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Philosophy professors help organize historical existentialism conference

Philosophy professors help organize historical existentialism conference

Dr. Simons, Dr. Gordon, and Dr. Lueck at the "Diverse Lineages of Existentialism" conference in St. Louis. Photo courtesy of Howard Ash
SIUE professors were instrumental in organizing a philosophy conference held in St. Louis earlier this summer that brought together more than 200 academics from around the world.
On June 19-21, 2014, the “Diverse Lineages of […]

SIUE implements science training program for teachers to meet IBHE standards

SIUE implements science training program for teachers to meet IBHE standards

Through an Illinois state grant, SIUE provides training, networking, supplies and professional development to more than 100 science teachers.
Chemistry professor Sadegh Khazaeli instructs local science teachers at SIUE during workshops. Photo courtesy of Eric Voss
Chemistry professors Sadegh Khazaeli and Eric Voss co-direct the yearlong project, titled Students Learning Science through a Sustained Network of Teachers.  […]

SIUE hosts 7th conference on function spaces

SIUE hosts 7th conference on function spaces

Krysztof Jarosz, professor of mathematics and statistics, accomodates a participant traveling to a conference at SIUE on function spaces. Photo courtesy of Jarosz.
The 7th Conference on Function Spaces drew in more than 100 professors and scholars in mathematics to SIUE in May.
Krzysztof Jarosz, professor of mathematics and statistics, has worked alone to organize the event […]

English professor explores culture of reprinting through book

English professor explores culture of reprinting through book

English professor Jessica DeSpain is set to release her book, “Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Reprinting and the Embodied Book,” September 25th through Ashgate Publishing. Photo courtesy of Howard Ash.
With no copyright law between Britain and the U.S., reprints were multiplicitous and even promiscuous during the period of 1840-1891.
At least according to English professor Jessica DeSpain in her […]

Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Xfest to feature artist workshops, talk back sessions and world premiere in theater and dance

Nuns in Seattle during the 1960s. Cinema puppets interacting with humans. Antarctica adventures fused with an insurance company. And a world premiere by a dance and theater company.

These comprise productions coming to SIUE this week for Xfest: an Alternative Theater and Dance Festival.
Theater professor, Chuck Harper, also Xfest artistic director, said the weeklong festival features […]

Schreiber attends social work conference, publishes article on virtue ethics

Schreiber attends social work conference, publishes article on virtue ethics

In 2010, Calvin College hosted a conference on the role of virtue ethics in social work. The ideas which began there have been developed, and this fall, the “Journal of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work” published a special in which SIUE professor of social work Jill Schreiber co-authored one of the […]

DeGarmo shares heart for Palestinian cause with students

DeGarmo shares heart for Palestinian cause with students

Denise DeGarmo, chair of the Political Science Department, in front of the separation wall in Bethlehem, a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, about six miles south of Jerusalem.
Denise DeGarmo, chair of the Political Science Department, did not anticipate how visiting Palestine would impact both hers and her students’ lives.
DeGarmo started visiting Palestine in […]

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Nine students from the Applied Communications Studies, Mass Communications, and Public Administration & Policy Analysis Departments traveled to Western Europe in the summer.
Nine students traveled to Western and Eastern Europe this past summer with applied communication professor Sorin Nastasia
The study abroad program to Munich, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary, allowed students to appreciate the peculiarities of the […]

Flaherty earns 2014 Teaching Distinction Award

Flaherty earns 2014 Teaching Distinction Award

Political science professor Anne Flaherty received the 2014 Teaching Distinction Award.
Political science professor Anne Flaherty was named to the 2014 Teaching Distinction Award
The award is through the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and includes a monetary prize. Nominations were submitted by students and faculty and reviewed by the Teaching Excellence […]

SIUE schools, center receive $1 million NSF Grant

SIUE schools, center receive $1 million NSF Grant

A $1 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be used to enhance the educational experiences of aspiring math teachers at SIUE.
The NSF grant funds a second Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program for the university, this time in mathematics. A previous grant by the agency funds SIUE students in their path to […]

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