Leading the Pack is a regular feature that highlights faculty and staff members who go above and beyond to fulfill SIU’s Mission. If you would like to nominate someone to…
Author: Pete Rosenbery
Celebrating SIU’s Saluki TRADITION, Saluki PRIDE and Saluki PROMISE for SIU’s 150thAnniversary, This Is SIU is publishing a monthly feature detailing the past, present and future of notable places, events…
Before Julie Davis was a student herself and later associate professor and director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) program, she had the unique opportunity to consider program faculty a part of her family.
Jennifer Meyer’s eyes light up and her own smile grows when she talks about a program that helps children in the region who do not have regular access to dental care. For Meyer, an assistant instructor in the School of Allied Health’s dental hygiene program, a smile and good dental health – particularly for a child – mean everything.
A paper that examines the future use of telemedicine for children, written by a senior in Southern Illinois University’s Health Care Management Program, will be submitted to a national healthcare…
With a national trend where 40 percent of college freshman do not make it to graduation, the faculty within SIU’s Saluki Success Program are working to increase students’ chances for achievement.…
For nearly 30 years, Jan Thompson’s mission and community serviceeffort has centered those she lovingly calls “my guys.” The daughter of an American World War II POW in the Pacific,…
Attend a Saluki sporting event or SIU Arena production and chances are you will see Matt Shackleton. Not that he necessarily wants it that way.
Revamped bicycle lanes and markings along nearly two miles of a primary road at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will provide greater visibility, understanding and safety for bicyclists and motorists. The…
A mixture of talent, a strong work ethic and an embrace of the journalism part of photojournalism has brought two students with Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s photojournalism program to the…