Oral Histories Take “Digital East St. Louis” Students Back in Time
East St. Louis middle school students are spending their summer studying the history of their community, including such topics as desegregation, pollution, industry and family traditions, and who...
View ArticleSIUE String Camp Featured on RiverBender.com
The melodious sounds of stringed instruments have been filling Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dunham Hall as 200 young musicians attend SIUE String Camp, led by faculty members Erika...
View ArticleLedbetter Named to MAC Hermann Watch List
SIUE men’s soccer senior defender Austin Ledbetter is among 28 men announced to the 2016 preseason watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, the highest individual award in...
View ArticleSIUE School of Nursing’s Bernaix to Pioneer Creative Curriculum and Expand...
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing continues to educate and prepare nurses to be expert clinicians and healthcare leaders. As dean of the School, Laura Bernaix, PhD, RN,...
View ArticleSIUE’s Odyssey Science Campers Explore and Investigate
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Odyssey Science Camp is in full swing and campers are building, exploring and investigating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through...
View ArticleSIUE School of Pharmacy iCare Grant to Heighten Suicide Awareness
December is a difficult month for mental illness as individuals may struggle with depression and family strife during the holiday season, while college students across the country attempt to manage the...
View ArticleSouthwest Illinois Trade & Investment Council Names First Board of Directors
The newly established Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council has announced its first board of directors.The regional trade and investment council was formed in September 2015. It elected its...
View ArticlePopular Construction Leadership Institute 2017 Registration Opens
Success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management and communication skills. The innovative Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) has packaged those...
View ArticleSIUE Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
The SIUE volleyball team gained national recognition with the awarding of the Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).SIUE was one of 131 NCAA Division I programs...
View ArticleSIUE Upward Bound Students Learn About Food Engineering at PryCor
For several Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound students, making ice cream in class was one of many highlights of the Food Science and Technology Program. “I loved the food science...
View ArticleSTL BizJournal Honors SIUE Alums Among Most Influential Business Women
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alums Jennifer Cordia and Kimberly Martin are among 25 female leaders being celebrated as the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2016 class of Most Influential...
View ArticleSIUE’s Redesigned Public Health Program Prepares Students for Expanding Field
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior continues to modify and expand its programming, and is now offering a bachelor’s in public health. The...
View ArticleSIUE Alumnus Launches Marketing, Branding Firm with Support from SBDC
Never Industries, Inc., a Metro East-based marketing strategy and personal branding agency, got its name from Founder and CEO Alexander Burkart’s core values, which include never giving up.The name...
View ArticleSIU School of Dental Medicine Alum Receives National Award
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine class of 2016 alumnus Kasey Kirchner, DMD has earned the Academy of Osseointegration’s (AO) Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award...
View ArticleSIUE East St. Louis Center for Performing Arts Alumni Bring Expertise and...
Venezia Manuel is putting rubber bands around white T-shirts, while observing the ballet moves of a group of six to eight-year-old students enrolled in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville...
View ArticleRiverBender.com Highlights Young Girl’s Gift to SIUE Police
The SIUE Police Department was visited by a young girl who is honoring the work of first responders across the country. The RiverBender.com highlighted Arianna Nichols’ visit on Thursday, July 28, and...
View ArticleFOX2 Features SIUE SBDC and Local Video Gaming Business
The SIUE Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Wayne Felix, owner of the Me 2 You Game Truck, were featured in a FOX2 News report on Thursday, July 28. Reporter Patrick Clark detailed how the...
View ArticleOdyssey Science Camp Instructor Bids Farewell after 30 Summers Spent at SIUE
Loraine Brown has positively impacted countless lives with her bright personality and exuberant love for science during her 30 years as an instructor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s...
View ArticleSIUE Mourns Loss of Engineering Student Cole Rosenberger
Cole Rosenberger, of Defiance, Mo., died Tuesday, July 26. He was 19. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Rosenberger was a sophomore in the School of Engineering. He was also a member of the Sigma Rho...
View ArticleSIUE Sustainability Fellow Nears the End of Her Appointment but Not Her...
As her sustainability fellowship at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville comes to a close, Connie Frey Spurlock recalls some of the successes, individual gains and projects she helped facilitate...
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