From the Chancellor

February 27, 2014

From the Chancellor

Congratulations to all SIU faculty, staff and students who participated in the 2014 SIU Campus Lake Polar Plunge last Saturday, Feb. 22, in support of Special Olympics Illinois. SIU individuals and teams raised $16,024 of the $55,720 total. Marketing professor Cheryl Burke Jarvis, the lone member of Saluki Marketing, was the top individual fundraiser for the event, and the SIU Department of Public Safety was the top law enforcement team. I'm grateful to all members of the SIU community who supported this event. A complete list of participating groups and funds raised follows.

SIU individuals not on a team: $3,041

Saluki Marketing: $2,750

SIU Department of Public Safety: $2,572

Alpha Chi: $1,958

National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association: $1,565

Phi Sigma Kappa: $1,148

Dirty Plungers (students): $705

SIU Polar Bears (students): $560

S.T.A.R.S.: $425

American Marketing Association: $310

SIU School of Law: $275

Saluki Athletics: $225

American Sign Language Club: $218

ATO: $160

Department of Kinesiology: $112

Rita Cheng
Chancellor