SIU Carbondale awards Chancellor’s Scholarships to high achieving local students
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Future Saluki – Nathaniel Pimentel, second from right, a senior at Carbondale Community High School, is joined by Chancellor Austin A. Lane and other members of the SIU community on Feb. 25 to receive his 2021 Chancellor’s Scholarship. With Pimentel are, from left, Amber Rivers, financial aid academic scholarships coordinator; Lane; Grey Dawg; John Frost, undergraduate admissions director, and Brittney Gant, undergraduate admissions coordinator.
(Photo by Yenitza Melgoza)
by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. Fourteen high achieving high school seniors from throughout the region are receiving Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2021 Chancellor’s Scholarship, which covers tuition, mandatory fees, room and board for four years.
Simon Institute to discuss state’s legislative agenda with Senate President Don Harmon
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by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. Illinois State Senate President Don Harmon will offer his views on this year’s legislative agenda during a virtual discussion hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on March 8.
Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected to the state senate in 2002 and became senate president in January 2020. Harmon will also discuss his political career and his role as senate president with John Shaw, Simon Institute director.
The discussion, part of the institute’s “Understanding Our New World” series via Zoom, is at 11 a.m.
SIU earns Tree Campus Higher Education honors for a sixth straight year
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by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. Southern Illinois University Carbondale has earned national recognition as a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education program, the sixth consecutive year the Arbor Day Foundation has honored the university for its commitment to effective forest management.
“Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and having to make adjustments in the way we are doing some things, we’re proud that we continue to meet the sustainable campus standards,” Dave Tippy, superintendent of grounds, said. “We are still striving to improve the overall tree canopy on the SIU campus.”
SIU Salukis
Saluki Athletics and the SIU Foundation Friday launched a four-year, 25 million dollar fundraising campaign to raise money to support the future of the department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
The goal is to raise private funds to support the mission of the SIU Athletic Department through June 30, 2024.
In a video released on social media to promote the campaign, Director of Athletics Liz Jarnigan said the COVID-19 pandemic has hit her department hard. The character of our student-athletes, coaches and staff is what makes me most proud. And even though were in the midst of great financial challenges brought on by COVID-19, it s because of their dedication that I know great things lie ahead. To get there, we need a boost from our fellow Salukis. In this year alone, we calculate more than two million in lost revenues due to the pandemic.
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I watch my pre-teen draw her dead dog
On white paper with black lines.
Her face is turned to the image
Hands cleverly outlining canine teeth.
She sits across the dining room table
Brow furrowed in concentration
Playing songs of lost love and human devastation
Instilling in her the idea
That she will have power in this world.
Mighty power that will flow from her veins
Through her soft white skin
Over her chest and shapely legs
And she will learn that this power
Is something that she can wield like Excalibur
brandished by the mighty King Arthur
When he realized his beloved Guinevere