 
The Estate […]

A Message from the Dean

A Message from the Dean

Dean of CAS College of Arts and Sciences Gregory Budzban
We are now a few weeks into our Fall 2017 semester and I do hope the academic years is going well for everyone. For me personally, the semester is off to a much better start than the last two years, with the 2017-18 budget for Illinois […]

SIUE Mass Communications Professors elected Chair of Participatory Journalism & Vice Head positions at AEJMC

SIUE Mass Communications Professors elected Chair of Participatory Journalism & Vice Head positions at AEJMC

At this year’s annual conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Assistant Professor Mark Poepsel was elected Chair of Participatory Journalism Interest Group (PJIG). The interest group, one of several in AEJMC, has more than 70 members and has its roots in studying civic journalism-a movement within major news organizations to […]

SIUE Physics Dept. shines bright in the 2017 Solar Eclipse

SIUE Physics Dept. shines bright in the 2017 Solar Eclipse

SIUE welcomed over 14,000 students back to campus on its first day, with a rare solar eclipse viewing on campus. At SIUE, the solar eclipse reached 99.5 totality at 1:18pm, offering one of the best viewing locations in the Metro East area.
“Everybody was excited and ready with their glasses,” said Marcus Powell, a junior in […]

SIUE Xfest anticipates sellout crowds entering annual 8th year at SIUE

SIUE Xfest anticipates sellout crowds entering annual 8th year at SIUE

To start off the 2017 Fall Semester, the SIUE Theatre and Dance Department is hosting another installment of Xfest. Xfest delivers a week long experimental theatre experience for students and the public from September 12-15th, 2017.
Conceived in 2009 by Peter Cocuzza, professor of theater and dance, and Chuck Harper, associate professor of theater and dance, […]

Targeted Funding Initiative gives back

Targeted Funding Initiative gives back

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dr. Gregory Budzban has shed light on the Targeted Funding Initiative (TFI). Dean Budzban began the TFI in FY 16 and has expanded its reaches for FY 17.
The TFI uses revenue from the Winter Session and additional funding from the Dean’s office to support innovative ideas […]

A message from the Dean

A message from the Dean

Welcome to another edition of This Month in CAS! As usual, there are many initiatives that are ongoing in the College, and this month’s edition details some of them.
 
Diversity and Inclusion are ideas that must be central to who we are as an institution.  The Office of the Provost is directing a number of initiatives […]

New CAS student senators hope to connect with classmates this fall

New CAS student senators hope to connect with classmates this fall

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences student senators believe changes in the student government structure will give better representation to CAS students next fall.
Cody Osborne
Landon Montgomery
Haley Schlecht
Students were elected by direct vote from students enrolled in each college on candidates who were also enrolled in their respective colleges. This year’s CAS representatives are sophomore Cody […]

Glennon shares expertise on U.S. water sustainability and policy issues to SIUE audience

Glennon shares expertise on U.S. water sustainability and policy issues to SIUE audience

According to author Robert Glennon on recent water shortages, “Sometimes we humans have an infinite capacity to deny reality.”
Glennon’s knowledge of water sustainability prompted many to approach him afterward with more questions and followup. Photo by Theresa San Luis.
Arts & Issues and the Greater St. Louis Humanities Festival presented Glennon, who wrote “Unquenchable: America’s Water […]

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