Pete Rosenbery, Author at This Is SIU

Emma Metz, a senior in painting, is shown with her oil and acrylic paintings that captured a share of the 2023 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award.

April 20, 2023

#SalukiPridePainter, art educator earn SIU’s prominent Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award

Emma Metz, a senior in painting, and Lacie Schneider, a December 2022 art education graduate, earned the 2023 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design.

Pete Rosenbery

April 7, 2023

#SalukiPrideSIU Moot Court team captures national child welfare/adoption law title

Working together and knowing one another’s strengths is critical to success in any team activity, even apart from sports, as Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Law moot court team knows well.

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Pete Rosenbery

December 5, 2022

#ThatsASalukiTaking 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.

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Pete Rosenbery

August 31, 2022

#SalukiPrideSIU journalism, political science grad gains insight through elite program in Germany

An intense three-week trek in June to Germany as part of a journalism study program not only gave Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate Oreoluwa Ojewuyi greater insight into journalism, but it also affirmed her belief in the importance of history.

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Saluki Pride: Library Affairs IT manager Richard Beach focuses on customer service

As information technology manager for Library Affairs, Richard Beach said one of the most rewarding aspects of his job is working with students to expose them to new technology.

Pete Rosenbery

August 11, 2022

woman smiling next to a statue of a Saluki that is wearing a maroon mortar board on his head

Pete Rosenbery

July 14, 2022

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Event planner Gena Albert keeps university celebrations on track

While likely most known for the office’s efforts in coordinating commencement ceremonies, Gena Albert’s work covers coordinating a host of other activities to honor students and recognize employees and collaborating on campus-community events such as the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse.

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Pete Rosenbery

July 7, 2022

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Mike Robertson’s passion for flight led to teaching others

Mike Robertson’s fascination with flying began when a family friend took him on his first small airplane ride in Montana at 7 years old.

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Pete Rosenbery

June 17, 2022

#ThatsASalukiSaluki female aviators look to continue SIU’s strong Air Race Classic performances

Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior Wendy Elliott was 12 years old when she realized she wanted to follow a path blazed decades earlier by famed aviator Amelia Earhart and other female pilots.

Pete Rosenbery

May 12, 2022

#ThatsASalukiSIU anthropology, Chinese major earns national scholarship to study in Taiwan

Taegan Carpenter, an incoming sophomore at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, will embark on a new challenge this fall as a Boren Scholar, where she will spend an academic year in Taipei, Taiwan, and study Mandarin.

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SIU fashion design student to showcase sustainability-inspired creations in runway show

Leslee Lunden Lofton is making the most of an opportunity she saw in her own closet. Inspired by her own old clothes, garments at local thrift stores and an effort toward sustainability, Lofton, a senior in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s fashion design program, is repurposing apparel as she prepares to unveil her line at the Student Showcase and Runway Fashion Show, Thursday, April 21, in Student Center Ballroom D.

Pete Rosenbery

April 15, 2022