#SalukiPride Archives - Page 2 of 23

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May 16, 2024

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Valerie Boyer receives SIU’s Women of Distinction Award

Valerie Boyer, associate professor and communication disorders and sciences program director in the School of Health Sciences, has a strong and longstanding connection to SIU.

Tim Crosby

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.

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Pete Rosenbery

May 9, 2024

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Camille M. Davidson earns Women of Distinction Award

In her four years on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus, Simmons Law School Dean Camille M. Davidson has led efforts that have resulted in a historic $10 million gift to the law school, a six-figure gift to rename the courtroom, increased applications while maintaining high standards, and improvements in the ultimate bar passage rate and career placement.

Christi Mathis

May 2, 2024

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Kelli Whittington receives Emerging Leader Award

Kelli Whittington, associate professor and Bachelor of Science in Nursing program director, has spent decades in the nursing profession, working in ICU, oncology, managing and administration since 1992.

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SIU 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

May 1, 2024

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.

Christi Mathis

February 26, 2024

#SalukiPrideFamily holds three-generation reunion at SIU’s Touch of Nature to watch eclipse

When the midday sun goes black during the April 8 eclipse, there’s no place Doris Marlin and family members from far and wide would rather be than Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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.

Tim Crosby

January 3, 2024

#SalukiPrideSIU 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.

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Sesser 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 20, 2023