Academics and Student Life Archives

May 10, 2024

#SalukiPrideSIU ag student reflects on serving as a national FFA officer

Spending a year as a national FFA officer taught Southern Illinois University Carbondale sophomore Gracie Murphy a lot about herself, as well as lessons she can carry throughout her life.

Pete Rosenbery

May 1, 2024

#SalukiPrideSIU law students’ trip to Kenya helps prepare them for globalized workplace

For Southern Illinois University Carbondale law students Kameron Clay and Paige Berger, 8 days in Kenya as part of Simmons Law School’s legal globalization and comparative law course is a time they will not forget.

Pete Rosenbery

March 7, 2024

#SalukiPrideSIU Carbondale advertising student earns prestigious internship

She might have started her journey into advertising shy and without much experience, but Southern Illinois University Carbondale journalism major Mea Roedell is quickly advancing in her burgeoning career.

Pete Rosenbery

January 24, 2024

#SalukiPrideSIU Carbondale advertising student earns national diversity honor

Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior journalism major Monserrat Muñoz knows exactly where she needs to be.

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SIU zoology major from Success, Ark., pursues dream of working with water animals

For Makayla Ward, conducting marine research is a dream job, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale is helping to provide a ticket to that career.

Tim Crosby

January 3, 2024

Christi Mathis

November 20, 2023

Academics and Student LifeSesser native using SIU Provost’s Scholarship to prepare for career as an advocate

As the daughter of a longtime elected official, Southern Illinois University Carbondale junior Audrey Gulley said she was already interested in politics and public service, but when she got involved in the YMCA Youth in Government program as a Sesser-Valier High School student and won the position of president of the Senate, she was hooked.

Christi Mathis

November 15, 2023

Academics and Student LifeHistory major finds support at SIU for a career in Native American museum work

An Oneida Iroquois, Maggie McMullen, grew up in a small Illinois community with no Native Americans nearby except her family. Yet her she remains deeply entrenched in her culture, and as she prepares for a future that she anticipates will include serving her people, she said she’s found the perfect place to do so at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Bob Baer

May 9, 2023

Academics and Student LifeTrip to Australia helps SIU group prepare for 2024 Eclipse

In late April, I led a research group from Southern Illinois University Carbondale to Australia to witness and study a hybrid total/annular solar eclipse there on April 20. These observations we made allowed us to gain valuable information on our procedures that will give us a better jumping-off point for the work here in Carbondale, now funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

Young black woman smiling, surrounded by buildings on campus

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 student-athletes grateful for support to succeed during and after college

What do a Carolina Panther football player, the guidance counselor for a 2,600-student Chicago-area high school and a…

Christi Mathis

June 9, 2022