Students in the Speech Communications Department will have first dibs on a new course being offered this summer at SIUE.
The new course is Speech Communications 419 Special Topics, International Public Relations, and is worth six credits to students who are accepted. Even though the course is in speech communications, it is open to students working […]
Last week marked the fifth annual media literacy week. An initiative of Gateway Media Literacy Partners Inc, (GMLP), the week marks a series of lectures held around the Saint Louis area to discuss the importance of media education in society. The lectures help to promote the GMLP’s goals of improving media literacy in the Saint […]
Studying monkeys in their natural habitat is not something that everyone would want to do. For some, seeing the monkeys at the zoo is close enough. One SIUE College of Arts and Sciences professor prefers to get up ‘close and personal’ with the jungles of Peru to study her monkeys.
A callimico monkey, a species studied […]
In a standing room only event, students and faculty had the opportunity to learn first hand about the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse case.
Michael Holley, associate lawyer for The Lanier Law Firm in Houston, Texas and former chief prosecutor of the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse case, came to SIUE to speak about the Abu Ghraib case […]
The Women, War, and Peace series continued this past week at SIUE with another event in Abbot Auditorium in Lovejoy Library. Part of a joint effort by Peace and International Studies and Women’s Studies, the series has been showing parts of a PBS special series called ‘Women, War, and Peace.’
On Tuesday, a small group of […]
Exploring methods to use contaminated soil to grow mushrooms is all in one day’s work for a professor at SIUE. Zhi-Qing Lin, associate professor of biological sciences, is using soil with high levels of selenium to grow mushrooms in a lab at SIUE.
Lin, the recipient of a P3 level grant of more than $14,500 from […]
Museums are always striving to expand their collections to reach the broadest audience possible. On Monday, October 24, SIUE’s University Museum will expand in several different ways.**
Recently, an email was sent out from the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago stating that they were looking for a home for a collection of […]
Even though the area surrounding the art building is being demolished and improved, it is not slowing down the faculty of the Department of Art and Design. The Fall 2011 edition of the faculty art exhibition can be seen in the New Wagner Art Gallery.
The exhibit contains a broad collection of art mediums and styles […]
Ralph Donald, professor of mass communications in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), will receive an award for long time service on November 5.
The award is from the Mid Atlantic Popular American Culture Association (MAPACA). This is the first year for the award that was established to honor Loretta Lorance to “pay tribute to […]
The Department of English Language and Literature of SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) began its 2011 Faculty Writers Read series Thursday, Sept. 29.
Adam Cleary, instructor of English language and literature, reads his short story.
The series began with Adam Cleary, instructor of English language and literature reading several short stories. Juliet Kerico, assistant professor […]
