College of Arts and Sciences News
SIUE College of Arts and Sciences Launches Hansen Humanities Network
28 October 2025, 6:13 PM
On Tuesday, August 26th, more than 60 students, faculty, staff, and administrators gathered in Lovejoy Library's Goshen Lounge to celebrate the launch of the Hansen Humanities Network established by a generous endowed gift from Julia Y. and Stephen L. Hansen to the College of Arts and Sciences.
Highlighting the Hansen’s many...
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Illinois Film and TV Workforce Training Program Launched at SIUE
27 October 2025, 2:46 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Mass Communications is lighting up new opportunities in the state’s growing film and television industry. With a supporting grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), SIUE is launching a Film and TV Workforce Training Program to...
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SIUE Graduate School Awards Honor Outstanding Students and Faculty Research Contributions and Support
27 October 2025, 9:00 AM
The SIUE Graduate School held their annual Fall Awards Reception on Tuesday, Oct. 21, honoring recent graduate student awardees as well as faculty excellence in supporting graduate students.
Graduate student awardees included the 2025 recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award and the Outstanding Thesis Award. Maria Zahoor, current...
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SIUE Music Series Continues on Edwardsville Campus
20 October 2025, 3:31 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s music ensembles, comprised of talented SIUE students and faculty, have scheduled a month of October performances.
Conducted by Michael Mishra, DA, Director of Orchestral Studies, this past Friday evening at Dunham Hall Theater, the SIUE Symphony Orchestra performed works by Sibelius and...
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WSIE’s Robin Boyce Installed into National Black Radio Hall of Fame
24 September 2025, 10:00 AM
Boyce Receives African American Radio Pioneer Award
With her silken-polished voice, commitment to news, dedication to community building and love for music – especially the jazzy kind – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Robin Boyce graced the St. Louis airwaves in 1980 during a time when Black voices and...
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Chancellor Minor Declares Budget Deficit Resolved and Looks Ahead
5 September 2025, 7:50 PM
With the publicity still fresh surrounding Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s fall enrollment growth despite challenging national trends, SIUE Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, gave an encouraging address, thanking students, faculty, staff, and administrators for achieving the monumental feat.
Minor...
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SIUE and ISU Researchers Tackle Drinking Water Safety Across Illinois
15 August 2025, 5:00 PM
An SIUE-led research team is taking a statewide look at what lingers in the tap—measuring and mapping potential contaminants in Illinois drinking water using advanced chemical and geospatial analysis. The initiative, “Sustaining Illinois through Safe Drinking Water for All: A Detailed Chemical and Geospatial Analysis of...
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SIUE Awarded $1.6M Grant from Mellon Foundation to Support Public Knowledge Digital Project on African American Literary Studies, Jointly Headed by SIUE’s Dr. Howard Rambsy
29 July 2025, 11:45 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation through its Public Knowledge program. The award will support the expansion of the Black Lit Network, a digital resource dedicated to African American literary studies. The project includes a podcast series, data visualizations, a literature...
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St. Louis Zoo Wildcare Park to Tout Animal Care Simulation, Thanks to SIUE Center for Crime Science and Violence Prevention
28 July 2025, 10:00 AM
Children to Learn about Animal Care through Virtual Reality
Imagine a setting that sparks children’s natural curiosity – even when it involves serious, real-world challenges. The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Crime Science and Violence Prevention (CCSVP) is turning that...
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Illinois State Police Partners with SIUE on Cold Cases
22 July 2025, 11:20 AM
Women in Jane Doe Cases Associated with a Serial Killer Identified; First-Degree Murder Charges Filed in 14-Year-Old Case
A partnership between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Illinois State Police (ISP) is offering real world experience for the next generation of criminal justice students and is aiding ISP Division of...
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SIUE Center for Crime Science and Violence Prevention Helps in the Fight Against Crime with Innovative Data Extraction Tool
21 July 2025, 11:35 AM
One element in the fight against crime is being able to promptly and accurately access and record the related data. The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for Crime Science and Violence Prevention’s (CCSVP) recent creation of an extraction tool will help police departments across the country do just...
