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#SalukiPride

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Audrey Thompson
  • June 13, 2024

#SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Mary Kinsel named winner of 2024 Teaching Excellence Award for non-tenure track faculty

    Mary Kinsel is the winner of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 2024 Teaching Excellence Award for non-tenure track faculty.…
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    prosen@siu.edu
    • May 23, 2024

    #SalukiPrideSaluki Pride: Kelly Bender earns faculty teaching Excellence Award

      During her 18 years at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Kelly S. Bender, an associate professor in the microbiology program in the School of Biological Sciences, has focused on student success.
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      prosen@siu.edu
      • May 17, 2024

      #SalukiPrideSIU Aviation’s Lorelei and José Ruiz have legacy of students soaring to new heights

        Student success has always been the focus for Southern Illinois University Carbondale Aviation’s Lorelei and José Ruiz.
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        A woman is standing behind a grey brick wall. It comes up to her chest. She has her arms resting on the ledge, and she is smiling. She has blond hair and is wearing a black and white shirt.
        cmathis@siu.edu
        • 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.
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            • Academics and Student Life

          SIU 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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            Audrey Thompson
            • May 10, 2024
            A woman wearing a red, sleeveless dress, is standing in front of a tree.
            prosen@siu.edu
            • 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.
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              cmathis@siu.edu
              • 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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                prosen@siu.edu
                • 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.
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                  prosen@siu.edu
                  • 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.
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                    Family 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.
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                      cmathis@siu.edu
                      • February 26, 2024

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