SIU in the News - September, 2024
In his first monthly series of essays, John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, looks at the political statesmanship and continuing relevance of the late U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana.
Chicago Tribune (subscription) — Sept. 30, 2024
Jenna Jamieson, assistant lecturer, public health, discusses the annual Backpacks for Success drive.
KFVS-TV — Sept. 30, 2024
SIU Carbondale faculty member Mohtashim Shamsi and SIU Edwardsville faculty member Mina Sumita were featured as two recipients of the SIU System’s 2024 Faculty Collaboration Award.
St. Louis Business Journal (subscription) – Sept. 30, 2024
Chancellor Austin Lane discusses the Saluki Commitment program, how in 2025 the university will move into the R1 Carnegie Research Classification and more.
WGN Radio — Sept. 26, 2024
SIU System President Dan Mahony discusses multiple strategies in use at SIU Carbondale behind the enrollment increases, which is bucking a national higher education trend.
WFLD-TV Fox 23, Chicago — Sept. 26, 2024
Gary Kinsel, SIU Cannabis Science Center director, discusses hemp, its uses, and the Sept. 27 Hemp Cannabis Symposium.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Sept. 27, 2024
Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, discusses such topics as political polling and the impact of the Tuesday, Oct. 1, vice presidential debate on the Nov. 5 general election.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Sept. 30, 2024
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses recent court challenges to Illinois’ assault weapons ban; the historical legacy of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan; what to expect from the Tuesday, Oct. 1, vice presidential debate; the change in political landscape in Southern Illinois, and media coverage of the economy. Jackson’s discussions begin at 1:00, 9:55, 14:25, 19:20 and 25:30.
WSIU-TV — Sept. 26, 2024
Matt McCarroll, director, Fermentation Science Institute, and Karla Gage, assistant professor of weed science and plant biology, are highlighted as part of the Hemp, Hops & Shrooms festival and the Southern Illinois Hemp Cannabis Symposium.
Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 29, 2024
The 6 p.m. remembrance event today (Sept. 30) at Becker Pavilion on Campus Lake to honor all SIU Carbondale students who have died in recent years is highlighted.
WPSD-TV — Sept. 29, 2024
Zvi Rosen, assistant professor of law, SIU Simmons Law School, discusses copyright law in connection with legal battles involving the Internet Archive.
Wired.com — Sept. 26, 2024
The Oct. 10 donation of research and papers of the late SIU Carbondale alumnus Michael Nelipovich, the first person to earn a doctorate in rehabilitation despite being legally blind, is featured.
Philanthropy News Digest/WSIL-TV — Sept. 26, 2024
Brian Croft, director, Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center, discusses the recent successes and upcoming events at Touch of Nature and introducing people to the outdoors.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Sept. 24, 2024
Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, discusses micro-algae and the potential for increasing crop yields and fuel for engines.
WQAD-TV, Moline, Illinois — Sept. 24, 2024
Martha C. “Marti” Crothers, who established the Coffman-Crothers Training Program for Trauma and Psychological Health, discusses the new program to better train counselors treating complex trauma.
KFVS-TV — Sept. 24, 2024
Chancellor Austin Lane and other university officials began the three-day Saluki Takeover Tour Chicago, Sept. 24-26.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 24, 2024
The Sept. 27 Hemp Cannabis Symposium at SIU Carbondale’s McLafferty Annex is featured.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 24, 2024
Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, associate dean for library affairs, is featured during a Banned Books Week event at Morris Library on Sept.23.
WPSD-TV — Sept. 23, 2024
The fifth annual Hemp Cannabis Symposium at SIU Carbondale on Friday, Sept. 27, in McLafferty Annex is highlighted.
KFVS-TV/MSN — Sept. 23, 2024
The annual Banned Books Week celebration is featured.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 23, 2024
The efforts of SIU students participating in Green Day as part of Keep Carbondale Beautiful is featured.
KBSI-TV — Sept. 21, 2024
The Oct. 8 performance of the U.S. Marine Band at Shryock Auditorium is highlighted.
Metropolis Planet — Sept. 23, 2024
Chancellor Austin Lane discusses SIU Day of Giving
WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
Sarah Jiter, director, undergraduate admissions, discusses SIU Day.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
Stephanie Dukat, SIU Craft Shop coordinator, discusses the annual Family Weekend Craft Sale.
