When you flip that switch on the wall, you expect that light to go on. Reliability is one of the most basic requirements for electricity suppliers. A classroom of undergraduate…
Leading the pack: Elson’s goal is to build trust with students and point them in the right direction
Sometimes students know exactly what degree and future career they want to pursue, and sometimes they do not. For Kathy Elson, pointing all of them in the right direction is her number one goal.
When students finally receive their diploma, they usually reflect on the amazing support from their parents, friends, classmates and professors. They often do not think about the many people in the background making their graduation possible. Yet, for Rachel Frazier, seeing those smiles at the end of commencement is all the thanks she needs for her part in the process.
Thirty years is a long time to do anything. For Jenise Wilson, however, those three decades at SIU have been an evolving experience with one constant at their center: students, and the university’s relationship with them.
Skunks may not be the friendliest of visitors, but their role in society is bigger than most know. From eating insects and rodents to foraging on old plant materials, the…
After working in undergraduate admissions for over 15 years, Amanda Sutton knows a little bit about solving behind the scenes problems.
If you want to talk to duck hunters, you have to go where the ducks are. For an aspiring wildlife manager at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, that meant lots of…
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has some upcoming events during the spring 2019 semester to help students and alumni hone their resumes, sharpen their interviewing skills and line up potential job…
When can you get college credit for experiencing the great outdoors while on a camping and canoeing expedition? When it’s part of a unique outdoor recreation learning adventure within the…
As the global need for food increases, researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are hard at work finding new ways to make farm land more productive, while also making life…