SIUE Alumni News
The official publication of the Alumni Association, the eConnection provides in-depth coverage of our alumni, campus news and alumni events. In addition to an annual print magazine, the Alumni Association sends an electronic version of the eConnection two times per year.
"SIUE-Alumni" News
18 April 2024, 11:02 PM
Hundreds of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus community members, alumni, corporate partners and donors witnessed tonight’s annual ONE DAY, ONE SIUE fundraiser exceed its $1.3 million goal.
“We established a very ambitious goal. Can you imagine $1.3 million dollars in one day? We have completely exceeded and crushed that goal to the tune of $2.2 million, which is really exciting,” said Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD. “And as good as this nigh...
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5 April 2024, 2:19 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, and Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and SIUE Foundation CEO Connie Collins, CFRE, will gather faculty and staff, students, alumni, friends and community partners for the third annual ONE DAY, ONE SIUE day of giving. The celebration that offers donors an opportunity to “Give Today and Own Tomorrow” will be hosted on the Edwardsville campus in the Meridian Ballroom, Morris University ...
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25 March 2024, 1:35 PM
On Monday, March 25, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Athletics is set to host the inaugural Cougars Career Networking Night presented by Northwestern Mutual Fairview Heights-Clayton in First Community Arena. SIUE student-athletes in attendance for the event will have the opportunity to network with alumni and leaders in our community.
"This unique experience for our student-athletes and community yields opportunities for the student-athletes to showcase themselves as future professi...
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7 March 2024, 5:25 PM
After an evening of ceremony, two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni and a legendary SIUE coach were inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. The non-profit organization celebrates the history of sports in the St. Louis region.
Dewayne Staats, ’75, current announcer for the Tampa Rays baseball team; John Simmons, ’91, philanthropist, esteemed SIU trustee and contributor to local athletics; and posthumously, Roy E. Lee, foundational baseball coach at SIUE and ...
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25 February 2024, 9:30 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumni were in full fan mode at SIUE Day at Cardinals Spring Training at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Feb. 24 in Jupiter, Fl. This was opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals in a match against Miami Marlins with Eddie the Cougar and more than 150 SIUE alumni in attendance. Featured in this profile are Cardinals’ strength and conditioning coordinator Jackie Gover (2019), Dion Joannou (1989) who threw out the ceremonial first pitch and ...
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19 February 2024, 5:22 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus community extends our sincerest condolences to the family of Randy Paul Rock who died Wednesday, Feb. 14, at University Care Center in Edwardsville. He was 76.
Rock’s journey at SIUE started as a student. He earned a Bachelor of Science (1969) and Master’s in English and History (1979). He taught English 101 and 102 and served as the Dean of Students from 1994 to 2003. Rock received his 30-year service award in April 2001 and retire...
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12 February 2024, 12:00 AM
In 2016, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing alumna Jenny Decker, ’06, made history as the first female and first solo kayaker to circumnavigate the Big Island in Hawaii. Now, Decker has her horizons set on solo circumnavigating the globe. This is her third attempt at doing so, after a number of setbacks and the Covid pandemic deterred her previous efforts. Decker knows how to handle setbacks though; she’s an intensive care traveling nurse with Charcot...
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9 January 2024, 8:19 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Chancellor James T. Minor has named Connie Collins, CFRE, as Vice Chancellor for University Advancement (VCUA) and CEO of the SIUE Foundation. Collins will assume her new responsibilities on January 22, 2024, pending approval from the SIU Board of Trustees.
“SIUE continues to build a team positioned to markedly enhance our strategies for philanthropy that supports SIUE’s ambition to be a best-in-class university,” said Minor. &#...
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5 December 2023, 12:45 PM
Sara Colvin is the new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and CEO of the SIUE Foundation. Colvin replaces Seth Walker, former vice chancellor for advancement and CEO of the SIUE Foundation, who recently stepped down to accept a new role in his home state of Georgia. Colvin, who previously worked on major gift campaigns for both the School of Business and John Martinson Honors Program, plans “to ensure continuity and positive mo...