KFVS-TV — Sept. 20, 2024
Award-winning author and journalist Samuel Freedman’s Sept. 18 lecture on civil rights and presidential politics as a guest of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute is featured.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
Saluki Step Ahead
Western Illinois outlets highlighted the Sept. 18 Saluki Step Ahead signing between SIU Carbondale and John Wood Community College.
John Wood Community College signs agreement with SIU Carbondale — WGEM-TV/WDBJ-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
JWCC signs remote degree deal with SIUC, accepts grant funds — Quincy Herald-Whig — Sept. 18, 2024
New program from JWCC and SIUC allows students to ‘become Trailblazers and Salukis at the same time’ — Muddy River News — Sept. 19, 2024
SIUC, John Wood sign online degree program agreement — WLDS Radio — Sept. 19, 2024
SIU Day of Giving
SIU Day of Giving was highlighted throughout the region, with insight from university officials including Chancellor Austin Lane and Jeff Gleim, associate vice chancellor for development and alumni relationships and SIU Foundation chief operating officer.
SIU Carbondale Hosts Successful Day of Giving — WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
SIU Fermentation Science Institute holds pre-game Giving Day event for SIU — WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
SIU Day of Giving a reminder that every donation matters — Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 17, 2024
SIU Day of Giving coming Wednesday, Sept. 18 — WSIL-TV — Sept. 16, 2024
Constitution Day coverage
Carly Toepke, assistant professor of law, SIU Simmons Law School, and Walter Ray, political papers archivist with Morris Library’s Special Collections Research Center, were highlighted by local media as part of Sept. 17 Constitution Day events on campus.
SIU celebrates Constitution Day 2024 — WPSD-TV — Sept. 17, 2024
SIU celebrates Constitution Day and its relevance today — Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 17, 2024
SIU to observe Constitution Day with special activities — KFVS-TV/MSN.com — Sept. 16, 2024
Students discuss a research project led by Scott Hamilton Brehm, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences, that focuses on finding better ways to process and use microalgae to grow food to support astronauts in space.
KFVS-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
Jay Nair, an assistant professor in the school of Agricultural Sciences, discusses the return of the Bull Test Station.
Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 18, 2024
SIU Carbondale faculty members Christie McIntyre and Mohtashim Shamsi were featured as two recipients of the SIU System’s 2024 Faculty Collaboration Award.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 18, 2024
Angela Upchurch, interim dean, SIU Simmons Law School, discusses the importance of the law school’s Declaration of Professional Commitment that is drafted each year by first-year law school students.
WSIU Radio — Sept. 16, 2024
Hispanic/Latinx heritage month is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 17, 2024
Cindy Buys, professor, Simmons School of Law, discusses the temporary protected status and humanitarian parole of immigrants in Ohio, and applying for asylum and the requirements for that application.
WGN Radio — Sept. 14, 2024
Dr. Jerry Kruse, dean and provost, SIU School of Medicine, who is co-chair the Massey Commission, a citizen's commission in Sangamon County that will examine the underlying causes that led to the July 6, 2024, police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, discusses the commission's upcoming first listening session.
NPR Illinois — Sept. 16, 2024
Kristin Hurst, an assistant professor in geography and environmental resources, discusses attitudes toward climate change and climate change education.
WSIU-TV — Sept. 11, 2024
Saluki Stair Climb coverage
Saluki Stair Climb keeps memory of 9/11 attacks alive — Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 11, 2024
Many Take Part in 9/11 Saluki Stair Climb — WSIL-TV — Sept. 11, 2024
9/11 SIU Stair Climb 2024 — WPSD-TV — Sept. 11, 2024
Saluki Stair Climb in Southern Illinois set to honor 9/11 victims
Lt. Col. Chay Derbigny, commander and professor of aerospace studies, SIU Carbondale Air Force ROTC detachment 205, discusses the Sept. 11 Saluki Stair Climb at Banterra Center.