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A Look Back: SIUE Mass Comm Week 2025 and the Changing Media Landscape
2 July 2025, 1:15 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Mass Communications wrapped up another successful Mass Comm Week this spring, with a full schedule of speakers and sessions focused on the changing media landscape.
“The twentieth annual Mass Comm Week continues to connect the classroom with the communications...
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2025 Spring Dean's List Announced
3 June 2025, 10:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville continues to foster future leaders through outstanding academic programs and dedicated faculty. Each semester, undergraduate students who achieve remarkable academic performance are recognized on the Dean’s List.To qualify, students must complete at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a...
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For Some SIUE Golden Graduates, 2025 Commencement Was a Second Chance
20 May 2025, 1:25 PM
“I wouldn’t be where I am right now if it wasn’t for SIU,” said Major Elester Latham (’75). “SIU was everything to me.” Latham, who graduated 50 years ago with a degree in theatre was one of more than 40 Golden Graduates at Southern Illinois University...
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SIUE Hosts Inaugural Symposium and Competition to Reduce Hate Crimes and Targeted Violence in Illinois High Schools
14 May 2025, 11:42 AM
The Illinois Invent2Prevent statewide partnership between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, EdVenture Partners, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency-Office of Homeland Security will convene to establish the Invent2Prevent program in Illinois. This inaugural Illinois Invent2Prevent statewide symposium and competition that...
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SIUE Celebrates its Greatest Resources – Its Faculty and Staff
8 May 2025, 4:05 PM
Faculty and Staff on all SIUE Campuses Enjoy Good Fellowship, Good Food, Good Times
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville honored faculty and staff members on all its campuses during its annual observance. Employees on the Edwardsville, East St. Louis and Alton campuses embraced the occasion and enjoyed one another.
Each...
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Scenes from the Centennial Celebration of SIUE Music Legend Ruth Slenczynska
8 May 2025, 4:00 AM
The three-day symposium of the Ruth Slenczynska Centennial Celebration came to a close on Sunday, on Sunday, May 4, with a signature concert at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dunham Hall Theater. Preceding the closing event were retrospective lectures, a piano masterclass and an exhibit, “Ruth...
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Student Dispatch: Mass Communications Major Oliver Brammeier Shares His SIUE Commencement Story
25 April 2025, 7:55 AM
Tells of a College Journey that was Informative, Interesting and Inspiring
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville mass communications major Oliver Brammeier is receiving his bachelor’s degree during SIUE’s spring commencement exercises. Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Brammeier now lives in Edwardsville. As he is interested...
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SIUE Student Researcher Joins Border Militarization Study along Rio Grande
9 December 2024, 2:25 PM
Recently, URCA student and third year environmental science major Emma Prott spent time on the Rio Grande along with Adriana Martinez, PhD, Full Professor in Geography & GIS and Environmental Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Martinez is continuing her research along the Texas border, and enlisted the assistance of Prott...
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SIUE Professor Documents Failed Attempt at Border Militarization
29 December 2023, 8:08 PM
Along the Rio Grande located at the United States-Mexico border sits Eagle Pass, Tx, hometown of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Adriana Martinez, PhD. Martinez, an associate professor in geography and environmental sciences, has spent years researching the impact of border security, and most recently, the...
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SIUE Fifth Annual Ed Roberts Champions of Accessibility Celebrates Inclusivity
11 November 2023, 12:35 PM
“There’s power in the student voice and my presence here,” said Winter Racine, a second-year mass communications student in the College of Arts of Sciences (CAS), and a Senator for Students with Disabilities. “Advocacy can bring about transformation.” Racine was one of a number of speakers who...
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CHS Students Get “On-Camera” Media Lessons during SIUE Mass Communication Dept. Visit
21 September 2023, 1:05 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students eagerly participated in hands-on lessons that demonstrated the hard work that comes with informing and entertaining the public.
The CHS Media Literacy class visited SIUE’s Department of Mass Communications on Thursday, Sept. 7. Students...