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10 October 2022, 4:30 PM
Success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management and communication skills. The innovative Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) has packaged those skills into a convenient, accelerated, nine-week program. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is now accepting registrations for the 2023 session of the highly popular program.
Over the course of its 19-year history, CLI has seen many of its more than 400 graduates advance to prominent posi...
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8 March 2022, 3:48 PM
The Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated 34 graduates of its program Friday, March 4 as a part of the CLI Graduation celebration. Jim Mundy, chief operating officer (COO) of Contegra Construction, Co., received the Alumni Leadership Award.
Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry....
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15 October 2021, 9:20 AM
Silvia Torres Bowman is passionate about helping small businesses become competitive in the global marketplace. As director of the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Bowman has assisted southern Illinois businesses in making over $175 million in international sales during the past five years alone. For these accomplishments, Bowman has been named the recipient of the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Outstanding Commitment in Education award b...
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15 September 2021, 4:30 PM
The southern Illinois region has long needed a customized, action-oriented export training initiative to put local businesses on the international map. Now, five regional businesses have benefited from such an opportunity, EXPORT NOW.
Presented by the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council, LR International and the Illinois District Export Council, with financial support...
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22 April 2021, 9:00 AM
Choosing the right distribution channels can be difficult for businesses, whether a small-scale custom t-shirt design company or a giant producer of goods. A virtual conversation with Southern Illinois Businesses will offer expert advice on Gaining Sales Channel Partners for Exporting.
The free webinar is part of an ongoing virtual roundtable series hosted by the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and t...
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15 April 2021, 12:30 PM
A longstanding Collinsville-based manufacturer of industrial ink jet printers and other products is expanding its exporting to three additional countries, thanks to funding and expertise via the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Marsh Shipping Supply Co., LLC (MSSC) – the maker of industrial printing, marking, sealing and stenciling products – has been exporting its products for decades to more than 250 distributors worldwid...
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12 March 2021, 1:05 PM
Small businesses in southern Illinois are invited to take a strategic look at the world and create a plan to expand their business internationally with guidance from industry leaders during the new, virtual, action-oriented series EXPORT NOW.
EXPORT NOW is presented by the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council, LR International and the Illinois District Export Council.
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17 February 2021, 4:02 PM
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with the Southwestern Illinois Trade and Investment Council (SWITIC) to host a virtual roundtable conversation on “Selecting the Right Logistics Partner and INCOTERMS 2020.”
Southern Illinois businesses are encouraged to participate in the free discussion being held via Zoom from 10:30 a.m.-Noon Thursday, Feb. 25. Register via email at i...
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21 October 2020, 10:40 AM
The Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will continue its series of virtual roundtable discussions with its October session, “6 Key Actions for Exporting,” scheduled for 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 29 and hosted via Zoom.
During this session, exporters will focus more specifically on six essential steps toward excelling in exporting, according to co-presenter Tom Dustman, international sales director at St. Louis-based Sunnen...
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7 October 2020, 1:08 PM
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption to the global economy, which is causing severe negative impacts to small and mid-sized businesses.
Through its federal partner, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) via the CARES Act COVID-19 supplemental funding, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network remains at the center of the national economic recovery effort, supporting small businesses, so they can survive, recover and position themselves for future growth....
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17 September 2020, 9:09 AM
The Illinois SBDC International Trade Center (ITC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with the Southwestern Illinois Trade and Investment Council (SWITIC) to offer a new virtual roundtable series to businesses located in the Southern Illinois region on the topic of Growing your Business through Exports.
The first roundtable discussion will focus on jump-starting and improving export sales, and will take place from 11 a.m.-Noon Thursday, Sept. 24 via Zoom.
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12 April 2018, 9:50 AM
The International Trade Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (ITC at SIUE) welcomes existing and future exporters to participate in “Discover Mexico,” a four-day trade mission to Mexico from Monday-Thursday, July 23-26.
The Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council (SWITIC) will lead the trade mission with the full support of the ITC at SIUE, the Office of Trade and Investment of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the U.S. Departme...
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