KMOX Radio — Sept. 10, 2024
Presidential debate coverage
National and local media relied on SIU experts, including John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Todd Graham, professor of debate, School of Communication Studies, and Kenneth Mulligan, associate professor, political science, to provide both pre- and post-debate insight on the Sept. 10 debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Post-debate
Harris-Trump debate recap: Harris ‘trounced’ Trump; he was ‘on his heels all night’ — KMOX Radio — Sept. 11, 2024
NewsRadio WJPF interview with Ken Mulligan — WJPF Morning Newswatch — Sept. 11, 2024
Pre-debate
Ask an Expert: The evolution of the presidential debate reflects extreme national polarization — KCBS-AM Radio, San Francisco — Sept. 9, 2024
Harris/Trump debate preview: Harris will wear her ‘prosecutor hat’; Trump will try to ‘get under her skin’ — KMOX Radio — Sept. 10, 2024
What to expect from the second presidential debate — The 21st Show, Illinois Public Media – Sept. 10, 2024
Director of SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute discusses upcoming presidential debate — KFVS-TV – Sept. 10, 2024
Why Harris has more at stake in Tuesday’s debate than Trump — Christian Science Monitor — Sept. 9, 2024
Inside Kamala Harris’ plan to win the presidential debate with Donald Trump — Daily Mail.com — Sept. 8, 2024
Robert Morgan, dean, College of Health and Human Sciences, discusses the potential expansion of the SIU Aviation program to Springfield.
Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 12, 2024
Dawn Korte, co-chair of the SIU Women's Leadership Council, discusses the third annual Saluki Women's Weekend, Sept. 19-21 and the council’s work.
WSIU-TV — Sept. 11, 2024
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the need for “clear and compelling” explanations along with “world-class statesmanship” from political leaders to address the nation’s issues.
Chicago Tribune — Sept. 10, 2024
John Jackson, visiting professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses non-binding Nov. 5 ballot questions on exploring the possibility of leaving the state for residents in seven Illinois counties.
Jacksonville Journal-Courier — Sept. 11, 2024
Illinois House Republican Leader State Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, discusses the state's issues and politics prior to her Sept. 9 appearance at the SIU Carbondale Student Center hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
WJPF Morning Newswatch — Sept. 9, 2024
The Sept. 27 Southern Illinois Hemp and Cannabis Symposium is highlighted.
Paducah Sun and other outlets — Sept. 11, 2024 (subscription required)
The SIU Craft Shop’s fall workshop series is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 6, 2024
Wendell Williams, vice chancellor for enrollment management, discusses the university’s efforts to raise enrollment.
Crain’s Chicago Business — Sept. 5, 2024 (subscription required)
Todd Graham, professor of debate, discusses the Sept. 10 debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Graham's discussion is from 1:29:30 to 1:38:45.
CBC Radio-Canada — Sept. 8, 2024
John Shaw, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, discusses the increase in political campaigns using text messages to contact potential voters.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 5, 2024
Geoff Young, assistant lecturer, Center for English as a Second Language, discusses the volunteer efforts by international students.
Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 6, 2024
Nicole Wood, program coordinator, Career Development, discusses the Sept. 17 job and internship fair.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 4, 2024
The Saluki Open Pickleball Tournament is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 8, 2024
The Oct. 8 performance of the U.S. Marine Band at Shryock Auditorium is highlighted.
WSIL-TV — Sept. 5, 2024
Work by Jiyong Lee, a professor in the School of Art and Design, is featured.
American Craft Council — Sept. 2, 2024
SIU Carbondale enrollment coverage
Campus leaders, including Chancellor Austin Lane and Wendell Williams, vice chancellor for enrollment management, discuss the university’s enrollment growth for the fall 2024 semester.
SIUC reports 2024 fall enrollment grew nearly 4%, highest boost in 33 years — KFVS-TV — Sept. 4, 2024
SIU Carbondale sees biggest enrollment increase since 1991 — WSIL-TV — Sept. 4, 2024
SIU hits new three-decade high for enrollment growth — Southern Illinoisan — Sept. 4, 2024
SIU-Carbondale's fall enrollment is up for a second straight year — WSIU News — Sept. 4, 2024
Enrollment at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has risen for the second year in a row — KZIM/KSIM, Cape Girardeau, Missouri — Sept. 4, 2024
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has highest enrollment jump in 33 years — KBSI-TV — Sept. 4, 2024
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