Mullen Named Director of Student Financial Aid
Sally Mullen has been appointed director of Student Financial Aid at SIUE. Scott Belobrajdic, associate vice chancellor for Enrollment Management, made the announcement in late June.Mullen earned both...
View ArticleSIUE and City of Highland Launch Program to Promote Entrepreneurship
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the City of Highland have agreed to partner on a pilot program focused on supporting small business owners and entrepreneurs. The program is intended to...
View ArticleSIUE’s Safe Zone Participates in STL Pride Festival
For the second straight year, SIUE’s Safe Zone participated in the St. Louis Pride Festival and Parade during the final weekend in June. The annual event was held at Soldiers’ Memorial in downtown St....
View ArticleThe Wizard of Oz Opening at SIUE July 16
One of the most beloved shows of all time, The Wizard of Oz, comes to life at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dunham Hall on Wednesday, July 16, as the final summer offering for Summer...
View ArticleThree SIUE Golfers are All-American Scholars
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has honored three SIUE women’s golfers as All-American Scholars. Alison Gorman (Rockford), Molly Marcum (LeRoy) and Ashton Stair (Milton, Wis.) were honored...
View ArticleSIUE Engineering Students and Alums Assist with Community Service Project
SIUE School of Engineering students and alums played a significant role when the Associated General Contractor’s (AGC) of St. Louis’ Construction Leadership Council volunteered to work on fixing a...
View ArticleSIUE Names Hanlon Director of the Institute for Urban Research
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. Jim Hanlon has been appointed director of the Institute for Urban Research. Jerry Weinberg, associate provost for Research and dean of the Graduate...
View ArticleSIUE’s Hafer has Research Featured in Post-Dispatch
SIUE professor Rik Hafer has compared states’ economic performance to their ranking on various measures of educational attainment. Hafer’s thoughts are featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch business...
View ArticleSIUE Alum is New Superintendent for Brooklyn School District
Henrietta Young has been selected as the new superintendent for the Brooklyn Unit School District 188. The Chicago native earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from SIUE’s School of...
View ArticleSIUE School of Engineering Alum Verheyen is ISPE Young Engineer of the Year
Oates Associates announced that SIUE School of Engineering alum Tim Verheyen (2007) was named the 2014 Young Engineer of the Year by the St. Clair Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional...
View ArticleSIUE Alum Travis Cox Featured in State Journal-Register
Loami native Travis Cox earned an SIUE degree in psychology on May 10. Since then, Cox has been trying something new each and every day. State Journal-Register writer Dave Bakke profiled Cox’s...
View ArticleSIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program Receives Federal Funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start has awarded a cluster of grants worth $11,621,178 annually to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head...
View ArticleSIUE School of Pharmacy’s Gable Featured on ASHP Website
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) featured Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kelly Gable on its website. Gable, PharmD, is an associate professor in the Department of...
View ArticleProspective Students Learn About SIUE at Summer Preview
Approximately 190 students and 350 of their guests toured campus today at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s first Summer Preview.“I learned how friendly and straightforward some of the...
View ArticleSIUE Educational Outreach Teams Up with Main St. Community Center
The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach is partnering with the Main Street Community Center in Edwardsville to offer a unique three-part workshop on landscaping beginning Friday, July 19. Edwardsville...
View ArticleHuman Trafficking Summit at SIUE Heightens Awareness
Summit VideoSIUE hosted several members of Congress for a seminar on Human Trafficking in the United States, specifically in the Metro East, on Monday, July 14, at B. Barnard Birger Hall. Dr. Denise...
View ArticleSen. Manar Tells Education Scholars They are the Hope for Classrooms
Bringing financial equity to Illinois classrooms will not totally fix the problems in schools, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) told a group of Golden Apple scholars Tuesday night at Southern...
View ArticleSIUE’s Hennessey Named Director of Graduate Education
Shannon Hennessey is the new director of Graduate Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Jerry Weinberg, SIUE’s associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School made the...
View ArticleMetro East SBDC Salutes Signature Virtual Assistance As Success Story
Lorie Nelson, founder and owner of Signature Virtual Assistance, knows that the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center’s path crossed with hers at just the right time.The entrepreneur...
View ArticleIERC Study Shows Significant Portion of Illinois Outmigrants Fail to Return
Illinois has a long and highly documented history of exporting significantly more of its high school graduates to out-of-state colleges than Illinois higher education institutions are able to attract...
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