Tag: "College of Arts and Sciences"

Colloquium presenters speak to natural spaces

Colloquium presenters speak to natural spaces

Two presenters spoke about natural spaces as part of the 2012 Spring Colloquium. On Tuesday, Aldemaro Romero, dean of the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences, and David Israelitt, a student at SIUE, spoke to a small crowd about two distinctly different types of natural spaces. The session was simply entitled Natural spaces.
Romero, who has […]

France speaks on crusades, warfare

France speaks on crusades, warfare

Students at SIUE had the opportunity to see an accomplished historian on Friday, March 23. John France, professor of crusader, medieval, and military history at Swansea University, and currently guest lecturing at West Point Academy.
Katie Sjursen, assistant professor of historical studies, stated that France’s talk was co-sponsored by the departments of anthropology, English language and […]

Romero appointed to CCAS committee, to present at November panel

Romero appointed to CCAS committee, to present at November panel

There is much discussion in today’s job economy about the value of education, in particular, a liberal arts education. While liberal arts detractors are trying to convince the world that there is no value to a liberal arts education, there is a council that is arguing the opposite just as hard along with a member […]

Japanese death poems draw crowd to quad

Japanese death poems draw crowd to quad

[Video] Jeff Skoblow, professor of English language and literature, and Eric Ruckh, associate professor of historical studies, read 111 poems from a collection of Japanese death poems on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 to commemorate the lives lost in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan. The reading took place in the Stratton Quadrangle […]

Japanese death poems in Stratton Quad

Japanese death poems in Stratton Quad

Last week, on March 11th, marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. Two SIUE College of Arts and Sciences professors are marking that anniversary with a reading this Wednesday, March 21. At 12:00 in the Stratton Quad, Jeff Skoblow, professor of English language and literature, and Eric Ruckh, associate […]

PAPA and Econ departments team up on CBA

PAPA and Econ departments team up on CBA

SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences Departments of Public Administration – Policy Analysis (PAPA) and Economics recently put the final touches on a cost benefit analysis that will hopefully increase employment opportunities, recreational opportunities, and decrease emissions in the region, according to T. R. Carr, professor of PAPA.
T.R. Carr, professor of public administration and policy […]

SLAPSA at SIUE

SLAPSA at SIUE

Philosophers of science from around the region gathered at SIUE to discuss an array of topics from mirror neurons to fields and waves. The St. Louis Area Philosophy of Science Association (SLAPSA) held its fourth annual meeting at SIUE’s Center for Spirituality and Sustainability on February 25. The conference was well attended, according to Chris […]

Students and alumna read persona poetry in bookstore

Students and alumna read persona poetry in bookstore

[Video] SIUE College of Arts and Sciences students personified a number of different items this past Thursday in the Morris University Center bookstore. The students read from a new anthology published in February that Stacey Brown, assistant professor of English language and literature, co-edited with Oliver de la Paz. The anthology, entitled  ‘A Face to Meet the […]

Ken Waldman and the Secret Visitors: From Madison County to Moose Pass

Ken Waldman and the Secret Visitors: From Madison County to Moose Pass

SIUE’s Arts and Issues series hosted an eclectic group of musicians Wednesday night last week.

Ken Waldman and the Secret Visitors: From Madison County to Moose Pass played a concert in the Meridian Ballroom in the Morris University Center at SIUE . The concert was a mix of music, poetry, and dance.
Waldman, self-titled Alaska’s traveling fiddler-poet, […]

Winfield speaks about journey

Winfield speaks about journey

[Video] Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Winfield was on campus last week to speak to SIUE pre-law students and SIUE charter school students about the path that led her to the US attorney’s office.
Jennifer Winfield with an SIUE student and charter schools students.
Winfield spoke to a group of about 15 students about how she began […]

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