Southern Illinois University | Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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SIU community invited to ‘Lessons You Don’t Learn in School’ that lead to career success - Faculty, staff and students are invited to “Lessons You Don’t Learn in School: How Failure, Authenticity and Confidence Lead to Career Success” from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 via Zoom.
SIU accounting students offer free income tax preparation services - Community members can soon receive free income tax preparation services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, thanks to a group of specially trained students.
Professor who specializes in energy to speak at SIU - A Canadian speaker will separately address young scientists and the energy-conscious during two sponsored lectures on Friday, Feb. 3, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards nomination deadline is Friday - Each day, our colleagues across campus inspire us with their incredible talent, passion and commitment. The universitywide Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards provide an opportunity to let the SIU community know of that person’s many achievements.
SIU’s Tenney lecture to focus on interdisciplinary teaching of math, art and science - Sujan Shrestha, an associate professor at the University of Baltimore who is known for his research on teaching through games and interactive digital technology, will deliver the University Honors Program Charles D. Tenney Distinguished Lecture next month at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
SIU students win national business competition - National champions. That’s the title a Southern Illinois University Carbondale business student team claimed last weekend when competing for the first time ever in the Deloitte FanTAXtic Case Competition, which asks students to present solutions to a realistic business challenge and address business and tax implications.
SIU student’s research may lead to better control of invasive pythons - When you’re a Southern Illinois University Carbondale student doing research far from home, sometimes discoveries happen in unexpected ways. Take the recent case of an opossum, a Burmese python and a GPS collar that may lead to better tracking and removal of the invasive species.
Nearly 700 students attend FFA night - Nearly 700 high school students from around the state watched the Salukis men’s basketball team beat Murray State Tuesday night at the Banterra Center as part of the university’s ninth annual FFA night.
Learn more about Microsoft Teams calling - The Office of Information Technology is encouraging faculty and staff to learn more about the Microsoft Teams calling feature.
Equipment inventory update and training sessions are next week - Ahead of the annual fixed asset inventory that will begin in a few weeks, property control will host equipment inventory update and training sessions next week.
Saluki Pride: Melissa Viernow wears many hats to assure success for CDL and early childhood programs - As the director of Southern Region Early Childhood programs and the Child Development Lab (CDL) and senior lecturer for SIU’s School of Education, Melissa Viernow is constantly multi-tasking and stepping in to do whatever is needed and her dedication and drive assure the programs succeed, her colleagues say.
SIU food nerd and dietitian advise resolving to cook at home more in the new year - Two Southern Illinois University Carbondale professors have advice on how to keep the popular New Year’s resolutions of eating healthier, losing weight, starting a new hobby and spending more time with family: cook at home.
Saluki Pride: Haibo Wang teaches, researches integrated circuits, sensor data - From a homemade crystal radio receiver built as a child to a professor at a top university, Haibo Wang has always been about capturing electrons and making them behave.
Saluki Pride: Ryan Redner studies human behavior, teaches students how to help people with disabilities - Ryan Redner is fascinated by people and what they do, and he’s devoted his life to studying human behavior and teaching students to help others.
Taking center stage: SIU MFA playwrighting student from Metro East earns prestigious fellowship - Sitting in the audience section of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s McLeod Theater, Emily Klingensmith pointed to an area behind her and recalled attending a short play festival years earlier when she was an eighth-grade student of Ann Garrett in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Saluki Pride: Tatiana Sherrill ensures SIU is a safe workplace - SIU Carbondale is home to many cutting-edge technologies and sciences, as well as being a small city unto itself. In that environment, safety cannot be a secondary consideration.
SIU expert and ‘food nerd’ offers tips for creating happy holiday meals despite rising prices - As the holidays approach and you begin preparing for festive meals, your wallet may notice a pinch, but Niki Davis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Program manager and professor of practice, offers tips for holiday meals on tight budgets.
Saluki Pride: Gregory DeYong studies supply chain management and helps students succeed - Gregory DeYong, associate professor of management in the College of Business and Analytics, is very interested in his students and their well-being and helping them succeed, and he proves it in numerous ways, while also advancing research in his field, which is of great relevance in today’s world, colleagues say.
SIU trio helps create trails to improve access to Tahoe National Forest - Paul Hart, Kyle Griffey and Austin Krelo worked side by side for hours and hours on the rough mountainous terrain, creating trails where there were none, enhancing recreational opportunities and promoting economic growth in the region surrounding the historic gold mining towns of the Lost Sierra.
Saluki Pride: Naoufal Lakhssassi uses genes to help plants resist diseases and improve their seed composition - The SIU System Inventor of the Year Award recognizes innovators who perform exemplary work in the field of technologies, discoveries, innovations, and made outstanding contributions to the SIU system during the past five years.