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SIUE’s Martinez Furthers Field Knowledge through Immersive River Trip in Utah and Arizona
9 August 2023, 10:20 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Adriana E. Martinez, PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Departments of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences and Environmental Sciences, participated in the River-based ImmersiVe Education & Research (RIVER) Field Studies Network river rendezvous...
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SIUE Geography Students Experience Unique Performance Learning through Storm Chasing
8 June 2023, 9:50 AM
Geography students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville enhanced their knowledge of meteorology and climatology with a unique learning experience through storm chasing. Students and faculty traveled over 3,000 miles in six days tracking and chasing storms in Oklahoma and Texas as part of the GEOG 429 Storm Chasing and Assessment field...
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Two SIUE Professors are Recipients of CARLi SCOERs Grant
25 May 2023, 8:55 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Chaya Gopalan, PhD, professor in the Departments of Applied Heath, Nurse Anesthesiology, and Mark Poepsel, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Mass Communications, have both received the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLi) Support for Creation of Open...
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SIUE Senior Fulgenzi Cultivated Keen Sense of Leadership at SIUE
28 April 2023, 8:35 AM
Prior to enrolling at SIUE, Anne Fulgenzi, political science and mass communications senior at SIUE, nursed ambitions of studying on a relatively larger campus. Coming to SIUE felt like merging into the background and missing out on life-changing opportunities.
But four years later it turns out she was laboring under a misapprehension because...
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SIUE’s Mass Comm Week Goes Big with Focus on Artificial Intelligence
14 April 2023, 7:50 AM
The Department of Mass Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will host its annual Mass Comm Week from Monday, April 17 to Friday, April 21 on the Edwardsville campus under the theme The Current Role of Artificial Intelligence in Mass Communications. This year’s event will not only engage contemporary issues...
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Going Award Winner Hicks to Speak About LGBTQ+ in Media After 25 Years of Research
6 April 2023, 3:01 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Gary Hicks, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of Mass Communication, will present The William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in the Maple-Dogwood Room in the Morris University Center on the...
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SIUE’s Film Society Hosts First Public Screening
2 February 2023, 9:15 AM
After relaunching under new leadership last fall, the Film Society in the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is off to a promising start this spring having hosted its first public screening of the 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film Pather Panchali.
A club under the Department of Mass Communications,...
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Gary Hicks Receives Distinguished College of Arts and Sciences Award
19 January 2023, 9:30 AM
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville awarded Gary Hicks, PhD, professor in the Department of Mass Communications, with the William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award, the most distinguished faculty award of the College.
A member of the LGBTQ+ community with more than 25 years of work...
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A Message from the Dean: Juneteenth National Independence Day
17 June 2022, 10:00 AM [CAS News Story]
Sunday, June 19 is Juneteenth National Independence Day. As you probably know, this holiday marks the day—June 19, 1865—when people who had been enslaved in Texas learned that they were free. Celebrations of this day began in Texas in 1866 and became common in African American communities in the South in the twentieth...
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Biology, Geography Double Major Inspired to Become College Professor, Researcher
3 May 2022, 3:45 PM
When College of Arts and Sciences senior Samantha Gallatin, of Machesney Park, came to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, she wanted to become a secondary education biology teacher.
After joining the GEOPATHS Scholars Program, however, her interests shifted toward geography, and she became inspired in pursuing a career as a researcher and...
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SIUE's Robb Launches New Book, “Group Art Therapy: Practice and Research”
2 May 2022, 8:00 AM [CAS News Story]
Megan Robb is a professor in the Department of Art and Design and the program director of the art therapy counseling graduate program at SIUE. She received her master's degree in art therapy from The George Washington University as well as training in relational cultural theory, motivational interviewing, and is constantly working towards...
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Jones Discusses Career and Upcoming Show “Life Sucks” on Segue
28 January 2022, 8:45 AM [CAS News Story]
On this week’s episode of Segue, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean Kevin Leonard, PhD, interviews Geovonday Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Theater and Dance. In this episode,...
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